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The following is just a sample of the range of electronic resources that can be used to answer consumer health questions. Bolded information represents major resources.
FULL-TEXT database of periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional publications, magazines, consumer newsletters and newspapers, research reports, and association newsletters focused on complementary, alternative and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Producer: Softline Information Inc., 20 Summer St., Stanford, CT 06901 Tel: 800-524-7922; Fax: 203-975-8292. http://www.softlineweb.com. CD-ROM and Internet (Web) versions available.
- AMED (Allied and Alternative Medicine)
Bibliographic index to journal articles in allied health and alternative medicine. Subjects covered include acupuncture, homeopathy, palliative care, Chinese medicine, hospice care, physical therapy, chiropractic, hypnosis, podiatry, herbalism, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, holistic treatments, osteopathy.
Producer: Health Care Information Service of the British Library and made available by SilverPlatter 100 River Ridge Drive, Norwood, MA 02062-5043. Tel: (781) 769-2599; Fax: ( 781) 769-8763. http://www.silverplatter.com/catalog/amed.htm. CD-ROM and Internet (Web) versions available.
- CHID (Combined Health Information Database)
Provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources on eighteen topics including complementary and alternative medicine.
Producer: produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government.
Available free at http://chid.nih.gov.
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Index to nursing and allied health literature from 1982 to present. Indexes virtually every nursing journal published.
Producer: Cinahl Information Systems, 1509 Wilson terrace, Glendale, CA 91206. Tel: 1-800-959-7167; Fax: 1-818-409-8005 http://www.cinahl.com
Major competitor to Health Reference Center. Searchable full text for over 260 journals, abstracts and indexing for nearly 430 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications, nearly 25 health research books, searchable full text for nearly 1,000 health-related pamphlets.
Producer: Ebsco Publishing, 10 Estes St., Ipswich, MA 01938. Tel: (978) 356-6500; (800) 653-2726; Fax: (978) 356-6565. http://www.epnet.com/ CD-ROM and Internet (Web) versions available.
Consumer health magazines and newsletters, selected medical journals, pamphlets, reference books, newspaper articles, and topical overviews. 165 titles indexed: 110 of these full text, plus six full text reference books, 500 full text pamphlets, more than 1800 full text topical overviews, and selected articles from an additional 1500 general interest titles.
Producer: IAC 362 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404. Tel: 1-800-227-8431. http://library.iacnet.com/html/health.html CD-ROM and Internet (Web) versions available.
The premier biomedical database. 11 million references to articles published in 4,300 biomedical journals.
Producer: National Library of Medicine. Available free as PubMed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ or through Internet Grateful Med at http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
A full text library of over 85 reports on common health problems and diseases written for consumers by experienced medical writers and reviewed by a physician board at Harvard Medical School. Very popular and easy to read.
Producer: Nidus Information Services Inc. 175 Fifth Ave., Suite 2338, New York, NY 10010 (800) 334-9355; Fax: (212) 529-2349. http://www.well-connected.com/ Print or Internet (web) versions available.
The following are other databases that may be useful for consumer health information. These are either available through online database vendors or are available for free on the Internet.
Produced by American Association of Retired Persons, AARP. Its references come from the gerontology collection of AARP's Research Information Center, as well as selected articles from 300 magazines and journals, aging-related dissertations from UMI's Dissertations Abstracts (TM) database, and descriptions of videos. All references include original abstracts. Available through many vendors.
National Library of Medicine database covering the literature of AIDS. Useful feature for consumers is the inclusion of meeting abstracts from the International Conferences on AIDS, and other AIDS-related meetings, conferences and symposia. Available free at http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
- Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH)
National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism database. Available free at http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov/
- BIOETHICSLINE (Bioethics onLine)
Produces by the Bioethics Information Retrieval Project of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Covers ethics and related public policy issues in health care and biomedical research. Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, newspaper articles, court decisions, bills, laws, audiovisual materials and unpublished documents. Available free at http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
- DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources ONLINE)
National Library of Medicine database. Focuses primarily on health and biomedical information resources including organizations, government agencies, information centers, professional societies, voluntary associations, support groups, academic and research institutions, and research facilities and resources. Records contain resource names, addresses, phone numbers, and descriptions of services, publications, and holdings. Useful for identifying support groups. Available free at http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
- HEALTHSTAR (Health Services Technology, Administration, and Research)
Produced jointly by the National Library of Medicine and the American Hospital Association. Indexes journal articles, monographs, technical reports, meeting abstracts and papers, book chapters and government documents from 1975 to present. Available free at http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
Indexes consumer health articles from 200 peer reviewed medical journals, newsletters, popular magazines. All references include an abstract. Not as useful as it once was given the competition of Health Reference Center and Ebsco Health Source Plus. Available free via Johns Hopkins Intelihealth site http://www.intelihealth.com/ Registration required. Also available through Silverplatter and Ovid.
- PDQ - Physician Data Query and CANCERLIT
NCI's comprehensive cancer database, including summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, and supportive care, and information on ongoing clinical trials and the bibliographic database, CANCERLIT are available free at http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/
N.B. The PDQ available on the Internet is selected information only. Full access to PDQ information can be obtained via the NCI Information Associates Program. Through the Associates Program, a member service center is available to help Information Associates locate or retrieve information. Becoming an Information Associate is easy, just subscribe to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Remember you can ask the CHRC to search many of these databases for you!
Selected Popular Consumer CD-ROMS
Aside from Health Reference Center and Ebsco Health Source Plus there are so many CD-ROMS being produced that purchases will vary according to institutional focus. Below are listed some of the most popular (widely purchased) CD-ROM programs.
A.D.A.M (Animated Dissection of Anatomy for Medicine) Software
Anatomical reference tools. ADAM has a number of patient education products including the very popular and highly recommended ADAM The Inside Story, a 3D guide to the human body. Also produce medical encyclopedias.
A.D.A.M. Headquarters 1600 RiverEdge Parkway, Suite 800 Atlanta, Georgia 30328.
Tel: (770) 980-0888, Fax: (770) 955-3088. http://www.adam.com/
AMA Family Medical Guide
Available through AMA American Medical Association, P.O. Box 7046, Dover, DE 19903-7046 or through book jobbers.
Bodyworks by The Learning Company (TLC)
Another anatomy product that uses virtual reality to rotate images. Version 5.0 is the classic, newest version is 6.0.
The Learning Company One Athenaeum St., Cambridge, MA 02142. Tel: 617-761-3000;
Fax: 617-494-5898; E-mail cust_serv@learningco.com http://www.shoptlc.com/
Mayo Clinic Series
Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, Mayo Clinic Total Heart, Mayo Clinic Family Pharmacist, Annatommy, Mayo Clinic Sports Health and Fitness.
Published by Interactive Ventures Inc., 7500 Flying Cloud Drive Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55344-3739. Tel:612-996-6176 or 800-432-1332; Fax: 612-996-6001
Check the date of production as some of these may be dated.
Mosby Medical Encyclopedia for Health Professionals
Complete definitions, all illustrations, the atlas of anatomy and physiology, all tables and all appendixes from the 1994 edition of Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary are included. In addition, audio pronunciations, heart and lung sounds, numerous animations and short clips of full-motion video are included. Available through book jobbers and
Mosby, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146. Tel: 800-325-4177 or 314-872-8370;
Fax: 314-432-1380 .
Finding CD-ROM's - Turbo Guide
As well as some of the above resources a useful Internet catalog for locating CD-ROMS is: http://turboguide.com/cdprod1/cd.shtml
This is a beta site with of a directory of CD-ROM's and a directory of commercial software. The CD-ROM directory is searchable and can also be browsed by subject.
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