Health & Medicine
The following steps are recommended for finding information on diseases, drugs, and other health-related information:
- Search either Health Reference Center Academic or Health and Wellness Resource Center from GALE. Here you will find articles from reference books and pamphlets as well as periodicals.
- Search EBSCO Host for more scholarly journal articles on your topic. (On the first screen, click on EBSCOhost Web; then on the next screen, check off all the database choices except for ERIC, and click Enter.)
- Search the Library Catalog for books on your topic.
- If you are having trouble choosing or narrowing down a topic, or if you simply need background information on a topic, use a reference book such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (call # Ref. RC41.G25 1999). Other health reference books will be on the shelves nearby.
The following Web sites are also recommended:
- United States National Library of Medicine
- Medem Medical Library
- HealthyNJ
- WebMD
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Medscape
- DiscoveryHealth.com
- drkoop.com
- eMedicine: Emergency Medicine
- HealingWell.com
- HealthAtoZ.com
- HealthCentral.com
- MayoClinic.com
- MDchoice.com
- MEDLINEplus Health Information
- New Jersey Dept. of Health and Senior Services
- Merck Manual of Medical Information: Home Ed.
- Virtual Pediatric Hospital
- Anatomy Atlases
- Patient Education Materials: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- SearchingRadiology.com
- RadiologyEducation.com
- PediatricRadiology.com
Drug Information
- Nurse's PDR Resource Center: Drug Database
- FDA Consumer Drug Information
- FDA Electronic Orange Book of Approved Drug Products
- Consumer Information: Over-the-Counter Medicines
- Mosby's Drug Consult Top 200
Physician & Hospital Information
- Physician Select (American Medical Association)
- Hospital Select
Diseases, Conditions, & General Health Sites