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Finding Health Information at the Glendale Public Library and on the Internet |
1. Finding books at the Library by searching in the Library catalog
Circulating books - Suggested subjects
- You do not need to capitalize or punctuate when entering search words in the catalog.
- Enter HEALTH as a subject; see list of "See Also" references
- Alternative Health
- Self-Care, Health
- Physical fitness
- Exercise
- Reducing Diets
- Nutrition
- Weight loss
- Holistic medicine
- Name of disease or condition:
Diabetes
Heart-Diseases
Hypertension - Popular Works
Reference books - Suggested "keywords" (words in the subject)
- Health - United States - Periodicals
- Medical Care - United States - Periodicals
- Medicine - Handbooks, manuals
Periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers)
- Consumer Reports on Health
- Arthritis Today
- Health
- Harvard Mental Health Letter
- Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50
- Men's Health
- Prevention
2. Online sources (Library databases)
To find periodical articles, search in the Health and Wellness Resource Center
3. Information on the Web - Free health-related information online
Glendale "Healthlinks" - A page of links to useful Internet sites
Medline Plus - Health topics, drug information, medical encyclopedia, and more!
SeniorHealth - A website for older adults developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine
Healthfinder
California Medical Licensing Board
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
USNews.com - Health
Last modified: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:40:53 AM
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