Health & Medicine: Recently Added Titles

Subscription Databases:

• Article First
  Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
• ECO
  A collection of scholarly journals.
• General Reference Center Gold
  Articles from magazines and newspapers about current events. Contains archives of magazines like Time, Newsweek, People, etc.

• Magill's Medical Guide
  An up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.
• Medline Plus (free government database)
  All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
• SIRS Knowledge Source (in library use only)
  General information database about current issues geared towards high school and college researchers.

When accessing from outside of the library, you may be prompted to enter your Rolling Meadows library card number.

Staff Picks of Free Websites:

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Dental Association
• American Medical Association
• Centers for Disease Control
• Clinical Trials
• Health.gov
• Healthfinder
• Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
• Kidshealth
• Healthy Minds
• Lab Tests Online
• Mayo Clinic
• Medicare
• Medline (OCLC)

• Medical Library Association's Guide
• Merck Manual
• National Cancer Institute
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National  Institutes of Health
• National Women's Health Center
• Northwest Community Hospital
• Nutrition.gov
• Nursing Homes in Illinois
• PDR Health
• United States Food & Drug Administration

Call the library @ 847-259-6050 and ask for The Reference Desk.
You can also Ask a Reference Librarian questions by email.
 

Last Modified  03/02/2010