Library: Statistics/Internet Resources

There are many sources for statistics, the following list is by no means comprehensive:

• Australian Bureau of Statistics – Browse Statistics
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare – Reports & Statistics
• Australia's Health Tracker
• Dataset Search (Google)
• Department of Health - Statistics
• health.vic - Health status of Victorians
• health.vic - Victorian Population Health Survey
• Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU)
• The Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms
• Victorian Women's Health Atlas
• WHO | Global Health Observatory (GHO)
• WHO | Health Statistics

Finding and Using Health Statistics Online Tutorial

There are many sources for legal information, the following list is by no means comprehensive:

• Austlii (for caselaw)
• ComLaw - Commonwealth of Australia Law
• The Law Handbook (Victoria)
• Legify - Australian Legislation
• Victorian Legislation

There are many sources for multilingual resources, the following list is by no means comprehensive:

• Health Translations - DHS Victoria
• Multicultural Communication - NSW Health
• Multicultural Health - QLD Health
• Multilingual Factsheets - The Women's Hospital, Melbourne
• Multicultural Centre for Women's Health

Subject search filters are a quick and easy way of searching for information on a certain topic. They won’t find everything but they can save you time. Researchers at Flinders University and Care Search have created the following filters to search PubMed. When you click on a link below you can then choose a search to run. For example, you could choose to search for the latest publications on fatigue in palliative care; or you could search for  Randomized Controlled Trials on diabetes in Aborigines:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Search Filter (errors occurring - work being undertaken to fix)
• Aged Care Search Collection
• Dementia Search Filter
• Heart Failure Search Filter
• Integrated Care Search Filter
• Lung Cancer Search Filter
• Palliative Care Search Filter
• Residential Aged Care Search Filter

To find out more about search filters visit the following sites:

• Care Search
• Flinders University Search Filters

There are many sources for medical images, the following list is by no means comprehensive:

• BrainMaps.org
• Google Images
• Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
• HONmedia - Medical Images
• Images from the History of Medicine - NLM
• Open Access Medical Image Repository
• Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
• Radiopaedia.org