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Reference SourcesWWW Sites

Bibliography

Bibliography of Bioethics
Description: Bibliography of Bioethics
Compiled by librarians at the Kennedy Institute of Bioethics, Georgetown University. Published yearly. For newer journal citations, see PubMed or MEDLINE.
Call number: Ref. R724 .B42x
Date: 1975-present
Note: Location of older volumes: LC Collection, Call Number: R724 .B42x



Biography

Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection: Biographies
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00/


Books

NetLibrary
Description: Electronic books from the Illinois Digital Academic Library.
http://www.netlibrary.com/

SIUCat (Morris Library's catalog)
Description: Morris Library's catalog of books, journals, sound recordings, videos, etc.
Records: Citations and location information.
Date: Dates vary, updated daily
http://www.lib.siu.edu/hp/books


Dictionaries

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Description: Also includes medical abbreviations, human anatomy, celsius and fahrenheit temperature equivalents, metric system units, weights and measures, lab tests reference values, metric/apothecary dose equivalents.
Call number: Ref. R121 .D73 2003x


Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Description: Part of the Aetna Intelihealth site.
Available within Morris Library only

Mosby's medical, nursing, & allied health dictionary
Description: St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby
Call number: Ref. R121 .M89 2002


Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Description: Also contains color anatomical plates, medical abbreviations, and appendices (temperature equivalents, universal precautions, AIDS resources by state, laboratory reference range values, symbols, weights and measures, etc.). Available full text (no illustrations) online to SIUC users via the PDR Electronic Library (Click on the "Stedman's Dictionary" button).
Call number: Reference Desk R121 .S8
http://www.thomsonhc.com/pdrel/librarian

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Description: Also includes appendixes on basic anatomy, universal precautions, normal reference laboratory values, medical abbreviations, units of measurement, nutrition (RDAs, vitamins), manual alphabet, nursing theories and models, nursing diagnoses, diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), phobias, medical emergencies, computer glossary, professional designations and titles in the health sciences, etc. Publication information: Philadelphia, F.A. Davis, 2001.
Call number: Ref. R121 .T18



Directories

American Hospital Association Guide to the Health Care Field
Description: Hospitals are listed geographically and described with specialties, director, number of beds, number of personnel, etc. Appendixes include networks and their hospitals, health care systems and their hospitals and headquarters, and health care alliances.
Call number: 1st Floor, Information Desk Office Collection q.362.11058 A512g current year


DIRLINE (Directory of Health Organizations Online)
Description: Records: Directory listings (Addresses, contact information, etc.) for health and medical organizations, agencies, projects, bulletin boards, etc.
http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/


Dissertations and Theses

Current Research @ Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Description: Listing of dissertations and theses from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, with full text available for titles published after 1996.
Date: 1996-present
http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/siu/main/

Digital Dissertations @ Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Current Research)
Description: Listing of dissertations and theses from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, with full text available for titles published after 1996.
Date: 1996-present
http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/siu/main/

Dissertations and Theses Abstracts - ProQuest
Description: "With more than 2 million entries, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Abstracts is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Titles available as native or image PDF formats include free twenty-four page previews. UMI offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microform, paper or electronic formats."
Date: 1861-present
http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPUcwJklOVD0wJlZFUj0y&clientId=1509


Electronic Journals

Electronic Journals -- Medicine
http://www.lib.siu.edu/cgi-bin/encore2/list_ejn?findSub=1&sub=dp80

Electronic Journals -- Radiologic Sciences
http://www.lib.siu.edu/cgi-bin/encore2/list_ejn?findSub=1&sub=dp21

Elsevier Science
Description: The searchable index for all Elesevier Science publications
http://www.elsevier.com/

Health Source: Nursing/Academic (EBSCO)
Description: Provides selected full text for nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Full text begin for some titles in 1990; Indexing and abstracts begin in 1984. Updated daily. For consumer health information, see Health Source: Consumer Edition and Clinical Reference Systems.
Date: 1984-
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hch

HighWire: Free Online Full-text articles
Description: Contains full text of biomedical and other science journals published by HighWire Press or available for free via PubMed.
Date: Varies
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl


Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Human Biology
Description: Contains articles with glossaries, pictures, diagrams, and brief bibliographies. Publication information: Dulbecco, Renato (ed.) San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1997. Second Edition. 9 vols.
Location: 1st Floor, Reference Collection
Call number: 612.003E561997



Full Text Resources

Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Description: Contains magazine citations (as well as some full-text), pamphlets from US government agencies, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, reference books from the People's Medical Society, etc. Searchable full text for over 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 205 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hxh

Health Source: Nursing/Academic (EBSCO)
Description: Provides selected full text for nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Full text begin for some titles in 1990; Indexing and abstracts begin in 1984. Updated daily. For consumer health information, see Health Source: Consumer Edition and Clinical Reference Systems.
Date: 1984-
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hch

HighWire: Free Online Full-text articles
Description: Contains full text of biomedical and other science journals published by HighWire Press or available for free via PubMed.
Date: Varies
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

Journals@Ovid Full Text
Description: Contains full text of 140 clinical medical and nursing journals.
Date: Dates vary, usually late 1990's to present.
http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=ovft

NetLibrary
Description: Electronic books from the Illinois Digital Academic Library.
http://www.netlibrary.com/


Government Publications

MarciveWeb DOCS Government Documents Index
Description: Author, title, subject, report number, etc. access U.S. Federal Government documents from July 1976 to present.
http://www.marcive.com/scripts/webdocs.dll


Handbooks

Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Description: Standard treatments for medical disorders. The target audience is health care professionals. It includes brief bibliographies. A companion
Web site lists useful Internet sites.
Location: 1st Floor Information Desk Office Collection (Most recent year)
Call Number: Office 616.075 C976


The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Description: Gives standard treatments for medical disorders. Written for health care professionals. The 17th edition was published in 1999, but the online version is updated. The Library also owns the consumer health edition (Merck Manual of Medical Information-Home Edition) that also is available online.
Location: 1st Floor, Reference Collection (non-circulating)
Call Number: 615.02 M555
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/

Professional Guide to Diseases
Description: Lists standard treatments for diseases.
Springhouse, Pa. : Springhouse Division, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2001
Location: 1st Floor Information Desk, Office Collection
Call Number:616 P964 2001



Indexes

ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Description: Records: Journal article citations and selected full text
Date: 1990-present, updated daily
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP?dbname=ArticleFirst?done=http://www.lib.siu.edu/

Bibliography of Bioethics
Description: Bibliography of Bioethics
Compiled by librarians at the Kennedy Institute of Bioethics, Georgetown University. Published yearly. For newer journal citations, see PubMed or MEDLINE.
Call number: Ref. R724 .B42x
Date: 1975-present
Note: Location of older volumes: LC Collection, Call Number: R724 .B42x


CANCERLIT
Description: Records: Citations and abstracts of international journal articles, proceedings, government reports, and selected monographs, books and theses about cancer.
Date: 1960s-present, updated quarterly
http://www.cancer.gov/search/cancer_literature/

CHID: Combined Health Information Database
Description: CHID is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources. Topics include: AIDS, STD, and TB Education (AD), Alzheimer's Disease (AZ, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (AR), Cancer Prevention and Control (CP), Complementary and Alternative Medicine (AM), Deafness and Communication Disorders (DC), Diabetes (DM), Digestive Diseases (DD), Epilepsy Education and Prevention (EP), Health Promotion and Education (HE), Kidney and Urologic Diseases (KU), Maternal and Child Health (MC), Medical Genetics and Rare Disorders (MG), Oral Health (OH), Prenatal Smoking Cessation (PS), Weight Control (WC),
Date: Approximately 1985-present. Updated quarterly.
http://chid.nih.gov/

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (EBSCO)
Description: The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature contains citations and references and some full text of professional association publications.
Date: 1982-present, updated monthly
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=cin20

ClinicalTrials.gov
Description: This site provides "information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation and additional disease and treatment information." The site is a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
http://clinicaltrials.gov/

Health Source: Nursing/Academic (EBSCO)
Description: Provides selected full text for nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Full text begin for some titles in 1990; Indexing and abstracts begin in 1984. Updated daily. For consumer health information, see Health Source: Consumer Edition and Clinical Reference Systems.
Date: 1984-
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hch

IndexCat: Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office
Description: This is a pilot version of the US National Library of Medicine's IndexCat database which includes Series 2 through 4 (1896 through 1955) of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army. Series 1 and 5 will be added later.
Date: 1896-1955
http://indexcat.nlm.nih.gov/

Journals@Ovid Full Text
Description: Contains full text of 140 clinical medical and nursing journals.
Date: Dates vary, usually late 1990's to present.
http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=ovft

MarciveWeb DOCS Government Documents Index
Description: Author, title, subject, report number, etc. access U.S. Federal Government documents from July 1976 to present.
http://www.marcive.com/scripts/webdocs.dll

MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Description: Journal citations for medicine, nursing, dentistry, life sciences, health care administration, psychiatry, psychology, veterinary science, etc. Some links to full text available.
Date: 1950s-present
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=cmedm

MEDLINE (FIRSTSEARCH)
Description: Description: Citations for information for medicine, nursing, dentistry, life sciences, health care administration, psychiatry, psychology, veterinary science, etc. Contains citations and abstracts, but has some full text.
Date: 1950s-present
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP?dbname=MEDLINE?done=http://www.lib.siu.edu/

National Guideline Clearinghouse
Description: Contains evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. "NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
http://www.guideline.gov/

PubMed
Description: Includes the MEDLINE bibliographic database (clinical and experimental medicine, nursing, dentistry, life sciences, health care administrations, veterinary science). PubMed Central contains full text articles.
Date: 1950s-present
http://www.pubmed.gov

Science Citation Index
Description: Journal article citations and article references.
Date: 1945-1994 in print. 1980-1999 on CD. 1990 to present available electronically as Web of Science.
http://isiknowledge.com

SPORTDiscus (EBSCO)
Description: A database of abstracts of journal articles; conference proceedings; some books, videos, editorials, and dissertations dealing with exercise, health, rehabilitation, sports injuries, sports medicine, and training & conditioning. International in scope.
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sph

TOXNET
Description: TOXNET is a group of databases about toxicology, hazardous chemicals, etc., from the US National Library of Medicine.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/


Reference Sources

Atlas of Human Anatomy
Description: Netter, Frank H.
East Hanover, N.J. : Novartis, c1997.
Location: First Floor Dewey Reference
Call Number: q. 611.0022 N474a 1997


Clinical Pharmacology (Drug Information) (EBSCO)
Description: Drug information in English and Spanish for consumers.
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=czh

Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment
Description: Way, Lawrence W. Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange.
Location: 5th floor.
Call number: Ref. 617.075C976


FDA Mammography page
Description: Links to general information about the FDA's mammography standards program, GAO reports on inspection of mammography facilities, a list of FDA certified mammography facilities, the Mammography Quality Standards Act, mammography-related Federal Register notices, Mammography Matters (a newsletter about compliance issues for mammography centers), etc.
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/

Gray's Anatomy: the Anatomical Basis of Medicine and Surgery
Description: Williams, Peter L. (ed.) New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1995.
Location: 1st Floor Reference collection (non-circulating)
Call number: Ref. q.611G7791995


Journal Browser (PubMed)
Description: Find the full title or abbreviation of a medical journal that is indexed in MEDLINE. From the description: "Enter the journal name, MEDLINE abbreviation or ISSN. You may also enter a single word from the journal title or several adjacent words in the title." Part of the US National Library of Medicine's PubMed Web site.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals&term=

List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Description: Only have a journal title abbreviation and you need the full title? Have the full title but need the National Library of Medicine-style abbreviation? Use this resource. From the description: "The 2002 edition contains 9,930 serial titles, including 4,498 titles currently indexed for MEDLINE, cited alphabetically by abbreviated title followed by full title."
http://ftp://nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov/online/journals/lsiweb.pdf

Physician's Desk Reference
Description: Information about drugs (brand and generic names, dosage, indications, interactions, adverse effects) from manufacturers' package inserts. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company. Yearly edition.
Call number: RS75 .P5 (Most current edition is in Information Desk Office.)
Also available online:
http://www.thomsonhc.com/pdrel/librarian

State Health Facts Online
Description: Contains "state-level data on demographics, health, and health
policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation." There are individual state/territory profiles as well as comparisons across the U.S. Contact information for each state's/territory's health insurance agencies is also listed. Sources of statistics are cited. The site was created by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/

USP DI
Description: Volume 1, 'Drug Information for the Health Care Professional,' contains information about dosage, indications, pharmacology, adverse effects, precautions, etc. from a technical point of view, as well as a photo identitification chart. Volume 2, 'Advice for the Patient,' contains the much of the same information using less technical language, as well as lists of drugs to avoid during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Volume 2 is available online via the MEDLINEplus site or via EBSCO's Health Source services.
Rockville, MD: United States Pharmacopeial Convention. Bimonthly updates. New edition each year.
Location:
Reference (non-circulating), 1st Floor
Call Number: RM300 .U833



WWW Sites

American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS)
http://www.ardms.org/

American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
http://www.asrt.org/asrt.htm

Center for Devices and Radiologic Health (Food and Drug Administration)
Description: Links to news items, recent CDRH Federal Register notices, compliance information, device evaluation information, Mammography Quality and Radiation Program, Medical Device Reporting (MDR) and User Facility Reporting, research areas, premarket approvals, safety alerts, Human Factors Program, GAO reports, a staff directory, etc.
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html

ClinicalTrials.gov
Description: This site provides "information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation and additional disease and treatment information." The site is a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
http://clinicaltrials.gov/

FDA Mammography page
Description: Links to general information about the FDA's mammography standards program, GAO reports on inspection of mammography facilities, a list of FDA certified mammography facilities, the Mammography Quality Standards Act, mammography-related Federal Register notices, Mammography Matters (a newsletter about compliance issues for mammography centers), etc.
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/

Healthfinder
Description: Healthfinder is a gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government. The database provides access to information about selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

HealthWeb
Description: HealthWeb is a directory of evaluated health care information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals. It contains information for both health care professionals and consumers.
http://www.healthweb.org/

HealthWeb: Allied Health: Radiologic Technology, Radiologic Therapy, & Nuclear Medicine
Description: Contains links to associations and organizations, subscription information for the RadTher Online email forum, standards, general sites about radiography and radiology, nuclear medicine, etc. All sites are evaluated before inclusion. Part of the HealthWeb project, a collection of web sites about different medical and allied health subjects and specialties.
http://healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=23

HealthWeb: Radiology
Description: Contains links to government organizations, professional associations, teaching files, information for patients, conferences, funding sources, listservs and Usenet groups, and electronic publications. All sites are evaluated before inclusion. Part of the HealthWeb project, a collection of web sites about different medical and allied health subjects and specialties.
http://www.healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=82

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
Description: Links to biomedical journals' online instructions for authors. Created and maintained by librarians at the Raymon H. Mulford Library, Medical College of Ohio.
http://mulford.mco.edu/instr/

Medical Radiography Home Page
http://web.wn.net/~usr/ricter/web/medradhome.html

Medical World Search
Description: Is aimed at health care providers. Searches a database of evaluated sites, and will search multiple or single search engines and directories, including Medical Matrix, AltaVista, and PubMed. Automatically expands your search terms to include synonyms and medical subject headings.
http://www.mwsearch.com/

MEDLINEplus
Description: U.S. National Library of Medicine's consumer health site. Contains links to information on health topics, drug information, diagnostic tests, directories, dictionaries, MEDLINE, news, etc. It includes information in Spanish and a link to MEDLINEplus en Español, a site entirely in Spanish.
http://www.medlineplus.org/

RSNA (Radiologic Society of North America)
Description: Membership and annual meeting information, practice guidelines and other practice resources, publications, continuing education information, links to other sites (RSNA Launchpad), etc.
http://www.rsna.org/

RSNA Launch Pad
Description: This service of the Radiological Society of North America includes links to sites about health policy, databases and teaching files, DICOM, medical and allied health associations, government agencies, education, medical informatics, diseases, telemedicine, web publishing tools, medical history, etc.
http://www.rsna.org/education/launchpad/

SIUC College of Applied Sciences and Arts Health Care Professions Page
http://www.siu.edu/~hcp/

SIUC Department of Radiologic Sciences
http://www.siu.edu/~hcp/RADS/rads.html

Telemedicine Information Exchange
Description: Contains a searchable database of articles on telemedicine, information about meeting, active programs, home health, vendors, and an expert forum. Maintained by the Telemedicine Research Center with major support from the National Library of Medicine.
http://tie.telemed.org/

A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web (Medical Library Association)
Description: Contains content evaluation guidelines and recommended consumer health, cancer, and diabetes web sites.
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html

Web Sites by Subject: Radiologic Sciences
http://www.lib.siu.edu/hp/divisions/sci/health/mradiogr.html