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Health and Medicine


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A collection of subscription databases, articles, and eBooks selected, monitored, and organized to meet the interests of our customers. Premium content requires a Sno-Isle Libraries card for access outside of Sno-Isle Libraries.

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Alt HealthWatch
Focusing on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Offering full text articles for nearly 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine.


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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated twice a week.


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MEDLINE
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.


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ProQuest
ProQuest provides indexing and access to the world's largest digital newspaper archive and periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles. This is a good resource for consumer-oriented articles.


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Salud en Espanol
Salud en Espanol provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes especificos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan informacion general importante en relacion a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos.
English note: Health in Spanish provides recent research relating to all aspects of your health and well-being. Including important general information on diseases, afflictions and treatments.



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Consumer Health Complete
Health and medical information articles and illustrations from encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazines.


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Diseases and Disorders eBookShelf
Ebook series with clear, careful explanations that offer insight into what these conditions are, what causes them, how people live with them, and the latest information about treatment and prevention.


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Health and Medicine eBookShelf
Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library that includes information about disease, medicine, public health, and nutrition in reference ebooks.


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Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Health and medical information from magazines, pamphlets, reference books, including: medical science, food science & nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and alternative medicine.


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Health Source: Consumer Edition
The richest collection of consumer health information available worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Features more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines.


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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.

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Internet Web Sites, Search Tools, Directories


  • American Academy of Pediatrics Parenting Corner
    Information on raising a child, from prenatal health to teen issues
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Credible health information on a variety of health and safety topics.
  • DisabilityInfo.gov
    Online resource for Americans with disabilities, including information on federal benefits, health, employment, education, housing, transportation, and more.
  • Healthfinder
    Reliable health information from the U.S. government and others
  • MedlinePlus
    One of the best sites for health information. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
  • Top 100 Health Sites
    Sites listed by Consumer Health Librarians which meet the quality criteria for currency, credibility, and content.
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