Health

LC Classification

Health books may be found in the H call numbers if they are about specific health problems that are social issues - drug abuse, etc. For medical information, check in the R section. For specific titles, don't forget to check the Catalog.

Databases

Alt HealthWatch
Focuses on multiple perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Full-text content comes from more than 160 international peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters, plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, and book excerpts.

Clinical Pharmacology Internet Monograph Service
contains current, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Drugs may be searched by their generic or brand names.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides nearly 520 scholarly full-text journals focusing on nursing, allied health fields, and many medical disciplines as well as abstracts and indexing for over 550 journals.

Merck Manuals
Standard medical reference sources for over 100 years providing detailed information on virtually all disorders, complete with discussion of symptoms and current therapy. Includes: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th Centennial Edition; The Home Edition providing medical information in everyday language; and The Merck Manual of Geriatrics.

Web pages

Mayo Clinic
Nutrition.gov - federal website about nutrition and health
National Center for Health Statistics
World Health Organization