RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
e-TALC
A collection of resources (newsletters, journals, teaching materials, factsheets)
about many aspects of primary health care, primarily with a developing country
focus. Contributors include AfriAfya, Cochrane Review, Community Eye Health
Journal, NAM, Footsteps. Some are intended for a medical audience, others will
be useful to community health workers.
Available from: e-TALC
PO Box 49
St Albans
Herts AL1 5TX, UK
Tel: +44 1727 853869
Fax: +44 1727 846852
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.e-talc.org
ExtraMED
Contains the full text of around 300 biomedical journals from all over the world,
mainly from developing countries. It was established on the initiative of the
World Health Organization. Apart from its use by researchers in medical
libraries, ExtraMED should also be of interest to hospitals and doctors in
developing countries and elsewhere. Other target audiences include non-
governmental and international development organisations, and multi-lateral and
bi-lateral donor agencies and charitable organisations. Journals are presented as
page images and are all indexed.
Available from: ExtraMED
Informania
PO Box 40
Petersfield
Hants GU32 2YH, UK
Tel: +44 1730 301297
Fax: +44 1730 265398
E-mail: [email protected]
Food and Nutrition Library
Contains over 300 publications in the fields of food, nutrition, and food policy
and nutrition research. Also available free on the web.
Available from: Human Info NGO
Oosterveldlaan 196
B-2610 Antwerp
Belgium
Tel: +32 3 448 0554
Fax: +32 3 449 7574
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.humaninfo.org or http://www.nzdl.org
Medical and Health Library
The Medical and Health Library 1.0 was built in December 1999. It was jointly
initiated by the Humanity Libraries Project (now called Human Info NGO), and
the Payson Center for International Development of Tulane University. It
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