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LOCATION:
The library, located on the ground floor of DePaul Center near the cafeteria.
HOURS:
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Weekends & Holidays
Closed
PHONE:
248-849-3294
EMAIL US
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Below are a list of health information portals that are good places to start when looking for information about a disease or condition.
AAP Public Education Brochures - helpful information for parents with families from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
AARP Health Conditions - Reliable, easy-to-use health information from AARP.
A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia - includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.
AMA Health Information - from the American Medical Association.
CAPHIS Top 100 List - Web sites recommended by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association.
CDC - information from the Centers for Disease Control.
Consumer Health - Information from the University of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.
Consumer Health Information Guide - Information from the University of Pittsburgh Health Science Library System.
Consumer Health Resources - from the Oregon Health and Science University.
Discoveryhealth.com - news, diseases and conditions, health information for men, women, kids, and seniors.
eMedicineHealth - provides comprehensive first aid and emergency information to prepare you for medical emergencies, injuries, minor medical conditions and basic first aid.
Familydoctor.org - from the American Academy of Family Practitioners is a site with over 200 patient education handouts originally published in American Family Physician.
For Health Consumers - Medical Library Assocations Top Ten most useful web sites.
Health AtoZ - health and medical search engine.
HealthCentral - general-interest health site with special reports by Dr. Dean Edell.
HealthFinder - a gateway to selected consumer health and human services provided by the federal government.
Health Oasis - from the Mayo Clinic.
Health Resources - Top 10 resources from the Healthy People Library Project.
HealthScout - reliable source of health information for consumers; helps separate fact from fictitious web sites.
Health Touch - A resource that brings together valuable information from trusted sources on topics such as medications, health, diseases, supplements and natural medicine.
HealthWeb - Consumer Health - is a collaborative project of participating Midwestern health sciences libraries.
Intelihealth - a joint venture between Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University Hospital and Health System offering free, trustworthy health information.
Internet Public Library - Health & Medicine - quality online reference resources selected by librarians and supported by the University of Michigan School of Information.
JAMA Patient Page - health topics for patients based on research articles in JAMA
Karolinsa Institutet Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics - "MeSH Classified" Resources on Internet for the general public and health care professionals.
KidsHealth - Health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents.
MedHelp.org - an online source of consumer-oriented information since 1994.
MedicineNet - produced by a network of doctors to provide up-to-date health information to the public.
Medicine Online - cancer information, news, forums, and meeting reports.
Medline Plus - Specifically geared for the health consumer, MedlinePlus is a pilot project involving 39 public libraries and the National Library of Medicine to meet the need of the public's interest in access to health information on the Internet. Free resource.
MedWeb @ Emory University - A resource maintained by the staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library of Emory University.
MedWebPlus' Consumer Health - a catalog a biomedical resources intended for practitioners, patients and the public.
Merck Manual of Medical Information Home Edition - free medical information.
Michigan Electronic Library - Health Information Resources - an online information system supported by the University of Michigan and the Access Michigan project.
National Mental Health Information Center - Information from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Net Wellness - consumer health information service developed by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University and Ohio State University.
NHBLI Disesases and Conditions Index - information about heart, lung, and blood diseases and sleep disorders.
NIH Consumer Health - is a collection of most requested NIH publications.
NOAH - New York Online Access to Health Topics.
OnHealth - consumer-friendly information from respected sources on 250 or more health conditions.
Patient Educational Brochures - from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
PatientINFORM.org - offers patients and their caregivers the latest quality-screened medical research news relating to diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
USA.gov Health and Nutrition - Official information and services from the U.S. government.
WebMD - health topics from A-Z, ask the experts, health news for consumers and member services.
Web Medicine - an academic, professional, and consumer medical resource.
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