Medicine and Health
(Allied Health, Health Science, Medical Assisting & Transcription, Nursing; Note: To search the library's health and medicine databases, click on the Articles and Databases button at left.)
Course-Related Materials
- 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 12, Stress Management, M. Ellis
- HS 15, Human Sexuality, R. Arnesty
- HS 15, Human Sexuality, A. Saxton
- 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
General Health Information
- AEGIS -- AIDS Education Global Information System
- Cancer.gov -- From the National Cancer Institute
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in Spanish)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Health & Wellness Center -- Links and information from Santa Cruz Public Library
- Health on the Net -- Promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information. HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- Health Reports and Statistics -- From the Santa Cruz County Health Services
- Healthfinder.gov -- Live well, learn how. From the US Department of Health and Human Services
- Healthfinder.gov (in Spanish)
- Medscape -- Health news and information
- MEDLINEplus -- From the National Library of Medicine, consumer-oriented service
- MEDLINEplus (in Spanish)
- MedicineNet -- Information on diseases, procedures, and pharmaceuticals, part of the WebMD Network
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- US lead agency for scientific research on health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.
- National Health Information Center -- Health information referral service
- National Institutes of Health-- Health information and much more
- Surgeon General Reports -- Full text PDF copies, covering 1964-2001
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Women's Health -- From the Mayo Clinic
Cultural Competency & Multicultural Health (also of interest: Spanish language sites in section above)
- Cultural Competency -- Information focused on ethnically diverse older populations
- Ethnomed -- Specific information on various cultures
- Multi-Cultural Resources for Health Information -- Links and information from National Library of Medicine
Medical Databases and Journals
- 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
- Medical Dictionary -- MedLine Plus Medical Dictionary
- Merck Manual -- The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 19th Edition, 2011
- Merck Manual : Special Subjects -- 2010
- RxList: The Internet Drug Index -- Provides in-depth drug information from WebMD
- 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
Specific Aspects
Allied Health
- Health Professions Education Foundation -- Scholarships & loan repayment
- Career Guide to Industries, Healthcare
Medical Assisting & Transcription
- Medical Assisting Career -- Tips, links & information
- Medical Assistant Net -- Career information, continuing education, etc.
- Medical Assistant Programs Guide -- Comprehensive guide to Medical Assistant training programs
- Medical Coding & Billing Training Guide -- Comprehensive guide to coding and billing programs
- MT Desk Reference and Style Guide -- Medical terms, terminology, transcription samples and words
Nursing
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Allnurses.com -- Nursing Community for Nurses
Professional Organizations
- AHDI -- Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (formerly AAMT)
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Association of Medical Assistants
- 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
Reviewed and updated September 2011
