Health Subject Guide

Databases

• Health Business FullTEXT
  Provides full text coverage for more than 130 well-known administrative journals. Includes publications covering the business of health care administration, and much more- EBSCOhost
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  Provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals- EBSCOhost
• PsycINFO
  Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Includes international material selected from periodicals in over 30 languages- EBSCOhost
• PsycARTICLES
  Provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1988 to the present. Includes in this database are indexed in PsycINFO- EBSCOhost
• PubMed Linkout
  Contains over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's, from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources- PubMed

Books

• Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century / by Helen M., Md. Wallace (Editor)
  (RA418.5 .F3 H428)
  Provides a basic overview of the health and social welfare systems, and the policy and insurance infrastructure surrounding those systems. Presents the effect of managed care on these systems, and the effect of new legislation on families and children. Focuses on present and emerging challenges, including suggested strategies for the future- Publisher
• Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Acid Reflux: Nutrition You Can Live With / by Elaine Magee
  (RC815.7 .M34)
  Presents specific recommendations on what to eat, what to avoid, and how to incorporate these changes into your lifestyle. Provides understanding of what acid reflux is and the three treatment options that are available to them: medication, surgery, and life-style measures. Includes the lifestyle and diet treatment options for acid reflux since they increase the effectiveness and long-term success of the surgery and medication- Publisher  Look inside!
• Additonal Books
  • Health from the PubMed BookShelf

Journals

• Annals of Health Law
  The Annals of Health Law, The Health Policy and Law Review of Loyola UniversityChicago School of Law, contains articles of general interest in health law whichare deemed by the editors to make a contribution to the teaching, practice, andor public policy surrounding health law. Past volumes have focused on corporate,regulatory, bioethical, and pharmaceutical issues, as well as patient rights and advocacy. - Lexis Academic
• Archives of Environmental Health
  Presents articles dealing with the effects of environmental agents on human health, studies on toxic waste, new energy technology and industrial processes, health significance- EBSCOhost
• Environmental Health Perspectives
  Publishes research findings of environmental health significance and informs the scientific community of potential health hazards that are associated with particular elements in the environment- EBSCOhost
• Health & Social Work
  Publishes articles dealing with all aspects of health with professional concern to social workers, improving social work practice and extending knowledge in the field of health- EBSCOhost
• Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
  Focuses on the initiation, formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relationship between government and health--past, present, and future- Project Muse
• Journal of Health and Social Behavior
  Publication of the American Sociological Association, presents articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health, illness, and medicine in their social context.- JSTOR

Websites

• National Health Information Center
  Includes nearly 2,000 U.S. organizations and government offices that provide health information on request. Provides a classified list of toll-free (800) health information telephone numbers, a listing of resources by keyword, and a search engine by title, keyword, city, or state- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  Provides general health information, publications, news, and events; grants and funding opportunities; health resources; and an annotated directory of individual medical and research organizations- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• National Women's Health Information Center
  Gateway to women's health information, containing links to selected publications, NWHIC's Resources database, health resources for women of color, and Web sites to government agencies and non-profit organizations that produce reliable health information for the public. Covers topics on women's health from abortion to weight loss- Librarian's Index to the Internet