Subscription Databases for Health
Electronic indexes, full text databases and high-quality reference sources provided by the University of Minnesota libraries and especially useful to business students and faculty.
Websites
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The BRFSS, the world’s largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States.
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries
- Web information covering cancer incidence through national registries produced through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) who have jointly produced a set of official federal cancer incidence statistics from each state that has high-quality registry data.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Department of Health and Human Services. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.
- DIRLINE
- National Library of Medicine. DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online) is the National Library of Medicine's online database containing location and descriptive information about a wide variety of information resources including organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine.
- DPDx
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. DPDx offers reviews of parasites and parasitic diseases, an image libray, and information on procedures for laboratory professionals on how to collect, ship, process, and examine biologic specimens.
- EHP Online
- Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health.
- Genetics Home Reference
- Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions
- Haz-Map
- Contains information on hazards related to many occupations, whether due to chemicals, diseases, or other associated risk factors.
- US Department of Health and Human Services
- United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
- Minnesota Department of Health
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Links to information about public health, health care, and health statistics in Minnesota.
- National Cancer Institute
- The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- The National Guideline ClearinghouseTM (NGCTM) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
- National Institutes of Health
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
- National Toxicology Program
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Department of Health and Human Services.
More than 80,000 chemicals are registered for use in the United States. - World Health Organization HIV/AIDS
- The World Health Organization's web site on HIV/AIDS contains sections on WHO and HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Topics, Strategic Information, Facts and Figures, Publications, and a Media Center that includes press releases.
Internet Gateways and Megasites
- Health.gov
- Portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies.
- Internet Public Library: Health and Medical Sciences
- The health and medical sciences collection covers all aspects of human and animal health and medicine.
- Librarian’s Index to the Internet: Health
- Librarian-recommended resources.
Statistics and Data
- American FactFinder
- This is a data distribution system from the Bureau of the Census that will be the primary distribution locale for 2000 Census data.
- Census Bureau
- The official web site of the Census Bureau, which is the primary source of statistical information within the U.S.
- FedStats
- More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public.
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Provides surveys, data, vital statistics, state data and news.
- State Health Facts
- The Kaiser Family Foundation site offers free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states.
Associations and Organizations
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APHA: American Public Health Association
- Pan American Health Organization
- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with more than 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas.