PHA-Exchange> Free & low cost Newsletters and journals database : www.asksource.info

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From: <dussin.l at healthlink.org.uk>

> SOURCE NEWSLETTERS AND JOURNALS DATABASE: REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK
>
> Do you subscribe to the right newsletters - on your topic, written for 
> your region, or with international relevance? Do you
> publish a newsletter?
>
> Source is looking for suggestions for its Newsletters and journals 
> database, which covers the practice, management and
> communication of health and disability in developing countries.
>
> If you publish, or receive and use, a useful newsletter or journal, visit 
> http://www.asksource.info to make sure we've got
> it listed. Please send suggestions for inclusion and amended information 
> to Luca Dussin at dussin.l at healthlink.org.uk
> stating:
> - Newsletter title, publisher & publisher's postal and email addresses
> - Web address (URL) if the newsletter is available online
> and supply a brief summary or abstract of what the newsletter covers and 
> who it will be useful to.
>
> WHAT IS THE SOURCE "NEWSLETTERS AND JOURNALS" DATABASE ?
>   The Source Newsletters and journals database is an online resource 
> designed to help organisations, north and south,
> identify journals that they want to subscribe to. We list newsletters and 
> journals which:
> -- Cover the practice, management and / or communication of health and 
> disability issues in developing countries
> -- Use accessible language rather than complex technical terminology
> -- Can be used for training, educational purposes, and / or as practical 
> reference material
> -- Are designed or adaptable for use in developing countries
> -- Are available free or at a low cost
> -- Are available internationally and to a large audience.
>
> This database has been used as a valuable networking tool to learn about 
> the activities of other organisations working
> regionally and internationally. It also provides a rich source of core 
> materials to build up resource centres and provide
> up-to-date health information at little extra cost.
>
> TIP : HOW TO GET HOLD OF NEWSLETTERS AND JOURNALS
>   Visit the "Newsletters and journals" database at 
> http://www.asksource.info and search for publications that relate to
> your work and your interests. Click on the "full text on the web" link to 
> see the full text online. To subscribe to print-
> only newsletters, click on the email address provided to contact the 
> publisher. If you do not have access to email, note
> down the newsletter title and the name and postal address of the 
> publisher. For ideas on how to approach publishers, see
> the sample letters in Healthlink Worldwide's Resource Centre Manual at
> http://www.asksource.info/support/manual/collect4_8.htm
>
> WHAT IS SOURCE?
>   Source is an international information support centre designed to 
> strengthen the management, use and impact of
> information on health and disability information worldwide. It is a 
> collaboration of three partners: the Centre for
> International Child Health (a research and teaching organisation working 
> on child health), Handicap International (an
> international disability and development NGO), and Healthlink Worldwide (a 
> health communication NGO).
>
> See http://www.asksource.info for more information and for details of over 
> 25,000 information resources relevant to
> developing countries.
>
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