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Medicine and Health : Guide to Online Research

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Accounting Anthropology Art Biology and Environmental Studies Business and Finance Careers and Employment Criminal Justice Education Health & Human Services History Human Resources Humanities Law Marketing Mathematics Media/Communication Medicine and Health Philosophy Physical Sciences: Chemistry and Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology Sports Management Theater Arts & Music Veterinary Science	Online Reference Sources Consult for background information, facts, definitions, statistics, etc.
	Health Poll Search (from Kaisernetwork) Searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues.
	Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia The Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries, plus a library of medical photographs and illustrations.
	The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th ed.
	The Merck Manual Home Edition
	Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
	National Center for Health Statistics
	Online Medical Dictionary
	State Health Facts From the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Presents statistics on medical insurance, medicaid funding and coverage, demographics, and other information related to health care policy.
	Indexes and Databases Search for magazine, journal and newspaper articles and other resources on health and medicine.
	BioMed Central BioMed Central is an independent publisher providing free access to biomedical research publications including journal articles, reports, meeting abstracts, news, controlled trials and current biomedical related topics.
	Health Reference Center- Academic Indexes and abstracts medical, nursing and allied health journals, health information pamphlets, medical reference books and other sources. Full-text articles are available for many sources.
	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition(Available through EBSCOhost) Provides nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes abstracts and indexing for over 570 journals, prescription drug information and a medical dictionary.
	LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe Search for general and Medicine and Health related news and journal articles.
	Medline (Available through EBSCOhost) Includes over 11 million citations and abstracts for medical journal articles, mid 1960's - present. Includes links to full text articles, when available, and other related resources. SEE ALSO: PubMed and National Library of Medicine Gateway, for additional ways to access Medline.
	National Library of Medicine Gateway Search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine, including :MEDLINE/PubMed (journal citations), AIDS Meetings (abstracts), HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress), MEDLINEplus (Consumer health information)
	ProQuest Search for articles on health and medicine in magazines, newspapers and peer reviewed journals.
	PubMed (alternate link to Medline)
	Recommended Web Resources Some of the "Best Health Sites on the Web." If you are looking for information on a specific subject - these links can be a great time saver.
	Web Sites
	Alternative Medicine Homepage
	Health Care Information Sources - "for patients, their families, friends and health care workers."
	Health Links Plus Consumer health information resources. The "Evaluating Health Information on the Internet" links are highly recommended.
	Healthfinder: Consumer health and human services information
	Mayo Clinic Health Oasis Medical information and news for the consumer.
	National Center for Biotechnology Information Provides access to information on molecular biology and the human genome project through databases, research reports, software and other online resources.
	National Institutes of Health Homepage
	E-Texts - Online Books, Journals, News, Reports, etc.
	BioMed Central BioMed Central is an independent publisher providing free access to biomedical research publications including journal articles, reports, meeting abstracts, news, controlled trials and current biomedical related topics.
	Bookshelf A collection of online biomedical books made available by the National Library of Medicine.
	Free Medical Journals.com "Dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet."
	Highwire Press Links to free online journal articles, mostly in the life sciences, medicine and psychology.
	PubMed Central PubMed Central (PMC) is an electronic archive of full-text medical and health related journal articles, offering free access to its contents.
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