Alt HealthWatch
Journals, magazines, and other material on alternative health care and wellness. Provided by SUNYConnect.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Health and nursing periodicals, mostly academic (provided by SUNYConnect).

ETOH: Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
Contains abstracts for articles, books, dissertations, reports and more from the late 1960's to the present on alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on topics including fitness, pregnancy, diseases, medicine, nutrition, alcohol and drug abuse, herbal remedies, and alternative treatments.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
Consumer health information from periodicals, pamphlets, and reference books. Provided by SUNYConnect.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Provides text for nearly 270 health periodicals, over 1,000 health pamphlets, and 23 health reference books. Provided by SUNYConnect.

LexisNexis Academic
News, business, legal, and reference information from periodicals, wire service reports, news broadcasts, and more.

MEDLINE with Full Text
Journals published internationally covering all areas of medicine. Provided by SUNYConnect. Also available through PubMed.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Journal articles in psychology and behavioral sciences. Provided by SUNYConnect.

Sage Premier (Sage Journals Online)
Over 450 scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, and health.

ScienceDirect
Journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and social sciences from Elsevier Science and other publishers.

Web of Science
Search for citations to scholarly journal articles in all subject areas. Conduct cited reference searches for articles that cite a previously published work. (1970 - present)

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Reference Books: Health and Wellness
An active catalog link for reference books in this subject. Reference books are located in the Information Commons room (map).

Counseling and Psychotherapy: Sage eReference
Academic encyclopedias and reference books.

Encyclopedia of Parasitology, 3rd Edition
Academic encyclopedia from the Springer Company.

Health and Medicine: Encyclopedias (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Academic encyclopedias and reference sources.

Health and Social Welfare: Sage eReference
Academic encyclopedias and reference books.

Medicine: Oxford Reference Online
Academic dictionaries and reference books on health and medicine.

2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
Report from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services on the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits to Americans.

A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia (from the National Library of Medicine)
Articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries, medical photographs and illustrations.

Directories (from the National Library of Medicine)
Provides links to directories of health professionals, facilities, and services.

Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information (from the National Library of Medicine)
Information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and herbal supplements.

Health United States
Latest edition of an annual report on trends in health statistics, compiled by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.

Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
Information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary (from the National Library of Medicine)
Medical dictionary.

New York State Dept. of Health Statistics and Data
A wide collection of statistics.

New York State Minority Health Data and Statistics
Data from the State Health Dept.

Statistics and Reports, New York State Office of Mental Health
Statistics and reports on mental health in New York State.

UNdata (United Nations Data)
Statistics sources from the United Nations on education, health, population, human development, business, and more.

UNFPA Worldwide
Population, health, and socioeconomic statistics and indicators for many countries, from the United Nations Population Fund.

Web Sites     Back to Top

Alternative Medicine Homepage
Provides sources of information on "unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies" including databases, Internet resources, mailing lists and newsgroups, and practitioners' directories.

Films On Demand
Over 5,000 academic-level educational streaming videos covering most subject areas, from Films Media Group.

Global Library of Women's Medicine
More than 400 peer-reviewed essays, written by medical experts from the U.S. and other countries, covering many aspects of women's medicine.

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa maintains this comprehensive "list of lists" of Web sites with information on health and medicine.

Internet Public Library: Health and Medical Sciences
Search the collection or browse through this section with categories including alcohol, drugs and tobacco, disabilities, exercise and fitness, first aid, geriatrics, and health care management and policy.

Librarians' Internet Index : Health and Medicine
Search the index or browse through dozens of categories such as acupuncture, children's health, disabled, emergency medicine, euthanasia, exercise, and men's health.

National Women's Health Resource Center
Find information on women's health topics, links to Web sites, and women's health in the news.

netLibrary
Search the contents of thousands of books online.

WebMD
Many health topics including drugs and treatments, women's health, men's health, children's health, news, and blogs.

WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
This guide to health and health-related statistical and epidemiological information is made available by the World Health Organization. It includes statistics by topic and region, and core health indicators for 192 countries.

Government Resources     Back to Top

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This agency of the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad, and providing information to enhance health decisions.

Healthfinder
A gateway to selected online health publications, clearinghouses, databases, and support and self-help groups.

Household Products Database
This database from the National Library of Medicine provides health and safety information on thousands of household products and their chemical ingredients from sources including Material Safety Data Sheets prepared by manufacturers.rn

MEDLINEplus
Provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials.

National Women's Health Information Center
Health topics, statistics, and organizations for women.

New York State Department of Health
Of special interest is the section "Info for Researchers" which includes facts and statistics on many health topics and diseases.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provides information on government services and resources. Administers agencies such as Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Institutes of Health, Administration on Aging, and Administration for Children and Families.

Local Resources     Back to Top

Health and Wellness Department at Buffalo State

Central Referral Service
Database of Western New York health and human service organizations.

Index to Buffalo Medical Journal
The Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection at the Health Services Library, University at Buffalo, provides this searchable database to the Buffalo Medical Journal published from 1845 through 1919.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
NOAH aims to provide the public with high quality health information in English and Spanish that is specifically geared for the consumer. There are links to local health information.

Professional Organizations     Back to Top

American Chiropractic Association

American College of Sports Medicine

American Medical Association

Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions

National Council of State Boards of Nursing