Health & Medical Information
From HCT Libraries & the Web
From the HCT
portal, click
on Library.
Then,
Databases
and e-Books.
Click on
Databases
and eBooks
Or, bookmark this page
library.hct.ac.ae
Click on resources, then
Databases and
e-Books
Click on
HEALTH SCIENCES.
Let’s look at the
features of these
databases.
The first database
is called
Access Medicine
•Full text of respected medical
reference books
•Updates
•Drug Info
•Images
•DDX “Diagnosaurus”
•Guidelines
•Tests
•Patient Education Handouts
•News
We also have
McGraw Hill’s
ACCESS Science
Click on Medicine
Click on a category
or enter a term in
the search box.
Nest, we have
CINAHL which is an
acronym.
Cumulative
Index of
Nursing &
Allied
Health
Literature
What is in CINAHL ?
•560 full text journals
•Evidence-based care sheets
•Critical paths (care
algorithms)
•Dissertation records
•And more . . .
Next, we have
Health & Wellness.
•Diseases & Conditions
•Drugs
•Dictionary
•Health Assessment
•And more . . .
We also have MEDLINE
from EBSCO. This is the
best medical database
in the world.
•
Authoritative information on medicine, nursing,
dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care
system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
•
Created by the National Library of Medicine USA.
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Citations from 4,800 current biomedical journals
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Links to EBSCO full text journal collections.
There are many options
when searching EBSCO
databases like MEDLINE
& CINAHL.
Full text
only
Date
range
Publication
title
Peer
review
SMART
Imagebase
Scientific
& Medical
Art
Images
There are also many
online full text
medical books from
non-health databases.
Go to the
Database and
E-book page,
and scroll
down to
E-books
•Harrison’s Manual of Medicine
•Clinician’s Pocket Reference
•Essentials of Diagnosis & Treatment
•The Bellevue Guide to Outpatient Medicine
•Mental Health Desk Reference
•Nutrition Almanac
•ABC of the First Year
•Just the Facts Emergency Medicine
•The Arthritis Sourcebook
•ABC of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
And more ….
Handbook of Women's Health : An Evidence-Based Approach
Just the Facts in Pediatrics
Cross-Cultural Caring : A Handbook for Health Professionals
Acute Medical Emergencies : The Practical Approach
Vital Diabetes : Your Essential Reference for Diabetes
Management in Primary Care
Questions and Answers for Physicians : A Medieval Arabic Study
Manual by Abd Al-Azaiz Al-Sulami
Now, we will
show you some
websites from the
Internet.
These are not
commercial
websites.
They are from
government
health agencies.
From the USA, there is
Medline Plus. Information is
written so regular people can
understand it, not just doctors.
Also from the USA, there
is the National Center for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine.
Vitamins
Herbal medicines
Acupuncture
Massage
Yoga
Clinical Trials
Evidence
nccam.nih.gov/health/
From the UK National
Health Service
Encyclopedia
Common health
questions
Self help guide
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
In both English and
French, there is the
Canadian Health
Network
www.canadian-health-network.ca/
From Australia, there is
Health Insite.
A-Z Topics
Conditions
Diseases
Health &
Wellbeing
Etc
www.healthinsite.gov.au/www.heal
thinsite.gov.au/
Here is the site from
the UAE Ministry of
Health
No specific
Consumer
Health
Information
(on English Site)
www.moh.gov.ae/
From the USA, there
is ToxNet.
Poisons
Toxicology
Hazardous
chemicals
Environmental
health
toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
For information about
drugs or medicines,
go to Drug Info from
Medline Plus.
Browse by
first letter of
generic or
brand name
drug, herb or
supplement
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drug
information.html
Lastly, there is
the Project Starters Online.
This is a collection
of websites selected by
HCT teachers. Go to
http://el.hct.ac.ae/
Click on
Health
Sciences
Click on
a Sub-topic.
Read the description
of the website and
decide if it might be
useful for you.
It is very important to
evaluate health information
you find on the web. Here
are some questions to ask
yourself about websites.
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3.
4.
5.
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7.
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10.
Who runs the site ?
Who pays for the site?
What is the purpose of the site ?
Where does the info come from ?
What is the basis of the info ?
How is the info selected ?
How current is the info ?
How does the site choose the links to other sites?
What info about the users does the site collect ?
How does the site manage interactions with users ?
There is an online tutorial
about evaluating health
information on the Web.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
webeval/webeval.html
What about actual
books hardcopy ! ?
Search by
Keyword
and
Location
Default
“View Entire
Collection”
http://library.hct.ac.ae
For example,
Keyword : Diabetes
116 results from all
HCT libraries.
E-Books = Purple
Hardcopies = Red
Which library has it?
Click the title.
If your library
does not have
the book, click
Request.
Your library will
receive the book
in about 2 days.
Check your email.
We hope this
helps you find
health and
medical
information.
Ask your friendly
librarian if you
have any
questions.
Thank you
for listening.
HAPPY READING
& GOOD HEALTH!