Article Databases

• PubMed MedlineHelp with PubMed Medline
• Nursing and Allied Health Source
  Includes full-text of clinical medicine and nursing journals.
• Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition
• Web of Science
  Includes Science Citation Index.  Click All Databases to include Biological Abstracts and Medline.

Journal Publisher Databases

• ACS Journals
  FT 1996+
• Annual Reviews

  Provides cross-searchable access to annual summaries of research in the biomedical sciences,...

• Cambridge Journals
  FT 1997+
• ScienceDirect
  FT 1995+
• Springer Link
  FT 1997+
• Wiley Online Library
  FT 1997+

Consumer Health

• Health Source - Consumer edition
• Alt HealthWatch

Video Databases

• Health Video Online

Reference Handbook Databases

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Includes the following titles:Complete dictionary of scientific biography,  Encyclopedia of bioethics, Encyclopedia of public health, The Gale encyclopedia of medicine, The Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine, The Gale encyclopedia of nursing & allied health, The Gale encyclopedia of genetic disorders, The Gale encyclopedia of cancer a guide to cancer and its treatments, The Gale encyclopedia of children's health infancy through adolescence, Health and wellness illness among Americans, Medicine, health, and bioethics essential primary sources, Nutrition and well-being a to z, Weight in America obesity, eating disorders, and other health risks
• Oxford Reference Online
    Includes the following titles:, An A-Z of medicinal drugs, Concise medical dictionary, A dictionary of public health, The Oxford illustrated companion to medicine
• Sage Knowledge eBooks
  Includes the following titles:, Encyclopedia of global health, Encyclopedia of obesity, Encyclopedia of stem cell research, Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, The Sage handbook of healthcare
• Blackwell Reference Online
  Includes the following titles: The Blackwell companion to medical sociology
• Plunkett Research Online
  Includes an industry analysis for the Healthcare Industry

Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Dictionaries

Definitions of Medical Terms

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. (Ref 610.3 T113) Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1997.

MedlinePlus - Medical Dictionary

General Medicine & Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. (Ref 616 H248a) 16th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. (Ref 616.075 M537) 18th ed. Rahway, NJ: Merck, 2006.

Merck Manual - "Full text online version of the Merck Manual Home Edition, describes diseases and treatments."

National Institutes of Health - General information on the programs and grants offered; and links to the 24 institutes of health. Examples are the National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research and the National Human Genome Research Institute.

World Health Organization - Health Topics

HealthFinder - Consumer health information on a variety of topics.

Mayo Clinic - "Access to the experience and knowledge of the physicians of the Mayo Clinic."

Diseases — History

Cambridge World History of Human Disease. New York: Cambridge, 2008. Etiology, epidemiology, distribution and incidence, clinical manifestations and pathology, history and geography.

Inherited Diseases

Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. (Ref 616.39 Scr39) 7th ed. 3 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Definition, biochemistry, treatment, pathogenesis, diagnosis and screening. Online updated version.

Occupational and Environmental Diseases

Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety. (Ref 613.62 St39) 4th ed. 4 vols. Geneva: International Labour Organization, 1998. Volume 1 lists major diseases caused by occupational factors and includes causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal.  From the CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Laboratory Tests/Diagnosis

Patient's Guide to Medical Tests. (Ref 616.075 Z18) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

Diseases - Treatment

Alternative Medicine

Complementary and Alternative Therapies - from Medline.

Mosby's complementary & alternative medicine : a research-based approach. (Ref615.5 F877a).  St Louis: Mosby, 2009.

PDR for nonprescription drugs, dietary supplements, and herbs. (Ref 615.1 P569r) Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics, 2009.

Clinical Guidelines

National Guideline Clearinghouse - Recommendations for treatment from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials - "information on more than 4,000 federal and private medical studies.."

Prescription Drug Information

Drug Information - from National Library of Medicine. Over-the-counter, prescription drugs, herbs and natural remedies.  Sources are American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and Natural Standard.

Physicians' Desk Reference: PDR. (Ref 615.1 P569) Oradell, NJ: Medical Economics. Annual.

Martindale : the complete drug reference. 2 vols. (Ref 615.1 M366) London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2007.

Drugs@FDA - Browse by an alphabetical index, or use the keyword search engine.

MayoClinic.com - USPDI (U.S. Pharmacopia Dispensing Information) from Mayo Clinic. Requires Flash plug-in to enter the site. Search by drug name.

MedWatch - Adverse effects and warnings organized by date and subject. Searchable. From the FDA.

PDR guide to drug interactions, side effects and indications. (Ref 615.1 P569c)  Montvale, NJ : Medical Economics, 2010.

Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs. (Ref 615.1 H191) 16th ed. Washington, DC: American Pharmaceutical Association, 2009.

Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. (Ref 615.1 M537) 15th ed. Rahway, NJ: Merck, 2013

Health Management and Policy

Kaiser Family Foundation.  Non-Profit foundation's clearinghouse for health policy information.

Health care systems around the world : a comparative guide.  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, ©2013

Debates on U.S. health care.  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2012.

Healthcare reform in America : a reference handbook. (Ref 362.1 K923h) Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2004

Encyclopedia of health and behavior. 2 vols. (Ref 610.3 An24) Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage, c2004

The Oxford handbook of bioethics (Ref 174.2 St34). Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

Encyclopedia of health care management. (Ref 362.1068 St14) Thousand Oaks [Calif.] : Sage Publications, c2004

Statistics Databases

Statistics Encyclopedias and Handbooks

California

Center for Health Statistics, Office of Health Information and Research - Statistical reports on health for California.

Health data summaries for California counties

Healthy California 2010

State Health Stats - From Kaiser Family Foundation; compare states.

United States

National Center for Health Statistics - Tabs on the right link to Aging, Births, Deaths, Disease, Health Insurance, Physical Activities

CDC FASTSTATS - Centers for Disease Control's statistical summaries on topics of public health importance

Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health

Health, United States.  (Ref 362.1 H349) Publisher Hyattsville, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, annual

Vital Statistics of the United States - From the National Center for Health Statistics.  Some also available in print (Ref 317.3 N213 and Ref 317.3 N213a)

International

World Health Report

World Health Organization - Data and Statistics.