Electronic Databases
This resource provide access to full-text, peer-reviewed
journal articles in allied health.
National Library of Medicine - The
National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes
of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The
Library collects materials and provides information and research services in
all areas of biomedicine and health care.
HighWire Press Service
provides access to full-text articles. HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science articles. As of 3/10/06, HighWire Press is assisting in the online publication of 1,215,208 free full-text articles and 3,144,009 total articles. There are 51
sites with free trial periods, and 30 completely free sites. Some sites
charge fees. 221 sites have free back issues, and 784 sites have pay per view.
The
Internet Public Library provides
resources in many subject areas such as health, law, social sciences among
others as well as good access to newspaper collections.
MedlinePlus is a service of the
United States National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of
Health. It provides current news on health topics, drugs, and supplements,
definitions of medical words, pictures, and diagrams.
PubMed Central (PMC) is the United
States National Institutes of Health free digital archive of biomedical and
life sciences journal literature.
Media Services
All videotapes in course outlines or
assigned in class are available for students. It is anticipated that all
course and lecture series will be avialable online during the Spring of
2008.