Home: Country Information: Environment/Global Health

Environment

Science Direct This link opens in a new window
Access to full text of over 2,500 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in the areas of: Biochemistry; Business and Management; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Psychology; and Social Science. Includes recently-accepted articles in press.
Note: AND, OR, NOT must be entered in all uppercase. (See further details.)

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
"[C]ollects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment." Use the Geography drop-down menu to browse a variety of tools regarding global energy use.
United Nations Environment Programme
Provides a variety of information regarding global environmental issues including but not limited to climate change, ecosystem management, and disasters & conflicts.
United Nations Sustainability Development Goals
Explore the details of the UN's 17 sustainability goals including target dates, progress and additional resources. Use the menu in the upper right to link to news and media reports among other things.
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Explore the What We Do, Maps & Data, and Publications (for WRI reports) top menu options.
The World Water Council (WWC)
"The World Water Council's mission is to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels..."
World's Water: Information on the World's Freshwater Resources
Click the Water Conflict tab to access a chronological list, timeline, and map of conflicts around the world regarding access to clean fresh water. From the Pacific Institute.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 24 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Note: Click on "Find it@Emmanuel" in the upper right of the detailed article record to link to Emmanuel Full-Text resources.

World Health Organization (WHO)
Explore especially the Health Topics, Countries, and Emergencies drop down menus. Click the Regions tab at the homepage's extreme upper left to select WHO pages for specific geographical areas.
Global Health Watch
The Global Health Watch is a social justice approach of monitoring global health with the goal of counterbalancing market-driven perspectives and magnifying the voices of the poor and vulnerable.
Global Health Council
"Established in 1972, Global Health Council (GHC) is the leading membership organization supporting and connecting advocates, implementers and stakeholders around global health priorities worldwide."

Note: Certain resources are listed on multiple guides.