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Allied Health Sciences Research Guide

 

  

EDITH (Online Library Catalog)- Search EDITH for books, videos, and Reserve materials in the library collection.

 

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Electronic Databases

 

·          Find Journal Articles (Electronic Databases)

 

CD-ROM Programs for Allied Health Sciences

 

·          View CD-ROM Programs Available for Use in the Library

 

Periodical Holdings List

 

·          View Periodical Holdings List for Allied Health Sciences

 

Internet Resources

 

Allied Health Sciences

Health Information

Blood & Blood Banking

Medical Technology

Disease Information

Medical Testing

Government Organizations  

 

 

Online Journals

 

Electronic Databases

 

Electronic databases are available on all Library computers.  Please see a Librarian or contact us for a password to access these electronic databases from home.

 

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature

Database covers the professional literature for nursing and 17 allied health disciplines.  Includes some full-text articles.

 

Select "CINAHL" to search this database.  

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Searches medical and health-related literature and includes some full-text articles. 

 

Includes access to Gale Medical Encyclopedia; Mosby’s Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary; Drug Finder; Health Organization Directory; Health Assessment Tools; Health News; and Links to Government and Medical Sites.

PubMed / MEDLINE

Provides access to MEDLINE’s citations and abstracts to medical, biomedical sciences, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, & pre-clinical sciences literature.

 

 

 

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CD-ROM Programs Available for Use in the Library

 

 

·          Antihuman Globulin Test

·          Applied Microbiology: Holiday Mystery

·          Art & Science of Cytopathology

·          CardioViewer 3D

·          Cell Structure & Function 

·          Chemistry Profiles

·          Clinical Pharmacology

·          DNA: The Molecule of Life

·          Enzymes

·          Essentials of Medical Transcription

·          Explorations in Cell Biology & Genetics

·          From DNA to Protein

·          Hematography I & II

·          Human Experimentation

·          Inside the Cell

·          Microbes in Motion

·          Microbiology Lab Simulation I

·          Mosby's Nutritrac

·          New Mycobacteria

·          Nuffield Council on Bioethics

·          Plasma Membrane & Cellular Transport

·          Roche Genetics Education Program

·          Saunders Medical Assisting Exam Review

·          Shall I Report This Test?

·          Stedman's Concise Electronic Medical Dictionary

·          Urinalysis

·          Virtual Medical Office Challenge

·          Viruses & Bacteria          

 

 

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Periodical Holdings List for Allied Health Sciences

 

For more periodicals, please see the Library's complete Periodical Holdings List.

 

 

Cell

Jul 12, 1996-Dec 27, 2002

Clinical Laboratory Science

Spr 2001-

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Dec 1983-Dec 1991

Comparative Medicine                                        (was Laboratory Animal Science)

Feb 2000-

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association

 

Nov 24, 1989-

Microfiche: 1984-1989

Journal of Allied Health

Feb 1973-

Laboratory Animal Science
(now Comparative Medicine)

Feb 1974-Dec 1999

Laboratory Medicine

Jan 1972-

MLO: Medical Laboratory Observer

Mar 1985-

NAHE: the Newsletter for Allied Health Educators

Fall 1983-Win 2000

Nature

Aug 8, 1996-Jan 1, 2003

New England Journal of Medicine

1994-
Microfiche: 1990-1995

Science

Apr 5, 1957-Dec 27, 1974; Oct 7, 1988-Dec 23, 1988; Jan 6, 1995-
Microfiche: Jan 9, 1976-

Science News

Jan 7, 1961-

Scientific American

Jan 1958-

 

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Internet Resources

 

A llied Health Science s

 

·          American Association for Respiratory Care   

·          American Nurses Association

·          American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science  

·          American Society of Radiologic Technologists

·          Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

·          Council for Biotechnology Information  

 

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Blood & Blood Banking

 

·          American Association of Blood Banks

·          Blood Typing

·          UK Blood Transfusion & Tissue Transplantation Guidelines

 

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Disease Information

 

·          ACTIS: AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service

·          All the Virology on the WWW  

·          CDC National Prevention Information Network  

·          Disease Outbreak News

·          Diseases, Disorders &  Related Topics

·          Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System

·          University of Rochester Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Internet Resource Pages

 

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Government Organizations

 

·          American Academy of Family Physicians

·          Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

·          FDA: Food and Drug Administration

·          HHS: Department of Health and Human Services

·          NIH: National Institutes of Health

·          RegSource.com Regulatory Page

·          World Health Organization

 

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Health Information

 

·          Berkeley Mortality Database

·          Healthfinder

·          Human Mortality Database

·          LII: Health and Medicine Topics

·          MedicineNet.com

·          On-line Medical Dictionary

·          Yahoo: Health & Medicine

 

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Medical Technology

 

·          American Medical Technologists