Brazoria County Health Subject Guide
ONLINE RESOURCES
- Libraries
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
Provides biomedical information for professionals and the publicNational Library of Medicine
The world’s largest medical library with a collection for information and research in biomedicine and health careResearch Medical Library MD Anderson Cancer Center
A cancer information and research collection for health professionalsU.S. Government Official Web Portal
U.S. government information and services for citizens, business and non-profits, federal employees and the government itself
- Databases
Alt Health Watch
It focuses on different perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellnessEbsco Consumer Health Complete
Consumer-oriented content in all areas of health and wellnessEbsco Health Source Academic Edition
Search scholarly full text medical journalsEbsco Natural and Alternative Treatments
Medical conditions and their conventional and natural treatmentsHealth Reference Center Academic
Gain access to nursing, allied health journals and personal health informationHealth Source: Consumer Edition
This is health information with the non-health specialist in mindMedicLatina
This database contains medical research and investigative journal articles in Spanish. Includes neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research and hematologyMedline
A comprehensive source of biographical life sciences and biomedical information.National Center for Biotechnology Information
A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders for health professionals. It provides textual information and referenceseBooks on EBSCOhost
A source eContent from eResources including eJournals, eBooks and eAudiobooks in many languagesPub MED
Access bibliographic information for health professionals including MEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, plate tectonics and astrophysics, general science and chemistry
- Health Sites
Mayo Clinic
Select from diseases and conditions, drugs and supplements, treatment decisions, healthy living and health toolsNational Cancer Institute
NCI offers links related to cancer topics, clinical trials, cancer statistics, research and funding, cancer issues that make the news and information in SpanishNational Institute of Health
Find information on health, grants and funding, scientific resources, career opportunities and otherNational Institute of Health – Senior Health
Information on the aging processes, age related diseases, special needs of the agedThe White House – Health Care
Read about the president, vice president and their wives, life in the White House, events that make current news and ongoing issues, the people and government networks that surround this institution and information in SpanishU.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
This site features content on diseases and conditions, safety and wellness, drugs and food, disasters and emergencies, grants and funding, families and children, aging, specific populations,resource locators, policies and regulations
BOOKS
Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical, REF 611 GRA
Conn's Current Therapy, REF 616.058 CURR
Childhood Disorders Diagnostic Desk Reference, REF 618.92 CHI
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 610.3 DOR
Groopman, How Doctors Think, 610 GROO
MAGAZINES IN PRINT
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