Health & Medicine

Articles on health and medical topics can also be found in published, copyrighted magazines and scholarly journals by using Health Reference Center, on the library's Electronic Information Databases page. To limit your search to articles in scholarly medical journals, click in the "refereed publications" box on the Health Reference Center search page.

Databases

• Health Reference Center (SRJC students , faculty and staff only)
• MedlinePlus
• PubMed (Medline)
  • PubMed Tutorial
  • Drug Information via Medline
• Highwire Press
• GoogleScholar
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• Other Databases from the National Library of Medicine
• National Library of Medicine Gateway (Searches multiple retrieval systems simultaneously)
• The Combined Health Information Database (National Institute of Health)
• HONmedia - Medical Images

Electronic Journals

• Journals of the American Academy of Family Physicians:
  • American Family Physician
  • Annals of Family Medicine
  • Family Practice Management
• New England Journal of Medicine (SRJC students , faculty and staff only; 5-user limit; Requires password.)
• Population Reports (Family planning & related issues)

Organizations and Libraries

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Centers for Disease Control
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Health on the Net Foundation (HON)
• U.S. National Library of Medicine
• The Redwood Health Library
  • Local Support Groups (Petaluma and Santa Rosa)

Statistics

• WHOSIS (World Health Organization Statistical Information System)
• Core Health Indicators (World Health Organization)
• GlobalHealthFacts.org
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Kaiser StateHealthFacts.org
• See also Statistics

General Health

• FirstGov for Consumers: Health (U.S. government health information)
• HealthAtoZ
• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
• Virtual Hospital
• Right to Know: Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
• Martindale's Health Science Guide
• HealthWeb
• Healthfinder
  • Healthfinder español
• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
• Health Information & Education (Sutter Medical Center, Santa Rosa, CA)
• Health Encyclopedia (Kaiser Permanente California)
• Healthtouch Online
• Interactive Patient
• Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918)
• Anatomy Atlases
• Digital Anatomist Program; Interactive Atlases
• Whole Brain Atlas
• Inside the Brain: An Interactive Tour (Compares healthy & Alzheimer's brains)
• The Merck Manual (17th ed. ©1995-1999)
• Other Merck Manuals
• National Institutes of Health - Health Information
• World Health Organization
• State Health Facts Online
• MedlinePlus: Sexual Health Issues and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Dental Hygiene and Dental Hygienists

Journal Articles

• Health Reference Center Academic Subjects Containing the Word "Dental"
• Articles in the Journal of Dental Hygiene in InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP (SRJC students, faculty and staff only)
• Dental Journals, Newsletters, Publications and Information Sources Online
• MedBioWorld - Dental & Orthodontics Journals
• Highwire Press - Journals on Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Use free trials, free issues and free sites; others are fee-based.)

General Dental Websites

• Dental Hygienists (from the Occupational Outlook Handbook)
• American Dental Hygienists' Association
• California Dental Hygienists' Association
• American Dental Association
• California Dental Association
• Dental Board of California, Committee on Dental Auxiliaries (Licensing info and exam schedules)
• Dental Career Brochures and Fact Sheets from the A.D.A.
• Code of Ethics for Dental Hygienists
• PubMed
• CDC - Oral Health Resources
• Simple Steps to Better Dental Health (Columbia University School of Dentistry and Oral Surgery)
• Ms. Flossy's Dental Hygiene News
• DHNet - National Center for Dental Hygiene
• Dental Hygiene and Dental Technology Web Sites
• DH Links for Dental Hygiene Education
• Dental Related Internet Resources
• Yahoo!'s Dentistry Links
• The Virtual Dental Center (Martindale's Health Science Guide)
• Dental Cost Calculator

Special Topics Dental Websites

• Virtual Hospital Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section: Head & Neck
• Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918) (Search for "head," "teeth," etc.)
• Human Anatomy Online
• Tooth Morphology Frameset
• USAF Dental Infection Control Guidelines
• Other USAF Dental Infection Control Resources
• Effects and Side Effects of Dental Restorative Materials (National Institutes of Health, 1991)

Disabilities Resources

• Disability Resources on the Internet (from Disability Resources Monthly)
• Disabilities Direct
• WebABLE
• Department of Justice ADA Home Page
• Family Village; a Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
• A Basic Dictionary of ASL [American Sign Language] Terms
• Librarians' Index to the Internet---Disabilities Topics

Nursing

• Hardin's Nursing Links
• HealthWeb's Nursing Links
• Harcourt Health Sciences Nursing Community
• Nursing 2005 -Salary Survey ... other nursing salary surveys

Nutrition

• Nutrition.gov
• U.S.D.A. Food Composition Data
• Nutrition Analysis Tool
• Fast Food Facts
• Fast Food Facts - Food Finder

Radiology

Journal Articles

• Search journals of the Radiological Society of North America): Radiology and RadioGraphics
• See also Health Reference Center, Highwire Press, PubMed and GoogleScholar under "Databases" above.)

  The Profession

• Radiologic Technnologist (What do they do?)
• Radiologic Technologist (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
• American Society for Radiologic Technologists
• The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
• Radiologic & Imaging Sciences Professional Organizations

  Radiology Topics

• Medline Plus topics: X-Rays, Diagnostic Imaging, CT Scans, MRI Scans, Nuclear Scans, and Ultra-Sound
• Radiology and Imaging (Hardin Meta Directory)
• Open Directory Project - Medical Specialties: Radiology
• BrighamRAD Online Learning Tools (Dept. of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School)
• Online Teaching Materials and Patient Information Links (Dept of Radiology, University of Washington)
• Radiology Links - Reviewed Links
• XRay200 Nick's Website (by British radiographer Nicholas John Oldnall)
• The Medical Radiography Home Page (Association of Educators in Radiological Sciences)
• 1UltraRad.com
• PediatricRadiology.com
• Radiographic Anatomy of the Skeleton

Special Topics

• Cancer
• Inside Cancer: Multimedia Guide to Cancer Biology

• Medical Marijuana (Most items listed below are limited to SRJC students and staff only)
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center search terms: medical marijuana
• Is Marijuana the Right Medicine for You? : A Factual Guide to Medical Uses of Marijuana , by Bill Zimmerman and others. 1998. [netLibrary electronic book--SRJC students and staff only--See instructions for use.]
• Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine , by Lester Grinspoon. 1997. [netLibrary electronic book--SRJC students and staff only--See instructions for use.]
• Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base (book), edited by Janet E. Joy and others. Institute of Medicine, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health. 1999.
• Google search for "(medical OR medicinal) marijuana"
• Health Reference Center Academic searches: Health aspects; Laws, regulations and rules; more...
• ProQuest Health & Medical Complete search medical marijuana OR medicinal marijuana ; ...related topics search
• Expanded Academic ASAP searches: Health aspects; Laws, regulations and rules; more...
• ProQuest Newspapers search: medical marijuana OR medicinal marijuana ; related topics search
• See also CQ Researcher
• ..
• Medical Marijuana in California (UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Library)
• Medical Marijuana Decision, June 6, 2005 (PBS-Online News Hour)

Articles on health and medical topics can also be found in published, copyright journals by databases listed on the library's Articles & Databases page.