R&R - Health & Wellness

Key: Home use requires a valid EPL card

Consumer Reports Health In Library Use Use at home!
Offers Consumers Union's rich array of research and recommendations about health care and healthy living on one continuously updated Web site. The goal of the website is to answer your pressing questions-from which diet plan is rated the best to cost-effective alternatives to your prescription drugs-and to help you make better health-care decisions.

Consumers' Checkbook In Library Use only
Provides consumer ratings for businesses around the Chicagoland area. Ratings cover health service, mechanics, repair shops, stores of all kinds and much more.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
In Library Use Use at home!
Includes health and medical journals and pamphlets, articles from 2,200 general-interest publications, a broad collection of Gale reference titles, drug guides and more.

MEDLINE In Library Use Use at home!
All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing

New Book of Popular Science In Library Use Use at home!
Science, medicine and technology for middle school students.

Nursing and Allied Health Collection In Library Use Use at home!
For researchers at all levels of nursing in all specialties, including vocational/licensed practical
nurse (LPN), registered nurse (RN), occupational health nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist.

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection In Library Use Use at home!
Covering a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and more.

Reference Books Online In Library Use Use at home!
Gale Virtual Reference Library - use reference books in the library or from home 24/7. This database contains a wide variety of books including such diverse sources as: the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion and U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science. Find authoritative information on a large number of topics. It's like having a tall stack of reference books at your fingertips!

Science in Context In Library Use Use at home!
Includes biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, science and society, science as inquiry, science-related biographies and more.

Find General Newspaper & Magazine Articles

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

Healthfinder.gov has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet.

Familydoctor.org is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organizations representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.

Mayo Clinic Health Information Manage your health with our useful and up-to-date information in more than 35 disease and lifestyle categories.

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. This information should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals.