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SMP 1032:Personal Health
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Books in the Main Stacks
Ashton, J. & Ron, L. (1999). Perils of progress: The health and environment hazards of modern technology and what you can do about them. New York: Zed Books. The effects of modern technology on health, including such issues as cell phone use, microwaves and processing of foods. RA565 .A74 1999
Nevid, J.S. (1998). Health in the new millennium. New York, NY: Worth Pub. Discusses many aspects of health including personality, stress, nutrition, fitness, and weight management. RA776 .N395 1998
Pruitt, B.E., & Stein, J.J. (1999). Health styles: Decisions for living well. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Chapters cover nutrition, mental health, disease and a host of related topics. Includes quick tips on skills such as how to read a prescription. RA777.3 .P78 1999
Citing Your Resources
Doing ethical research means citing sources. It is critical to credit writers for their work and their contributions to your research. To not do so is unethical and leads to plagiarism - unintentionally or not. Here are some sources to help you cite properly and to avoid the problem of plagiarism.
- Citation of Sources
This lists citation engines which help you create proper citations as well as providing information on different citation styles. - Tips on avoiding plagiarism
- Turnitin
Turnitin is a service that faculty and students use to detect and avoid plagiarism in their writing. - NoodleBib
NoodleBib is an online resource that will help you format MLA and APA bibliographies, exporting them directly to your word processing program.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Ammer, C. (1995). The new a to z of women’s health. New York: Facts on File. Covers terms and topics of special importance to women’s health. Includes an index of related institutions and organizations. Ref RA778 .A494 1995
Encyclopedia of mental health. (1993). New York: Facts on File. Provides comprehensive coverage on the subject of mental health. Includes bibliographic references. Ref RC437.K34
Encyclopedia of sleep and dreaming. (1993). New York: Macmillan. Explores the scientific side of sleep, including the how, what, and why of dreaming, sleep disorders, and circadian rhythms. Ref BF1078 .E63 1993
The Gale encyclopedia of medicine. (1999). Detroit: Gale Research. Straightforward coverage of diseases, medical procedures, and treatments. Entries include bibliographies, key terms, and contact information for related organizations. Ref RC41 .G35 1999
Marti, J. E. (1998). The alternative health medicine encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale Publishing. Comprehensive reference providing information on all areas of alternative medicine and whole body preventive care. Ref R733 .M38 1998
Find Subject Articles
Databases with Articles contain material published in magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Reference Sources include dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories and more.
= database and full text info.
Periodicals
These magazines are a good place to start research on health issues. Each link will take you into a database that will let you search current and back issues.
American Journal of Public Health Search Business Source Premier for full text articles back to 1975.
Health Search Academic Search Elite for full text articles back to 1992.
Men’s Health Search Academic Search Elite for full text articles back to 1990.
Nutrition Action Health Letter Search Academic Search Elite for full text articles back to 1994.
You can search the Journal Locator by keyword to find additional journals relating to health.
Web Sites
Center for Disease Control & Prevention
From the Department of Health and Human Services. Access to journals, podcasts on current health issues as well as state and national statistical data.
Environmental Health Perspectives
The Environmental Health Perspectives, has been developed by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). So that the NIEHS can better serve the community of environmental health scientists, regulatory agencies, and the interested public, it is offering its major publications and reports online. Federal depository libraries are being provided free access to this new service through an arrangement with NIEHS and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
Healia - Health Search Engine
Healia's unique technology functions like a trusted health librarian who helps you wade through the maze of online health information to find the exact nugget of reliable information that you need. Healia helps you save time, avoid unreliable information, and become more knowledgeable about your health.
Health & Human Services
The Official Site of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
Health, United States
Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics. The report consists of two main sections: A chartbook containing text and figures that illustrates major trends in the health of Americans; and a trend tables section that contains 147 detailed data tables. The two main components are supplemented by an executive summary, a highlights section, an extensive appendix and reference section, and an index.
healthgrades.com
Research physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and more from this site. Registration required. Recommended by CNN.
Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all. The two overarching goals are to: increase quality and years of healthy life and eliminate health disparities among different segments of the population.
Hospital Report Card - Find out about your hospital or compare it to others
Maintained by the department of Health and Human Services, this tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services, and other members of the Hospital Quality Alliance: Improving Care Through Information (HQA).
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
IBIDS contains bibliographic records, including abstracts published in international scientific journals, on the topic of dietary supplements, such as vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements. The general public, scientists, researchers, and other interested parties will be able to search the database using keywords to obtain the citations of research journal articles. Produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements of the National Institutes of Health, in conjunction with the Food and Nutrition Information Center of the National Agricultural Library, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
LILRC Government Health Wiki
Courtesy of the Long Island Library Resources Council, this Wiki provides all major content on Government health organizations. The enhanced search capability allows users to search within all featured websites simply by entering keywords.
LocatorPlus - National Library of Medicine
Locator Plus searches for books, journals and audiovisual titles in the NLM collections, with additional convenient links to PubMed and MedLine Plus medical databases.
Medicine.org
Medicine.org is an online community where consumers can share health resources and information.
Medline: List of Indexed Journals
Over 5000 journals have been indexed for MEDLINE as of January 2007 and are listed in four sections: (1) Alphabetic listing by abbreviated title, followed by full title; (2) Alphabetic listing by full title, followed by abbreviated title; (3) Alphabetic listing by subject field; and (4) Alphabetic listing by country of publication. More detailed bibliographic data and information about indexing coverage for serials cited in MEDLINE/PubMed can be found in LocatorPlus, NLM's online catalog.
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
The MMWR weekly contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries. Also included are reports on topics of international interest and notices of events of interest to the public health community.
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Maintained by the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH).
New York State Department of Health
Includes health news and current issues specific to New York State.
New York State Hospital Profile
Use this site to find information about hospitals in New York State, and the quality of care the institutions provide. This information can be used to begin conversations with your doctor, hospital representatives, or other health care professionals about medical conditions and available treatment options, and can also be shared with family members, friends, and associates who may have direct experience with a particular hospital.
NIH List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
LSIOU provides bibliographic information for all journals ever indexed over time for MEDLINE®. It includes titles that ceased publication, changed titles, or were deselected. More detailed bibliographic data and information about indexing coverage for serials cited in MEDLINE/PubMed® can be found in LocatorPlus®, NLM's online catalog.
NLM Gateway - NLM Locator Plus
The National Library of Medicine/National Institute of Health Gateway allows simultaneous searching in several information resources including PubMed, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, and DIRLINE.
PDR Health (Physician's Desk Reference)
Maintained by Thomson, offers disease overviews, treatment options, drug information and more.
PubMed Journals from the National Institute of Health
PubMed Central is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). With PubMed Central, NLM is taking the lead in preserving and maintaining unrestricted access to the electronic literature, just as it has done for decades with the printed biomedical literature. PubMed Central aims to fill the role of a world class library in the digital age. It is not a journal publisher. NLM believes that giving all users free and unrestricted access to the material in PubMed Central is the best way to ensure the durability and utility of the archive as technology changes over time.
Virtual Life Sciences Library
To help faculty, researchers, and students in the life sciences discover common interests and make connections, the Cornell University Library has created a virtual life sciences community that uses an entity-relationship ontology model to organize and present information on people, research, and education activities. VIVO's search engine clusters results into categories ("People", "Activities", "Events", "Organizations", "Publications", etc.), providing a campus-wide search capability that offers a richer context than typical undifferentiated text-based indexes.
DSM Psychology Library
Excepts only available without subscription to the DSM-IV and symptom index. Helpful when quickly trying to identify disorder and related DSM section number.
Medline Plus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
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