Health and Physical Education
Databases
- Alt Health Watch Focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
- Biological & Medical Sciences Searches several databases simultaneously in the areas of biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology.
- CINAHL Nursing, allied health professions, biomedical sciences, and consumer health
- Consumer Health Complete Health and wellness
- General Science Full-Text
- Health Source - Consumer Edition Medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, general health.
- Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition Scholarly nursing journals including a medical dictionary and the Lexi-PALS Drug Guide.
- MEDLINE from PubMed or MEDLINE from EBSCO
- Physical Education Index Physical fitness, health, sports medicine.
- TOXLINE
- TOXNET
Databases in Related Disciplines
- American Chemical Society Journals
- BioOne Journal Collection
- BioOne Abstracts and Indexes A better search interface than the one on the BioOne website--search here and then use the links to full text.
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
For a complete listing of databases provided by UMW Libraries, please see Databases A-Z.
Notes
Databases are useful for finding abstracts, citations, and often the full-text of journal and newspaper articles.
selected Resources in Simpson Library
- American Medical Association Family Medical Guide REFB RC81 .A543 2004
- Dictionary of Public Health REFB RA423 .L37 2007
- Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine REFB RC1206 .O355 2005
- Encyclopedia of the Muscle and Skeletal Systems and Disorders REFB RC925.5 .S29 2005
- Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health REFB RT21 .G353 2002
- Magill's Medical Guide REFB RC41 .M34 2005
- Merck Index : An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals REFB RS51 .M4 2001
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy REFB RC55 .M4 2006
- Mosby's Medical Dictionary REFB R121 .M894 2006
- State of Health Atlas REFB G1046 .E5 O366 2008
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary REFB R121 .S8 2006
notes
In addition to these print reference sources, also see Oxford Reference Online Premium for general or background information on a topic.
Websites
DIRECTORIES
HEALTH DATA AND STATISTICS
HEALTH MISCELLANEOUS WEB RESOURCES
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Anatomy of the Human Body
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- FreeMedicalJournals.com
- Merck Manuals Online Library
- Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
- Multilingual Glossary of Medical Terms
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- NIH Health Information
- SciCentral--Health Sciences
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Notes
Unsure about information you found on the Web? See our Guide to Evaluating Resources.