Medical Assisting

EBSCOHost

--Indexes more than 6,000 full-text periodicals in 23 different databases    Medical students will use Clinical Pharmacology for research on medications.

Student Resource Center Gold

 

--Full-text coverage of over 1180 magazines, newspapers, plus reference materials.

NewsBank Newspapers

--A collection of full-text newspapers including more than 15 Ohio publications and other national newspapers.

NetWellness

--The medical centers at Case Western Reserve and Ohio State with the University of Cincinnati provide current and accurate health information
Medline Plus --Quality health care information from the world's largest medical library, National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
The Mayo Clinic --Lots of information on diseases and conditions and anwers to questions.
Human Anatomy Online --Animations, images and descriptions

American Medical Association

--This site has a drop-down menu to patient information and a link to medical news for the week.
National Institutes of Health --Learn about health condition, drug information and research studies.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information -a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
WebMD --Lots of information on living healthy and living with illnesses.
Dr. Koop. com --This site has links to lots of health sites for diseases and other health issues.
Health Finder

--Reliable health information from the government.  There is an A-Z list of topics to research.

CDC National Prevention Information Network -Do a search or check the resources by topic link on AIDS, HIV, STD and TB.
Health Touch --This site provides information on medications, vitamins and natural medicines.
Merck Manual --This is the Home Edition with interactive links
Intelihealth --Lots of links to health information
Combined Health Information Database --CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of theFederal Government.
Medicine Net -Information on diseases, treatments, procedures, tests, first aid and poison control.
Chronic Illnesses --Links to sites with information on chronic illnesses
Complete Home Medical Guide -Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons helped provide  the information on this site.
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