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• FIND BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND MORE - Search for books, journal articles, grey literature, statistics and maps
• SEARCH BY SUBJECT AREA - Search for material related to sub-disciplines of public health (e.g., rural health)
• MANAGE REFERENCES - Learn how to manage your references, avoid plagiarism, and use citation style guides
• Explore LINKS AND ORGANIZATIONS - Find provincial, federal and international institutions associated with public health
  
• Find PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS - Discover public health professional associations

 2011 World Health Report on the H1N1 Pandemic

- (Report of the Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) in relation to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009)

Written by a team of 25 experts, this landmark report notes that "The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency" (p. 12)

NEW!! Proquest Public Health

Check out the new database PROQUEST PUBLIC HEALTH. Designed to be the starting point for public health information and research. Coverage extends to 1972 and provides access to core literature in a wide variety of subjects related to public health.

• Nutrition and Dietetics
• Physical fitness and hygiene
• Population studies
• Social services and welfare
• Statistics, Biology - genetics,
• Drug abuse and alcoholism
• Special education and rehabilitation
• Environmental studies
• Industrial health and safety
• Communicable Diseases
• Allergology and Immunology
• Nurses and Nursing
• Pediatrics

NEW!!  100 Years of Public Health in Canada: To celebrate its 100 year anniversary, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) has created an entire website highlighting achivements, innovations, and landmarks of public health in Canada. Experience it through This is Public Health: A Canadian History (an interative e-Book), a virtual tour through 100 years of public health (Virtual Expo), reading profiles, watching videos, and more.