Medicine and Consumer Health Subject Guide
| Encyclopedias | Style Manuals |
| Handbooks | Statistical Sources |
| Dictionaries | Indexes & Databases Internet Sites |
Encyclopedias
The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
--Reference Stacks-- R 733 .G34 (4 vol)
The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
--Ready Reference-- RC 41 .G35 (5 vol)
Magill's Medical Guide
--Ready Reference-- RC 41 .M34 (3 vol)
Handbooks
American Holistic Nurses' Association Guide to Common Chronic Conditions: Self-care Options to Complement Your Doctor's Advice
--online-- netLibrary e-book
The Caregiver's Sourcebook
--online-- netLibrary e-book
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library Reference, Sims Ready Reference-- RC 455 .2 .C4 D536
Merck Manual of Medical Information
--Ready Reference-- RC 81 .M47
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
--online
Mosby's Handbook of Diseases
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library Reference-- RT 65 .L37
PDR (Physicians' Desk Reference)
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library, Sims Ready Reference-- RS 75 .P5
PDR for Herbal Medicines
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library-- RM 666 .H33 P37
Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-teaching Guide
--online-- netLibrary e-book
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library Reference-- R 123 .J24
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library, Sims Ready Reference-- R 121 .D73
Medi-Lexicon
--online
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library Reference, Sims Ready Reference-- R 121 .T18
Style Manuals
American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library Reference, Sims Ready Reference-- R 119 .A533
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
--Ready Reference-- BF 76.7 .P83
APA Style Guide to Electronic References, 2007
--Baton Rouge Nursing Library Reference, Sims Ready Reference-- PN171. F56 .A63 2007; also available online
Statistical Sources
Atlas of United States Mortality
--online-- Government website is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small geographic areas of the U.S.
FedStats
--online-- Government gateway to statistics for over 100 public agencies.
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health
--online-- Louisiana state website for health statistics, including the Parish Health Profiles and Louisiana Health Report Card.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
--online-- Centers for Disease Control website with weekly compilation of state reported disease and mortality statistics.
National Center for Health Statistics
--online-- Government website is premier source for national health statistics.
Indexes and Databases
CancerLit -- Contains more than 1.8 million citations and abstracts from over 4,000 different sources including biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of scholarly health, nursing and medical journals and health periodicals.
MEDLINE-- Indexes scholarly journals covering all areas of medicine and health sciences (including nursing, allied health and nutrition). Provides links to small selection of full-text articles.
PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts)-- Indexes and abstracts international scholarly journal articles, chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in psychology and related social science disciplines. Provides links to small selection of full-text articles.
Internet Sites
Activie First Aid -- Online first aid manual designed to help first aiders respond to many emergency situations.
Alternative Medicine Homepage -- University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library website is a gateway to information on complementary and alternative medicine.
AMA Physician Select -- American Medical Association website provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Government website for health information, statistics, publications, international travel advisories and more.
Drug Facts -- Office of National Drug Control Policy website contains information on substance abuse, sources of government drug data and street terms for commonly abused drugs.
DrugInfoNet -- Website provides drug and disease information with an emphasis on consumer health care.
Familydoctor -- American Academy of Family Physicians consumer health information website written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals.
FDA Drug Information Index -- Government website for consumer information about prescription drugs approved since January 1998.
Foodborne Illness Education Information Center -- National Agricultural Library website covers all aspects of food safety for consumers and public health professionals.
Healthfinder -- National Institute of Health award winning website for nonprofit health and human services information with over 1700 links.
Healthy People 2010 -- Government website outlines national health objectives and provides related statistics.
HelpingPatients -- Website designed to locate medication patient assistance programs for the needy.
HIV InSite -- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine website provides comprehensive information on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and policy.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) -- Online version of JAMA.
KidsHealth -- Nemours Foundation award winning website of pediatric health information with gateways for children, adolescents and parents.
Mayo Clinic -- Mayo Clinic maintained website providing general health information on diseases, diet and drugs.
MedBioWorld? -- Website provides 35,000 links to medical and bioscience journals, associations and companies.
MedlinePlus -- National Library of Medicine bilingual (English and Spanish) website contains a medical dictionary, medical encyclopedia, drug information and descriptions of over 600 diseases and conditions.
NOAH -- New York Online Access to Health bilingual (English and Spanish) website is a comprehensive library cooperative offering of consumer health information.
NCCAM: National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine -- Government website dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science and disseminating authoritative information.
National Cancer Institute -- Government website dedicated to the research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer.
Type Sources Here with URLS.
PubMed -- National Library of Medicine website includes citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's and links to some full text.
RxList -- Information provided for each drug includes the description, indications and dosage, side effects, contraindications, drug interactions, warnings and other patient information. Words are defined for the lay user or student with a hyperlink to Taber's online medical dictionary.
U.S. Food & Drug Administration -- Government website provides up to date information on drug approvals and advisories with daily and weekly updates.
WebMD -- Popular website of WebMD Corporation provides a variety of medical information to consumers and health care providers.
World Health Organization -- The United Nations specialized agency website for international health reports with listings arranged alphabetically by country.
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