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Films on Demand
FILMS ON DEMAND
Provides access to over 1000's of streaming films including 100's of health related media.
Click HERE to see a list of Health related streaming films available
Websites of Interest
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemThe Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984.
- The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults.
- The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States.
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
- KidsHealthHealth information on children
- World Health Organization
- MEDline Plus
- National Library of Medicine
- Libraries Linking Idaho (LiLI)Portal for access to databases purchased for all libraries in Idaho.
Find Books
- WorldCat LocalBoise State interface for Worldcat. Searches across BSU resources as well items held at other libraries.
- Albertsons Library CatalogWe've got a collection to meet your needs. Feel free to contact me if you can't find what you're looking for.
- WorldCat.orgPublic interface of worldcat available to search local holdings for materials.
- Books beyond BSU - World CatSearch for books in other major libraries and if we don't have them you can click the "FIND IT" button to request it through Inter-Library Loan.
- Google BooksSearch inside books! Then check the Library catalog to see if we've got it. If not, then request it through Inter-Library loan.
Health Source Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
- Health Source - Consumer Edition (Public Oriented)A rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, as wells as over 1000 health related pamphlets
Top 5 Databases for Health Sciences:
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- MedlineThe gold standard for biomedical databases. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and related biomedical sciences.
- PubMedNational Library of Medicine's biomedical database. Contains MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE.
- CINAHL with Full-textThe electronic version of the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literatuere provides authoritative coverage of the professional literature, includes direct access to full-text for many sources.
- Health Source - Nursing / AcademicProvides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
- ScienceDirectOne of the largest scientific databases in the world. Contains a lot of full-text journal articles and books.
Related Library Health Sciences Databases
Select databases based on their content and intended audience. Consumer databases might not contain research articles but simple authoritative information which may also meet your needs. Ebooks are also available from some of the resources listed below.
- R2 Digital Library (Ebooks)A collection of medical, nursing, and health related electronic books.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Ebooks)Contains links to 8 medical related electronic encyclodpedias.
- Medline PlusA government gateway to medical information. A great resource for everyone.
- Health Source - Consumer Edition (Public Oriented)A rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, as wells as over 1000 health related pamphlets
- Health Sciences - SAGE Full-text (Academic Oriented)Includes the full text of 26 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 128 years, encompassing over 46,000 articles.
- Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (Academic Oriented)Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
- ProQuest Health and Medical Complete
- SportsDiscus Full-TextContains health, physical education, and sport journals.
Other Useful Databases
- ERIC via EBSCOERIC is the largest Education database in the world. It covers journal articles, books, documents, etc. on all topics related to teaching and education.
- PSYCINFOPSYCInfo if the largest psychology database in the world and is a good source of material on the psychology of health and health behaviors.
- Physical Education IndexPhysical Education Index covers journal articles on the topics of physical education, health education, dance, physical therapy and sports medicine.
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