Health Resources
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All health questions and concerns are best answered by a health care provider. These links are provided for general information purposes only. Please speak with your health care provider about the information you read on these guides.
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Nursing Databases
- 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. - Films on Demand: Nursing Video Collection This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? To locate streaming videos to support nursing students.
- What's included? Videos to help nursing students with their studies, their licensure exams, and preparation for job success. Includes core clinical skills, patient care and interventions, nursing foundations, and more.
- Google ScholarGoogle 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.
- MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For quick and dependable medical information for consumers.
- What's included? Overviews of health topics, diseases and disorders, pharmaceutical drugs, and medical tests, written for consumers.
- MedlinePlus: Medical EncyclopediaThe A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
- Merck Manual, The This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For quick and reliable medical terminology definitions.
- What's included? Information on medical topics, symptoms, drugs, procedures, news and more, written for the health care professional.
- Ovid Nursing Journal Collection This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? For full text access to a select group of nursing journals.
- What's included? This small database contains 22 nursing journals, including: Home Healthcare Nurse, Nursing Critical Care, Nursing, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, and AJN: American Journal of Nursing.
- PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Access a huge collection of journal articles in the biomedical and life sciences.
- What's included? This is a full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). 5.3 MILLION Articles are archived in PMC.
Drug Information
- Medline Plus Drugs, Herbs, and SupplementsLearn about your prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines. Includes side effects, dosage, special precautions, and more.
Evaluating Health Websites
Millions of consumers get health information from magazines, TV or the Internet. Some of the information is reliable and up to date; some is not. How can you tell the good from the bad? The sites listed below will help you to do this.
- FDA: U.S. Food & Drug AdministrationAny good health Web site should make it easy to learn who is responsible for the site and its information.
- Harvard Insight: A Consumer's Guide to Taking Charge of Health InformationThe overarching mission of Harvard School of Public Health is to advance the public’s health through learning, discovery, and communication.
- HONcode: Health on the Net FoundationThe Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode) for medical and health Web sites addresses one of Internet's main healthcare issues: the reliability and credibility of information. The HONcode certification is free of charge. The certification conducted by HON implies a thorough evaluation of websites according to our HONcode guidelines.
Websites you can trust
Use these sites and know that you are accessing the most reliable information currently available.
- CDC: Centers for Disease ControlThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the nation’s premier public health agency— working to ensure healthy people in a healthy world.
- Clinical Trials.govClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world provided by the National Institutes of Health.
- Drug Information Portal: Quick Access to Quality Drug InformationA gateway to selected drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies
- Environmental Health & ToxicologyInformation on the exposure to hazardous substances and the adverse effects chemical and biologic agents have on human populations is provided by the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services.
- Electronic health record Information ResourcesThe Electronic Health Record search from Medline/PubMed focuses on all aspects of the Electronic Health Record. Subjects include: implementation, attitudes, beliefs and use, data privacy, health data standards and consumer access to the EHR and personal health records (PHRs).
- Genetics Home ReferenceProvides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on human health from the National Institutes of Health.
- Health Information Translations: Diseases and ConditionsHealth Information Translations provides education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities. Resources are easy to read and culturally appropriate.
- healthfinder.govHealthfinder.gov is a government website which helps consumers find the latest and most reliable information on a variety of health topics.
- Household Products DatabaseHome & Safety Information on Household Products from the National Institutes of Health.
- MedlinePlus This link opens in a new windowMedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. It brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
- National Institutes of HealthThe NIH provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve the health of the Nation by conducting and supporting research.
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and TherapyThis manual covers all the subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine.
- Office of Minority HealthThe Office is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.
Mental Health Resources
- American Association of SuicidologyAAS is a charitable non-profit membership organization for all those involved in suicide prevention and intervention, or touched by suicide. AAS is a leader in the advancement of scientific and programmatic efforts in suicide prevention through research, education and training, the development of standards and resources, and survivor support services
- MentalHealth.govMentalHealth.gov provides one-stop access to U.S. government mental health and mental health problems information.
- Medline Plus: Mental Health and BehaviorProvides information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Merck Manuals: Psychiatric DisordersInformation on psychiatric topics, symptoms, drugs, treatments, news and more, written for the health care professional.
- The National Alliance for the Mentally illNAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raise awareness and build a community for hope for all of those in need.
- National Association for Rural Mental HealthThe National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH) is a professional organization that serves the field of rural mental health. It works to improve access, availability, acceptability of mental health and substance abuse services and research in rural and frontier areas.
- National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismNIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being. It is the largest funder of alcohol research in the world.
- National Institute of Drug AbuseNIDA is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institute of Mental HealthThe National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Psychiatryonline: Lifelong Learning in PsychiatryPsychiatryOnline.org (POL) offers the most comprehensive online access to psychiatric textbooks, journals, and professional development tools. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. It includes access to the DSM-5.
- Science.govA search engine and directory of U.S. government websites covering mental health topics.
- Scientific America: Mental HealthThe oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, Scientific American is a leading source of science news and information for a general audience.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationSAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Surgeon GeneralAs the Nation’s Doctor, the Surgeon General provides Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury. The site includes information on mental and emotional health.
- World Health Organization: Mental HealthThis site includes news, mental health information, and advocacy from a global perspective.
Women's Health Resources
- Office on Women's HealthHealth topics from A - Z.
- Women's Health: Medline PlusNational 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 HealthCDC Women's health information, tips, and research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Black Women's Health ImperativeHealth education, research, advocacy and leadership development institution promoting the empowerment of African American women.
HEALTH in the News
- State of American well-being 20172017 State Rankings and Analysis
- By the Numbers: Vaccines are SafeAmericans have received billions of doses of vaccines for everything from measles to the flu. In 30 years, very few injury claims have been filed with the federal government. 6/18/2019
- How Low Should Blood Pressure Go?Symptoms, rather than numbers, may best define when blood pressure is too low. 4/19/2019
- Gallup Well-Being IndexThis web page provides links to news articles on American well-being based on Gallup polls.
Alternative, complementary and herbal medicine
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative MedicineNCCAM conducts and supports research and provides information about complementary health products and practices from the National Institutes of Health.
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Medline PlusMedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends.
- Last Updated: May 22, 2023 11:50 AM
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