AgeLine 
Bibliographic index for the field of aging. Subjects covered include: aging, gerontology, health sciences, psychology, social sciences and sociology. Topics include: theories of aging, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, marketing to older adults, elder care, Alzheimer's, health care costs and policy, financial and retirement planning, fitness, nutrition, housing and more. Citations for books, journals, research reports, consumer guides, and book chapters.
Annual Review of Public Health 
Reviews of topics in public health published as annual journals.
Free Medical Journals 
Access to the journals from the current issue to two years after publication. Most titles are indexed in the Medline database. Access to some international journals not published in English is also provided. The over-800 titles here are sorted alphabetically or by specialty.
ProQuest Education Journals
Full-text education journals: primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
ProQuest Health Management
Full-text articles covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Note: Also available via ScienceDirect and PubMed
Health Sciences: a SAGE Full-Text Collection
Journals from Sage Publishing in full text covering nursing,health services & administration, child psychiatry, public health, aging and gerontology, physiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pediatrics, learning disability, health education & health promotion, and health evaluation.
MEDLINE (ScienceDirect)
The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Note: Also available via EBSCO and PubMed; this version integrated with ScienceDirect.
CINAHL
Indexes the literature in nursing and 17 allied health disciplines, including selected titles in biomedicine, alternative/complementary therapies, and consumer health, from 1981 to the present. Full text is available for selected nursing standards, practice acts, pamphlets, state nursing journals, research instruments, and critical paths.
Note: NOTE: LIMITED TO 8 SIMULTANEOUS USERS.
Google Scholar
Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. Supports cited reference searching. Includes recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases. Each Google search citation will include a link to the full-text resource provided by the IC Library, when available.
ScienceResearch.com
A free, publicly available web portal that provides access to scientific journals and public science databases.
American Medical Association
Publisher database on medical topics.
Annual reviews
Reviews of biomedical, physical and social science topics published as annual journals.
Biological abstracts
Provides abstracts and bibliographic references to journal items focusing on vital biological and medical research findings, pharmacological studies, and discoveries of new organisms. Includes some linked full text.
BioMed Central
Full-text Biology and Medicine journals; Open Access. 100+ journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals on all subjects in many languages.
Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine
A cross-database search engine that includes PubMed (MEDLINE), PubMed Central, Human Genome, GenBank, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) and other NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) databases, including databases of protein and nucleic acid sequences. For help with searching these databases see the NCBI Handbook.
Health source: nursing/academic edition
Full-text and abstracts for nursing and allied health; monographs on all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs.
HighWire Press
Free access to full-text science, technology and medicine journals, except for the most recent issues (usually the last six months or twelve months).
LexisNexis Academic
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: newswires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, federal case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries. Also has a section that includes full-text of several health newsletters and abstracts of articles in major medical journals.
OncologySTAT
Web portal that provides access to current year of cancer-related content from several medical journals. Registration is required.
PLoS: Public Library of Science
Open access journals published by a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians. PLoS journal cover biology, medicine, computational biology, genetics, pathogenes, clinical trials, and tropical diseases.
Popline
Citations and abstracts database - covers population, family planning & related health issues.
PubMed
Citations to biomedical articles from MEDLINE and additional life science journals back to the 1950s; incl. links to sites with full-text articles and other related resources. Help with searching PubMed is available here.
Note: MEDLINE is also available via EBSCO and ScienceDirect
PubMed Single Citation Matcher
Use this tool to find complete citations in PubMed when you only have partial information. Search by journal name, author, and/or words in the article title.
InteliHealth: Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Website with links to information on herbal medicines & supplements and alternative therapies & modalities.
National Hispanic Council on Aging
Site includes news streams of interest to the Hispanic community. A cultural competence e-learning module for healthcare providers that addresses cultural and language barriers that prevent quality care for the Hispanic elderly.
Office of Minority Health (U.S.)
Federal agency that addresses the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. Research, data, and activities focus on American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
An independent philanthropy devoted to improving health policy and practice. Foundation programs focus on childhood obesity, health care coverage, health care quality/equality, and innovations.
MedlinePlus
Government website with information on health topics, interactive tutorials, drug and supplement information, and clinical trials. Includes a medical encyclopedia, medical dictionary, and medical directories.
Cayuga Medical Center Health Care Library
Current information on medical conditions and related medical tests, complementary medicine, and drug guides.
Health & Wellness Resource Center 
Provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information. Provides browsable access to Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Medical & Health Information Directory, Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, the USPDI, vol. 2: Advice for the Patient, and other resources.
Database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness
Abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care from around the world, critically analyzed; in subjects for which a Cochrane review may not yet exist.
Clinical Trials (NIH)
Provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
Information Mastery Practicum & Course (University of Virginia Health System)
Online practicum and course on Information Mastery, a methodology for providing clinicians with the best possible information available at the "point-of-care" to assist in caring for their patients. Course includes modules about "Evaluating Information About Therapies" and "Evaluating Information About Diagnostic Tests and Clinical Decision Rules".
NOAH: Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Information on alternative healing approaches and resources. Part of the New York Online Access to Health project, the site also provides information in Spanish.
Alternative Health News Online
Website provides links to alternative and conventional health news.
College Drinking Prevention.gov
Resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students.
MayoClinic.com
The Mayo Clinic seeks to empower people to manage their health by providing useful and up-to-date information and tools. Website includes: an A-Z list of diseases and conditions, information on prescription and over the counter drugs, and first-aid tips for common medical emergencies.
National Center for Cultural Competence
Site includes a “Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Needs and their Families", and provides links on cultural competence, as well as the searchable “Cultural and Linguistic Competence Resource Database” of resource materials.
National Women's Health Center
Provides information for professionals and consumers. Includes government and private sector-approved resources.
PDRHealth
Provides overviews on diseases, treatment options, drug information, and clinical trials.
RxList
Online drug index.
Science.gov
Research portal that searches more than 50 million pages of science information from thousands of Web sites. Also includes deep Web databases of scientific information produced by the federal government that are inaccessible by Google and other popular search engines.
Covers Disease, Health Care, Nutrition, Mental Health
Toxnet
Toxicology data network from the National Library of Medicine. Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. The most complete toxicology information is often found in the entries from the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB).
World's Healthiest Foods
Website sponsored by Mateljan Foundation, a non-profit organization free of commercial
influence. Provides unbiased scientific information on how foods affect our health and can
boost energy.
A-Z of Medicinal Drugs (Oxford Reference Online)
Covers over-the-counter, pharmacy, and prescription medicines. Comprehensive information on side effects and interactions with other medicines are given, and there are entries on conditions and the medicines used to treat them.
Dictionary of Public Health (Oxford Reference Online)
Covers terms and phrases as well as specialized vocabulary related to the issues and trends in the multidisciplinary nature of public health.
Stedman's medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing.
Call Number: R121 .S8 2005
Provides simple definitions on key terminology in the field of medicine with full color illustrations of the human anatomy.
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Call Number: Ref R 121 .D73 1994
Standard work, frequently revised. Used to find the spelling, meaning and derivation of specific [medical] terms. Has a special chapter on fundamentals of Medical Etymology.
Glossary of Neuroscience Terms
Alphabetical list of terms.
Free Medical Books
Full-text access to selected medical textbooks.
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior- 3rd edition
Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies.
Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine
Discusses how to safely and effectively combine conventional and natural medicine to maintain health and address specific medical conditions. Covers complementary therapies such as bio-identical hormones, vitamin supplementation, herbs, diet, and exercise.
ADAM Medical Encyclopedia
Includes articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. Also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
Encyclopedia of Women's Health Issues
Call Number: Ref RA 778 .G39 2002
A women's health reflects both her individual biology and her sociocultural, economic, and physical environment. These issues are the main emphasis of this encyclopedia
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer. 
A guide to cancer and its treatments.
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders.
Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies.
Call Number: Ref. RB155.5.G35 2001
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics.
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health.
Entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. Also discusses the roles of all major health professionals.
CQ Researcher
Comprehensive reporting and analysis on current issues in the news. Each report includes an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A division of the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC publishes research and data online related to public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats.
Healthy People 2010
This source reflects the scientific advances that have taken place over the past 20 years in preventive medicine, disease surveillance, vaccine and therapeutic development, and information technology. The project identified the most significant and preventable threats to health and established national goals to reduce these threats.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The NIH Website serves the public by offering ready access to clinical studies, research resources and library resources, health and wellness information, research funding notices, news, documents, and other information.
DrugDigest
DrugDigest is a noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers to make informed choices about drugs and treatment options.
Oxford Companion to the Body
Covers the structure and function of all the major systems of the body and the causes of disorders that affect them.
Sex Differences: Summarizing More than a Century of Scientific Research
Summarizes the scientific literature published regarding male-female differences and similarities, in behavior, basic biology, physiology, health, perceptions, emotions, and attitudes. Includes research pertaining to how men and women are perceived (stereotyped) as being different. Comprehensive coverage of subject areas, cultures, time periods, and species.
Drugs@FDA
Guide to FDA approved drug products.
Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and Practical Approaches
A report sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund in 2002; an excellent overview of rnthe issues related to cultural competence.
Drugs & Supplements
Prescription, over-the-counter, and supplement information from the Mayo Clinic.
eMedicineHealth
First aid and emergency information for medical emergencies, injuries, minor medical conditions and basic first aid. In addition to health, medical, lifestyle and wellness information for consumers.
Lab Tests Online
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 
Covers a broad spectrum of medical and psychiatric disorders and their treatments. Disorders are mainly organized according to organ systems primarily affected, on the basis of disciplines (e.g. gynecology, obstetrics etc.) Normally gives etiology, pathology, symptoms and signs, diagnosis, treatment.
Call Number: Ref Desk RC55.M4
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. For help with this database, see this guide.
Oxford Reference: Medicine
Contains an array of medical dictionaries.
Physicians Desk Reference
Call Number: Ref RS 75 .P5
Contains latest important prescription information on over 4,000 pharmaceutical products. Product descriptions have been prepared bymanufactures.
HEAL: Health Education Assets Library
A digital library that provides freely accessible digital teaching resources, including images, for health sciences educators and learners.
HealthMap
Website provides an interactive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. It integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, ranging from news sources to curated personal accounts to validated official alerts. The data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location.
Atlas of Human Anatomy
A library of digital images of human anatomy.
Anatomy of the Human Body
The Bartleby.com edition of Grays Anatomy of the Human Body with color images.
Proteopedia
A collaborative web site that offers text descriptions of proteins and other biomacromolecules related to biological functions and disease, as well as interactive 3-D images.
UCLA Library Digital Collections
Image Collections included: AIDS posters, Architecture & Urban Design, History of Los Angeles, Primary Care Research Projects, Japanese American Relocation, Arabic & Persian Manuscripts, Sheet Music Consortium, Mexican & Mexican-American Musical Recordings
Kaiser Family Foundation
KFF focuses on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. The foundation provides statisical data, polling data, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public.
Biomedical Ranked Journal Lists - Journal Citation Reports
Ranked lists of journals from biomedical fields - data is pulled from Thomson Scientifics' Journal Citation Reports(JCR).
Annual Review of Medicine
Annual collection of critical reviews written by leading practitioners in the medical field.
NHS Economic Evaluation Database
Assists health care decision-makers by systematically identifying economic evaluations from around the world, appraising their quality,and highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses. The database contains reliable information about the costs and the effects of drugs, treatments and procedures.
Cochrane Databases
Reviews of up-to-date information on the effects of treatment interventions in health care. Provides evidenced-based information on decisions taken in clinical trials. Databases include the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR).
Note: Search all Cochrane Databases simultaneously from this link.
America's Health Rankings
Annual rankings analyze health in the U.S. health on a state-by-state basis. Data includes national health benchmarks and an annual ranking of the healthiest and least healthy states.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States. BRFSS provides state-specific information about issues such as asthma, diabetes, health care access, alcohol use, hypertension, obesity, cancer screening, nutrition and physical activity, tobacco use, oral health and more. Researchers use this information to track health risks, identify emerging problems, prevent disease, and improve treatment.
CDC Wonder
An online public information health system created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It provides access to CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data. Search for and retrieve MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) articles and Prevention Guidelines published by the CDC, as well as query dozens of numeric CDC datasets.
Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare
Information and analysis on the distribution and use of medical resources in the United States. It provides comparative data on hospital expenditures, capacity, and per capita expenditures; Medicare reimbursements for inpatient, outpatient, and home health care; physician work force active in patient care; rates of diagnostic and surgical procedures; and hospital capacity and Medicare hospitalizations. Interactive tools can be used to create customized reports, comparative analyses, and charts.
Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is "to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government." The site includes searchable data catalogs providing access to data in three ways: through the "raw" data catalog, the tool catalog and the geodata catalog.
Health Care System Profiles
Profiles cover the financing, organization, and delivery of health care services in industrialized countries. These surveys also highlight quality, efficiency, and cost-controlling policy initiatives and reforms. Full-text profiles of various countries can be downloaded.
Health in the Americas
Profiles of health care systems of Pan American Health Organization’s member countries. Each profile includes health situation trends, health problems by population group, national health plans and policies, health services offered, and organization of the health sector.
Health Poll Search
A "searchable archive of health-related public opinion questions that allows users to know what Americans think and have thought about health issues over time." "Information on public perceptions of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, health policy and health reform, Medicare and Medicaid, women's health, the uninsured, minority health, and children's health, among other health-related topics."
Healthcare Equality Index
Rates 166 U.S. healthcare facilities on their policies and practices related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Collections of raw, unanalyzed data sets and files designed for use by researchers conducting statistical analysis. Covers social science disciplines such as political science, sociology, demography, economics, international relations, gerontology, public health, criminal justice, and education. Data sets can be downloaded and used with statistical software such as SAS and SPSS. Use the ICPSR Thesaurus to identify subjects, personal names, and geographic names when searching the database. To download, each individual must create a separate MyData account.
National Health Care Surveys (NCHS)
The National Center for Health Statistics conducts various surveys that address topics such as the factors that influence the use of health care resources; the quality of health care, including safety; and disparities in health care services among various population subgroups in the United States. Surveys are conducted at various settings such as physicians' offices, emergency and out-patient hospital departments, inpatient hospital care, ambulatory surgical facilities, nursing homes, and hospices.
State Health Facts
A project of the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation that provides current health information, including comparative data and state profiles. Also includes data more than 500 health topics, including, heath care economics, demographics, insurance, minority health, and women's health.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics
Data on substance abuse (drug, cigarette, alcohol) by age, gender, and various demographic characteristics from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and Hospital admissions for drug abuse and outcomes on a national and state basis.
Survey of Health Care Consumers
An annual survey of health care consumers' attitudes, behaviors, and unmet needs. It covers six broad topics: wellness and healthy living, including self-care and health management; information sources helpful in consumer decision making; traditional health services provided by medical professionals, hospitals, and retail clinics, as well as prescription medications and medical devices; alternative health services sometimes described as complementary medicine; insurance coverage and other financial considerations; and opinions about health care reform.
WHO Global Health Atlas
Data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels for analysis and comparison. The analysis of data is supported with demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental information.
National Center for Health Statistics Data Warehouse
Health data at the national and state level.
Population Reference Bureau DataFinder
Data on 136 population, health, and environment variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, and the world as a whole.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. The AHRQ Web site provides information on a variety of health topics focusing on specific populations and types of health care services. Surveys included: The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey(MEPS), and the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets (CDC)
Data on population affected, transmission, risk behavior, and prevention of HIV and AIDS.
UNdata
UNdata pools major UN databases and those of several international organizations - browse, search and download data from a large number of statistical databases. Data categories include: agriculture, education, employment, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade, and tourism.
WHOSIS (WHO Statistical Information System)
International health statistics from the World Health Organization.
Public Health Grand Rounds (University of Albany)
Links to streamed multimedia presentations on public health topics. Requires Realplayer.
Senior Health (National Institutes of Health)
Health and wellness information for older adults. Several short videos offer up-to-date medical information, tips for healthy living, and stories of older adults who are coping with diseases or conditions of aging.
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