Robert J. Kibbee Library

 

 

Health Information Resources

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The Kibbee Library has many sources of current authoritative information on health, including

 

·         online databases from the Kibbee Library Web page 

URL:  http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcclibrary

·         Web sites with free, high quality health information 

·         reference and circulating books in the Library’s collection

·         journals

 

Online databases

 

Health information databases are available from the Alphabetical List of Databases section

URL:  http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcclibrary/DBLibrary/alphalist.php on the Kibbee Library home page.  If you are off campus, you will be required to type in your library barcode.  Remember to activate your barcode each semester at the Circulation Desk to be able to use databases from off campus. 

 

Consumer health oriented database:

 

·         Health & Wellness Resource Center.  This one-stop source includes health news, medical encyclopedia, alternative health encyclopedia, drug and herb finder, health organization directory, health assessment tools, disease profiler, videos and links to authoritative Web sites.

 

Professional/clinical oriented databases:

 

• CINAHL.  Over 2,700 nursing and allied health journals, books, nursing dissertations, and standards of practice, dating back to 1982, are indexed.  Full text material includes more than 70 journals plus legal cases, research instruments, clinical trials, etc.

 

·         Clinical Pharmacology.  This database contains current full text scientific and patient information on all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Searching is by generic or brand names. 

 

·         Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition.  This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals (about 450 peer-reviewed) and indexes and abstracts nearly 850 others. Coverage dates vary with some full text dating back to 1975.

 

• MEDLINE.  MEDLINE is the premier source for citations and abstracts of more than 4,800 current biomedical journals, including medicine, nursing, allied health, health care system, etc.  Links to thousands of full text articles are included in the EBSCO version.

 

Databases with both consumer health and professional/clinical material:

 

·         Health Reference Center Academic.  This database contains full text articles and citations from journals, magazines, reference books, newsletters, and pamphlets.  Coverage dates vary.

 

• LexisNexis Academic.  Most full text articles in the Medical section are from healthcare news sources; a smaller number are from scholarly journals, including American Journal of Law and Medicine, Journal of Legal Medicine, Public Health Reports and The Lancet. Coverage dates vary. 

 

Web sites

 

The Internet is an excellent source for health information, offering much of the latest on research, treatment and other topics.  For quality and reliability, use the Web sites below or select others that end in "gov" (government) or "edu" (educational institutions).  Avoid sites that end in "com" (businesses) which are less likely to be objective.

 

General health and disease information:

 

• MEDLINEplus URL:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

From the National Library of Medicine, this site has extensive authoritative information about diseases and conditions in article, video, tutorial and other forms; dictionary, encyclopedia, and excellent links (English and Spanish versions).

 

• NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)   URL:  http://www.noah-health.org/    

Sponsored by CUNY, The New York Academy of Medicine, and other local groups, this site contains full text consumer health information (English and Spanish).

 

Statistical sources (local, national, and international):

 

• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml

o        See especially My Community's Health

 

·         New York State Department of Health            URL:  http://www.health.state.ny.us/

o        See especially Statistics & Data

 

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention     URL:  http://www.cdc.gov/     

o        See especially CDC Data and Statistics                               

o        See also National Center for Health Statistics                      

 

• Statistical Abstract of the United States

URL:  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html

 

• The Pan American Health Organization         URL: http://www.paho.org/                

o        See Basic Country Health Profiles for the Americas            

 

• World Health Organization                 URL:  http://www.who.int/en/                         

o        See WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)           

 

Special topics:

 

·         HIV InSite Gateway to HIV and AIDS Knowledge        URL:  http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/

 

• Nutrition.gov    URL:  http://www.nutrition.gov/

 

• Prevline (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information)

URL:  http://www.health.org/  

 

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

URL:  http://nccam.nih.gov/             

 

Books

 

The Library uses the Library of Congress classification system.  Call numbers of medical and health items begin with “R.”  Reference books are located in the Reference area on the second floor.  Health related books to borrow are located in the eighth floor stacks.  Consult CUNY +, our online catalog, for availability.  On the Kibbee Library home page, highlight “Books,” and then click on “CUNY + Plus.”

 

Color Atlas and Text of Clinical Medicine. 3^rd ed.

RC69 .F65 2003

 

Cross-Cultural Medicine

RA418.5 .T73 C765 2003

 

Encyclopedia of Bioethics.  3^rd ed. 5 vols.

Ref QH332 .E52 2004

Online:  Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3 vols.

Ref RC262 .E558 2002

 

Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. 2 vols.

Ref R726.5 .E53 2004

Online:  Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

Encyclopedia of Stress. 3 vols.

Ref QP82.2 .S8 E53 2000

 

Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs 2004

Ref RS51 .E85 2004

 

Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 4 vols.

Ref R733 .G34 2005

Online:  Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer: a Guide to Cancer and its Treatments. 2 vols.

Ref RC254.5 .G353 2002

Online:  2006 edition Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 2^nd ed. 5 vols.

Ref R733 .G34 .G35 2002

Online:  Articles from 2002-2004 editions Health Reference Center-Academic

 

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health. 5 vols.

Ref RT21 .G353 2002

Online:  Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

Handbook of Gender, Culture and Health

RA418 .H27 2000

 

Mosby’s Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary. 6^th ed.

Ref R121 .M89 2002 (ask at Reference Desk)

Online: 1998 edition Health Reference Center-Academic

 

Natural, Alternative and Complementary Health Care Practices.

R733 .H84 2004

 

Omnigraphics Health Reference Series Sourcebooks.  The Library owns more than 80 of these volumes on topics like cancer, diabetes, etc.  For a complete list and call numbers, do a “keyword anywhere” search using “health reference series and sourcebook” in CUNY +.

 

Physicians’ Desk Reference : PDR

Reserve RS75 .P5 2005 (ask at Circulation/Reserve Desk – 2-hour loan)

 

Statistical Abstract of the United States.

Ref HA202 .U5 2006 (ask at Reference Desk)

Online:  Statistical Abstract of the United States

URL:  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html

 

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 20^th ed.

Ref R121 .T18 (ask at Reference Desk)

 

Journals

 

The Library offers a wide variety of health related journals in electronic (e-journal), print, and microfilm.  Article content is the same in all.  Titles include JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Nursing, American Journal of Public Health, and many more. 

 

Compiled by Prof. Madeleine Nash, 9/22/04; revised 9/6/06