Current Diagnosis and Therapy in Health and Medicine
Library Catalog
Books and media may be located using Library of Congress Subject Headings, such as:
Aids (Disease)Cancer
Children—Diseases
Chronic Diseases
Communicable Diseases
Drugs
Epidemiology
Eye-Care and Hygiene
Geriatrics
Gerontology
Internal Medicine
Medical Care
Medical Emergencies
Medicine-Encyclopedias
Mental Illness
Obstetrics
Occupational Diseases
Pain
Pediatrics
Physical Diagnosis
Prostate-Cancer
Public Health
Women’s Health
Recent Reference Books
These can be used to find definitions, topic introductions, symptoms, latest treatment, illustrations, statistics, etc.; located on the first floor near the Reference Desk, Learning Commons, and second floor north, Reference collection.
Conn’s Current TherapyRef. Desk RM 101 .C87 2009
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
Ref. Desk RC 71 .A14 2009
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Ref. Desk RC 55 .M4 2006
Nursing 2009 Drug Handbook
Ref. RM 147 .N8
Abstracting/Indexing Databases
Current magazine and journal articles, many in full-text whether in print or electronic, can be located by using the Library’s databases, such as:- Academic Search Premier
- Cinahl
- Health Reference Center
- Medline
- ScienceDirect
- Socindex
- Wilson Omnifile
Then check the Periodical Holdings list online via the 360 link within the databases;
magazine/journal subscriptions in print are found in the third floor north, Periodicals area.
Internet/World Wide Web
Check out the links under “Subject Guides, Health” from the Library’s Homepage. U.S. government websites provide objective reliable information, for example:
- www.cancer.gov National Cancer Institute
- www.cdc.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- http://clinicaltrials.gov up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials
- www.girlshealth.gov focuses on health topics that girls are concerned about
- www.hhs.gov US Dept. of Health and Human Services
- www.womenshealth.gov The federal goverment source for womens's health information
- http://nihseniorhealth.gov health and wellness information for older adults
- www.samhsa.gov Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Prepared by Ellen Paterson/Health Bibliographer
Updated: 6/25/2001, May 2009