Table 21.3.a: Electronic databases relevant to public health and health promotion
Web sites listed for databases available freely via the internet
Field |
Resources |
Psychology |
PsycINFO/PscyLIT |
Biomedical |
CINAHL, LILACS (Latin American Caribbean Health Sciences Literature - www.bireme.br/bvs/I/ibd.htm) Web of Science, Medline, EMBASE, CENTRAL, SCOPUS |
Sociology |
Sociofile, Sociological Abstracts, Social Science Citation Index, Social Policy and Practice. |
Education |
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), C2-SPECTR (Campbell Collaboration Social, Psychological, Educational and Criminological Trials Register, www.campbellcollaboration.org), REEL (Research Evidence in Education Library, EPPI-Centre, eppi.ioe.ac.uk.) |
Transport |
NTIS (National Technical Information Service), TRIS (Transport Research Information Service, ntl.bts.gov/tris), IRRD (International Road Research Documentation), TRANSDOC (from ECMT, European Conference of Ministers of Transport) |
Physical activity |
SportsDiscus |
HP/PH |
BiblioMap, TRoPHI (Trials Register of Promoting Health Interventions) and DoPHER (Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews) (EPPI-Centre, eppi.ioe.ac.uk), Public Health Electronic Library (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, www.nice.org.uk/guidance) Database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness (DARE) |
Other |
Popline (population health, family planning) db.jhuccp.org/popinform/basic.html, Enviroline (environmental health) – available on Dialog, Toxfile (toxicology) – available on Dialog, Econlit (economics), NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse, www.guideline.gov.) |
Qualitative |
ESRC Qualitative Data Archival Resource Centre (QUALIDATA, www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk), Database of Interviews on Patient Experience (DIPEX, www.dipex.org) |