Full text of a number of Australian and overseas newspapers is available on the web to the University's staff and students. Click here for details of the databases involved.

Health and Medical News Sources

American Medical News
This is the Web edition of American Medical News, which covers professional, social, economic and policy issues in medicine. AMNews is published weekly by the American Medical Association.

BBC NEWS | Health

Harvard World Health News
Published by the Center for Health Communication of the Harvard School of Public Health, this online weekly news digest covers stories on public health issues from around the world.

HealthScout
HealthScout, a news service provided by Rx Remedy, Inc., posts fifteen to twenty short, easy-to-understand articles each day on a variety of medical and health topics in the news. Articles are based on interviews with experts and reports from medical journals, and HealthScout cites sources and provides links to related resources for each. HealthScout also summarizes newswire stories and links to the original newspaper or journal article. Searches of news sources are performed every 4 hours.

Medical News
A list of links to medical news on the net from the Karolinska Institute Library.

Reuters Health Information Services

WHO Media Centre
The World health Organization's press releases and fact sheets.

New Books

Each week a classified list of newly acquired books is produced by the library. To browse the list click here .

Publishers' Catalogues and Booklists

This list is divided into Australian and overseas sites.

Australian

Australian Department of Health and Ageing - A-Z Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare(AIHW) Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.

Health Information Centre Publications - Queensland Health
Full text resources from the Queensland Health Information Centre.

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.

Northern Territory. Department of Health and Community Services. Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.

NSW Health - Public Health Division - Publications
Many publications are available in .pdf format.

publications.gov.au enables you to search for publications from Australian Government websites and Australian libraries using any combination of information about the publication including all or part of the title, publisher name or ISBN.

South Australia. Department of Health. Publications
Some publications are available as .pdf files, some are available as .html online versions, and some are available as Word documents.

Tasmania . DHHS Publications
Some publications available as.pdf files.

Western Australia. Department of Health. Publications.
The full text of many publications is available at this site.

Overseas

American Council on Science and Health Publications

The Commonwealth Fund: Publications List
The Commonwealth Fund is a New York City-based private foundation supporting independent research on health and social issues. Publications are listed in broad subject categories.

Department of Health (UK). Publications
Many of these publications are available electronically.

EarthPrint: Environmental publications from international organizations
At this bookstore you can view the latest WHO publications addressing health and environment issues, order publications online, or register to receive email announcements of new and forthcoming publications.

Health Canada. Public Health Agency Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.

Institute of Medicine. Report Index
These are the reports that have been released from the Institute of Medicine in the United States since 1998. Full text is free, and the list can be viewed by date, by topic, or by title. A wide range of topics is covered - including women's health, child health, food and nutrition, and the environment.

King's Fund - Publications
Most of these publications are available free online.

National Academy Press
The National Academy Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The full text is available at this site - browse titles by category

Office of Public Sector Information
Formerly known as Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO).

TSO - The Information Management Company
TSO (The Stationery Ofice) publishes on behalf of the UK's Parliaments and assemblies and is the UK's definitive source of official and regulatory information.

UNT Libraries: CyberCemetery
University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office, as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, created a partnership to provide permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. This collection was named the "CyberCemetery" by early users of the site.

World Health Organization Publications Catalogue
This is the catalogue of WHO publications. It is updated regularly.

World Bank Publications
The comprehensive source for information on content and offering of World Bank print and electronic publications. Includes the Digital Library, an online library of full-text publications or summaries to major World Bank publications, and feature articles and abstracts from World Bank journals.

Discussion Lists

Health & Safety Related Internet Resources - Mailing Lists
Produced by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Canada's national centre for occupational health and safety (OH&S) information.

JISCmail Medicine and Health
From JISCmail, the national academic mailing list service in the U. K.

NSW Health - Public Health Division - E-Mail Discussion Lists

Resources Forum: Email Discussion Groups and Lists
From Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), an independent global programme of scientific collaboration established in 1975 and co-sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO)