Research by Subject: Health & Medicine
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MEDLINE (EBSCO) 
Medical info from the National Library of Medicine: medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc.
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)
Medical info from the National Library of Medicine: medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc.
Note: Also available via EBSCO and PubMed; this version integrated with ScienceDirect.
CINAHL
Index to articles on nursing, physical therapy, health care administration, and allied health professions; Some 1982-current.
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 Includes recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases.
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 Reference Center -- Academic
Full-Text articles on Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
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 six months or a year).
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.
Pre-CINAHL
Current awareness of new journal articles in nursing; incl. a rotating file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching), only for the time when these articles are being assigned additional indexing. Companion to CINAHL.
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.
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 Resource 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, 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
Call Number: http://www.altmedicine.com/
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 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.
Toxnet
Toxicology data network from the National Library of Medicine. Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
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.
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.
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
Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies.
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.
Healthy People 2010
Call Number: REF RA 395 .A3 H44 2000
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.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
An agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, provides clinical information, funding sources, research, and statistical information. Topics covered include evidence-based practice and outcomes & effectiveness.
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.
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.
Drugs@FDA
Guide to FDA approved drug products.
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
Provides information on clinical lab test results - search by test, condition, and test population.
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.
Atlas of Human Anatomy
A library of digital images of human anatomy.
Anatomy of the Human Body
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body with color 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
Biomedical Ranked Journal Lists - Journal Citation Reports
Ranked lists of journals from biomedical fields - data is pulled from Thomson Scientifics' Journal Citation Reports(JCR).
Cochrane databases
Evidence-based medicine database of peer-reviewed meta-analyses of published clinical trials, comprised of several different databases including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register.
Note: Search all three at once from this link.
statehealthfacts.org
Data for US states on Demographics and the Economy, Health Status, Health Coverage & Uninsured, Medicaid & SCHIP, Health Costs & Budgets, Medicare, Managed Care & Health Insurance, Providers & Service Use, Minority Health, Women's Health, and HIV/AIDS.
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.
HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets (CDC)
Data on population affected, transmission, risk behavior, and prevention of HIV and AIDS.
WHOSIS (WHO Statistical Information System)
International health statistics from the World Health Organization.
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