Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Try the Global Health Database

The Library now has a free trial of Global Health until the end of February 2008. Global Health is a bibliographic database of international public health research and practice. It includes more than a million records from 1973 to the present. The information is taken from serials, books, conference proceedings, patents, theses and other difficult-to-obtain sources. Publications from more than 125 countries in 50 languages are abstracted, and non-English language papers are translated. Reportedly 40% of the material contained in Global Health is unique to the database. Basic and more advanced searching options are available.

The link provided here will take you to a screen asking for a User ID and password. Call the Reference Desk at 718-430-3104 or email us at askref@aecom.yu.edu for this information.

Give Global Health a try and let us know what you think.