Taking charge of your well being

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EBSCO Consumer Health Complete – Provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine. Total titles indexed: 500+; Full-text titles: 500+.
EBSCO Consumer Health Information – Detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Available in 17 languages. Answers are provided in evidence-based reports that feature graphics, illustrations, easy-to-read text and links to additional information.
EBSCO Alt Health Watch – Full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers the latest information about the evolving practice of holistic medicine and therapies. Total titles indexed: 190+; Full-text titles: 180+.
EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center – Designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. Coverage includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, thousands of legal forms, and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo.

Gale Virtual Reference Library – Medicine related selections from a collection of over 60 Reference eBooks that can be cross-searched, browsed, and viewed on your most tablets, eReaders, or web browsers.
EBSCO Health Source: Consumer Edition Consumer health information including magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets. Total titles indexed: 100+; Full-text titles: 70+.

Free National Library of Medicine Resources

  • DailyMed– Contains over 84,000 drug listings submitted to the FDA. This is the same information attached to the back of some prescription bottles. Quickly look up side effects, interactions, etc.
  • PillBox – Do you keep a stash of allergy/pain/other Over-the-counter pills in a little container and often forget what they are? PillBox can help with that! You can search by imprint, shape, color, size, score, etc. (without knowing the name or product #) and PillBox will help you identify what the pill is. This resource is till in beta mode, so not all records have images attached.
  • LactMed – Useful for those breastfeeding and/or pregnant who have questions about taking medications and whether they will harm their children.

 

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