This document provides information on health sciences resources available through the Warner Memorial Library at Eastern University. It lists several databases that can be used to find scholarly articles, including Annual Reviews, CINAHL, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, JSTOR, PubMed, and PubMed Central. It also identifies resources for finding books, such as the online catalog, eBrary, EBSCO eBooks, JSTOR Books, and NCBI Bookshelf. Finally, it provides several websites that contain health-related information, like the American Public Health Association, CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, MedlinePlus, and Office of Minority Health.

1. Health
Sciences
Resources
@
Warner
Memorial
Library.
Prepared
by
Mark
Puterbaugh
Info.
Svcs.
Librarian
mputerba@eastern.edu
610-­‐341-­‐1461
Where
can
I
find
scholarly
arFcles?
DATABASES
• Annual
Reviews
Provides
useful
and
intelligent
synthesis
of
the
primary
research
literature
for
a
broad
spectrum
of
scienFfic
disciplines.
This
includes
food
science,
medicine
and
public
health.
• EBSCOhost
-­‐
CINAHL
This
database
is
a
rich
collecFon
of
full
text
for
nursing
&
allied
health
journals,
providing
full
text
for
more
than
610
journals
indexed
in
CINAHL®.
This
authoritaFve
file
contains
full
text
for
many
of
the
most
used
journals
in
the
CINAHL
index,
with
no
embargo.
Full-­‐text
coverage
dates
back
to
1981..
• EBSCOhost
–
Health
Source:
Nursing/Academic
EdiDon
This
database
provides
nearly
550
scholarly
full
text
journals
focusing
on
many
medical
disciplines.
Health
Source:
Nursing/Academic
EdiFon
also
features
the
AHFS
Consumer
MedicaFon
InformaFon,
which
covers
1,300
generic
drug
paFent
educaFon
sheets
with
more
than
4,700
brand
names.
• JSTOR
Covers
full-­‐text
from
hundreds
of
journals
in
ecology,
botany
and
the
biosciences.
• PubMed
(hJp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/)
PubMed
comprises
more
than
23
million
citaFons
for
biomedical
literature
from
MEDLINE,
life
science
journals,
and
online
books.
CitaFons
may
include
links
to
full-­‐text
content
from
PubMed
Central
and
publisher
web
sites.
• PubMed
Central:PMC
(hJp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/)
PMC
is
a
free
full-­‐text
archive
of
biomedical
and
life
sciences
journal
literature
at
the
U.S.
NaFonal
InsFtutes
of
Health's
NaFonal
Library
of
Medicine
(NIH/
NLM).
• PubMed
Health
(hJp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/)
PubMed
Health
specializes
in
reviews
of
clinical
effecFveness
research,
with
easy-­‐to-­‐read
summaries
for
consumers
as
well
as
full
technical
reports.
Clinical
effecFveness
research
finds
answers
to
the
quesFon
“What
works?”
in
medical
and
health
care.
•
Sage
Premier
A
collecFon
of
over
240
of
the
highly
regarded
Sage
Journals,
covering
a
variety
of
disciplines.
• Fitocracy
(free)
• Fooducate
(free)
• Calorie
Counter
(free)
• FitStar
Personal
Trainer
(free)
• HealthyOut
(free)
Check
out
apps
for
both
iOS
and
Android

2. • Online
Catalog
Search
for
books,
e-­‐books,
journal
Ftles,
media
and
other
items
available
through
Eastern
University’s
Libraries.
• eBrary
Large
collecFon
of
academic
e-­‐books
searchable
and
readable
through
this
mulF-­‐disciplinary
database.
• EBSCO
eBooks
Search
and
view
the
full
text
of
academic
e-­‐books
in
EBSCOhost.
• JSTOR
Books
Excellent
collecFon
of
mulF-­‐disciplinary
Ftle
from
academic
publisher.
•
NCBI
Bookshelf
(hJp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books)
NaFonal
Center
for
Biotechnology
InformaFon
Bookshelf
provides
free
access
to
books
and
documents
in
life
science
and
healthcare.
Where
can
I
find
books?
What’s
On
the
Web?
• American
Public
Health
AssociaDon
(hJps://www.apha.org)
The
American
Public
Health
AssociaFon
is
the
oldest,
largest
and
most
diverse
organizaFon
of
public
health
professionals
in
the
world
and
has
been
working
to
improve
public
health
since
1872.
• CDC
NaDonal
Center
for
Health
StaDsDcs
(hJp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
The
NaFonal
Center
for
Health
StaFsFcs'
website
is
a
rich
source
of
informaFon
about
America's
health
from
the
NaFon's
principal
health
staFsFcs
agency.
• Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
(hJp://www.hhs.gov)
HHS
is
the
United
States
government's
principal
agency
for
protecFng
the
health
of
all
Americans
and
providing
essenFal
human
services,
especially
for
those
who
are
least
able
to
help
themselves.
• Food
and
Drug
AdministraDon
(hJp://www.fda.gov)
The
FDA
is
responsible
for
protecFng
the
public
health
by
assuring
the
safety,
efficacy,
and
security
of
human
and
veterinary
drugs,
biological
products,
medical
devices,
our
naFon’s
food
supply,
cosmeFcs,
and
products
that
emit
radiaFon.
• Medline
Plus
(hJps://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/)
MedlinePlus
will
direct
you
to
informaFon
to
help
answer
health
quesFons.
MedlinePlus
brings
together
authoritaFve
informaFon
from
NLM,
the
NaFonal
InsFtutes
of
Health
(NIH),
and
other
government
agencies
and
health-­‐related
organizaFons.
• Office
of
Minority
Health
(hJp://minorityhealth.hhs.gov)
The
mission
of
the
Office
of
Minority
Health
(OMH)
is
to
improve
and
protect
the
health
of
racial
and
ethnic
minority
populaFons
through
the
development
of
health
policies
and
programs
that
will
eliminate
health
dispariFes.
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