UNM
In the database, the “Basic Search” window looks like this:
HEALTH SCIENCES
LIBRARY and
INFORMATICS
CENTER
Contact Information
Patricia Bradley, MLS, AHIP
Native and Distance Services Librarian
(505) 272-0664
[email protected]
And the “Advanced Search” window looks like this:
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 272-2311
http://hslic.unm.edu/
Nat i v e H e a lt h
Data b a s e
Health Information
For and About
Native Peoples
Native Health Database website
https://hscssl.unm.edu/nhd/
Native Health Database screen shots from
https://hscssl.unm.edu/nhd/
https://hscssl.unm.edu/nhd/
The University of New Mexico is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity institution. In accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, this material is available in alternate formats
upon request.
Revised 4/15/2015
Photo on cover and this panel by Tom Brahl
The Native Health Database
contains more than 9,000 healthrelated articles and documents on
the topic of Native American health
issues.
Health Information
For Native Peoples
Native Health Database
(NHD)
The Native Health Database is a web-based
resource developed and managed by the UNM
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center.
It provides information for the benefit, use and
education of organizations and individuals with
an interest in American Indian and Alaskan Native
health-related issues, programs and initiatives.
The NHD includes documents developed by:
• Indian Health Service staff
• Tribal health professionals
• Health care practitioners working in
American Indian (AI) reservations, Alaska
Native (AN) villages and urban areas with
significant AI/AN populations
• University-based researchers
“One of the most important
archives that exists
anywhere.”
Native American Public Health
Faculty Member
https://hscssl.unm.edu/nhd/
Database Features
• Abstracts of the selected materials
• Where appropriate, links to full-text
documents or abstracts
• Database entries dated from 1672 to the present
• Spelling assistance for search terms
• Mobile-device format
• Tutorial
• Clipboard function for saving search results
Photo by John Arnold
• Grey literature
• Ability to export clipboard contents to a citationmanagement system
Ways to Search the NHD
• • • • • • • • • Tribe
Key word
Title
Author
Publication source
Publication year
Document type
Region
State/province
Mission
The NHD’s mission is to serve as a high-quality source of
health information about:
• • • • • American Indians
Alaska Natives
Canadian First Nations
Metis
Inuit
https://hscssl.unm.edu/nhd/
History of the NHD
The Native Health History Database (NHHD) was
developed in the early 1990s from the donated collection
of “Papers on Indian Health” by William W. Schottstaedt,
MD (1917‒2005). The NHHD was funded by a grant from
the U.S. Department of Education and administered by
the National Library of Medicine.
Later, the Native Health Research Database (NHRD),
which covers current materials, was funded by grants
from the Indian Health Service and the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
In 2007, NHHD and NHRD were merged to become
the Native Health Database. In 2013, HSLIC received
$35,000 from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to
update and promote the NHD.
The UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics
Center continues to maintain the Native Health Database
for the use of researchers, students, health care
practitioners and community members who have an
interest in American Indian Health.
https://hscssl.unm.edu/nhd/