HEALTH SCIENCES
Reference Books
Galileo
Ebsco Consumer Health Complete
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Proquest Nursing & Allied Health Source
Internet Resources
AEGIS - (AIDS Education Global Information System) Is a non-profit organization that was established in response to the growing HIV/ AIDS pandemic. The mission is aimed to facilitate access to current patients/ clinician information specific to HIV/ AIDS, and to preserve for future generations a global history of the pandemic with our historical news, specific publications, and treatment database.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - The mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of heath care services.
American Indian health - An informational portal for and about the health of Native Peoples of the United States.
BioInteractive - Plays a powerful role in advancing biomedical research and science education in the U.S. HHMI has made investments of more than $8.3 billion for the support, training, and education of the nations most creative and promising scientists.
BioMed central - An independent publishing house committed to providing immediate, open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. BioMed Central in committed to maintaining high standards through full stringent peer-review. It offers a wide variety of journals and other services.
CAAHEP: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs - The largest programmatic accreditor in the health science field. In collaboration with its committees on accreditation, CAAHEP reviews over 2,000 educational programs in 20 health science occupations.
CAM on PubMed - Provides access to citations from the Medline databases and additional life science journals. It also includes links to many full text articles at journal websites and other related web resources.
Child Welfare Information Gateway - Promotes the safety, permanency and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as concerned citizens to timely, essential information.
Drugs@FDA - Allows you to search for official information about FDA approved brand name and generic drugs and therapeutic biological products.
Ethnomed - Cultural beliefs, medical issues, and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immegrants to Seattle or the U.S., many of when are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
Global health.gov - Provides policy guidance and coordination with the U.S. Public Health Service Operating Divisions, the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the administration for children and families, the Department of State and others.
Healthfinder - A government website that provides information and tools to help people stay healthy. healthfinder.gov has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet.
History of the Health Sciences World Wide Web Links - The purpose of the section is to stimulate and support interest in the history of the health science among libraries and librarians.
Lab Tests Online - A public resource on clinical lab testing from the laboratories professionals who do the testing. Lab-tests has been designed to help you, as a patient or family caregiver, to better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases.
Magill's Medical Guide (New!) -
MedBioWorld - A premier online resource portal for professional medical and biotechnology information. It provides access to comprehensive lists of journals, organizations, specialized database, reference tools such as dictionaries, and listings of careers and news.
MedHist: the guide to history of medicine resources on the Internet - A free catalogue of evaluated, high quality Internet resources and websites relating to the history of medicines and allied sciences.
MedlinePlus - Directs you to information to help answer health questions. Medline brings together authoritative information from NLM. Medline also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patients, tutorials, and the latest health news.
Merck & Co - Global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. The mission is to provide society with superior products and services by developing innovations and solutions that improve the quality of life and satisfy customer needs, and to provide employees with meaningful work and advancement opportunities, and investors with a superior rate of return.
National Center for Health Statistics - The mission is to provide health and quality of use by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
National Mental Health Information Center - Provides information about mental health. The center was developed for users of mental health services and their families, the general public, policy makers, providers, and the media.
National Plant Safety Foundation - Is an independent not-for-profit organization that has been diligently pursuing one mission: to improve the safety of patients. NPSF also occupies a unique position by virtue of its inclusive, multi-stakeholder approach. From the composition of its Board to the structure of its programs. NPSF fosters collaboration on the issue of patient safety.
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) - The mission is to generate, disseminate, and promote new knowledge to improve the options available to disabled persons. The ultimate goal is to allow these individuals to perform their regular activities in the community and to bolster society's ability to provide full opertunities and appropriate supports for disabled citizens.
National Women’s Health Information Center - A service of the office on women's health its vision is to ensure that "All women and girls are healthier and have a better sense of well-being." Its mission is to provide leadership to promote health quality for women and girls through sex/ gender specific approaches.
Neurosciences on the Internet - Contains an index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet including neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurology diseases.
Nutrition source - The aim is to provide timely information on diet and nutrition for clinicians allied health professionals and the public.
Nutrition.gov - Provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information and food safety for consumers.
PDRhealth - The consumer web portal of the PDR, which has provided trusted and authoritative drug and clinical information to physicians for over 60 years. The mission is to bring you current, accurate, and helpful information about drugs, herbal medicines and supplement as well as common diseases and conditions.
Prevention Online (PREVLINE) - Resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment.
PubMed - A science of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from Medline and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1930s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
TOXMAP: Enviromental Health E-maps - A geographic information system from the division of specialized information services. TOPMAX's chemical and environmental health information is taken from NMM's Toxnet and PubMed and from other authoritative services.
TOXNET - Database on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
Transcultural and multicultural health links - Contains articles on culture and healthcare, concepts relevant to understanding diversity in healthcare, and cultural profiles on various ethnic groups.
US FDA/CFSAN bad bug book: Foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins handbook - Provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Center for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and National Institute of Health.
World Health Organization - The directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nation System. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and accessing health trends.