Searching Online for Health Research Information
Bibliographic / Abstract
1. PubMed: http://www.pubmed.gov/
2. IndMED: http://www.indmed.nic.in/
3. Bioline International: http://www.bioline.org.br/
Full text journal articles
1. PubMed Central: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/
2. MedIND: http://www.medind.nic.in/
Books
1. BookShelf: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=books
1. Amedeo: http://www.amedeo.com/
Technical Reports
1. WHO Technical Report Series (WHO-TRS): http://www.who.int/biologicals/publications/trs/areas/en/
Fact Sheets
1. WHO Fact Sheets: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/en/
Health Topics (Definition and brief description of disease conditions/concepts, Links to resources)
1. Health Topics (WHO): http://www.who.int/topics/en
Definitions / Dictionaries
1. MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
2. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/
3. Merriam Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/
4. Dorlands Medical Dictionary: http://www.dorlands.com/wsearch.jsp
5. Hyperdictionary: http://www.hyperdictionary.com/medical
Definitions and description of disease conditions, illustrations
1. MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
2. Merck Source: http://www.mercksource.com/
Open Access, Freely accessible full-text journals with no print versions
1. BioMedCentral (BMC): http://www.biomedcentral.com/
2. Public Library of Science (PLoS): http://www.plos.org/
Numeric – statistical databases
1. WHO Global Health Observatory: http://www.who.int/gho/en/
2. NFHS-3: http://www.nfhsindia.org/data1.html
3. Census of India A-Z Index: http://www.censusindia.net/
4. Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI): http://cbhidghs.nic.in/
5. JSK-DLHS: http://jsk.gov.in/
6. NACO HIV Data: http://www.nacoonline.org/Quick_Links/HIV_Data/
7. UNICEF India Statistics: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_india_statistics.html
Images / Illustrations / Slides
1. MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
2. Merck Source: http://www.mercksource.com/
Public Health & Epidemiology Lectures
1. UPitt SuperCourse: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/
Meta Search (multiple databases)
1. Entrez Cross-Search: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Entrez/
Visit these sites often:
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India: http://www.mohfw.nic.in/
CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/
NIH: http://www.nih.gov/
When you source information from a website, remember to note down the title and sub-title of the web-page, name of the organization hosting the website, the web address (URL), date on which the website was accessed. This is to enable you to properly quote the information that you source from the website.
