Publications Databases

 
• Arctic Health Publications Database
  Contains bibliographic information, abstracts, and links to full-text journal articles, reports, newspapers / newsletters, conference proceedings, gray literature, and other documents as well as non-print materials. There are currently over 87,000 records.
   
• Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (CHBD)
  is a project of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team in Circumpolar Chronic Disease Prevention. It contains more than 3100 records about all aspects of human health in the circumpolar region. All types of publications, both peer-reviewed and grey literature, are included. It was created from records in the Arctic Institute of North America's ASTIS database, which covers primarily northern Canada

   
• International Polar Year Publications Database
  As of October 2008 this database contains 945 records. Publications describing the research results of IPY 2007-08 will not be available in large numbers until 2009.
   
• Outreach Connections: Native Health Information Wiki
  This wiki is designed to serve as a collaborative space: for those who work with health care providers serving Native peoples (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians); for those who work with Native health information consumers; to improve health information access for Native peoples; to exchange information from health information promotion and training experiences; to complement sites already focused on health information for Native peoples.
   
• PolarInfo
  is a multidisciplinary collection of references to northern and Native subjects and has been produced at the University of Alberta since January 1996.  All subjects are covered including health, education, law, business, political science, geology, cold regions engineering, vegetation, and wildlife. Indexed materials include articles from journals, northern newspapers, Native newspapers, newsletters, selected conference proceedings, selected annual and government reports, and other grey literature.
   
• University of New Mexico: Native Health Databases
  also include history and research databases
   
• Inuvialuit Settlement Region Database
  contains descriptions of more than 8400 publications and research projects about the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's Northwest Territories and Yukon.

Journals, Bibliographies, and Reports

 
• American Indian and Alaska Native Health Bibliography
  More than 2050 article citations from the MEDLINE database, January 1990 through September 1996.
   
• Appraisal of the Health and Nutritional Status of the Eskimo
  A 1959 report by the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense. (6.55MB PDF)
   
• Arctic Forum
  Published annually by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) includes the abstracts from oral and poster presentations at the Arctic Forum, an interdisciplinary scientific conference held in conjunction with the ARCUS Annual Meeting each year.
   
• Arctic Journal
  Arctic contains contributions from any area of scholarship dealing with the polar and subpolar regions of the world. Articles in Arctic present original research and have withstood intensive peer review. Arctic also publishes reviews of new books on the North, profiles of significant people, places and northern events, and topical commentaries.
   
• Arctic Pollution Issues. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
  A 1998 update of the 1997 AMAP report. (PDF [by chapter])
   
• Arctic Pollution Issues: A State of the Arctic Environment Report
  The 1997 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). (PDF format)
   
• Arctic Research of the United States
  An online journal
   

• BÁIKI: The International Sámi Journal
  A major English-language source of information about Sámi arts, literature, history, spirituality, and environmental concerns. It also covers news of North American Sámi community events.
   
• First Alaskans Institute
  E-Newsletter of the First Alaskans Institute.
    
• International Journal of Circumpolar Health
  Full-text articles available
   
• The Journal of the National Center
  American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
   
• U.S. Arctic Research Commission -- Report on Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research 2005
  (PDF size: 1,343kb)
   
• Witness the Arctic (Arctic Research Consortium of the United States)
  Newsletter of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), a group formed in 1988 to identify and bring together the resources of the arctic research community.

Collections and Other Media Presentations

• Frostbite Slide Collection of William J Mills, Jr, MD
  Slides from the collection of the leading authority in Cold Injury in Alaska
• Arctic Documentary Film database  
  This database contains information on approximately 35 000 documentary films from the Barents region.
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Cancer Education Videos
  These videos were created to provide culturally informed cancer education resources and learning opportunities for Community Health Aides and Community Health Practitioners (CHA/Ps), the primary providers of health care in rural Alaska, along with the people of their communities.

  • The Story Basket: Weaving Breast Health into Our Lives
    Alaska Native women discuss the importance of breast health. It includes the process involved in a personal breast exam and mammogram.

  • Awaken Choices: Colon Health, Our Stories
    Sharing stories: Alaska Native people talk about colon/rectum cancer and healthy lifestyle choices. The importance of early detection through colon/rectum screening is emphasized.

  • Staying Strong, Staying Healthy: Alaska Men Talk About Cancer
    Specifically for Alaska Native men, this program addresses colon/rectum cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.
  • Understanding: Stepping into the Light
    The play, which was adapted for television to reach rural, Alaska Native communities, enters the silence, making audible the experience of cancer.