This guide lists a selection of print and electronic resources available at the Blinn College Library and on the Web.

	Background Information
	Books and Audiovisuals
	Articles in Magazines, Journals, & Reference Books
	Web Sites

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and other Reference Books

StatRef provides access to the full text of 37 medicine and allied health reference books, including ACP's Physicians' Information and Education Resource (PIER), one of the leading evidence-based medicine point-of-care tools. Stedman's Medical Dictionary is also available under the "Resources" tab.

AHFS Drug Information
615 Am35h 2007

American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia
R 610.3 Am35m

Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary
R 610.3 D734i

The Duke Encyclopedia of New Medicine : Conventional and Alternative Medicine for All Ages
R 615.5 D885e

Encyclopedia of Nursing Research

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
R 616.003 G131e

The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health
R 610.7303 G131e

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
R 615.02 M537m

Mosby's Emergency Nursing Reference
610.7361 M850e

Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions
R 610.3 M850d 2006

Physician’s Desk Reference
R 615.058 P569d

Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing
R 610.3 St31m

There are two ways to search for books and audiovisuals in the library's collection:

• Search the Library Catalog

• Browse the Shelves

Search the Library Catalog

To access the Library Catalog, click on "Search the Library Catalog" from the Blinn College Library home page.

Useful Search Terms

Browse the Shelves

If you want to browse through the reference or circulating bookshelves for titles, your call numbers will begin in these areas:

CINAHL - Provides indexing and abstracts for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 920,000 records. Indexes the periodicals Journal of Practical Hygiene, Minority Nursing, and Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, available in print in the Bryan campus library.

Consumer Health Complete / Salud en Espanol - Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This full text database includes articles from journals, newswires, and reference books as well as images, animations, and videos.

Health Reference Center Academic (Academically oriented) / Health and Wellness Resource Center (Consumer oriented) - Both of these databases index over 800 health periodicals, many full text reference books and pamphlets. Many articles are available full text. While there is a great deal of overlap in the content of these two databases, Health Reference Center Academic provides more advanced search capabilities, while Health and Wellness Resource Center provides a graphical, more intuitive interface.

Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition - Provides full text of articles for nearly 550 scholarly journals and abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. It also includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. Updated daily.

Health Source - Consumer Edition - provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, searchable full text for more than 1,000 health-related pamphlets, and more than 130 health reference books on topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Updated daily.

MedicLatina - A Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals

Medline - Provides indexing and abstracting for over 4,600 current biomedical journals. Provides the full text from over 350 journals. Includes journals from the U.S. and 70 foreign countries.

MedlinePlus - Contains pages of carefully selected links to Web resources with authoritative health information, including dictionaries, directories, organizations, news sources and 650 health topics. It also contains links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE/PubMed database, allowing you to find references to latest health professional articles on your topic.

Natural & Alternative Treatments - contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions, presenting in an evidence-based manner the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. It also contains detailed, evidence-based information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing consumers with reliable information.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection - Provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

What if a periodical index does not have the entire text of an article I need?

If the full text of an article is not available in a library database, it is possible to check another database for the full text or determine if the library owns a print version of a publication. Refer to "Locate Journals & Magazines in the Library" for an explanation on how to find full text articles.

What print periodicals does the library subscribe to?

CDC: Centers for Disease Control

National Library of Medicine Databases and Electronic Resources

Healthcare Freeware

My Pyramid.gov

The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library