Reference Information

TITLE	CALL NO.
Anatomy of the Human Body	Ref 610.9 M489TVS
Burns Sourcebook	Ref 617.11 B967ck
Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine	Ref 610.9 C737by
Concise Encyclopedia of Pain Psychology	Ref 616.0472 F486CP
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment	Ref 616.026 C976
Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations	Ref 610.148 J11da3
Dictionary of Medical Syndromes	Ref 616.072 M188ds3
Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research	Ref 610.7303 P88DR3
DSM IV - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders	Ref 616.89075 D536AP4
Elsevier’s Medical Dictionary in Five Languages	Ref 610.3 E49sg2
Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases	Ref 616.903 T939ed
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research	Ref 610.73072 E56fzk
Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Good Health	Ref 613.203 R775eh
Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties	Ref 616.833 M912EPD
Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine	Ref 617.1027 D598APY
Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements	Ref 612.399 E56nv
Encyclopedia of Women's Health	Ref 613.03 E56GUA
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine	Ref 615.5 W423HH
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer	Ref 616.951 S518MT2
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health	Ref 617.7061 P578M26
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders	Ref 616.042 G151NA2
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine	Ref 616.003 G151ol
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health	Ref 610.73 O32NLM
Graduate Medical Education Directory	Ref 610 G733ama
Gray's Anatomy	Ref 611 G77AD30
Health, Illness, and Disability	Ref 610.016 A992h
Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing	Ref 610.7309 S673hn
Innovations in Clinical Practice: A Source Book	Ref 616.89003 C1899P7
MCAT Comprehensive Review	Ref 610.7309 S673HN
Medical Dictionary: English, Spanish, Portuguese	Ref 610.148 J11da3
Medical Terms: Their Roots and Origins	Ref 610.14 T588mt
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy	Ref 615.02 M555MR17
Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference	Ref 616.075 P128mr2
Mosby’s Medical and Nursing Dictionary	Ref 610.321 M894u2
NCLEX-RN	Ref 610.321 T113C19
Nurse's Drug Handbook	Ref 615.58 N974BL
Pain Sourcebook	Ref 616.0472 P144ck
PDR Companion Guide	Ref 615.321 P248hm2
PDR for Herbal Medicines	Ref 615.321 P248hm2
PDR for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements	Ref 615.58 P578n
PDR for Ophthalmology	Ref 617.7061 P578m26
PDR Generics	Ref 615 P578ge
PDR Guide to Drug Interactions Side Effects, and Indications: Keyed to PDR 60 Edition	Ref 614.911 D79D54
Planned Parenthood Women’s Health Encyclopedia	Ref 613 P712we
Psychologist's Desk Reference	Ref 616.89 C976CU2
Sports Injuries Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information about Common Sports Injuries	Ref 617.1027 O11EM
Statistical Handbook of Infectious Diseases	Ref 613.7103 D554ANL
Stedman's Medical Dictionary	Ref 610.3 S81M26

ASSOCIATIONS AND FORUMS
DATABASES, INDEXES AND ONLINE JOURNALS
DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES
DIRECTORIES
GENERAL RESOURCES
GOVERNMENT SITES
SEARCH ENGINES AND META-SITES
SPECIFIC RESOURCES

ASSOCIATIONS AND FORUMS

All Nurses.com

http://www.allnurses.com

The largest and most active online nursing forum community, where over 195,000 nurses from around the world discuss all things related to nursing. Includes specialty forums, with over 400 nursing topics discussed daily.  Must register for free account.

AMA – American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org

The largest physicians’ group in the United States, dedicated to promoting the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.  The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues.

American Board of Medical Specialties

http://www.abms.org

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), a not-for-profit organization comprising 24 medical specialty Member Boards, is the pre-eminent entity overseeing the certification of physician specialists in the United States.  Gives access to its database which can verify that a doctor is board certified. Includes some general tips on becoming a more educated patient.

American Council on Science and Health

http://www.acsh.org

A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemical, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.

American Public Health Association

http://www.apha.org

The American Public Health Association is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world, founded in 1872. The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure that health services are universally accessible in the United States.

American Society for Nutrition

http://www.nutrition.org/

The premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science of nutrition.  ASN publishes the Journal of Nutrition and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  Articles are searchable on their website, giving bibliographic information plus abstracts.  Full text requires a subscription.

Family Health International

http://www.fhi.org

Formed in 1971, FHI is a leader among nonprofit international public health organizations, managing research and field activities in more than 70 countries “to meet the public health needs of people worldwide through research, education, and services in family health.”

Health Canada

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html

Health Canada is the [Canadian] Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health.

International Food Information Council Foundation

http://ific.org

The IFIC Foundation is the educational arm of IFIC. IFIC's mission is to communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health and nutrition professionals, educators, journalists, government officials and others providing information to consumers.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

http://www.jcaho.org

The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization, is the nation’s predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int

The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health.  Established in 1948, WHO seeks the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

DATABASES/INDEXES/ONLINE JOURNALS

OBU Databases

http://www.okbu.edu/library/full_text_databases.html

See Especially:

Clinical Pharmacology (included in Health Source-Nursing)

e-brary

ECO (Electronic Collections Online)

Health Source – Consumer Edition

Health Source – Nursing/Academic Edition

JSTOR – Health and General Science Collection

MasterFile Premier

Net Library

NewsBank

PsycARTICLES

Today’s Science

OBU Indexes

http://www.okbu.edu/library/online_index_databases.html

See Especially:

ArticleFirst

CINAHL

ERIC

GPO

MEDLINE

PRE-CINAHL

PsycInfo

WORLDCAT

OBU Library Catalog

BioMed Net

http://www.sciencedirect.com

Database of over 8 million articles with abstracts and citations.  Not full text without a subscription.  From Elsevier.

Free Medical Journals

http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/

Over 400 journals, can be sorted by title or specialty.  Register for free account to access full text usually 6 months – 1 year after publication.  Paid subscription required for access prior to that.  Includes journals such as JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, and Science.

Internet Scientific Publications – Scientific Medical Journals

http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=index.xml

One of the largest medical online publishers, containing 78 online journals, 2944 articles, and 942 editors and reviewers.  Includes journals such as The Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice, all free and all full-text.

Jeghers Medical Index

http://www.jeghers.com

Lists bibliographic information with abstracts of over 200,000 articles from medical journal articles prior to 1965.

PubMed

http://www.pubmed.gov

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES

AMA Medical Glossary

http://www.cherrycreekpeds.com/dnn/HealthInformation/ AMAMedical/Glossary/tabid/64/Default.aspx

AMA Medical Glossary provided by a private pediatric office in Denver.

Medical Dictionaries – OneLook.com

http://www.onelook.com/?d=all_med&v=&sort=&langdf=all

Compilation of medical dictionaries available on the Internet, in English and other languages.  Glossaries and dictionaries may be browsed individually or searched as a group through the OneLook.com search engine.

Medical Dictionaries Online

http://www.online-dictionary.net/medical

Provides access to eighteen free online medical dictionaries.

MedTerms Medical Dictionary

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

This online medical dictionary from MedicineNet.com contains easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms including hard-to-spell and often misspelled medical definitions through an extensive alphabetical listing.

DIRECTORIES

American Hospital Directory

http://www.ahd.com

Provides online data for over 6000 hospitals.

Doctor Finder

http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html

DoctorFinder from the American Medical Association provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States. This includes more than 690,000 doctors.  Listings contain comprehensive information such as office hours, accepted insurance providers, educational history and other helpful information.  All AMA member physicians must adhere to the AMA's Principles of Medical Ethics.

US Drug Rehab Centers Directory

http://www.usdrugrehabcenters.com/

Directory of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers within the United States.  Also provides comprehensive resources currently available for those in need of information on residential treatment programs and outpatient rehabilitation programs nation-wide.

GENERAL RESOURCES

AnswerMed

http://www.answermed.com

Provides practical information on medical conditions and medical/surgical procedures.  Also contains basic information concerning common illnesses, injuries and procedures.

CenterWatch Cinical Trials Listing Service

http://www.centerwatch.com/

CenterWatch provides an extensive list of IRB approved clinical trials being conducted internationally, many of which are available for participation by the public. CenterWatch also produces brief reports of promising therapies newly approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration).

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html

Not only a directory of directories, Hardin’s site has added Just Plain Links and Medical Pictures.  Premier source of health resources.

Health World Online

http://www.healthy.net

HealthWorld Online offers vast expert resources in nutrition, fitness, medical self-care, wellness, natural health and alternative and complementary medicine.  Free services include Healthy News, Health Conditions Center, Nutrition Center, Alternative Medicine Center, global health calendar, a professional referral network, discussion forums, free Medline, speaker's network, and Healthy Update electronic newsletter.

International Health News

http://vvv.com/HealthNews/index.html

Online newsletter provides useful, authoritative on-line information about the latest research in health, nutrition and medicine with concise, understandable and timely summaries of the most important discoveries.  Their focus is on complementary and preventive medicine, specifically in regard to diet, supplements, vitamins, exercise and lifestyle, including warnings about medical procedures and side effects of pharmaceutical drugs.

Intute: Health and Life Sciences

http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/

Intute: Health and Life Sciences is a free online service which provides access to quality web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists. There are over 31,000 resource descriptions listed that are freely accessible for keyword searching or browsing.  Subjects include Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health, Veterinary, Bioresearch, Natural History, Food & Agriculture, Biomedical Ethics, History of Medicine, and Science & Technology.

Just Move.org

http://www.justmove.org

Published by the American Heart Association, Just Move contains general information on fitness, cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and activities of the American Heart Association (AHA).  Also includes personal fitness guide.

Kinesiology Network

http://www.kinesiology.net/

Kinesiology Network, the web site for Kinesiologic Medicine, Applied Kinesiology and Specialized Kinesiology, provides useful information about manual muscle testing kinesiology, addresses to schools, associations and journals, a muscle database, links to research papers, and links to web sites about Applied Kinesiology and different Specialized Kinesiology methods.

Martindale’s Health Science Guide

http://martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html

Jim Martindale’s award-winning site for best free reference on the web presents his Health Science Guide, containing 67,330 teaching modules/files;1,525 courses/textbooks; 140,570 medical cases; 525 journals; and 4,660 databases.  Specialized resources include Centers for Anatomy, Dental, Medical Law, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Public Health, as well as other specialties.

Mayo Clinic

http://www.mayoclinic.com

Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness. Serving as a reliable source of health information, their website includes more than 35 disease and lifestyle categories.

MedExplorer

http://www.medexporer.com

Health and Medical information center.  Includes directory of reviewed health medical sites and an online pharmacy.

Medicine Net

http://www.medicinenet.com

Medicine Net is an online, healthcare media publishing company, doctor-produced by a network of over 70 U.S. Board Certified Physicians.  It provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers via its interactive web site.

Medicine Online

http://www.meds.com

Medicine OnLine™ offers information and education on prescription medicines (meds) in oncology, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.

MT Desk

http://www.mtdesk.com

MT Desk is designed for medical transcriptionists.  Contains chat room, medical and surgical glossaries, specific subject word lists, listings of medical equipment and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and sample operative reports.  Describes procedures using specific medical terminology.  Published by Elsevier.

Nursing Spectrum

http://nsweb.nursingspectrum.com/NurseNewsEzine/ezine_signup.cfm

Free bi-weekly RN ezine emailed to subscribers.

PDR Online

http://www.pdr.net

Physicians Desk Reference (PDR).  Registration is free to qualified medical professionals including medical students.  Contains Disease Overviews, Drug Information and Clinical Trials.

Resources for Nurses and Families

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~wink/

Selected World Wide Web sites for nurses and the families with which they work. Includes general information and sites with a focus on nursing specialties.

RN Central

http://www.rncentral.com/

RN Central is a special place on the web for nurses and students. More than just a list of links, RN Central is a website where nurses can enjoy themselves, support each other, and find information important to nursing and patient care.

School Nurse

http://www.schoolnurse.com/

School Nurse keeps school nurses and other interested health professionals up-to-date on the latest developments in student health services, health education and safe school environment.  Articles on this web site were selected from past issues of the monthly School Health Alert Newsletter.

WebMD

http://www.webmd.com

WebMD is a source for original and timely health information as well as material from well known content providers.  WebMD provides credible information, supportive communities, and in-depth reference material about health subjects which are important to the consumer.

GOVERNMENT SITES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html

ATSDR is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment.  Includes public health assessments of waste sites, health surveillance and registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research, information dissemination, education and training concerning hazardous substances.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov

Working with states and other partners, CDC provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism), implement disease prevention strategies, and maintain national health statistics.

Environmental Health Issues and Diseases Index

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/topics.htm

An alphabetical list of environmental topics from the National Center for Environmental Health.

Healthfinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov

A Federal web site for consumers, linking the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.  Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies, Healthfinder contains carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations.

Indian Health Service

http://www.ihs.gov/

The federal health program for American Indians and Alaska natives, created to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level.

MEDLINEplus

http://medlineplus.gov

MedlinePlus is a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.  In addition to over 700 topics, MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, directories of hospitals and doctors, and the latest health news.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr

A weekly epidemiological digest for the United States published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments.  Can be searched by article title, source or keywords and phrases.

National Cancer Institute

http://www.cancer.gov

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), coordinates the Nation’s research program on cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and control.  The NCI site provides valuable cancer-related information for the general public, patients, and health professionals on a wide range of topics as well as comprehensive descriptions of research programs and clinical trials. Scientists will find detailed information on specific areas of research interest and funding opportunities.

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

http://nccam.nih.gov/

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).  Website contains search engine for retrieving NCCAM research and other NCCAM publications.

National Institutes of Health

http://www.nih.gov

The NIH is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.  Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives, NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases.

National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

The NLM is the world's largest medical library, consisting of materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences. Containing more than 9 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images, the National Library of Medicine also houses one of the world's finest medical history collections of old and rare medical works.

Office of Minority Health

http://www.omhrc.gov/

OMH helps to ensure that Federal, State, and local health programs take into account the needs of disadvantaged and racial and ethnic populations, including their specific and cultural characteristics.

Statistical Abstract of the United States – Health, USA, 2006

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

The major publication of the National Center for Health Statistics, the Statistical Abstract is a data compendium from all of the health projects of the CDC.