Mr. Levin’s Pathfinder on
Diseases and Illnesses
Find the best starting points here for Mrs. Gilbert’s Health Education class assignment.

In our Rich Central Media Center’s print collection:

·        The best way to begin your search is to type the name of the disease and click on the SUBJECT button to lead you to the specific information you need. 

·        Be sure to read the list of books we have in our collection.

  • Look in the stacks for books cataloged mainly under 616 for Diseases.  Don’t forget to check the reference aisle for these same call numbers beginning with R or RS or RB.
  • Check the general encyclopedias (i.e. World Book, Compton’s, and others) by first using the index (usually found in the last volume).

 

From our RC Media Center’s Online Databases page:

·        EBSCO Health Source: Provides information from 300 journals on many health topics including the medical sciences, diseases, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

·        SIRS Knowledge Sources: Provides newspaper and magazine articles on controversial issues and on health issues.
At school: User Name: IL3101 Password: rc  At home: User Name: IL3101H  Password: rc

·        Encyclopedia Britannica for articles on disease plus related web cites that are not in their encyclopedia.  User Name: richcentral   Password: richcentral

 

Try these Internet starting points for information on illnesses and diseases:

Many of them will have other links to many other fine web sites. 

About.com Health http://home.miningco.com/health/

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org

Body1.com http://www.body1.com/care/index.cfm/1

Centers for Disease Control Health Topics http://www.cdc.gov/health/diseases.htm

Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/

Diseases Database http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/

Family Doctor.org http://familydoctor.org/

Google Diseases http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/

Hardin MD (Information + images) http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/s

Health Central http://www.healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm

HealthScout http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?page=channel&ap=1&cid=1056

IntelliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html

Librarian's Index: Diseases and Conditions http://lii.org/search/file/diseases_and_conditions

MayoClinic.org http://www.mayohealth.org/findinformation/diseasesandconditions/index.cfm

Medem's Medical Library http://www.medem.com/MedLB/medlib_entry.cfm?sid=103AF635-C640-11D4-8C0100508BF1C1F1&site_name=Medem

MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_DT

Medline Plus Health Topics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html

Medscape http://www.medscape.com

Merck Manual of Medical Information http://www.MerckHomeEdition.com/

NOAH: Health Topics and Resources http://www.noah-health.org/en/search/health.html

University of California San Diego (UCSD) Health Guide http://health.ucsd.edu/guide/index.asp

US Dept. Health and Human Services: Diseases and Conditions http://www.os.dhhs.gov/diseases/index.shtml

Virtual Hospital Common Problems http://www.vh.org/CommonProblems/CommonProblems.html

WebMD Conditions Center http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/

Yahoo! Diseases and Conditions http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/