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Health information resources: On-line sites & access routes. AHILA-WHO-INASP workshop Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 2005 Mar tha J Garrett, Director, INFORM. Many types of resources on WWW. Journal articles Teaching materials Clinical guidelines & EBM reviews
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Health information resources: On-line sites & access routes AHILA-WHO-INASP workshop Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 2005 Martha J Garrett, Director, INFORM
Many types of resources on WWW • Journal articles • Teaching materials • Clinical guidelines & EBM reviews • Information on specific health topics
Available physical form varies • Some can be downloaded from on-line • Some can be ordered on-line and delivered • by e-mail • in print or CD form by regular post @
Many free, but in different ways • Free for everyone • Free by national provision • Free via subsidized access
Free for everyone: journal articles • Medline/PubMed • GFMER free journal links • Freemedicaljournals • Google Scholar
Free for everyone: teaching materials • Freebooksfordoctors • DPDx at CDC • Virtual hospital
Free for everyone: clinical guidelines & EBM reviews • GFMER guideline links • Cochrane review abstracts • e-medicine review articles
Free for everyone: information on specific health topics • WHO health topics list • NLM’s MedlinePlus • INASP’s Health Links
Free by national provision • Highwire’s journals • POPLINE materials
Free via subsidized access • HINARI • INASP/PERI • AGORA
Sumary of overview • Many types of resources on WWW • Available physical form varies • Many free, but in different ways • Free to everyone • Free by national provision • Free via subsidized access
Something to remember • These overheads and exercise sheets give only a few examples of each resource type • For more examples and details, see the INFORM workshop training materials