Health and Disease Resources
Compiled by Patti Tjomsland, Library Media Specialist 
Fall 2000. updated October 2006

Mark Morris High School, Home of the Monarchs
Longview, Washington

 

Back to MM Library Home MM Library Catalog, use at school     Health Web Sites MM Library Catalog, use at home Public Library
Science on File Issues and Controversies CQ Researcher Electric Library Scirus -- Science Search Engine
    EBSCO HOST Sirs      ProQuest Search Engines   Find Articles, magazine search

World and I		     Web Resources     Bib Formats     Citation Machine Back to Online Tools
Librarian's Index to the Internet
    http://lii.org/
    http://lii.org/search/file/diseases_and_conditions
    This is a source of previewed sites on different subjects put together by the library staff at the University of California at         Berkeley. It is a reliable source.
Digital Librarian
    http://www.servtech.com/~mvail/index.html
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/health.html
    Beware!  There is an adverstisement on the top of the page for Amazon.com.
    Do not type in that box.  It searches Amazon, not the Digital Librarian.
Encyclopedia Britannica
    http://www.britannica.com/
Multnomah County Library Homework Center
    http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/
    http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/biolohc.html#virus
    Links to reliable sites for student research by the staff at this Portland, Oregon Library.
Yahooligans Health Resources
    http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Health_and_Safety/Diseases_and_Conditions/
Other Library Sources to Check
Diseases Encyclopedia     R 616.003.   (this is dark blue)
The New Complete Medical and Health Encyclopedia    R 616  (red, beige and gold)
CQ Researcher--Located on the reference shelf. Use the paper index.  Also on the Internet.  You need a password.
Issues and Controversies on File -- Print Issues on Ref. Table.  Also on the Internet.
Today's Science on File -- check online.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Vertical File
Additional Web Sites
About.com:  Health and Fitness
        http://home.about.com/health/
American Medical Association
    http://www.ama-assn.org/
The Body:  An AIDS and HIV Information Resource
    http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
        http://www.cdc.gov/
Columbia Complete Medical Guide
    http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/
Digital Librarian:  Health and Medicine
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/health.html
Drugs of Concern -- from the DEA
    http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/concern.htm
Galaxy Community Health
    http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Community/Health.html
Health A to Z
    http://www.healthatoz.com/
Health and Medicine:  Diseases and Conditions
    http://lii.org/search/file/diseases_and_conditions
Health Web Topics
    http://healthweb.org/subjABC.html
Karolinska Institute Library, Diseases
    http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html
Kids Click:  Health and Well Being
    http://www.kidsclick.org/topheal.html
    Links to a variety of disease and health related sites for students.
Kid’s Health
    http://kidshealth.org/kid/
Martindale's Health Science Guide
    http://www.martindalecenter.com/
Mayo Clinic
    Scoll down to the search box on the right side of the page.
Med Indiana
    http://www.medindia.net/Patients/PatientInfo/Home.asp
Medicine Net.com
    http://medicinenet.com/
Mental Health Net
    http://mentalhelp.net/
Mental Health Resources
        http://mentalhealth.miningco.com/health/mentalhealth/
Merck Manual
    http://www.merck.com/
Multnomah Country Library Health and Nutrition
    http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/healhc.html
National Center for Disease Control
        http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm
National Library of Medicine
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html
Respitory Diseases -- American Lung Association
        http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/index.html
World Health Organization
        http://www.who.int/home-page/
World Health Organization
        http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm
Yahoo:  Diseases and Conditions
    http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/

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Specific Diseases
Anthrax:  Center for Disease Control
Skin Cancer
West Nile Virus:  Maps
    http://cindi.usgs.gov/hazard/event/west_nile/west_nile.html
West Nile Virus: CDC
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/
SARS  Center for Disease Control
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/factsheet.htm
Avain Influenza  Center for Disease Control

Current Health News
Aetna InteliHealth Health News
    Top news headlines for the day.  Also on its  homepage ,  there is a section of commentaries written by Harvard Medical School physicians of several of the day's top news stories.
    http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/333.html?k=menux408x333
CNN Health
    Daily updated articles from a variety of news sources with links to related CNN stories and websites.
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
1st Headlines - Top Health Headlines
    Top news stories from a variety of sources.  Story may be covered by more than one news sources, allowing the reader to compare stories and fill in information gaps.
    http://www.1stheadlines.com/health.htm
 Reuters Health eLine
    Daily medical news for the consumer (free) and for the professional (requires a subscription fee).  Distributed by Reuters News Syndicate.
    http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html
 

        If during your research you discover a wonderful resource, please tell Mrs. Tj about it!
        She will add it to this listing.

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