The Role of the Map and Geographic Information Library in Medical Geographic Research

摘要

Map and geography libraries play an important role in supporting the work of medical geographers conducting research in the U.S. and other countries. Libraries provide access to three key types of information needed in medical geographic research: geographic data on places including their locations and environmental contexts, spatially-referenced data on population, and spatially-referenced data on health events. There is an important ongoing role for map and geography libraries and librarians in acquiring, cataloging, and making accessible information needed to advance medical geographic research.