PUBLICATIONS

• Publications Databases

• Journals, Bibliographies, and Reports

• Collections and Other Media Presentations

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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 101,950 records.

ArcticNet Publications Database
The database includes publications from ArcticNet and from its two predecessor research projects, the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES) and the International North Water Polynya Study (NOW). The database provides complete coverage of the more than 1000 refereed publications that have so far been produced by the three research projects, and partial coverage of non-refereed publications (currently about 750).

Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
The ASTIS database contains records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada. ASTIS, a project of the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, also maintains subset databases about specific regions, subjects and projects.

Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (CHBD)
A project of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team in Circumpolar Chronic Disease Prevention. The database contains more than 6,100 records about all aspects of human health in the circumpolar region. All types of publications, both peer-reviewed and gray literature, are included. CHBD was created from records in the Arctic Institute of North America's ASTIS database, which covers primarily northern Canada.

Electronic Memory of the Arctic
A Russian project, the Electronic Memory Project is intended to be a combination electronic library, electronic archive and electronic museum providing access to the history of the Arctic and its present circumstances. The project is still in development but currently includes a multi-media library. The site and its contents are primarily in Russian.

International Polar Year Publications Database
The International Polar Year Publications Database (IPYPD) attempts to identify and describe all publications that result from, or that are about, the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 and the three previous IPYs. As of May 2011, this database contains 4,839 records.

Inuvialuit Settlement Region Database
Contains descriptions of 11,000 publications and research projects about the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's Northwest Territories and Yukon.

Métis Centre's Literature Database
The Métis Centre is part of the National Aboriginal Health Organization. The Centre's literature database is searchable by keyword, research topic, Métis relevance, sex, and reference type.

Naasautit: Inuit Health Statistics
Launched in 2011, Naasautit: Inuit Health Statistics organizes Inuit-specific statistics and presents these in ways that are easy to understand and use.

Native Health Database, University of New Mexico
Contains bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations.

Nunavik Bibliography
Cooperative long-term project to build a comprehensive bibliographic database about northern Quebec. Joint project of Makivik Corporation, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Canadian Circumpolar Institute, the Arctic Institute of North America, and the Centre d'études nordiques. There are currently 6700 records in the database.

Outreach Connections: Native Health Information Wiki
Collaborative space for those who work with healthcare providers serving Native peoples (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians) and those who work with Native health information consumers. Goals are (1) to improve health information access for Native peoples, (2) to exchange health information and training experiences, and (3) to complement sites already focused on health information for Native peoples.

PolarInfo
Multidisciplinary collection of references to northern and Native subjects that 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 gray literature.

Journals, Bibliographies, and Reports

Above & Beyond: Canada's Arctic Journal
Magazine about life in Arctic Canada.

American Indian and Alaska Native Health Bibliography
More than 2,050 article citations from the MEDLINE database, January 1990 through September 1996.

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center
Professionally refereed scientific journal containing empirical research, program evaluations, case studies, unpublished dissertations, and other articles in the behavioral, social, and health sciences that clearly relate to the mental health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives.

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 Abstracts
Published annually by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS). Includes 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
Contains contributions from any area of scholarship dealing with the polar and subpolar regions of the world. Articles 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.

Arctic Pollution Issues: A State of the Arctic Environment Report
The 1997 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).

Arctic Research of the United States
An online journal. 

Arctic Update
Daily newsletter published by the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

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.

Environmental Health Perspectives
Monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news published by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

First Alaskans Institute
E-newsletter of the First Alaskans Institute.

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Provides a forum for many disciplines, including the biomedical sciences, social sciences, and humanities as they relate to human health in high-latitude environments, with a particular interest in the health of indigenous peoples. Full-text articles available.

Inuit Studies
This semiannual scholarly journal, published since 1977, is devoted to the study of Inuit societies, either traditional or contemporary, in the general perspective of social sciences and humanities. 

Native Quarterly
A bulletin focusing on Alaska Native policy issues, brought to you by the Alaska Native Policy Center at the First Alaskans Institute  

Polar Research
International, peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions.

U.S. Arctic Research Commission - Report on Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research 2005
This report for the year 2005 reflects the best judgment of the Commission based upon information gathered at formal meetings, from other Arctic research community meetings, plus interaction with Arctic scientists, the indigenous people of Alaska, the State of Alaska, federal agencies, and interested citizens. (PDF 1.31 MB)

William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books
The William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books was established in memory of William Mills, who was a core member of Polar Libraries Colloquy during its formative years and a consummate polar librarian as well as author. This is a list of titles nominated and selected since the prize was first awarded in 2006.

Witness the Arctic
This is the newsletter of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS). The newsletter provides information on current arctic research efforts and findings, significant research initiatives, national policy affecting arctic research, international activities, and profiles of institutions with major arctic research efforts.

Collections and Other Media Presentations

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.

Awakening 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.

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.

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.

Arctic Documentary Film database  
This database contains information on approximately 35,000 documentary films from the Barents region.

The Forgotten Plague: Alaska's Fight against Tuberculosis
Brief 2007 documentary about the battle against tuberculosis in Alaska in the 1950s, written by Sarah Hobart and produced by American Lung Association in Alaska. (13:08)

Frostbite Slide Collection of William J Mills, Jr, MD
Slides from the collection of the leading authority on cold injury in Alaska.

IndigenousNutrition.org
Series of videos intended to contribute to the evidence base used to make global policies to protect Indigenous Peoples' food resources and to promote good health. Here are two that relate to nutrition in the Arctic:

The Gwich'in and Their Traditional Foods
In the northern Northwest Territories of Canada within the Gwich'in Nation is the community of Tetlit Zheh. In this rural Arctic setting, the Gwich'in Traditional Food Project has actively promoted local wildlife foods and healthy market foods in many community programs for their cultural and health benefits.

The Inuit and Their Indigenous Foods
On Baffin Island, within the Nunavut Territory, the rural community of Pangnirtung uses traditional knowledge and country food to address emerging health patterns resulting from transition in nutrition and all facets of life.

Medicine- and Health-Related Collections
Guide to Alaska medicine- and health-related collections available at UAA Archives & Special Collections at UAA/APU Consortium Library.

Nutrition Slides from Alaskan Nutritionist Miriam Bell, R.D., MPH
Slides from Miriam Bell's time as coordinator of the 1971 to 1973 AFN Regional Food Educator Project.