Public Health Subject Guide

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Public health databases:
Australian contentThe AIHW National Mortality Database
Used for cause of death analysis by population groups such as age, sex, Indigenous status, country of birth and geographic location.

Australian contentAustralasian Digital Theses
Database of digital versions of theses submitted by postgraduate research students at Australian universities.

EBM Reviews: Cochrane DSR, ACP Journal Club, DARE, and CCTR
Search the four Evidence Based Medicine Reviews databases simultaneously

Embase.com
The European equivalent of Medline

Essential Science Indicators
An analytical tool offering data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals.

Australian contentFactiva.com
Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from Austrailan and overseas media sources.

Australian contentInformit Online
Health, medicine, Indigenous health, mental health, drugs, alcohol, suicide, AIDS/HIV, health policy, health services, and rural health in Australia.

Journal Citation Reports
Discover analytical information on selected journals such as impact factor and citation frequency

Medline
Comprehensive medical, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, preclinical sciences and public health database.

Australian contentPAIS: Public Affairs Information Service
Good place to look for local and international resources on contemporary social, economic and political issues.

Popline
Database on reproductive health, population, family planning, and related health issues.

ProQuest Dissertations
Particularly useful for North American theses.

Scopus
Multidisciplinary database covering humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas.

Sociological Abstracts
International literature in sociology and related disciplines such as health, medicine, medicine and law, subtance abuse and addiction.

SourceOECD
Includes OECD Heath Data

Australian contentTV news
Australian television news, current affairs programs, and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks and links to the video files.

Web of Science
Provides access to information from high impact research journals. Also provides citation analysis of authors, journals and subject areas

WHOSIS (World Health Organization Statistical Information System)
The most recent and comprehensive health data on all of the 193 WHO Member States.


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