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Medicine and Health

(Allied Health, Health Science, Medical Assisting & Transcription, Nursing; Note: To search the library's health and medicine databases, click on the Fulltext Articles button at left.)

|| General || Health Information || Cultural Competency & Multicultural Health || Medical Databases& Journals ||

|| Medical Reference || Alternative Medicine || Specific Departments ||

|| Professional Organizations || Cabrillo College Sites || Course-Related Materials ||

General Websites  Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources -- From the Univ. of Iowa  Health, Medicine, Wellness -- From Michigan Electronic Library Health on the Net -- A leading source of Web-based medical information, includes access to several widely-used medical search engines  Health Information  AEGIS -- AIDS Education Global Information System  Cancer.gov -- From the National Cancer Institute  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Health & Wellness Center -- Links & information, from Santa Cruz Public Library Health Reports and Statistics -- From the Santa Cruz County Health Services Health World Online  Medscape -- Health news and information MEDLINEplus -- From the NLM, consumer-oriented service providing answers to health questions MedicineNet -- Information on diseases, procedures, and pharmaceuticals  National Health Information Center -- Health information referral service  National Institutes of Health-- Health information and much more  NOAH New York Online Access to Health -- English and Spanish  Surgeon General Reports -- Full text PDF copies, covering 1964-2001 Women's Health -- From the Mayo Clinic  Cultural Competency & Multicultural Health Cultural Competency -- Information focused on ethnically diverse older populations Cultural Competency in Medicine -- Detailed review, from the American Medical Student Association Cultural Diversity in Healthcare -- Annotated links Ethnic Community Profiles -- Large detailed PDF file from the New Hampshire Office of Energy & Planning Ethnomed -- Specific information on various cultures Multi-Cultural Resources for Health Information -- Links and information Transcultural Nursing -- Numerous categorized links Medical Databases and Journals  (see also Health & Medicine databases) JAMA -- Access to index & abstracts from the Journal of the American Medical Association New England Journal of Medicine -- Issue contents, subscriber services, etc. NLM Gateway -- Provides "one-stop searching" for MEDLINE and other NLM information resources or databases PubMed -- Direct access to the MEDLINE database Medical Reference Works  Atlas of the Body -- From the American Medical Association  Global Health Facts -- Rich source of data, from the Kaiser Family Foundation Gray's Anatomy -- Text of the 1918 edition, from Bartleby.com  Heart Book -- Complete text, from Yale Univ. School of Medicine Medical Dictionary -- Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary Merck Manual -- The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th Edition, 1999  Merck Manual of Geriatrics -- 3rd Edition, 2000 RxList: The Internet Drug Index -- Provides in-depth drug information  State Health Facts -- Rich source of data, from the Kaiser Family Foundation Visual Medical Dictionary -- Excellent dictionary thesaurus, providing definitions, related terms, hierarchical information, and more Alternative Medicine  Alternative Health-- Links from the Google Web Directory  Alternative Medicine HomePage -- Links from the Univ. of Pittsburgh Illustrated Herbal -- Detailed information on over 500 herbs  Specific Aspects  Allied Health  Health Career Guide-- Detailed descriptions from the Vocational Information Center  Health Professions Education Foundation -- Scholarships & loan repayment Medical Assisting & Transcription  AHDI -- Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (formerly AAMT) Medical Assisting Career -- Tips, links & information   American Association of Medical Assistants -- News and events, accredited programs Medical Assistant Net -- Career information, continuing education, etc. MT Desk -- Includes links to drug references, glossaries, etc.    Nursing  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- Formerly Health Care Financing Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Professional Organizations  AHDI -- Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (formerly AAMT) American Association of Critical Care Nurses American Association of Medical Assistants -- News, events, lists of accredited programs; etc.  American Heart Association American Medical Association American Nurses Association California Board of Registered Nursing California Nurses Association National Student Nurses' Association Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Cabrillo College Sites  Health Science Department Home Page  Medical Assisting Department Home Page  Nursing Department Home Page  Stroke Center Home Page  Course-Related Materials  ALH 100, Allied Health and Cultural Diversity  Culture of Safety for Nursing Department Healing Environment for Nursing Department HS 10, Personal Health, M. Ellis HS 10, Personal Health, M. Ramsey HS 10, Personal Health, A. Saxton HS 10, Personal Health, A. Steiner HS 15, Human Sexuality, R. Arnesty HS 20, Contemporary Issues in Health and Medicine, S. Houghton Doing Nursing Research for Nursing Students Nursing Orientation for incoming students Self-Assessment of Computer Skills || Postpartem Depression "paper" Wellness Programs Other New Stuff for Nursing Return to Top || Library Online Catalog || Fulltext Magazine & Newspaper Articles ||  || Selected Internet Resources || Searching the Internet || Library & Internet Instruction ||  || About our Library || Return to the Library Home Page || Last updated 5/22/09 Georg Romero The URL of this page is http://libwww.cabrillo.edu/depts/medicine.html