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These resources require either a valid library card number from a participating library
or a Michigan Drivers License or State ID.
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.
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 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. 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.
Nursing Resource Center: Recommended for: Nursing students and other
healthcare professionals. Mostly Full-text. Nursing Resource Center
brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews,
care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology
diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is
written in accessible language for students completing class assignments
and preparing for clinicals. Michigan residents or Michigan library
access only.
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.