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Geographic Information Systems/Science

This is a library resource guide for GIS. There are several departments on campus which use GIS. They include but are not limited to Geography, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, History, Biological Sciences and Economics.
  • The Basics of GIS
  • Getting started with GIS
  • Selected book titles for GIS
  • ArcGIS software
  • Open source software
  • GIS manuals
  • Computer programming with GIS
  • Articles & journals
  • ArcGIS for Office
  • GIS for the Mac
  • Case studies in GIS
  • Archaeology & GIS
  • Census & GIS
  • ENVS & GIS
  • History & GIS
  • Urban applications
  • Spatial analysis & modelling
  • Public health
  • Internet resources for GIS
  • GIS Education Blog
  • ArcGIS Online
  • Web mapping This link opens in a new window
  • Digital mapping
  • GIS data
  • Google Earth & Maps
  • Geovisualization
  • Managing citations
  • Scholarly communication This link opens in a new window

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Internet resource(s)

  • Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis logo
    Environmental Benefits Mapping & Analysis Program (BenMAP)
    • Link
    BenMAP-CE is a open-source software program that calculates the number and economic value of air pollution-related deaths and illnesses. It incorporates a database that includes many of the concentration-response relationships, population files, and health and economic data needed to quantify these impacts. This is the Community Edition.
  • Esri black & white logo
    GeoMedicine: Can Geographic Information Make Me Healthy?
    • Open Access Icon
    • E-Book
    An free, downloadable e-book from Esri.
  • Center for Disease Control & Prevention logo
    GIS and Public Health
    • Link
    This site is designed to provide information on GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and in the larger public health community.
  • World Health Organization logo
    Global Health Observatory
    • Database
    • Link
    The GHO data repository is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.
  • HealthMap - Global Disease Alert Map
    • Link
    HealthMap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.
  • John Snow
    • Link
    This site is devoted to the life and times of Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a legendary figure in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology.
  • Center for Disease Control & Prevention logo
    National Health Inerview Survey (NHIS)
    • Link
    The main objective of the NHIS is to monitor the health of the United States population through the collection and analysis of data on a broad range of health topics. A major strength of this survey lies in the ability to categorize these health characteristics by many demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. ...

In the Library's Collections

GIS and Public Health are scattered between Baker-Berry Library and Dana Biomedical Library. Check the online catalog to verify an item's location and call number.

The call numbers range from G 70.2 through G 70.4 and RA 566 both located on Berry Level 4.

Useful subject headings for searching in the online catalog:

  • public health data processing
  • biometry
  • information storage and retrieval systems medical care
  • information storage and retrieval systems public health
  • medical care data processing

Introductory reading(s)

  • Cover ArtBasic & clinical biostatistics by Susan White
    • Book
    Call Number: Matthews Fuller QH 323.5 .D38 2020
    ISBN: 9781260455366
    Publication Date: 5th ed.
    Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields. Basic & Clinical Biostatistics provides medical students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. This fifth edition has been updated throughout to deliver a comprehensive, timely introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. ...
  • Cover artBasic biostatistics: statistics for public health practice by B. Burt Gerstman
    • Book
    Call Number: Matthews Fuller RA 409 .G47 2008
    ISBN: 9780763735807
    Basic Biostatistics is a concise introduction to biostatistics for both undergraduates and graduates in various fields of public health. The book will include strong coverage of biostatistical principles and focuses on common types of data encountered in public health and biomedical fields. This text will put equal emphasis on exploratory and confirmatory statistical methods. ...
  • Cover artEncyclopedia of GIS by Shashi Shekhar; Hui Xiong, eds.
    • On Campus or VPN
    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9780387308586
    There are entries on Public Health.
  • Cover artThe ghost map: the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world by Steven Johnson
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry RC 133. G6 J64 2006
    ISBN: 9781594489259
    A thrilling account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London and a brilliant exploration of how Dr John Snow's solution revolutionised the way people think about disease, cities, science and the modern world. This is an endlessly fascinating and compelling account of the summer of 1854, from the microbial level to the macro-urban-theory level, including, most importantly, the human level. ...
  • Cover artGIS and public health by Ellen K. Cromley; Sara L. McLafferty
    • Book
    Call Number: Matthews Fuller RA 566 .C764 2012
    ISBN: 9781609187507
    Authoritative and comprehensive, this is the leading text and professional resource on using geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze and address public health problems.
  • Cover artGIS for health organizations by Laura Lang
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry G 70.212 .L364 2000
    ISBN: 9781879102651
    Health care executives and managers will get a closer look at how to use geographic information systems (GIS) to improve patient care, better manage their facilities, and increase their market share with this book. GIS is already used to monitor the spread of disease, assign patients to the nearest facility, and display injuries on a map of the human body. This book uses a dozen case studies, ranging from federal institutions and state public health departments to private care providers, to explain how the program was implemented and to report the results. ...
  • Cover artGIS tutorial for health by Kristen S. Kurland; Wilpen L. Gorr
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry RA 792 .G67 2014
    ISBN: 9781589483729
    Publication Date: 5th ed.
    A handbook for teaching GIS to healthcare professionals, this reference discusses learning GIS software in the context of visualizing and analyzing health-related data. By outlining a hands-on approach that simulates how a GIS project would be developed in the real world, the included exercises set the student loose on real data with a tangible, clearly-defined end-product as the goal. ...
  • Cover artIntroduction to geographic information systems in public health by Alan L. Melnick
    • Book
    Call Number: Library Depository RA 566 .M435 2002
    ISBN: 9780834218789
    This clear and accessible text helps public health professionals gain a solid understanding of geographic information system technology; what it is, how it works, and how it shapes their careers. Using examples drawn from public health practice, the author fully explains this exciting technological development.

Selected title(s) for GIS & Public Health

  • Cover artCartographies of disease: maps, mapping, and medicine by Tom Koch
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry RA 792.5 .K63 2017
    ISBN: 9781589484672
    Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine is a comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease. This look at medical mapping advances the argument that maps are not merely representations of spatial realities but a way of thinking about relationships between viral and bacterial communities, human hosts, and the environments in which diseases flourish. ...
  • Cover artEssentials of medical geology: impacts of the natural environment on public health by Olle Selinus, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Library Depository RA 566 .E84 2005
    ISBN: 9780126363418
    This authoritative reference volume emphasizes the importance and interrelationships of geological processes to the health and diseases of humans and animals. Its accessible format fosters better communication between the health and geoscience communities by elucidating the geologic origins and flow of toxic elements in the environment that lead to human exposure through the consumption of food and water. ...
  • Cover artGeographic information systems and health applications by Omar Khan, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry RA 566 .G46 2003
    ISBN: 9781591400769
    The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the health sector is an idea whose time has come. The current applications of GIS in health are diverse and extensive. The present GIS environment is heavily driven by technology and such an approach is indeed logical for the most part. However, the needs of less-developed countries in utilizing the concepts and technologies of mapping should not be neglected in the continuing evolution of GIS. Geographic Information Systems and Health Applications presents a sampling of the many applications utilizing GIS in the field of health.
  • Cover artGeographic information systems and public health: eliminating perinatal disparity by Andrew Curtis; Michael Leitner, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Library Depository RA 566 .G462 2006
    ISBN: 9781591406099
    Geographic Information Systems and Public Health: Eliminating Perinatal Disparity is designed to introduce a community health group to the potential of using a geographic information system (GIS) to improve birth outcomes. Chapters in this book provide an overview of why geography is important in the investigation of health, the importance of the four main components of a GIS (data input, manipulation, analysis and visualization), how important neighborhood context is when using a GIS, and the general differences found between urban and rural health environments. ...
  • Cover artGIS and evidence-based policy making by Stephen Wise; Max Craglia, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry G 70.212 .W57 2008
    ISBN: 9780849385834
    Although much has been written on evidence-based policy making, this is the first volume to address the potential of GIS in this arena. GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making covers the development of new methodological approaches, emphasizing the identification of spatial patterns in social phenomena. It examines organizational issues, including the development of new tools for policy making. ...
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