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Background Information

• Wikipedia - Overview of Health
• Wikipedia - Overview of Medicine
• Encyclopedia Brittanica: Overview of Health
• Encyclopedia Brittanica: Overview of Medicine

NOTE: Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia can help you familiarize yourself with a subject, but are not considered appropriate, citeable sources for a college-level research paper.

Key Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (InfoTrac Searchbank)  Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Coverage begins in 1980.
• Health Management (Proquest) Full-text coverage for more than 560 journals and 4,500 doctoral dissertations and theses in the field of health administration, including topics such as health economics, public health administration, hospitals, insurance, business management, personnel management, ethcis, law, and more.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)  Full text for more than 550 scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. plus abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Updated daily.
• InfoTrac Nursing and Allied Health Collection  All aspects of the Nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
• InfoTrac Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection  Both researcher and practitioner alike will find relevant, authoritative content in this collection, which includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Covering a wide spectrum of information, researchers will have access to a diverse, but focused set of topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.
• Nursing & Allied Health Source (Proquest)  Full-text coverage from more than 570 journals in fields such as nursing, allied health, alternative medicine, consumer health, and more.
• Pharmaceutical News Index (Proquest)  Search the definitive database of pharmacological news, research, and regulatory information. Covers the most important specialized publications in the Pharmaceutical, Health Care, Biotechnology, and medical device industries.
• ProQuest Health and Medical Complete  Designed to serve a wide range of people who need health information -- from hospital administrators to medical professionals to consumers. The database provides coverage from leading health journals and essential medical journals in key medical specialties.

Recommended Websites

• WebMD - health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.
• AMA- American Medical Association: Professional organization for those in the medical field.
• National Institutes of Health - The United States' medical research agency.
• Medline Plus - Medical information nformation from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
• HHS - US Department of health and Human Services.
• WHO - World Health Organization.
• NIHCM - National Institute of Healthcare Management.

Key Journals

• Online
  • Journal of the American Medical Assn.
  • Journal of Healthcare Management
• In the library
  • Applied Radiology
  • Journal of the American Medical Assn.
  • Radiology Technology

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Page Author: Andy Burkhardt