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THE HEALTH PAGE

Click on the subjects below for locate information about health & consumer issues

General Subscription Research Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Health Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Social Science (includes psychological disorders and substance abuse issues)

Click On Health
http://www.cliconhealth.org/
CLIC-on-Health (Community and Library
Information Collaboration on Health) combines information from the Monroe County Human Services Directory with full-text information from Medline Plus and is available in English and Spanish. You can find local support groups, information on medications, tips on wellness, and links to other health-related websites, such as "TeenGrowth.com" and "familydoctor.org". Because materials available on the website are selected by public and medical librarians, you can be assured that the information is authoritative. Best of all, it provides a "one-stop-shopping" destination for people looking for health information.

Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
MedLine Plus, from The Unted States National Library of Medicine, provides access to dependable quality health information. The Medical Encyclopedia & the online tutorials on diseases and other health issues are especially useful for reports.

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
A government agency that provides access to quality health information. Provides health & medical information to health professionals, researchers and to the general public.

National Women's Health Resource Center. [Online] Available http://www.healthywomen.org/
A good place to go to locate information on women's health issues.

Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for American. [Online] Available http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/DietGd.pdf
The newly revised goals by the U.S. Department of Agriculture attempt to guide the public back to
reasonable weights and eating habits by stressing fitness, a healthy base of foods, and making sensible choices.

U. S. Health Public Service. [Online] Available http://surgeongeneral.gov/phs200/
Updated information on the Surgeons General Office, Health and Human Services.

Women's Health - the New York Times On the Web. [Online] Available http://www1.nytimes.com/specials/women/whome/
Women's health issues published by The New York Times.

WHO - World Health Organization. [Online] Available http://www.who.int/
The official website of the World Health Organization. Search this site for information about health issues throughout the world.

Consumer Information

Consumer Information Center
[Online] Available http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Full text versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available. This service is provided by the Consumer Information Center of the U.S. General Services Administration.

Consumer World
[Online] Available http://www.consumerworld.org/
Consumer World® is a public service, non-commercial site which has gathered over 1800 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet, and categorized them here for easy access.

General Subscription Research Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Health Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Ų Start with Gale Virtual Reference Library
(For best results, type in your topic and then choose “document title”)

Health Canada ONLINE.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/

Health Oasis - Mayo Clinic.
http://www.mayohealth.org/
Reliable health information from one of our nation's top healthcare providers.

Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov - Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, this is a "gateway" to the vast amounts of consumer health information available from the federal government.

The National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; provides information on many diseases, how to prevent them, and other resources.

National Institute of Health
http://www.nih.gov

NOAH: New York Online Access To Health. [Online} Available http://www.noah-health.org/
This is an award winning site and a gold mine of health and disease information. To quote their mission statement, "NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased." The site is maintained through a partnership of The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public Library. Use their "search" option to type in the disease or health issue that you are researching. Be sure to check out Infotrac Health Reference Center Gold.

Rare Diseases
http://www.rarediseases.org

WHO - World Health Organization.
http://www.who.int/
The official website of the World Health Organization. Search this site for information about health issues throughout the world.

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. [Online] Available http://www.saferoads.org/
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an "Alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer." Includes policy statements, press releases, and fact sheets on issues such as air bags, speed limits, drunk driving, and vehicle accidents.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. [Online] Available http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Agency "responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes." Presents detailed information relevant to auto safety. Some files are available only in PDF, ZIP, or WordPerfect format.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. [Online] Available http://www.hwysafety.org/
Organization supported by auto insurers and "dedicated to reducing the losses--deaths, injuries, and property damage--resulting from crashes on the nation's highways." Provides crash test ratings for many vehicles, statistics on fatal accidents, and detailed information about a number of topics related to highway safety (e.g., airbags, head restraints, antilock brakes, bumpers, large trucks, traffic laws and regulations, young drivers, graduated licensing, and alcohol and drugs). Also includes a useful search engine.

NCSA Fact Sheets. [Online] Available http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/factshet.html
Annual data on fatal motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. Reports cover many subjects such as young drivers pedestrians, speeding, alcohol, large trucks. This data is compiled by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA), an office of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Many of the fact sheets are available only in PDF format.

Testing Results. [Online] Available http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/testing/
Information from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about crash tests and other safety tests of motor vehicles.

Air Bag Information. [Online] Available http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/
Facts, Q&A, notices, and regulations concerning air bags, plus alerts about the dangers that they can pose for children and short adults by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Traffic Safety Digest. [Online] Available http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/safedige/
"Quarterly publication of innovative state and community traffic safety projects." Published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Drunk Driving. [Online] Available http://alcoholism.miningco.com/msubdrive.htm?terms=driving&COB=home
An excellent list of weblinks to information about drunk driving.

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. [Online] Available http://www.aaafts.org/
An excellent source of information about traffic safety.

General Subscription Research Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Health Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Social Science
(includes psychological disorders and substance abuse issues)

Partnership For A Drug Free America
http://www.drugfreeamerica.com

United State Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/

Drug Abuse
http://www.homeworkplanet.com
Sites compiled by Homework Planet

Drug Abuse
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/healhc.html#drugs
sites compiled by Multnomah Public Library

Drug Abuse Prevention
http://www.homeworkplanet.com
Sites compiled by Homework Planet

Freevibe
www.freevibe.com
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.

National Crime Prevention Council - Substance Abuse
http://www.ncpc.org/ncpc/ncpc/?pa=resCenter&sa=searchResults&topicId=170
Sites compiled by the NCPC.

General Subscription Research Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Health Databases
Available only through Gananda Central Library

Social Science (includes psychological disorders and substance abuse issues)

National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

National Association of Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org

National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org/

About.com - Mental Health Resources
http://mentalhealth.about.com/
Look for your topic in the subject list (left side of the screen)

American Psychiatric Association (APA) Public Information Page
http://www.psych.org/public_info/
The "Let’s Talk Facts" pamphlet series is useful for researching various mental health diseases.

Librarian's Index to the Internet Health & Medicine: Diseases & Conditions
http://lii.org/search/file/diseases_and_conditions
A list of diseases and conditions, including mental disorders, compiled by the Librarian's Index to the Internet.
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NUTRITION

Databases Must use at least 1 book, magazine or newspaper source for this project
Gale Power Search	Find magazine articles and chapters from books.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints	A great place to find magazine articles and essays showing alternative viewpoints on many topics - including health issues such as fad diets. eating disorders etc
Health Databases	More articles about health issues.

Websites Reliable sources for health information
Click On Health	Community & Library Information Collaboration on Health Combines information from the Monroe County Human Services Directory with full-text information from Medline Plus and is available in English and Spanish. You can find local support groups, information on medications, tips on wellness, and links to other health-related websites, such as "TeenGrowth.com" and "familydoctor.org". Because materials available on the website are selected by public and medical librarians, you can be assured that the information is authoritative. Best of all, it provides a "one-stop-shopping" destination for people looking for health information.
Food Finder .	Sponsored by the Council on Food and Agricultural Research at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Campaign, users can get information on calories, fat, cholesterol for various nutrients.
Tufts University Nutritional Navigator.	Information presented by Tufts University, Center On Nutrition Communication, School of Nutrition Science and policy.
MammaHealth	Deep Web Health Search Engine

General Information	Consumer Information	Diseases
Driver Education	Drug Abuse Prevention	Evaluating Health Related Web Pages
The Game Of Life	Mental Health	Nutrition
Parenting	Teens Through the Decades	Teen Issues

THE HEALTH PAGE

Click on the subjects below for locate information about health & consumer issues

GENERAL HEALTH & CONSUMER INFORMATION

Consumer Information

DISEASES

Driver Education

Drug Abuse Prevention

MENTAL HEALTH

NUTRITION

Databases
Must use at least 1 book, magazine or newspaper source for this project

Websites
Reliable sources for health information

PARENTING

General Websites:

Adopted Families:

Gay and Lesbian Families:

Grandparents raising Grandkids families:

Multicultural/Multiracial families:

Single Parent families:

Step Parent families:

Teenage/Young Parent families:

More General Websites:

TEEN ISSUES

TEEN TALK - DECADES

THE HEALTH PAGE

Click on the subjects below for locate information about health & consumer issues

Databases Must use at least 1 book, magazine or newspaper source for this project

Websites Reliable sources for health information

General Websites:

Adopted Families:

Gay and Lesbian Families:

Grandparents raising Grandkids families:

Multicultural/Multiracial families:

Single Parent families:

Step Parent families:

Teenage/Young Parent families:

More General Websites:

Databases
Must use at least 1 book, magazine or newspaper source for this project

Websites
Reliable sources for health information