Research Guides: Health Studies: General Sources

Article Databases

PubMed
Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. This special version includes Dickinson library's "Get It' links to additional full-text. Short tutorials are available at: https://learn.nlm.nih.gov/documentation/training-packets/T0042010P/

Annual Reviews
Explore review articles that summarize the progress in fields including the biomedical sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, public health, economics and social sciences. Search across all subjects or limit by subject area. Coverage: 1932 to present, but varies by series. Some full text.

HONCode Hunt
Health on the Net specialized search engine for finding reliable health information.

MedlinePlus
Access reliable, up-to-date health information produced by the National Institutes of Health. A Spanish language version is also available. This collection includes drug information, the ADAM medical encyclopedia, medical news, and interactive health tutorials, and videos. Full text.

New York Online Access to Health
Entire site mirrored in Spanish and English. By a cooperative of NY City Libraries, NOAH's mission is to "provide access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased."
HealthFinder.gov
MLA Top Health Websites
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of MLA evaluates websites based on the following criteria: credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience, currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity, and disclaimers.
Families USA
An advocacy and lobbying group for healthcare consumers.

Credo Reference
Access encyclopedic titles in all disciplines taught at Dickinson, including various language dictionaries, the Marquis Who's Who series and numerous other biographical sources, economics and business encyclopedias, food and agriculture sources, publishing sources, atlases, and many encyclopedias covering the arts, history, literature, science, technology, religion, philosophy, politics, psychology, geography, country studies, and more. Coverage: varies. Full text.
ADAM Medical Encyclopedia
Access basic information on diseases and conditions, symptoms, tests, surgeries and more, written at a level for the general reader. Illustrations are included and English & Spanish versions are available. Full text.

Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial
16 minute audio/visual tutorial on evaluating websites. Covers steps of evaluating websites for authority, funding, quality and privacy protection.
Information for Patients and Caregivers on Evaluating Health Information
Tips for finding reliable health information on the internet, and criteria for evaluating website quality. From the Medical Library Association.

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