Electronic databases
Internet sites

H1N1 [SWINE FLU]

This page recommends electronic databases and websites which should be useful to those who are looking for information on the potential swine flu outbreak.

Electronic Databases

Academic Search Complete (1984 - Current)

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Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.

LexisNexis Academic

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Full text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes Hoover's Company Data.

PubMed

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A service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Internet Sites

2009 Swine Flu Outbreak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_outbreak

Wikipedia article on the current outbreak.

Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

World Health Organization web site on the swine flu outbreak.

Great Pandemic: The United States in 1918-1919

http://1918.pandemicflu.gov/index.htm

This retrospective web site provides an overview of the last pandemic. More Americans died of this flue outbreak than were killed in the first World War.

H1N1 (Swine Flu)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/h1n1fluswineflu.html

Medline Plus web site, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/

Centers for Disease Conrol and Prevention web site.

H1N1 Flu Information

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

One-stop access to U.S. Government H1N1, avian and pandemic flu information.

H1N1 Flu Update and Information

http://www.jcu.edu/breakingnews/swineflu_update.htm

John Carroll University's web page on the current flu outbreak, links to internet sources, and tips to curb spreading airborne diseases.

Ohio H1 N1 Information

http://www.odh.ohio.gov/landing/phs_emergency/swineflu.aspx

Ohio Department of Health web page tracks spread of the disease in Ohio and provides a phone number for the Ohio H1 N1 Information Line.

Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan (JCU)

http://www.jcu.edu/pandemic/preparednessplan.htm

John Carroll University’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan is a compilation of ideas, thoughts, and procedures from members of the John Carroll community and other institutions who are planning for the possibility of a pandemic crisis.

Swine Flu (Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus)

http://www.medicinenet.com/swine_flu/article.htm

Medicine.net provides a Q & A based consumer information site on the flu outbreak.