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Health Encyclopedias & Dictionaries |
Consumer Health Complete
Library online database. Consumer Health Complete provides indexing and full text of medical and
health-related encyclopedias and reference books. |
Medline Health
Information Plus Organized in eight topical sections: Disease, Injury,
Nutrition, Poison, Special, Surgery, Symptoms, and Tests. Users can browse
the encyclopedia entries alphabetically within each of the eight areas.
Overall, an excellent resource for both health professionals and consumers. |
Merck Manual Online
The well-known and highly reputable text used by medical professionals
worldwide is online free of charge. Search by topic, section, or keyword. |
Merck Manual Home Edition
This version
of the Merck Manual was created specifically for the lay user and is available online free of charge. |
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General Research |
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Library online database. Provides indexing and full text of medical
and health-related journals, reference books, and pamphlets. Information is
current and comprehensive and the full text feature allows users access to
hard-to-find medical journals and pamphlets. Also provides information
on alternative health topics. |
HealthFinder
Developed
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the site provides A to
Z listings of topics on prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions, and
alternative medicine — plus medical dictionaries, an encyclopedia, journals,
and more. Users may also sign up to receive emailed health
information, news, and tips. |
Medscape
Browse
29 medical specialty areas or search specific topics through Medscape and
Medline. Access to articles on latest medical research or Medline.
Features current medical news and excerpts from medical texts.
Register to receive emailed health news. Much of the information is
professional level. |
Family Doctor
Sponsored by
the American Academy of Family Physicians, the site offers information on a
variety of health topics plus separate areas for drug information,
self-care, healthy living, and children. Includes a physician locator to
find a family doctor by state and city. Easy to browse, easy to read
information. The site has a Spanish language version. |
MerckSource
The respected
publisher of the Merck Manual offers this Website with a Resource
Library of online reference works; centers for men, women, children, and
seniors; "Condition Briefs" alphabetically by condition, and more.
Excellent information. |
Intelihealth
Aetna HealthcareTM
joins Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania to provide
medical and dental health resources, drug indexes, interactive tools, and
healthy lifestyle information. URAC accredited health Website. |
Go Ask Alice!
Columbia University Health Services provides this
question and answer site for information on a variety of health-related
topics. Search by topic or browse the archives by keyword. Frank
and authoritative, it answers questions people are often embarrassed to ask
themselves. |
MedPage
Today
University of Pennsylvania clearinghouse of new discoveries and developments
in medicine. Users can view by topic or search the news database by
keyword. |
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free, digital
archive of life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes
of Health (NIH). Search by subject, keyword, author for full
text articles or citations to articles. |
Quackwatch
Quackwatch is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat
health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. It was founded by
Stephen Barrett MD. His stated aim is to "to promote accurate health
information and increase consumer protection in the marketplace." |
WebMD
WebMD provides health information, tools for managing health, and support to
those who seek information. Includes access to news articles and
features, and decision-support services that help consumers make better
informed decisions about treatment options, health risks and healthcare
providers. Free registration required to take advantage of all this
site's features. |
Medem
Medical Library
iHealth, in cooperation with the American Medical
Association and other professional associations, provides professionally
written articles in the broad topic categories Life Stages; Diseases &
Conditions; Therapies & Health Strategies; and Health & Society. |
JAMA Patient Page
The respected Journal of the American Medical Association provides
over 390 entrieson their Patient Page. Topics include Lyme
disease, dementia, lymphoma, and dozens of other conditions, medical
procedures, and practices. Succinct and accessible summaries for each entry,
along with illustrations, graphs, and diagrams that help explain each topic.
Many pages are also available in Spanish. |
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The Library
offers a wide variety of materials on health topics. Search
the Library online catalog, iBistro,
for general reference sources using Subject searches like "
Health Encyclopedias," "
Medicine Popular Encyclopedias," "
Symptoms, Handbooks, Manuals,etc." or "
Alternative Medicine Encyclopedias." Use the Subject search "
Medicine Popular" to retrieve a larger selection of both
reference and circulating materials.
The Library Reference Collection also has standard medical
reference books like
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy,
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary,
Gray's Anatomy,
Conn's Current Therapy,
Cecil Textbook of Medicine, and
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment.
To locate information on specific conditions, search iBistro using the
condition or treatment as your Subject search. For example:
"
Allergy," "
Diabetes," "
Lymphomas,"
"Parkinson's Disease," "
Radiotherapy," or "Surgery." |
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