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Reference Handbook Databases
- Connect to online handbooks and encyclopedias
- 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
- Includes the following titles:, An A-Z of medicinal drugs, Concise medical dictionary, A dictionary of public health, The Oxford illustrated companion to medicine
- 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
- Includes the following titles: The Blackwell companion to medical sociology
- Includes an industry analysis for the Healthcare Industry
Health & Medicine Periodicals Reading Room
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Health Sciences which includes categories for Medicine and Public Health; and the following journals:
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Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Dictionaries
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Connect to online handbooks and encyclopediasDefinitions of Medical Terms
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) 19th ed. Rahway, NJ: Merck, 2011.
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
CDC-Environmental Health. CDC's compilation of information about Environmental Diseases.
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. (online) Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2015
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
United States
2010 Census Data - The most detailed information available about the 2010 Census about a community's entire population, including cross-tabulations of age, sex, households, families, relationship to householder, housing units, detailed race and Hispanic or Latino origin groups, and group quarters.
Healthdata.gov - Comprehensive catalog of health-related data sets relevant to all aspects of health, for a broad array of users, supplied by a wide range of federal agencies, and available for free.
MedlinePlus Health Statistics - The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Health Statistics page provides a summary of health statistics and links to a wide vareity of health statistics resources.
CDC Data Resources - A reference list of nationally funded data systems with a relationship to environmental public health; highlights the major data systems with a national scope where public health and environmental data can be directly downloaded.
CDC FastStats - The CDC FastStats site provides quick acceess to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
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)
California
Center for Health Statistics, Office of Health Information and Research (CHIR)
State Health Stats - From Kaiser Family Foundation; compare states.
International
World Health Organization. Global Health Observatory. Data Depository.
World Health Organization - Data and Statistics.
Databases for Statistics and Data
re3data.org - A global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines.
Career Resources
Search updated career and jobs information.Expert resumes for health care careers. (Careers: 2nd Floor 331.128 En27ha) Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2010.
Exploring health care careers. (Careers: 2nd Floor 610.69 Ex74 )New York : Ferguson, c2006.
Health care careers directory. (Careers: 2nd Floor 610.71 Am35a) Chicago, IL : American Medical Association, annual
MCAT success (Ref 610.76 P442). Lawrenceville, N.J. : Peterson's, 2005
MCAT comprehensive review (Ref 610.76 R746) New York, NY : Kaplan Educational Centers : Simon & Schuster, 2005
Medical school admission requirements, United States and Canada (Ref 610.71 As78). Washington, D. C., Association of American Medical Colleges, Annual.
Physical therapy professional foundations: keys to success in school and career. (Careers: 2nd Floor 615.82 C944)
Thorofare, NJ : Slack, 2002.
Planning your career in alternative medicine : a guide to degree and certificate programs in alternative health care. (Careers: 2nd Floor 615.5 L995a) New York : Avery, 2000
Veterinary medical school admission requirements. (Ref 610.71 As782) Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.
Professional Organizations
AMA - American Medical Association
ANA - American Nurses Association
ADA - American Dental Association
AOTA - American Occupational Therapy Association
APTA - American Physical Therapy Association
AOA - American Osteopathic Association
ACA - American Chiropractic Association
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. (APA) (Ref 150.149 Am35b) Washington DC: APA, 2010. For tips, consult the APA Style Blog. The Library's summary is: APA Style Guide
Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. (Ref 808.0665 C832) Reston, VA: Council of Science Editors in cooperation with the Rockefeller University Press, 2006. Details the several methods of citation used for biological and other sciences.
AMA manual of style : a guide for authors and editors. (American Medical Association). (Ref 808.0666 Am35) Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007
Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers 2nd ed. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007
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