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Articles (from journals)
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
  [more info]
Campus/Remote
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) (EBSCO)
Indexing and abstracts for articles, books and other publications in nursing and allied health... [more info]
Campus/Remote
PubMed (NLM)
 PubMed has undergone a significant interface change. For more information please see:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/.

A medical and health database developed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).  [tutorial] [more info]
Unrestricted
Cochrane Library (Wiley)
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of treatment interventions in... [more info]
Campus/Remote
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Citation Searching
Journal Citation Reports (ISI)
Provides data that helps with evaluation and comparison of scholarly journals. [more info]
Campus / Remote
PubMed Single Citation Matcher
Use this tool to find complete citations in PubMed when you only have partial information. [more info]
Scopus (Elsevier)
Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Web of Science (ISI)
This resource will cease as of 1/1/2010. Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus. Citation index for science and social sciences... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Diagnosis
DSM-IV-TR® Library (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
A set of searchable, full-text reference works for psychiatric diagnosis... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Merck & Co., Inc.)
The goal of The Merck Manual is to provide useful clinical information to practicing physicians, medical students, interns, residents, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals in a concise, complete, and accurate manner. [more info]
Micromedex (Thomson Healthcare)
A wide range of clinical databases to support evidence based care... [more info]
Campus/Remote/Handheld
Diseases
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
  [more info]
Campus/Remote
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Merck & Co., Inc.)
The goal of The Merck Manual is to provide useful clinical information to practicing physicians, medical students, interns, residents, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals in a concise, complete, and accurate manner. [more info]
Micromedex (Thomson Healthcare)
A wide range of clinical databases to support evidence based care... [more info]
Campus/Remote/Handheld
Images
images.MD (Current Medicine, Inc)
This resource will cease as of 7/1/2010. images.MD compiles over 48,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine... [more info]
Campus/Remote
HEAL Library (Health Education Assets Library) (UCLA and National Science Foundation)
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a digital library that provides freely... [more info]
Internet
Interactive Functional Anatomy (Anatomy.tv)
Online interactive 3-d human anatomy. [more info]
Campus/Remote
New England Journal of Medicine Image File
[more info]
Campus/Remote
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News Articles
Access World News (Readex)
Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Dow Jones Factiva
Gateway to business resources including full text of periodicals, news photographs, company reports... [more info]
Campus/Remote
LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Practice Tools
Cochrane Library (Wiley)
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of treatment interventions in... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Merck & Co., Inc.)
The goal of The Merck Manual is to provide useful clinical information to practicing physicians, medical students, interns, residents, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals in a concise, complete, and accurate manner. [more info]
Micromedex (Thomson Healthcare)
A wide range of clinical databases to support evidence based care... [more info]
Campus/Remote/Handheld
Statistics & Datasets
FedStats (Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy)
Provides access to statistics and information produced by more than 70 U.S. government agencies ... [more info]
Internet
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics' Web site, a rich source of information about America’s health. [more info]
Internet
Quick Health Data Online
  [more info]
STAT-USA (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
An online service of recent international trade information... [more info]
Campus/Remote
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Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
APA Style Citation Examples
Created by JMU Libraries, this document contains examples for the most frequently cited material in APA (American Psychological Association) format; includes examples of citing Internet resources. (MS Word document) [more info]
CheckCite
Check your citation style for papers and speeches [more info]
Go for the Gold module 7
This section of Go for the Gold covers information ethics, plagiarism. citing sources, and fair use. [more info]
RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database of bibliographic... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Tests and Test Information
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (Ovid)
Descriptions of behavioral tests and measurements in health fields, psychosocial sciences... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
Descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized tests. [more info]
Campus/Remote
  
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Environmental Health
Huber Learning Community
See more Health Sciences Resources by type of information:
Articles (from journals)
Citation Searching
Diagnosis
Diseases
Images
News Articles
Practice Tools
Statistics & Datasets
Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
Tests and Test Information
Health Sciences Librarian's Lists of Resources:
Alternative and Complementary Health
Consumer Health Resources
Environmental Health
Health Games
HTH 230, Finding Health News (Fall '09)
Special Athletic Training
Special Dietetics & Nutrition
Special Epidemiology
Special Health Assessment & Promotion
Special Health Policy
Special Health Services Administration
Special Occupational Therapy
Special Physician Assistant
Contact the Health Sciences Librarian:
Stefanie Warlick