Global Health

The only specialist bibliographic abstracting and indexing database dedicated to public health, completing the picture of international medical and health research by capturing key literature that is not covered by other databases.

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Derived from over 7,300 journals, plus reports, books, conferences, and more, Global Health contains over 5.6 million research records from 1973 to the present

Ovid’s powerful search functionality, combined with the CABI Thesaurus controlled-vocabulary tool provide researchers, librarians, faculties, students, and practitioners with access to a unique platform for precision research.

Publications from over 100 countries in 50 languages are abstracted, and all relevant non-English-language papers are translated to give access to research not available through any other database.

The database's open serials policy and coverage of international and grey literature means that 40% of material contained in Global Health is unique to the database. Everything from proceedings, theses, electronic-onl

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

CAB International

Product Type:

Database

Specialty:

• Community Health & Disease Prevention
• Animal Sciences
• Parasitology and Infectious Diseases
• Epidemiology
• Nutrition & Dietetics
• Internal Medicine
• Infectious Diseases

Language:

English

Update Frequency:

Weekly

Coverage:

1973 - Present

Data Type:

Bibliographic with Abstracts|Bibliographic with Full Text

Number of Records:

2.7 million+

Records Added Annually:

185,000

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