Health Databases

Here you find general reference and useful databases that specialize on topics covering global health, public health, maternal and child health, mental health, reproductive health; health planning & management (including evidence-based practice and systematic reviews) and more. The databases are organized by these specialized subjects for ease of reference. For details on subjects identified and catalogued by the RC, see the glossary or ‘Main subject areas’ and ‘Subsidiary subject areas”. There are also grey literature and multidisciplinary specialist databases to allow you to make your search.

Most of the databases are free to use and provide access to journals, e-books, articles, and expert commentaries. However, some database services require free registration and login. Please read the database suppliers’ terms of use, copyright, and privacy policies before using the resources. A number of key health databases that require subscription are also listed for your information.

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Much of the information critical to the communication of public health messages is pictorial rather than text-based. The PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway…

 Public health / 461 views

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The Public Health Improvement Resource Center is a searchable database of resources designed to support work in public health. This site has updated resources for…

 Public health / 529 views

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Public Health Online provides students, parents and general readers with information and resources about public health topics, careers and the post-secondary educational landscape. The website…

 Public health / 625 views

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The Health Well is a website that promotes health and wellbeing by supporting evidence-informed decision making. Information resources include: policy, data; evidence guidance; evidence systematic…

 Evidence-based practices / 605 views

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PubMed comprises more than 28 million citations and abstracts for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to…

 Global Health / 507 views

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This subset is designed to limit search results to citations from a broad spectrum of dietary supplement literature including vitamin, mineral, phytochemical, ergogenic, botanical, and…

 Nutrition / 463 views

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PubMed Central (PMC) is a full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine…

 Primary health care / 499 views

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PubPsych is a free information retrieval system for psychological resources. The database offers a comprehensive and balanced selection of resources from a growing number of…

 Mental health & psycho-social services / 574 views

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RAND advances understanding of health and health behaviors and examines how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality and access. RAND’s body of…

 Elder health / 541 views

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The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure,…

 Community health care / 491 views

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A rare disease, also referred to as an ‘orphan’ disease, is considered as a disease which affects less than 5 per 10,000 of the European…

 Diseases/disease control / 479 views

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REHABDATA, produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center, is the leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation. The database contains documents covering physical, mental, and…

 Disability & rehabilitation / 582 views

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