Health and Medical Information
Away from the Library, use your Thomas Ford Library card number to access these web sites.
Health and Medicine Databases for Consumers
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health & Wellness Resource Center provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Thousands of medical topics are covered in the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Articles are written for lay readers and include thorough descriptive, treatment, prognosis, and prevention information.
Top 100 List: Health Websites You Can Trust
Web sites chosen by Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association.
Nursing Information
Nursing and Allied Health Collection
All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in Nursing and Allied Health 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.
Medical Literature
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection is a full-text collection of medical texts including over 60 titles in the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Coverage begins in 1980.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus provides health infomation from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. In addition to articles on 750 diseases, conditions, and wellness, there are medical dictionaries, drug profiles, and health alerts.
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