Research Guide for Medical and Health Information

FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES | ELECTRONIC JOURNALS | FIND BOOKS | REFERENCE SOURCES | DIRECTORIES | INTERNET RESOURCES |

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, newspapers and a variety of other sources. Medline MEDLINE indexes journal articles in medicine, nursing, psychiatry, neuroscience, dentistry, allied health, veterinary medicine, and related fields. Health & Wellness Resource Center This database provides access to full-text journal articles, as well as reference sources, pamphlets, news and sources. CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). This resource indexes the literature of nursing and the allied health fields. Contains some full text articles. PubMed "PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources." LexisNexis Academic Universe - Medical Access to the full text of a variety of medical journals and news sources. Web of Science Web of Science (also known as Science Citation Index) provides keyword and citation searching of scholarly journals in the sciences from 1986 to the present.

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Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 1,100 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. Albion College Library - Full Text Finder This resource provides links to full text articles found in the Albion College Library's many online databases and electronic journal collections. Covers more than 10,000 journals and magazines. Free Medical Journals.com "created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet." Electronic Collections Online Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in the sciences and many other disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed. JSTOR Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Albion Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. Bookshelf (National Center for Biotechnology Information) A collection of of biomedical books available in full text.

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Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine REFERENCE COLLECTION - RC 41 .G35 2002 Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide REFERENCE COLLECTION - RC 81 .H38 1999 PDR - Physicians' Desk Reference REFERENCE DESK - RS 75 .P5 PDR - Physicians' Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements REFERENCE DESK - RM 671 .A1 P48 Stedman's Medical Dictionary REFERENCE COLLECTION - R 121 .S8 1995 Mayo Clinic Family Health Book REFERENCE COLLECTION - RC 81 .M474 1996 Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine REFERENCE COLLECTION - R 733 .G34 2001

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Physician Directories MEDLINEplus - Directories of Doctors, Dentists, Healthcare Providers, Hospitals and Clinics U.S. Hospital Directory American Hospital Directory

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Scirus "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. ...Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages" Health Information Resources Health Statistics Resources Michigan Health Statistics and Reports Michigan Health Information (Michigan Electronic Library) MEDLINEplus MEDLINEplus - Online Medical Dictionaries MEDLINEplus - Online Medical Encyclopedia MEDLINEplus - Drug Information - Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs Drugs.com "Prescription drug information for consumers and professionals. Include PDR information. HealthWeb Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy MedWatch "...gateway for timely safety information on the drugs and other medical products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration." Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry "The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances. ...functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances." MediLexicon - Medical Abbreviations Dictionary "A dictionary of over 70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations. Plus medical news and searches for the medical, pharmaceutical or healthcare professional." Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918 edition)