Article Databases
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PubMed (with Dickinson links)PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. This special version includes Dickinson library's "Get It" links to additional full-text. Coverage: 1950s to present. Some Full-Text.
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Annual ReviewsContains review articles that summarize the progress in some particular area or topic. Includes coverage of the biomedical sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, public health, and social sciences. You can search across the entire database or limit your search by subject area. Coverage: 1932-Present (varies by series). Some Full-Text.
Specialized Health Web Search Engine
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HONCode HuntHealth on the Net specialized search engine for finding reliable health information.
Consumer Health Information
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Medline PlusPortal for finding reliable, up-to-date health information on the internet. Produced by the National Institutes of Health. A Spanish language version is available. Includes a drug information, medical encyclopedia and dictionary, medical news, and interactive health tutorials, and videos.
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New York Online Access to HealthEntire 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."
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MLA Top Health WebsitesThe 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.
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Families USAAn advocacy and lobbying group for healthcare consumers.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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Credo ReferenceIncludes more than 900 encyclopedic titles from respected publishers 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. Full-Text.
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ADAM Medical EncyclopediaEnglish & Spanish versions available. A.D.A.M is written at a level for the general reader, and includes very basic information on diseases and conditions, symptoms, tests, surgeries, etc. It includes many illustrations. Full-Text.
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What Did My Doctor Say?A guide to help understand medical terminology.
(U.S.) National Center for Health Statistics
Evaluating Health Information
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Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial16 minute audio/visual tutorial on evaluating websites. Covers steps of evaluating websites for authority, funding, quality and privacy protection.
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User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the WebTips for finding reliable health information on the internet, and criteria for evaluating website quality. From the Medical Library Association.
