Health Organization Resources
- WHO Nutrition Topic PageView various topics, search for data in their databases, or read publications related to nutrition around the world.
- WHO Mental Health Resources Topic PageBrowse topics, search for data in the databases, or review publications on mental health around the world.
- WHO Country Profile Overview- SpainAn overview of Spain's health indicators. Look through data and statistics or publications relevant to your topic.
- WHO Country Report: Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity- SpainGreat overview of data located in their repository including prevalence of obesity, salt intake, physical inactivity, and more.
- USDA 2015 Dietary GuidelinesThis may be used to compare and contrast US nutritional intake recommendations with the Mediterranean Diet or any recommendations in Spain.
- Centers for Disease Control and PreventionLots of good information on this website- particularly reports and data from surveys like the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
- Minesterio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad Statistical Site of the NHSSome reports are in English. Google Translate can translate the pages, to an extent.
- Generalitat de Catalunya Health DepartmentSome items are in English. Google Translate can translate the pages, to an extent.
Recommended Research Databases
- Academic Search CompleteFind journals and books in social sciences, humanities, science, medicine, technology and more.
- CINAHL Plus with Full TextCINAHL covers literature related to nursing and allied health.
- Google ScholarSearches for scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. It includes a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
- PsycINFONow called APA PsycINFO. Abstract and index of Psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, sociology, business, education, etc.
- PubMedPubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's to present.
- Sociological AbstractsInternational literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Mapping resources
- Maps LibGuide @ UICMaps and aerial photographs at UIC and other sites
