Health and Medical Resources

Introduction and Notes

OhioLINK Databases

Internet Research Sites

Periodicals

Online Publications

Libraries

Healthcare Organizations (disease or condition oriented)

Healthcare Associations (for healthcare professionals or students of a particular discipline
e.g. respiratory or massage therapy)

Government Health Organizations

Federal & International
Ohio

Health Data and Statistics

The Health & Medical Resources Guide is intended to provide our students, faulty and staff with a basic pathfinder for select health and medical resources available on the Internet.
OhioLINK Resources are subscription databases. They can be accessed off-campus by using your Cougar ID number for authorization. OhioLINK resources can also be accessed at campus computer terminals without the need for OhioLINK authorization.
OhioLINK Authentication: The OhioLINK off-campus authentication web page is located at https://authdb.ohiolink.edu/WAYF/. Follow the on-screen instructions. Once you have authenticated with OhioLINK, you will be taken to a list of databases you can use.
Required Software: To load or print some files from off campus, make sure you have software that reads PDF format such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download for free at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Navigating and Searching the Health & Medical Resources Guide: Use the browser's word search feature to search for the Medical Resources Guide. Find it from the browser's top menu. Open EDIT and choose FIND.

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Below are descriptions of a few of the more popular databases for health and medical research.

List of all OhioLINK Medicine and Health Databases

Biological Abstracts �Biological Abstracts, a leading source of life science information,
       collects abstracts and bibliographic references to worldwide biological and medical literature.
       Biological Abstracts contains references to journal items focusing on vital biological and medical
       research findings, pharmacological studies, and discoveries of new organisms.�

CINAHL - Nursing and Allied Health Coverage includes: Nursing - coverage of virtually
       every nursing journal published; Allied Health - physical therapy, occupational therapy,
       emergency services; Specialized Health - consumer health, alternative therapies, health
       sciences librarianship.

MEDLINE �MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database
covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system,
and the pre-clinical sciences."

LexisNexis Provides full text articles from general news sources (newspapers) as
well as a limited selection of medical newsletters and journals.

Academic Search Complete �Academic Search Premier is the world�s largest scholarly,
multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions.� Many medical
and health related journals and many full text articles.

PsycINFO �PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters,
       books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the psychological
       aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education,
       pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law."

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Cleveland Clinic The official website of the non-profit Cleveland Clinic. Information about
treatment options, research, and specialty considerations. Also provides virtual access to
medical professionals.

MayoClinic.com Information on conditions, drugs, disease management, lifestyle planners,
etc., presented by the well known Mayo Clinic.

MedBioWorld �The largest site for medical & bioscience journals, associations, & databases.�
This is a Web portal or directory. Does not provide content, but rather links to other sites that do.
Still an impressive collection of links.

MedicineNet.com Commercial Web site with information on diseases and conditions,
procedures and tests, medications, healthy living, and more. More than a few advertisements,
but a good site, established and maintained by physicians.

MedlinePlus �Health care information from the world�s largest medical library, the National
       Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health�information about specific diseases and
       conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of
       Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, ��

Netwellness A site with a local flavor. A non-profit consumer health web site that provides high
quality information created and evaluated by medical and health professional faculty at the
University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University, and the Ohio State University.

Alternative Medical Foundation � Website providing information �about alternative
systems of healthcare, treatment and diagnostics.� Two of their Website features:

HerbMed � �HerbMed� - an interactive, electronic herbal database � provides hyper-linked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.�
Resources � The Alternative Medical Foundation�s directory on alternative medical treatments and practices such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, mind body medicine, etc. Includes information on books, journals, associations and links to other Web sites.

Additional Alternative Medicine Sites listed at HealthWeb.com

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List of Periodicals Available at Columbus State Community College

Electronic Journal Center (EJC): Full Text Online Periodicals -
Medical/Health Title List The EJC features scholarly journals written primarily for the
professional and graduate level audience, but many articles of use to the undergraduate student.

New England Journal of Medicine You can search the journal back to 1975. Only
       abstracts are provided for articles from 1975 � 1992. Abstracts and full text of articles are
       available from 1993 through current issue. This journal is also indexed with abstracts in CINAHL,
       Medline and Academic Search Complete. It is available in print at CSCC ERC.

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association The journal�s Web site offers
       a complete table of contents of each issue, plus, many of the standard monthly features are in
       full text. The major articles are available through their Web site only to those with personal
       subscriptions. JAMA is indexed with abstracts in CINAHL and MEDLINE. It is available in print
       at CSCC ERC.

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Gray's Anatomy The Bartleby.com edition of Gray�s Anatomy of the Human Body features
1,247 vibrant engravings�many in color�from the classic 1918 publication.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th ed. �Written by over 300
       experts, it covers all but the most obscure disorders. In addition to describing symptoms,
       common clinical procedures, laboratory tests, and virtually all the disorders that a general
       internist might encounter,� Current therapy is presented for each disorder and supplemented
       with a separate section on clinical pharmacology.�

The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition �While The Merck
       Manual provides medical information to health care professionals, The Home Edition was written
       for patients, their families, and all non-health care professionals interested in learning more about
       illnesses, their diagnosis, and their treatment.�

The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, 3rd ed. �It discusses the medical care of the elderly
with detailed attention to how physiology changes with age, the unique ways diseases present in
the elderly, and the special considerations of treating disease in elderly persons.�

Other Online Publications (from MEDLINEplus) A variety of online government and
other organizational pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, etc.

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CSLINK Columbus State Community College Library Catalog.

OhioLINK Ohio Library and Information Network; search for and borrow books and other items
from other Ohio college and university libraries, delivered here to Columbus State.

Columbus Metropolitan Library Search for materials through the local public library
system. Items must be checked out from and returned to Columbus Metro Library locations.

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These organizations are primarily disease or condition oriented. They promote public awareness of a particular disorder, research, fund raising, support groups, etc. The list provided by MedlinePlus has most of the major, usual suspects. The Yahoo listing goes into more detail.

MedlinePlus - Organizations

Yahoo.com > Diseases & Conditions > Organizations

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These associations are primarily support and regulatory associations for healthcare professionals. They provide career information, education, licensure and regulatory information and make sure that a particular profession�s voice is heard in regard to laws, regulation of the profession or industry, treatment standards, etc.

National Council of State Boards of Nursing This site provides information on the
NCLEX examination, which the council develops, NCLEX diagnostic profiles for candidates, state
nursing regulations and other resources.

American Association for Respiratory Care

American Health Information Management Association

American Massage Therapy Association

American Medical Technologists

American Psychological Association

American Society of Radiological Technologists

Association of Surgical Technologists

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