RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
accommodating the collections so that they are accessible to all staff at a health
centre or hospital.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) and Regional Office for the
Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
List of basic sources in English for a medical faculty library
8th ed.
Alexandria : WHO EMRO, 1999, 140 p.
A list of key materials with an emphasis on paper, and low-cost editions of
classic and universally acceptable texts, covering 57 health sciences subjects in
addition to dictionaries, directories, librarianship and information science. It
includes a total of 1568 titles. This latest edition emphasises health development
within developing country setting and avoids highly specialised clinical
publications. The list is also held on a database on the EMRO website <
http://www.emro.who.int/HIS/VHSL/ >, or on disc in a variety of formats
including ASCII and MS Word.
Web location: http://www.emro.who.int/HIS/VHSL/Doc/Basiclist.pdf
Available from: World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for the
Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Abdul Razzak Al Sanhouri Street, PO Box
7608, Nasr City, Cairo 11371, Egypt E-mail: [email protected] Internet:
http://www.emro.who.int Fax: +20 2 670 24 92 or 670 24 94
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Library and Information
Networks for Knowledge
Blue Trunk Libraries : selected publications
Geneva : WHO, 2003, 28 p.
The Blue Trunk Library is a 'ready-to-use' mini-library designed for district
health centres in Africa as a means of compensating for the lack of up-to-date
medical and health information. The mini-libraries which consist of more than
one hundred books and three journal subscriptions, are contained in blue metal
trunks to ensure easy transportation and protection. Priority is given to practical
manuals (especially those published by WHO) offering accessible solutions to the
medical, public health and management problems medical and health staff may
have to face.
Web location:
http://www.who.int/library/country/trunks/contents/index.en.shtml
Available from: World Health Organization (WHO), Library and Information
Networks for Knowledge, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland E-mail:
[email protected] Internet:
http://www.who.int/library/country/trunks/index.en.shtml Fax: +41 22 791 48
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Price: Free
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