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Reference Training Materials
This material was used in the graduate Library Media Education
program at Western Kentucky University. It is placed here to allow library
workers to train themselves in the use of reference materials. Copyright
2001 - 2005 Bryan M. Carson.
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Health and Medicine
Indexes
and Abstracts
- Abstracts of Clinical
Care Guidelines (REF PER/IND R 11 .A2x)
- Abstracts of Hospital
Management Studies Continued by Abstracts of health care management studies
(REF PER/IND RA 971 .A2x)
- Bibliography of Bioethics
(REF/PER IND R 724 .B5x)
- CHID Online The Combined
Health Information Database
- Child Abuse, Child Welfare
& Adoption Database (BiblioLine--WKU Internet Resources)
- CINAHL--Cumulative Index
to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (REF PER/IND RT 1 .C8x and EBSCOhost)
- Clark's Clinical Dentistry
(REF RK 51 .C56x 1996)
- Dental Abstracts (REF
PER/IND RK 1 .A5416)
- Hospital Literature Index
Continued by Hospital and Health Administration Index (REF PER/IND RA 960
.H6x)
- Index Medicus (Gov Docs
HE 20.3612/3:) Online version known as Medline (EBSCOhost, FirstSearch, PubMed,
etc.)
- Index to Dental Literature
(REF PER/IND RK 1 .I4x)
- International Nursing
Index (REF PER/IND RT 1 .I4x)
- Jablonski's Dictionary
of Dentistry (REF RK 27 .J3 1992)
- Medline
Found on EBSCOhost, FirstSearch, PubMed, and many other locations
- Health Source: Consumer
Edition (EBSCOhost)
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Edition (EBSCOhost)
- Highwire (Includes Medline)
- LexisNexis Academic (includes
medical journals)
- Medline Plus (Consumer
Health Information)
- National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information www.calib.com/nccanch/
- NLM Gateway
- Nursing Abstracts (REF
PER/IND FT 1 .N8x)
- Nursing Studies Index
(REF PER/IND RT 41 .N887x 1963)
- PsycINFO 1887-Current
(EBSCOhost)
- Psychology & Behaviorial
Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)
- PubMed /www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
- PubMed Central (National
Library of Medicine Full-Text Journals) www.pubmedcentral.gov/
- SPORT Discus (WKU Internet
Resources)
- USP DI Volume II, Advice
for the Patient*
Directories
- AHA Guide (Ref Desk RA
977 .A1 A46bx)
- American Dental Directory
(REF RK 37 .A25)
- The Best Hospitals in
America (REF RA 981 .A2 S86 1995bx)
- The Directory of Nursing
Homes (REF RA 997 .A2 D49)
- Directory of Physicians
in the United States (REF R 712 .A1 A6 and CD-ROM)
- Medical and Health Information
Directory (REF R 118.4 .U6 M4x 1994)
- The Official ABMS Directory
of Board Certified Medical Specialists (REF R 712 .A1 O335 and CD-ROM)
- Physician's Directory
(REF RS 75 .P5)
- U.S. News and World
Report Hospitals Issue (Periodicals and www.usnews.com/)
- World Directory of Medical
Schools (REF R 711 .W6)
Dictionaries
- Gould Medical Dictionary
(REF R 121 .B62)
- Dorland's Illustrated
Medical Dictionary (REF R 121 .D73)
- International Dictionary
of Medicine and Biology (REF R 121 .I58 1986)
- Melloni's Illustrated
Dictionary of Medical Abbreviations (REF R 121 .M539 1998)
- Mosby's Medical, Nursing,
and Allied Health Dictionary (REF R 121 .M89 1998)
- Tabor's Cyclopedic Medical
Dictionary*
Encyclopedias,
Almanacs, and Handbooks
- American Medical Association
Family Medical Guide (REF RC 81 .A543 1987)
- Atlas of Human Anatomy
(REF QM 25 .N46)
- Atlas and Text Book
of Human Anatomy (REF QM 25 .S67)
- Color Atlas of Human
Anatomy (REF QM 25 .N8613)
- Comprehensive Accreditation
Manual for Hospitals (CAMH) (REF RA 965.8 .J65x 1996)
- Consumer Health USA
(REF RC 81 .C725 1995)
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics
(REF QH 332 .E52)
- Encyclopedia of Cancer
(REF RC 262 .E558 1997)
- Encyclopedia of Gerontology
(REF RC 952.5 .E58 1996)
- Encyclopedia of Immunology
(REF QR 180.4 .E53x 1992)
- Encyclopedia of Infectious
Diseases (REF RC 112 .T87 1998)
- Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
(REF RC 334 .E53 1999)
- Encyclopedia of Virology
(REF QR 358 .E53x 1994)
- Gale Encyclopedia of
Medicine (REF RC 41 .G35 1999)
- Gray's Anatomy (REF
QM 23.2 .G73 1975x)
- Macgill's Medical Guide:
Health and Illness (REF RC 41 .M34 1995)
- Medical and Health Annual
(REF R 5 .M38)
- Merck Index (REF RS
51 .M4 2001x)
- The Merck Manual of
Diagnosis and Therapy (REF RC55 .M4 and www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual)
- Oxford Companion to Medicine
(REF R 121 .O88 1986)
- Yale University School
of Medicine Patient's Guide to Medical Tests Also known as Patient's Guide
to Medical Tests (REF RC 71.3 .S424 1998
Prescription
Drug Guides
- Drug Evaluations Annual
(REF RM 300 .D772)
- Essential Guide to Prescription
drugs (REF RS 51 .E85)
- Nursing Drug Reference
(REF RM 138 .S59)
- Physician's Desk Reference
(PDR) (Ref Desk RS 75 .P5)
Nutrition,
Food, and Drink
- AAA guide to the Best
Wineries of North America (REF TP 557 .G95x 1993)
- The Beer Directory (REF
TP 577 .B413 1995)
- The Book of Bourbon (REF
TP 605 .R44 1995)
- Encyclopedia of Food
Science and Technology (REF TP 368.2 .E62 1992)
- Encyclopedia of Food
Science, Food Technology, and Nutrition (REF TX 349 .E47 1993)
- Encyclopedia of Human
Nutrition (REF QP 141 .E526 1999)
- Encyclopedia of Nutrition
and Good Health (REF RA 784 .R646 1997)
- The New York Times Book
of Wine (REF TP 548 .R63)
- The New Sotheby's Wine
(REF TP 548 .S724 1997)
- Food Composition and
Nutrition Tables (REF TX 551 .F735x 1994)
- The Oxford Companion
to Wine (REF TP 548 .R6455 1994)
- The Oxford Companion
to the Wines of North America (REF TP 559 .N6 O9 2000)
- Vegetables from Amaranth
to Zucchini (REF TX 801 .S353 2001)
- Ultimate Beer (REF TP
577 .J295 1998)
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Directories
- Biographical Directory
of the American Psychiatric Association
- The Complete Mental
Health Directory Indexes and Abstracts
- Chicago Psychiatric
Literature Index*
Indexes
and Abstracts
- Psychological Abstracts
(REF PER/IND BF 1 .P54) Also known as PsycAbs and as PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)
- Psychology and Behavioral
Science Collection (EBSCOhost)
- Child Development Abstracts
and Bibliography (REF PER/IND HQ 750 .A1)
- ERIC (Print, EBSCOhost,
FirstSearch, and AskEric on the Web)
- Professional Development
Collection (EBSCOhost)
- Sociological Abstracts
(REF PER/IND HM 1 .S67 and EBSCOhost)
- Sociological Collection
(EBSCOhost)
- Medline (Available on
EBSCOhost, FirstSearch, PubMed, NLM, etc.)
- Social Work Abstracts
(continues Social Work Research and Abstracts) (REF PER/IND HV 1 .S6x)
- Inventory of Marriage
and Family Literature (continued by Family Index) (REF PER/IND Z 7164 .M2
I57)
This index is no longer produced in print; it is online only. It is available
online through the WKU Library Internet Resources.
Dictionaries,
Encyclopedias, Almanacs, and Handbooks
- Campbell Psychiatric
Dictionary (REF RC 437 .H5 1996)
- Comprehensive Textbook
of Psychiatry (REF RC 454 .C637 1995)
- Corsini Encyclopedia
of Psychology (REF BF 31 .E52 2000)
- Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders 4th ed. (DSM-IV) (REF RC 455.2 .C4 D54 1994)
- Encyclopedia of Human
Emotions (REF BF 531 .E55 1999)
- Encyclopedia of Mental
Health (REF RA 790.5 .E53 1998)
- The Encyclopedia of Phobias,
Fears, and Anxieties (REF RC 535 .D63 1989)
- Encyclopedia of Psychology
(REF BF 31 .E52 2000)
- Encyclopedia of Psychology
and Behavioral Science (REF BF 31 .E52)
- Encyclopedia of Drugs
and Alcohol Continued by Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Other Adictive
Disorders (REF HV 5804 .E53)
- Mental Health Disorders
Sourcebook (REF RC 454.4 .M458 2000)
Statistics
and Epidemiology
- AHA Hospital Statistics
(Ref Desk RA 981 .A2 A6234)
- Statistical Record of
Health and Medicine (REF RA 407.3 .S732)
- Weekly Epidemiological
Record (World Health Organization) (REF RA 651 .A483)
- World Health Statistics
Annual (REF RA651 .A4851x)
- World Health Statistics
Quarterly (REF RA651 .R3bx)
- World Health Statistics
Report (REF RA651 .R3ax)