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Health and Medical - Research Tools
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 Drugs, Alchohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior |
An encyclopedia covering topics related to addiction, for grades six and above. Includes approximately 200 articles covering everything from binge drinking to the role of genetics in addictive behaviors.
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 Encyclopedia of Aging |
Alphabetically arranged articles cover topics such as biology, medicine, economics, law, psychology, sociology, and history as they relate to aging. Illustrated with photos, graphs, and line drawings.
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 Encyclopedia of Medicine |
Searchable, alphabetically arranged entries provide information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts.
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 Encyclopedia of Public Health |
Examines topics as broad in range as environmental health, drug abuse, epidemiology, nutrition, demographics, and diseases. Includes overviews, definitions, and biographical entries.
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 Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine |
Presents current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices. Topics covered include reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda, and osteopathy.
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 Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders |
Searchable, alphabetically arranged entries provide clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.
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 Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health |
Entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment.
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 Health and Wellness Resource Center |
Provides a medical dictionary and encyclopedia, as well as drug information in lay language, health articles, organizations and facilities.
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 Health Reference Center Academic |
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
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 Medicine, Health and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources |
Focuses on some of the leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries: medicine, bioethics, and health, and contains approximately 175 full and excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art.
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 Nursing Resource Center |
Nursing Resource Center is a new online resource designed to support nursing programs at two-year community colleges, four-year colleges and vocational education high schools, as well as at public libraries supporting these schools nationwide.
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 Salem Health |
Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works. The first reference set included is Salem Press’ bestselling Magill’s Medical Guide. Recently added volumes include Salem Health: Cancer and Salem Health: Psychology and Mental Health.
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UXL Complete Health Resource |
Covers the causes symptoms, diagnoses, tests, treatments and prognoses of health problems; the main systems of the human body, including the circulatory system, the endocrine system, special senses and much more; and a detailed examination of nutrition, and medical and mental health issues.
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Web Sites
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American Cancer Society |
The site provides detailed information on various types of cancer, prevention, statistics, and treatment options. Information is also available in Spanish through the site's Información en español link.
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American Dental Association |
The ADA web site is the premier source of oral health information on the Internet.
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American Diabetes Association |
This site offers information on Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, advocacy options, and discusses advances in scientific research. Local information is available by typing in a zip code.
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American Heart Association |
Information presented on this site covers heart-related diseases and conditions, healthy lifestyle, publications and resources, and warning signs of cardiac arrest, heart attack, and stroke.
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Arthritis Foundation |
From this site, learn about the Arthritis Foundation, the only national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions with advocacy, programs, research, and services.
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Cancer.gov - The National Cancer Institute |
This site is a service of the National Cancer Institute. Cancer.gov provides links to cancer information, clinical trials, research programs, and cancer-related statistics.
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CDC National Prevention Information Network |
The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the United States reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB).
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Centers for Disease Control |
The CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education. Explore the site's Health Topics link, Travelers Health link, and Scientific Data and Statistics link. In addition, there is a link to the CDC Fact Book and also a link to CDC en español.
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Classics in the History of Psychology |
This site provides online access to original classic documents that cover a wide range of disciplines including child development, ethics, sociology and philosophy, in addition to psychology. Currently, there are 25 books and 200 articles and online chapters. The site also contains links to over 200 relevant works posted at other sites. Searching is possible by author or topic.
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DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online) |
DIRLINE is an online directory of over 17,000 health-related organizations and other resources willing to respond to public inquiries in their specialty areas, including toxicology and environmental health organizations.
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FamilyDoctor.org |
Site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians. All of the information on the site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.
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Go Local South Carolina - An Online Guide to Local Health Resources |
The Go Local-South Carolina partnership is developing a statewide database that will provide information about health resources and services available in South Carolina.
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Hands on Health South Carolina |
This site was developed specifically for South Carolinians by the Medical University of South Carolina Library, through a grant from the Duke Endowment. Users can find a variety of health resources by browsing or searching. The site pays special attention to health topics of significance to South Carolinians and contains special sections for Kids, Teens, and Spanish speakers.
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Healthfinder |
Healthfinder was developed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies in 1997. Since then, it has been recognized as an important resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information available on the Internet from over 1,500 health-related organizations.
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Intelihealth |
Intelihealth is a medical portal to reliable, Web-based consumer health information. In August 2000, Harvard Medical School, one of the world's preeminent institutions in medical education and research, became the flagship medical-content partner of InteliHealth.
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KidsHealth |
KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
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MayoClinic.com |
The site offers reliable health information for the consumer in areas such as Diseases and Conditions, Healthy Living, and Drugs (prescription and over-the-counter). In addition, users may submit a question to Ask a Specialist to find information about a particular health problem.
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Medical News Websites |
The University of South Carolina's School of Medicine offers a portal of links for medical news from authoritative sources such as American Medical News (American Medical Association), CNN.com Health, NPR News - Health and Science, Reuters Health Information, and WebMedLit (news from medical journals on the web).Â
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MedicineNet |
MedicineNet provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers. The site offers Current Health News, Doctor's Views, and information on Featured Conditions.
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MEDLINEplus |
MEDLINEplus is a service of the United States National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. The site offers authoritative information from the National Institutes of Health and other health agencies on nearly 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information in the news, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
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Mental Help Net |
Mental Help Net is the most comprehensive source of online mental health information, news, and resources.
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National Institutes of Health |
The National Institutes of Health is one of the world's foremost medical research centers for medical and behavioral research in the United States. The NIH site offers information on various diseases and conditions, procedures and therapies, grants and funding opportunities, scientific resources, and information on current health topics in the news. Â
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National Women's Health Resource Center |
The site of the National Women's Health Resource Center covers general health from a female perspective as well as OB-GYN issues. Especially helpful is the the Questions-to-Ask link included with each topic.
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UpToDate |
UpToDate offers articles, reviewed by multiple medical experts, for patients seeking current information on a variety of medical conditions and topics.
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WebMD |
WebMD offers consumers the ability to manage their health with Condition Centers (including information from the Cleveland Clinic), an online medical library, Find-a-Physician, clinical trials, and health and wellness links.
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