Electronic Tools for Health Policy
Select Databases
Electronic Books
Electronic Journals
University Resources
Internet Resources
Comment on Health Policy Toolkit
Grey Literature
- Includes links to many websites and journals on advancing research towards policy and practice
AARP Policy and Research for Professionals in Aging
- Portal to vast information on a variety of health topics
- Includes reports such as AARP 2006 Prescription Drug Study with Hispanics and African Americans
Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health and Diversity (CEEHD)
Directory of Health Organizations (DIRLINE)
- Free grey literature database from British Education Service in Leeds
- Includes full-text working papers and conference papers to support education research, policymaking and practice
- Includes health policy materials of relevance to consumers, health professionals and policy makers on topics such as “Urban or Rural Health Concerns” and “How to Choose a Doctor.”
- Use the A-Z list to browse health care topics.
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing--Nursing in Public and Health Policy
New Jersey Law: By Topic--Health Law
New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) Grey Literature Report
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Use this site to search for digitized resources on health policy.
- File types include scanned books, audio files, images and statistics datasets.
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
Physicians for a National Health Program
- Non-profit, nonpartisan organization in existence since the mid-1940s
- They research and prepare reports that can affect Health, social and economic policies.
- Visit RAND Research Areas and Divisions tabs for a closer look at RAND activities.
Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness
- Free, scientific search engine assists in locating grey literature--articles and web pages on health policy topics
- Can click on provided key terms to narrow within a result set
The Joint Commission Public Policy
- Use to search worldwide grey literature databases such as LILACS, the Latin American and Caribbean Science Literature
- Includes information from international agencies
- One stop search of library catalogs from around the world.
- Collections are those of libraries who choose to include their holdings in WorldCat.