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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
  • AccessScience
    Online version of The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 7100+ articles; 115,000 dictionary terms; 2000 in-depth biographies; weekly updates of scientific breakthroughs and discoveries; links to related web resources. (McGraw-Hill)
    http://www.accessscience.com/


  • Anatomy of the Human Body
    Classic 1918 ed. by Henry Gray. 1,247 engravings, many in color. (Bartleby)
    http://www.bartleby.com/107


  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
    Authoritative encyclopedia on the biological sciences. With over 3,000 signed entries, has the complete text of the 20 volume 2001 print edition. Illustrations, bibliographic references, cross-references, glossary. Updated monthly. (Nature Publishing)
    http://www.els.net


  • Oxford Reference Online: Food and Drink
    Search the full text of Oxford University Press Publications: Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise and A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. (Oxford Reference Online)
    http://www.oxfordreference.com


  • Oxford Reference Online: Medicine
    Oxford Reference Online: Medicine
    Search the full text of Oxford University Press Publications: The Oxford Companion to the Body, The A-Z of Medicinal Drugs, A Dictionary of Psychologyy, Concise Medical Dictionary and A Dictionary of Nursing. (Oxford Reference Online)
    http://www.oxfordreference.com


Gateways & General Resources
  • EurekAlert: Medicine/Health
    Browse or search an online press service distributing science-related news. (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
    http://www.eurekalert.org/bysubject.php?kw=104


  • HealthWeb
    Links to evaluated information resources, selected by librarians. Browse by subject or search.
    http://healthweb.org/index.cfm


  • MAHEC - Mountain Area Health Education Center
    http://www.mahec.net/library/index.asp


  • MEDLINEplus
    Full-text information on hundreds of medical issues. Links to: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and databases; directories of professionals, hospitals, and organizations; and libraries for health consumers, organized by state. (National Library of Medicine)
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus


Indexes
  • CINAHL w/ Full Text
    Indexing and abstracts for articles from journals on allied health disciplines; 1982 to the present.
    (EBSCOhost via NCLive)
    http://www.nclive.org/


  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
    Indexing and abstracts for over 900 scholarly journals including full text of articles for over 400. Also includes USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
    (EBSCOhost via NCLive)
    http://nclive.org/


  • HighWire Press, Internet Imprint of Stanford University Libraries
    Articles from over 4500 PubMed journals, including over 823,000 free full-text articles from 780 HighWire-hosted journals. Biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Search or browse.
    http://highwire.stanford.edu


  • LOCATORplus
    The online catalog of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM). Links to other online resources.
    http://locatorplus.gov/


  • PubMed
    A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full test articles and other related resources. (NLM)
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi


In place: March 2001; Last updated: 6/13/2007
Bev Robertson, Reference Services Librarian
brobertson@mhc.edu
Renfro Library, Mars Hill College