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Library Catalogs: Find what is available in print, electronic or multimedia format from specific libraries.

Top Electronic Resources for Public Health in General:

  • CDC WONDER
    provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data.
  • Health Services Research & Public Health, a national center of information from NLM, National Library of Medicine.
  • Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
    A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.
  • PubMed MEDLINE
    provides "access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals," covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. From NLM, the National Library of Medicine.
  • Environmental Health & Toxicology
    from NLM's Speicialized Information Services:
    • TOXNET
      A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. From NLM, National Library of Medicine.
    • Tox Town,
      an interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances.
    • Chemical Information,
      on drugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, hazardous chemicals and other potential toxins.
    • Haz-Map
      Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases.

To Find Journal Articles, use:

Selected Online Journals:

To find statistics:

Selected websites:

Helpful Tutorials:

  
 Did you know?
Class Evaluation Link 
Be sure to click Submit when done, then click Exit this survey link in the upper right corner.

Who Named It? is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.

TRIP Database 
can help health professionals easily find the highest-quality material available on the web - to support evidence based practice.

Use Skype to Connect with Colleagues 

LibraryThing.com Tag and keep track of your favorite books.

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use at the 'point-of-care'. Available in PDA.




 
 
 
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