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)