Kirkwood Library: Women's Studies with Renee Schlueter: Women's Health

TedTalks: The Single Biggest Health Threat Women Face

Office on Women's Health
Health topics from A - Z.
Women's Health: Medline Plus
National Institute of Health site with up to date information on women's health issues, covering everything from domestic violence to ovarian cancer.
CDC Women's Health
CDC Women's health information, tips, and research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Black Women's Health Imperative
Health education, research, advocacy and leadership development institution promoting the empowerment of African American women.
Web Sites for Women's Health

Women's Health: Fast stats
Information from the Centers for Disease Control on women in the U.S.
World Health Organization: Women's Health
WHO provides information and data on women's health around the world.

A Breast Cancer Alphabet by Madhulika Sikka
Call Number: 616.99 S579b
ISBN: 9780385348515
Publication Date: 2014-02-25
Women's Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan by Ellen Olshansky
Call Number: 613.042 W872a
ISBN: 9781451192001
Publication Date: 2014-12-02

Women's Health Viewpoint Articles
Opposing Viewpoint database has many recent articles debating different aspects of current women's health issues.
Why COPD Is Worse for Women
From CNN.com, Reviewed 2021.
In N.Y.C., the Coronavirus Is Killing Men at Twice the Rate of Women
(4/7/2020)

ScienceDirect Health & LIfe Sciences College Edition This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? To access a quality collection of journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines.
- What's included? Contains over 1,000 well-respected journals in the fields of: Health and Life Sciences; Physical Sciences and Engineering; and Social Sciences and Humanities.
CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? One of the best single comprehensive sources of nursing and allied health professional and scholarly articles.
- What's included? Hundreds of nursing and allied health journals included.
Database allows 8 users at a time. If you cannot access, wait and try again.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches specifically for scholarly materials such as journal articles, research reports, dissertations, and theses. You'll be linked to the full text if the library subscribes to the journal or if it's from an open access journal.

Health and Wellness (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For accurate and authoritative information on a wide range of health-related issues.
- What's included? Articles on health topics such as current diseases and disorders; and traditional and alternative treatments and practices. Encyclopedias, magazines, and journals are all included, making this accessible for all levels of researchers.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For easy to understand articles on consumer type health topics.
- What's included? Articles from health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For authoritative journal articles on health and medical topics.
- What's included? Large collection of scholarly journal articles on subjects relevant to nursing and allied health practitioners and students.