Health & Medicine

Health and Medicine Databases

Health Reference Center Academic
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. More database info.
Some full text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

MEDLINE
Covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. More database info.
Limited full-text. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. More database info.
A (largely) full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
The full-text online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Lexis-Nexis Universe
Provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

How to Find a Specific Journal

Simon’s Rock Full Text Journals
A searchable database of all the journals, magazines, and newspapers available to the Simon's Rock Community, both in print and online.
Works best from on-campus. More access info.

Health and Medicine Websites

Globalhealthfacts.org
Compiles health statistics from public and private sources worldwide.
Open access from anywhere.

Global Health Reporting
Country-level data on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria conditions worldwide.
Open access from anywhere.

MayoClinic.com
A wealth of health information produced by the staff of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Open access from anywhere.

MedlinePLUS
From the National Library of Medicine.
Open access from anywhere.

A Student's Guide to Medical Literature
Strategies for reading and searching medical literature. From the University of Colorado’s Health Sciences Center.
Open access from anywhere.

Trust for America's Health
Provided by a non-profit, contains information on health and public policy in the U.S.
Open access from anywhere.