I. Epidemiology
- PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=uw
use Medical Subject Headings with the epidemiology subheading - Statistics Resources on HealthLinks
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/statistics - State and County Public Health Websites
ex. King County http://www.metrokc.gov/health/ - CDC Wonder (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://wonder.cdc.gov/
federal agency providing a single point of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data - EpiQMS Epidemiology Query and Mapping Service (Washington System)
https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/epiqms/
log on as guest user - National Cancer Institute Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs
http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/
Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94 - Occupational Mortality Database
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/OccMort/
Washington State Department of Health - Native Health Databases
information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations - Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico- Health History
http://hscapp.unm.edu/nhd/nhhd_search.cfm- contagious and other diseases that affected American Indians during the years 1652 to approximately 1966
- Research Database
http://hscapp.unm.edu/nhd/nhrd_search.cfm- 1966 to the present
- Statistics resources
http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nhd/statistics.cfm
- Health History
II. Sociodemographic Information
- Population Demographics File 581 DIALOG - $$$
- US Census 2000 Information
http://www.census.gov- FREE through American FactFinder - population, housing, economic, and geographic data
- Accesss Washington
http://www.access.wa.gov- Locate city and county websites
- Locate a Federal Repository Library
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html#cgp
III. Funding Information
- Charitable Trust Directory
Govt Pub Media HV98.W2 A23 Washington (State)
Office of the Secretary of State Annual Publication - Philanthropy Northwest Member Directory
SocWk Reference HV98.P3 P45a Latest ed 2002 - Washington Foundation Directory, 2000: How to Get Your Slice of the Pie
SocWk Reference HV98.W2 M66 2000 - Community of Science Funding Opportunities (UW Restricted or Personal Password)
http://fundingopps.cos.com.washington.edu/- comprehensive source of funding information with more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion
- CRISP
(Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)
http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/- biomedical database system containing information on research projects and programs supported by the Department of Health and Human Services
IV. Media information
- Television & Cable Factbook
Washington, D.C. : Television Digest, Inc., [c1982-
Suzzallo/Foster Reference TK6555 .T26 2004- Cable and broadcast television by city
- The Working Press of the Nation
New York, N.Y. : Farrell Pub. Corp., c1947-c2002.
Suzzallo/Allen/MicNews Stacks Z6951 .W6- TV and radio by city, and print media by classification
- Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1990-
Suzzallo Ready Reference Z6951 .A97- Annual guide to publications and broadcasting stations print media, TV, and radio by city
V. Profiling Key Individuals
- Who’s Who
London [etc.] A. & C. Black [etc.]
Suzzallo Ready Reference DA28 .W6 - Local Newspaper searches
http://www.lib.washington.edu/mcnews/CurrentNewspapers/ - Washington State Library
Northwest History, Genealogy, News
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/
VI. Learn from Research on Library Users
Revised October 18, 2004
| Library Liaisons to the UW School of Nursing |
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| Janet Schnall,MS,AHIP schnall@u.washington.edu |
Joanne Rich,MLIS,BS(Pharm) jrich@u.washington.edu |