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Magill's Medical Guide (in-library and home access) - Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format. Addresses recent developments in medicine, diseases and disorders. Access from home requires one-time registration with your email address and your password. After that, users from home can log in using their email address and password. Remote Access Password is your library card number.
- MEDLINE (in-library and home access)
- Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
- Natural Standard Professional Database (in-library access)
Natural Standard Professional Database (home access) - Provides high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. The databases cover information on foods, herbs, and supplements and brand name drugs.
- EBSCOHost: Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition & Consumer Edition (in-library and home access)
- The Nursing/Academic Edition database provides 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. The Consumer Edition database provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. It also includes 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
- EBSCOHost: MEDLINE (in-library and home access)
- MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE searches over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
- Consumer Health Complete - EBSCOhost (in-library access)
- A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Includes content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
- Consumer Health Complete - EBSCOhost (access from home with library card number)
- Health Source - Consumer Edition (in-library and home access)
- Provides access to nearly 80 full text consumer health magazines.
- Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (in-library and home access)
- Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, as well as the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Websites
Federal Government Health Links
- HealthCare.gov
- Learn about the 2010 Affordable Care Act, find insurance options, and compare care quality.
Arkansas Health Links
- Arkansas Department of Health
- Information on public health preparedness, immunizations, and state health statistics.
- Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
- County Health Units
- Search for County Health Unit contact information.
- Health Information for the Public
- Health information and resources compiled by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences librarians.
- UAMSHealth.com
- UAMS, the home of Arkansas' only teaching hospital, with clinics covering every medical specialty and a staff of more than 1,000 doctors.
- UAMS Library
- The medical library of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It is open to anyone seeking health information or researching biomedical information.
General Health Information
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Health information on preventing and controlling disease, injury, traveler's health and disability
- Hospital Compare
- This free tool allows consumers to compare the quality of care provided by hospitals in any geographic area.
- Household Products Database
- Health and safety information for household products
- Medicare.gov
- This is the official U.S. Government site for information on Medicare
- MEDLINEplus
- A service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Health topics, drug information, health news, and links to physician credentials
- The Merck Manual
- Includes the interactive version of the Merck Manual Home Edition, Merck Manual of Geriatrics, and the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Brochures, information sheets, reports, etc. about mental disorders
- Nutrition.gov
- A source of information on aspects of nutrition. Look up calories in specific foods; find out what foods provide the best source of supplements and more.
Health Directories
- Healthfinder
- A consumer health site that provides a directory to government and non-profit health and human services information on the Internet
Health Care Comparison
- Hospital Compare
- This free tool allows consumers to compare the quality of care provided by hospitals in any geographic area.
Find A Physician
- Is Your Doctor Board Certified?
- Search the directory of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) by name or specialty. Requires e-mail registration.
- WebMD's Physician Directory
- A quick way to find physicians by location or specialty.
Area Hospitals
- Area Hospitals
- Website links for hospitals in northwest Arkansas.