Carnegie-Vincent Library

Click here to see the social-work-specific databases, multidisciplinary databases, and reference tools.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Topics A to Z
Provides information on transmission, treatment, and prevention of diseases.

Healthfinder Health Library: Diseases and Conditions
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides this free guide to consumer health resources, including websites, online publications, databases, and more.

MEDLINEplus: Health Topics
The U.S. National Library of Medicine provides medical encyclopedia entries and interactive tutorials that cover prevention, causes and risks, symptoms, signs and tests, and treatment for numerous illnesses and conditions.

Micromedex
This is a comprehensive medical reference on drugs, diseases, acute care, toxicology, alternative medicine, and patient education and care. It includes information on drug interactions, IV compatibility, and drug comparisons. Also includes a drug identification tool, calculators, and formularies. Also includes patient education materials.
Disclaimer: According to license restrictions, this resource can only be used for educational and training purposes by Lincoln Memorial University students and faculty in the health sciences and is not to be used for any clinical care, emergency, or commercial purpose. Do not access this resource from a clinical setting.

Office of Rare Diseases
Provides access to current events and archived news articles, general information, genetics information, research and clinical trials, and research resources.

UpToDate
This is a resource with original, peer-reviewed entries for 20 medical specialties to allow practitioners to keep current with new clinical developments, be more confident in diagnosis and treatment decisions, and answer clinical questions more efficiently. It offers information in the specialties of adult and pediatric emergency medicine; adult primary care and internal medicine; allergy and immunology; cardiovascular medicine; dermatology; endocrinology and diabetes; family medicine; gastroenterology and hepatology; general surgery; geriatrics; hematology; hospital medicine; infectious diseases; nephrology and hypertension; neurology; obstetrics, gynecology, and women’s health; oncology; palliative care; pediatrics; psychiatry; pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine; and rheumatology. Information in UpToDate on drugs and drug interactions is provided by Lexi-Comp. Also includes patient education materials.

ADA Technical Assistance CD-ROM
Receive a free CD-ROM of ADA guidelines from the U.S. government.

Altimate Medical
Free products include DVD and VHS videos on EasyStand products, an interactive CD-ROM, “Life After SCI” DVD, funding guide to standing technology, EasyStand Evolv brochure, and a Standing 101 educational package. Fill out the form on the website above to receive one or all of these items.

Amputee Coalition of America
Receive amputee-related materials and a free subscription to In Motion magazine. All materials are aimed at amputees.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Science-related DVDs, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and publications are available to scientists, educators, and librarians.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
This quarterly guide for patients and families “brings the latest and most authoritative medical and healthcare information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as featured online on the MedlinePlus website.”

Radiological Terrorism: Just in Time Training for Hospital Clinicians, VHS tape or DVD
This is “a brief, 17-minute video covering key radiation principles and radiological procedures. Includes demonstrations on application of these principles and procedures in several patient care scenarios in an emergency services setting.” It can be viewed online, or you can request a free copy. “To order copies of the training in VHS or DVD format, send an email message to cdcinfo@cdc.gov, indicating VHS or DVD format, the number of copies, mailing address, and phone number. Please indicate “Radiological Just in Time Training” in your request.”

Radiological Terrorism: Medical Response to Mass Casualties CD-ROM
“The program is designed for physicians and nurses working in emergency services in hospital first receiver settings.” It can be viewed online, or you can request a free copy. “To order a copy of the CD-ROM version, which is designed for Windows®2000 or XP, send your mailing address to cdcinfo@cdc.gov, indicating the number of copies.”

Stroke Connection Magazine
This page consists of the form that needs to be completed to get a free bimonthly subscription to this American Stroke Association magazine that is aimed at stroke survivors.

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CNN.com: Health

MSNBC Health

Science and health in the news from NewsBank Inc.

World health news from NewsBank Inc.

Also see the government resources.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Includes downloadable PowerPoint presentations, evidence-based medicine tools, downloadable research articles, and information on courses and events.

Familydoctor.org
The American Academy of Family Physicians provides a medical dictionary, a drug guide, and information on health concerns and self-care.

MayoClinic.com
Provides information on conditions, diseases, health conditions, and prescription drugs. Provides healthy lifestyle planners for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, exercising, managing stress, and quitting smoking.

Medscape Reference (formerly eMedicine)
Free registration allows one to view over 6,300 articles on diseases and conditions, over 2,100 drug monographs, more than 650 clinical procedures articles, and 70 anatomy articles.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Primarily provides information on anatomy, conditions, diseases, and mental health topics.

YourHealthInformation.com
In addition to current news on conditions and diseases, this website provides a drug resource center, a source for investigating symptoms, and explanations for medical tests and procedures.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides publications, statistics, and information on diseases and other health topics.

ClinicalTrials.gov
Find out if a clinical trial exists for a topic of interest. Use the advanced search to limit to geographical area, type of study, age group, and more.

DIRLINE – Directory of Health Organizations
This is a searchable directory of health organizations.

Evidence-Based Practice
Includes numerous links and completed evidence-based clinical reports on cancer and blood disorders, kidney conditions, lung conditions, dietary supplements, and more.

Healthfinder.gov
Provides access to databases, medical dictionaries, a medical encyclopedia, health and medical journals, and more.

MEDLINEplus
MEDLINEplus provides access to information to help consumers answer health questions. It is a good place to start for consumers conducting research on diseases and prescription drugs. It brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from the United States Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies, non-profit agencies, and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
Includes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

National Institutes of Health
Provides links to all of the government health institutes. Of particular interest are the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) , the National Institute on Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) , the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) , and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

Office of Rare Diseases
Provides access to current events and archived news articles, general information, genetics information, research and clinical trials, and research resources.

World Health Organization
Click here for a list of health topics for which information is provided. Includes international medical statistics here.

CDC: Data and Statistics
This clearinghouse includes interactive tools, publications, vital statistics, statistics by topic, and an annual report on trends in health statistics.

HIT: Health Information Tennessee
Includes reports, tables, vital statistics, health facilities data, and county profiles.

National Center for Health Statistics
This statistical arm of the CDC provides vital statistics and statistics on disease classification, healthy people, minority health, injuries, and aging. Additional data is culled from data collection systems which include the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the National Health Care Survey (NHCS) , the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), and the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS).

Social Work Resource Guide
A guide to helpful things for Social Work students, at the library and beyond.

Spot the Fake Smile
Twenty videos of smiles test you on whether you can spot if a smile is genuine or fake.

STAT!Ref Nursing Books for Psychiatric Nursing
Includes AAFP Conditions A to Z (which includes information on some mental health conditions), the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition text revision (DSM-IV-TR), Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing, and Sparks and Taylor’s Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual.