Consumer Health Information Tools

Beginning your research:

Library Catalogs
- Library Catalog a record of materials owned by the Eccles Library and Utah Health Sciences Library Consortium (UHSLC) contributors
- Marriott Library Catalog - a record of materials owned by the Marriott Library
- Murray City Library
- Salt Lake City Public Library System
- Salt Lake County Public Library System
- LocatorPlus - NLM's Catalog: a record of materials owned by the National Library of Medicine
- WorldCat: a record of materials cataloged by OCLC member libraries
Bibliographies
- Medical Library Association's CAPHIS Group - Provides links to lists of consumer health resources at various institutions large and small
Fulltext Publications Online
- Merck Manual - Home Edition (2000)
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics (2000)
- Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary (1997)- look up a word

To find journal and newspaper articles:
(Please note: These resources provide full text items and citations. Full text furnishes the entire article; citations direct you to where you may find the actual article in a printed resource or another database.)

Journal databases:
- EBSCOhost consumer health-oriented databases - Select one of the following databases from the list displayed
  - Alt-HealthWatch
  - Clinical Reference Systems
  - Health Source: Consumer Edition
  - USP DI Volume II Advice for Patients (drug information)
- MEDLINEplus (for quality literature written for the consumer)
- PubMed (for quality professional health and medical literature)
Newspapers:
- ProQuest - searches a variety of newspapers including the following titles:
  - Deseret News (through Eccles Library)
  - Salt Lake Tribune (through Eccles Library)
  - New York Times (through Marriott Library)
  - USA Today (through Marriott Library)
  - Wall Street Journal (through Marriott Library)
  - Washington Post (through Marriott Library)
To find statistics:
- Global:
  - Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe (through Eccles Library)
  - World Health Organization
- National:
  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  - National Center for Health Statistics
- Local:
  - Utah Dept. of Health - Office of Health Care Statistics
A few good websites to start your research:
- Local:
  - Utah Consumer Health Information Network
- National/Global:
Helpful tutorials and evaluation Guides:

Page updated: Thu, 2011-04-14