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Health / Medical Resources

Databases

Ebsco - Health Source, Academic Search
http://search.epnet.com
Find articles here. To use off-campus, ask for the password.
FirstSearch - Medline, PsycINFO, Wilson Select, Article First, ECO
http://firstsearch.oclc.org
Find articles here. To use off-campus, ask for the password.
Issues & Controversies
http://www.2facts.com
Read articles exploring a variety of current issues and controversies, including medicine and health care. To use off-campus, ask for the password.
JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org/cgi-bin/jstor/gensearch
Find articles here. Only available on the campus network.
LexisNexis - Medical
http://www.lexisnexis.com/cis
Find articles here. Only available on the campus network.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
This searchable site provides access to health information, statistics, training, and publications.
CHID (Combined Health Information Database) Online
http://chid.nih.gov/simple/simple.html
This database covers topics such as AIDS education, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, patient education, deafness, communication disorders, diabetes, etc.
ClinicalTrials.gov
http://clinicaltrials.gov/
Information on promising research. This site encourages active participation in clinical trials by well-informed volunteers.
Health Central.Com
http://www.healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm
This site provides authoritative health and wellness resources, interactive discussion groups, a medical encyclopedia , full-text top news stories and a searchable database.
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Searchable site of important health issues affecting all age groups. Also included here are links to a library of medical information resources.
HealthInfoquest
http://www.nnlm.gov/healthinfoquest/
Pathfinders dealing with common health topics.
MedlinePlus
http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Information on medical topics comes from NLM databases and includes HIV and AIDS resources, health services, NIH Clinical alerts, consumer health information. There are links to medical dictionaries, databases, and libraries.
Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/px/urlinfo
Medical information is available, but free registration is required.
PREVLINE: Prevention Online
http://www.health.org/
This site links to various sources of alcohol and drug abuse information, including research and statistics, databases, publications, related Internet links and workplace issues.
National Institutes of Health
http://health.nih.gov/
Numerous information resources including the Office of Research on Women's Health.
Scirus: for scientific information only
http://www.scirus.com
Search results lead to journal articles and web sites.

AIDS

AIDS Library of Philadelphia
http://www.aidslibrary.org/
Links to the AIDS Library online catalog, area resources for AIDS patients and other web resources.
amfAR Global Link - AIDS Research
http://199.105.91.6/treatment/index.asp
Treatments, clinical studies and information resources.
HIV / AIDS Information on the Internet
http://www.aegis.com/
Articles about AIDS/HIV from international news sources, medical journals, and newsletters.
Office of AIDS Research
http://www.nih.gov/od/oar/index.htm

Merck Manual

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - 17th Edition
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition.

Mental Health

Mental Help Net
http://mentalhelp.net
Mental Health Net indexes thousands of resources concerning mental health, psychology, and psychiatry. Sites are reviewed and rated.

Drug Addiction

D.E.A. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/concern.htm
Information on the effects of drugs and on statistics of illegal drug use in the United States.
Links to Other Web Sites Related to Addictions
http://www.well.com/user/woa/aodsites.htm
There are also fact sheets collected on a variety of substance abuses.

Health Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Statistical Resources on the Web / Health
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html
Health statistics of the United States and the world.

United States Statistics

Bureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov/
Exceptional library of statistical information that covers social, demographic, and economic interests.
Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Statistical information produced from federal agencies. Search by keyword or browse the alphabetical listing, which includes a wide range of topics (medical, social, economic, educational).
Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-02.html
2002 Edition.
Statistical Sources
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/stats/guides.html
Columbia University Library has compiled this list of statistical sources (print and online). Sources are grouped by these four topics: General Information, United States & Canada, New York City/State, and International.

World Statistics

GeoHive: Global Statistics
http://www.xist.org/
Geographical, economic, and population statistics for countries worldwide.
Statistical Agencies (International)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
Presented here are the official statistical agencies around the world.
UN CyberSchoolBus: Country at a Glance
http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp
Statistical information for U.N. member countries.

Specific Resources

After Abortion.org
http://www.afterabortion.org/
AMA - American Medical Association Home Page
http://www.ama-assn.org/
Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/

Online Journals

Alcohol and Alcoholism
http://alcalc.oupjournals.org/
Annual Review of Nutrition
http://nutr.annualreviews.org/search.dtl
Call Number: QP 141 .A1 A64
Information is searchable for years 1984 til 1994. At Chesnut Hill College you can find volumes for 1987-1996.
Brain A Journal of Neurology
http://brain.oupjournals.org/
Full text available from 1997 til the present. Abstracts only are available from March 1982 til December 1996.
British Medical Journal
http://bmj.com/
Search from January 1994 til the present.
Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09575847
Search from 1999 til the present.
Current Pediatrics
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09575839
Search from 1999 til the present.
Drug Topics.Com
http://dt.pdr.net/be_core/d/index.jsp
Online newsmagazine for pharmacists
E-Journal List
http://atoz.ebsco.com/Search.asp?id=572
For journals available electronically in full-text, see this list of our E-Journals.
For e-journals related to health/medicine, see this list of health titles.
Emerald Fulltext
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ft
Full-text journal articles are available here. To use off-campus ask for the password.
Free Medical Journals on the Web
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/px/urlinfo
Complete articles are available. Free registration is required.
New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org/search.dtl
Search the journal issues from 1975 til the present. Abstracts are available from 1975 til 1992. Chestnut Hill College owns volumes 308 til the present.
PubMed Central
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's archive of medical journals available online.