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CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS (CIS)
CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS
(CIS). The Current Index to
Statistics is a bibliographic
index to publications in
statistics and related fields.
The CIS Extended Database (CIS-
ED) includes coverage, in most
cases from 1974 (or first issue
if later) to the present from
selected journals, and selected
books in statistics published
since 1974.
URL: http://query.statindex.org/
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EDS - ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
EDS is CU libraries and ACIS service that
supports CU community in the use of
statistical data sources. It provides
statistical sources, software as well as
offers Reference assistance in using
statistical data,including raw data sets,
GIS, etc. Offers DataGate,the local archive
comprised of ICPSR, Roper, SSEDL, etc. EDS
is physically located at the CU Lehman
Social Sciences Library on the Morningside
Campus.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/
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GENDERSTATS: DATABASE OF GENDER STATISTICS
World Bank.
'GenderStats is an electronic database of
gender statistics and indicators designed
with user-friendly, menu-driven features.
It offers statistical and other data in
modules on several subjects. The data in
each module is presented in ready-to-use
format. Users have the option of saving the
country views in Excel (or another
spreadsheet software) to customize them for
their own reports.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5264401
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HSUS ONLINE - HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A database format of 'Expanded and revised
edition of:
Historical
statistics of the United States,
colonial times to 1970. Bicentennial ed.
Washington : U.S. Dept. of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census,
1975. "Many [data] series in these
volumes are continued on a regular basis
with periodic updates and
revisions by the agency, group, or
individual responsible for the original
data."--Guide to the Millennial ed.
This database is an online version of the
new five-volume printed edition:
Historical statistics of the United
States : earliest times to the
present' Includes socio-economic
characteristics, demographic data, vital
statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151
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INFOSHARE ONLINE
A database of statistics about New York
City.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3105451.html
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LEXIS NEXIS STATISTICAL
'Provides statistical data from U.S.
government publications from 1973, state
and private sources from 1980, and
international organizations from 1983.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APK8288
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MEDLINE (OVID)
Three separate components of
Medline
available through OVID interface:
Medline 1966 - present (offers
author/journal/keyword/subject,
or MESH,
searching), Oldmedline 1950 -
1965 (offers
same but subject searching), and
In-Process
around 2 recent months (offers
same but
subject
searching).
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1301
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POPLINE
citations and abstracts for publications
related to population, family planning, and
related health issues. Coverage from 1970-
present. Includes international demographic
research.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/popline.html
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POPULATION INDEX
'Population Index is the primary reference
tool to the world's population literature.
It presents an annotated bibliography of
recently published books, journal articles,
working papers, and other materials on
population topics. This website provides a
searchable and browsable database
containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic
literature published in Population Index in
the period 1986-2000.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APH1576
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides
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1980 CENSUS OF POPULATION. VOL 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION
U.S. Bureau of Census.
Ref HA201 C35.
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ATLAS OF THE 1990 CENSUS
Mark T. Mattson. Macmillan
Publishing Company.
Ref G1201 E2 M3 1992 .
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BLACK AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
REF E185.86 B52.
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CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS
U.S. Bureau of Census. Subdivided
in series. Ser P-60 Consumer
income, Ser P-70 Household
economics, Ser-P20 Population
characteristics, Ser P-25
Population estimates and
projections, Ser P-28 Special
censuses, Ser P-23 Special studies
Ser P-26 Federal-state cooperative
programs for pop. estimates, Ser P-
27 Farm population. Check CLIO for
holdings. See most recent issues
of the series online.
Serial C, latest online - URL: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html.
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DEMOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK. ANNUAIRE DEMOGRAPHIQUE
United Nations. 1948-Present
Serial D Ref STX.
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FACE OF THE NATION 1987: STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT OF THE 18-TH ED. OF ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL WORK.
Ref HV90 F11.
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FERTILITY TABLES FOR COHORTS BY COLOR
UNITED STATES, 1917-73. NCHS publ.
Ref HB915 H48.
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HISPANIC AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURSCEBOOK
Ref E184 S75 H27.
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census.
Ref HA202 Un32.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932
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NEW JERSEY HEALTH STATISTICS - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS.
1971, 1982- Includes Demography statistics
Ref RA 407.4 N5 N2.
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NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL PROFILES
1992-
Ref HA541 N48.
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NEW YORK STATE STATISTICAL YEARBOOK
1970-
Ref HA541 N42.
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STATE PROFILES THE POPULATION AND ECONOMY OF EACH U.S. STATE
Ref HA 203 .S734 1999 ed.1.
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STATISTICAL HANDBOOK OF WOMEN IN AMERICA
Ref HR1420 T34.
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STATISTICAL HANDBOOK ON AGING AMERICANS
Ref HQ1064 U5.
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STATISTICAL RECORD OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE
Ref HQ1150 S73.
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UNITED STATES LIFE TABLES
DHEW/NCHS publication. 1959-1981
Ref HB1335 Un39.
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WORLD POPULATION GROWTH AND AGING: DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Ref HA155 K49.
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ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
(DHHS). Under Statistics About Older People offers miscellaneous links to statistics on old people by various criteria.
URL: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/
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ADMINISTRATION ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (ACF)
(DHHS). Under Statistics on
Children topic or Data Sheets
category offers miscellaneous
demographical and social
statistics on children and
families
URL: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
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AGE DATA - US CENSUS BUREAU
Data is avaiable on the National
Level;State Level;County Level;
and Other U.S. Geographic Levels.
As well as International
Data;Baby Boomer Data;Older (55+)
Population Data.
Elderly (65+) Population
Age Search Service
URL: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age.html
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CAREC - CARIBBEAN EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE
It "is administered on behalf of
21 Member Countries by the Pan
American Health Organization
(PAHO), the World Health
Organization's Regional Office
for the Americas. CAREC enjoys an
international reputation for its
work in support of Public Health
in the Caribbean." Offers
statistics on HIV/AIDS by
country; communicable disease
report archives; population data;
social and economic indicators
and vital statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.carec.org/
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CHANGING AMERICA: INDICATORS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
Covers trends in U.S. demography
with the emphasis on race and
hispanic origin issues under
Population in PDF format.
URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/index.html
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CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
Offers Children in the States
data, other statistical
information, etc.
URL: http://www.childrensdefense.org/
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CHILDSTATS
Offers child and family
statistics. Presents America's
Children: Key National Indicators
of Well-Being (the annual Federal
monitoring report on the status
of the Nation's children), which
includes statistics on population
and family characteristics, etc.
URL: http://childstats.gov/
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COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOK.
Offers electronic versions of the
1988 and 1994 County and City
Data Books. This service provides
the opportunity to create custom
printouts and/or customized data
subsets. Data includes
demographics, vital and
socioeconomic statistics for U.S.
in general, states, counties, and
cities.
URL: http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/ccdb/
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CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS ONLINE
U.S. Census Bureau.
Offers Series:
P20, Population Characteristics
P23, Special Studies
P60, Consumer Income and Poverty
P70, Household Economic Studies
P25, Population Estimates and Projections.
URL: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html
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CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY
Covers demography and
socioeconomic statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm
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DATA.GOV
"... Data.gov increases the
ability of the public to easily
find, download, and use datasets
that are generated and held by
the Federal Government. Data.gov
provides descriptions of the
Federal datasets (metadata),
information about how to access
the datasets, and tools that
leverage government datasets. The
data catalogs will continue to
grow as datasets are added.
Federal, Executive Branch data
are included in the first version
of Data.gov." "Data.gov includes
searchable catalogs that provide
access to "raw" datasets and
various tools. In the "raw" data
catalog, you may access data in
XML, Text/CSV, KML/KMZ, Feeds,
XLS, or ESRI Shapefile formats.
The catalog of tools links you to
sites that include data mining
and extraction tools and widgets."
URL: http://www.data.gov/
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS
DHS Surveys provide large sample data for a
wide range of monitoring and impact
evaluation indicators in the areas of
population, health (including aid/hiv) and
nutrition. Scope: international.
URL: http://www.measuredhs.com/
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FEDSTATS (FEDERAL STATISTICS)
Offers statistics produced for
public use by more than 70 U.S.
Federal Government agencies.
Allows to search for statistics
by agency, by program (subject),
by subject alphabetically (A to
Z), by keyword (search the entire
site), by region (county, state,
country approach), provides links
to other sites, etc. Site Map
provided helps easy choice of
search approach. Under Fast Facts
provides links to and allows to
view the full text of Statistical
Abstract of the United States,
State and Metropolitan Area Data
Book, Socioeconomic Status, etc.
Accidents and injuries statistics
can be found in Programs under
Safety Statistics category.
URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A 'compendium of statistics from over 1000
sources.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census.
Ref HA202 Un32.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932
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IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION STATISTICS
(INS). Covers immigration to the
United States.
URL: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/stats/index.html
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INFONATION
(U.N.) InfoNation is an easy-to-
use, two-step database that
allows you to view and compare
the most up-to-date statistical
data for the Member States of the
United Nations. Data for each
country includes demography,
socioeconomic statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
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JAPAN INFORMATION NETWORK STATISTICS (JIN)
Offers categorized statistics for
Japan with a keyword searchable
database.
URL: http://jin.jcic.or.jp/stat/
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KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
"The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a
non-profit, private operating foundation
focusing on the major health care issues
facing the nation."
Offers evaluation, surveys and statistics
on major health issues - Medicaid,
Medicare, Health Insurance, etc. Offers
comprehensive statistical reports,
e.g. "Medicaid Enrollment in 50 states"
with annual updates, etc.
URL: http://www.kff.org/
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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH (NBER)
Under Publications offers full-
text papers, many of which
contain statistics in various
economic and social areas,
including demographics.. All
papers are searchable by keyword.
URL: http://www.nber.org/
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NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
The U.S. Populations category offers county level populations for each state in the United States.
URL: http://www-seer.ims.nci.nih.gov/
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN IN POVERTY (NCCP)
Columibia University Mailman School of Public Health.
'The National Center for Children in
Poverty (NCCP) is the nation’s leading
public policy center dedicated to promoting
the economic security, health, and well-
being of America’s low-income families and
children.' Offers Fact Sheets
which 'Provide up-to-date state, regional,
and national demographic information as
well as quick takes on emerging issues.'
URL: http://www.nccp.org/
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NEW YORK CITY DEPT OF CITY PLANNING
Offers demographic, vital and
socieconomic
statistics for NYC including
stats by community district,
etc.
URL: http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popdiv.shtml
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NEW YORK STATE DATA CENTER
Offers Census statistics for NYS.
URL: http://www.nylovesbiz.com/nysdc/default.asp
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PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION - PAHO
The most comprehensive and reliable source
of demographic and health statistics and
other health and healthcare information for
Americas. Includes Country Health Profiles.
URL: http://www.paho.org/
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POPULATION OF CAPITAL CITIES
Offers population statistics for the capital cities of the world.
URL: http://www.graphicmaps.com/capcitys.htm
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PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
Appendix B provides a demographic
profile of people with
disabilites.
URL: http://www.hhs.gov/newfreedom/final/dolappd3b.html
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (INCLUDS LINKS TO GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL AGENCIES BY COUNTRY WORLDWIDE AND U.S. STATE STATISTICAL SITES BY STATE).
Offers demograpic, housing,
income, wealth, poverty,
geneology statistics, economics
statistics, community survey,
etc. Includes historical
statistics, international
statistics, etc. Under Subjects A
to Z provides statistics by
subject, e.g under Counties
offers USA Counties (database),
etc. Under Related Sites category
offers links to government
statistical agencies by country
worldwide and U.S. state
statistical sites by state.
URL: http://www.census.gov/
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: U.S. STATE DATA CENTERS
Offers U.S. statistics by state.
URL: http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/
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U.S. HISTORICAL CENSUS BROWSER
Offers data that describes the population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960.
URL: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
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UNITED NATIONS - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
Under Economic and Social Development category look for subcategories Population (POPIN), Social Development (covers Ageing, etc.), Statistics and Women (WOMENWATCH - statistics on women by given criteria and by country), Subindex, etc., and for Regional Cooperation button (offers links to statistically rich regional U.N. sites: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA ECA, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ESCAP, ECONOMIC COMMISION FOR EUROPE ECU which includes also Central Asia and North America, ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN ECLAC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA ESCWA). Under Humanitarian Affairs the Land Mines category offers casualty data by country, the ReliefWeb link offers natural disaster incidence by country, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/
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UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION
Offers miscellaneous
international indicators and
statistics with links to Internet
statistics sites. Covers
population, demography,
socioeconomic factors, vital
statistics. Presents statistics
on all aspects of World's Women:
demographic, socioeconomic,
labor, education, health, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/
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UNITED STATES HISTORICAL CENSUS DATA BROWSER
The data presented here describe the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1970.
URL: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
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URBAN INSTITUTE - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
Offers some embedded demography statistics. Under Research - by topic or search the site by keyword. Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism Project analyzes the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care, income security, job training, and social services. Offers demographic and social assessment of trends like child welfare spending, urban labor markets absorption of welfare recipients, state assistance for immigrants under welfare reform, trends in leaving welfare, etc.
URL: http://www.urban.org/
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WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL STATISTICS BRIEFING ROOM (SSBR)
Coverage includes U.S. and world
demographic statistics.
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
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WOMEN OF COLOR HEALTH DATA BOOK
(National Women's Health
Information Center - NWHIC).
Offers statistics on demographics
of women of color (black, Asian,
American Indian, Hispanic).
Special attention is given to age
groups: adolescent and elderly.
URL: http://www.4woman.gov/HealthPro/statistics/
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WORLD BANK
Offers World Development
Indicators (data includes
demographics), World Development
Reports, Country Data, Data by
Topics, etc. under Data category.
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
Under Information Sources category provides WHOSIS - WHO Statistical Information System which offers variety of statistical resources and tools, including world demographics statistics.
URL: http://www.who.int/
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WORLD STATISTICS - DEMOGRAPHICS STATS
(Information Please Almanac).
Under World Stats. category
offers population statistics for
selected countries of the world.
Under U.S. Stats offers U.S.
statistics: profile of the United
States, demography, population,
immigration, marital status and
household characteristics,
births, mortality, miscellaneous.
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/
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PARTNERS IN INFORMATION ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE
"Partners in Information Access for the
Public Health Workforce is a collaboration
of U.S. government agencies, public health
organizations, and health sciences
libraries which provides timely, convenient
access to selected public health resources
on the Internet."
Offers links to useful Public Health and
statistical resources in multiple
categories.
The PHPartners offers RSS feed that
would 'keep you
informed about news in public health,
upcoming meetings, and new
public
health online resources.
The PHPartners feed address is
http://phpartners.org/rss_phpartners.xml.
More information on how to subscribe to
PHPartners RSS feeds is
available at
http://phpartners.org/rss_information.html.'
URL: http://phpartners.org/
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