These resources require either a valid library card number from a participating library

or a Michigan Drivers License or State ID.

 CINAHL Basic: Recommended for: General public and health professionals. Limited full text. CINAHL provides indexing for 2,931 journals with 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981, covering nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers indexing to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,200 journals are also included. Full text material includes 70 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. Contains only limited full text (70 journals). Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

 Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module: Recommended for: Students, Patients, Health Professionals. Mostly full text. Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., articles from 2,200 general interest publications and links to reputable health Web sites in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles. Includes video. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

 Health Reference Center Academic: Recommended for: Students, Patients, Health Professionals. Mostly full text. Provides access to professional and personal health magazines, journals and reference sources. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

 History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM): Recommended for: Colleges and universities. HSTM integrates four premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and citations from the Wellcome Library) to create an international bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine. It reflects the influence of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the present and offers outstanding value for interdisciplinary research. Database records describe journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

 InfoTrac Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection: A custom collection including over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, providing researchers with access to many topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.

Mayo Clinic: Reliable information about diseases, conditions, drugs, supplements, treatment decisions and more.

 MEDLINE: Recommended for: Patients and health professionals. Some full text. Covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. From the National Library of Medicine. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

Medline Plus: This is a website provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health and provides a wide variety of very reliable health information.

Michigan Go Local: Michigan Go Local is a directory of healthcare services and providers
that serve the residents of Michigan. Find up-to-date information about healthcare providers and services in your community and link to reliable health information about diseases and conditions from MedlinePlus, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

 Nursing and Allied Health Collection: All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Senior Brigade: This website provided by the Michigan Attorney General's Office provides information about medical care facilities, prescription drug savings, and avoiding medical scams and identity theft. The website also provides printable legal forms on medical topics including power of attorney, patient advocate, DNR, and wills.

U.S. National Library of Medicine's Health Information: Reliable information on health topics.