Links to other general collections of useful resources for eye health.
CDs &DVDs
Community Eye Health Update 2007
Publisher: ICEH
Description: The Community Eye Health Update 2007 CD-ROM contains issues 25-61 of the Community Eye Health Journal and many other teaching and learning materials for eye health workers. It is free to health workers in developing countries and
elsewhere costs £10.00 / $18.00. Order a free CD from the Publications List PDF (80Kb)
Eldis OnDisc
Publisher: Eldis
Date added: 2007-09-01
Description: Eldis have recently undertaken to produce CDs containing a selection of documents available on their website. To subscribe please visit the Eldis OnDisc web site at community.eldis.org/eldisondisc/
e-TALC Issue 9
Publisher: TALC
Description: Free CD-ROM published annually aiming to provide an up-to-date, authoritative source of health information for workers in developing countries who have access to computers but limited access to the internet. Content includes carefully selected articles from a number of journals such as the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, and PLOS Medicine, as well as many others. To subscribe to the e-TALC CD-ROM please visit the TALC web site at www.talcuk.org/etalc/subscribe.htm
Trachoma
Publisher: The Wellcome Trust www.wellcome.ac.uk
Edition: 2nd
Published: 2006
Description: A guide to trachoma and the SAFE strategy. The new edition of the CD has been fully revised and expanded. It now includes coverage of the SAFE strategy for the elimination of blinding trachoma.
Link:
Eye health workers in developing countries can order a copy of the CD from the Publications List PDF (80Kb)
Discussion groups and email lists
CEHupdates Newsletter
Publisher: ICEH
Description: CEHupdates newsletter is a quarterly email list which has the table
of contents from each issue of the Community Eye Health Journal and other news from ICEH.
Link:
Sign up for CEHupdates emails at lists.iceh.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cehupdates or send your name and email address to admin@jceh.co.uk
Eyetext.net
Publisher: eyetext.net
Description: Eyetext provides an electronic chat room to members (it is free to join). Current eye related boards include General, The Retina Club and Tips and Gems.
Email digests are also available.
Link: www.eyetext.net/agora/index.php?site=eyetext
South Asian Public Health Discussion Forum
Publisher: South Asian Public Health Forum (SAPHF)
Description: SAPHF was established in 1999 to improve communication among public health
professionals in South Asia. Over the years its membership has increased
to many hundreds of professionals from all corners of the world.
Link:www.saphf.org/discussi.htm
VISION
2020 E-Resource Library Newsletter
Publisher: Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO)
Description: The VISION
2020 E-Resource Library sends out a monthly email newsletter with collections of links to resources on a particular theme.
Link: Send your email address to eyesite@aravind.org to subscribe.
Glossaries
Community Eye Health Journal Glossaries
Publisher: ICEH
Description:
Topical glossaries as published in the Community Eye Health Journal.
Links:
Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group Glossary
Publisher: Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group
Description: Brief explanations of ophthalmic terminology.
Link: www.cochraneeyes.org/glossary.htm
Dictionary of Common Terms in Orthoptic Practice
Publisher: British and Irish Orthoptic Society
Description: Definition of common terms in orthoptic practice, orthoptic abbreviations and conversion charts.
Link: PDF (660Kb)
Help in finding health information
Search engines and directories
Description: Freely available web sites helping you find information on the web,
often with language or country specific versions. Popular examples include;
Links:
Using Search Engines to Find Online Medical
Information PLoS Med 2(9): e228 DOI: Al-Ubaydli
M (2005)
Description: A general introduction to using freely available web search engines,
particularly Google.
Link: medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020228
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial,
UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops
Description: An excellent introduction and guide to searching for information on
the internet.
Link: www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet,
The Sheridan Libraries of The John Hopkins University
Description: Another excellent guide to the criteria used to assess information found on
the internet.
Link: Web site
PubMed Tutorial
Description: A web-based learning program that shows you how to search PubMed, the National
Library of Medicine's (NLM™) journal literature search system.
Link: www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html |
