LibGuides: Health and Medical Sciences: Introduction

The Health Science cluster is about using your love of science to help keep people healthy and treat those who are not. Work directly with people as a doctor or physical therapist or on your own by conducting research on diseases and other important health information. This field allows you to work in diverse environments such as hospitals, medical and dental offices, or labs.

For more information check out CareerOneStop or BigFuture.

Resources for HOSA competition
Books available to assist for individual and group competitions available in the Research Library

Evaluating Health Information

Evaluating Health Information
Millions of consumers get health information from magazines, TV or the Internet. Some of the information is reliable and up to date; some is not. How can you tell the good from the bad?

Recommended Databases

HEAL This link opens in a new window
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.
Journal of the American Medical Association This link opens in a new window
Merck Manuals - Professional Images This link opens in a new window
New England Journal of Medicine This link opens in a new window
Public Health Image Library This link opens in a new window
Database of high quality images pertaining to public health curated by the CDC.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 29 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Medline Plus
Medical ethics list of popular topics

Medical Apps and Review Tools

Anatomy Arcade
Review human anatomy with free flash games, interactives and videos.
Build a Body
"Features a drag and drop game where players are tasked with assembling an organ system and making their way through the nervous, skeletal, excretory, and reproductive systems."
Calculate
Clinical calculator and decision-support tool.
Eponyms
An eponym is an invention or discovery named after a person. Easily search by body system.
Lab Test Navigator
Over 800 laboratory tests.
Merck Manual
Available for both the professional and consumer.
NLM Mobile
US National Library of Medicine list of apps

Health and Medical Sciences

Books to a Healthier You

Podcasts

Evaluating Health Information

Recommended Databases

Medical Apps and Review Tools