Pontious Learning Resource Center

Databases: Health

Unless otherwise indicated, type the first nine digits of the Warner Southern College barcode number and press ENTER to access password protected sites.

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Description: The CDC, "located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services." The CDC mission is "to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."
EBSCO
Description: "EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries." Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
FitnessLink
Description: Healthylinks is a fitness search engine which rates and links the best sites. Linked topics includes - fitness; health; mind; muscle; nutrition; pro; product; sport; and weight.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac)
Description: Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Health Reference Center-Academic (InfoTrac)
Description: "Use this database to find articles on: Fitness,Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc." Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
LexisNexis™ Medical
Description: This database contains: articles from medical and health news sources and journals plus abstracts from The National Library of Medicine's Medline. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection
Description: The Oxford Refence Premium Collection enhances the 100+ books in the Core Collection with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This means an additional 140,000 entries, including 50,000 longer, in-depth, signed entries with bibliographies. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Thomason Gale PowerSearch (InfoTrac)
Description: The Thomason Gale PowerSearch is a cross-searchability interface, enabling users to search across multiple Thomson Gale online collections. It simplifies navigation with a "breadcrumb trial" that shows the path the search has taken, letting the user easily return to a previous step. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Xreferplus
Description: Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary, Black's Medical Dictionary, Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing, Collins Dictionary of Medicine Title information Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations, Dictionary of Medicine, Peter Collin Publishing, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, International Dictionary of Homeopathy, Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology , Mosby's Dental Dictionary, Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health , Dictionary Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients, Pharmaceutical Medicine, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary, The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia, The Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines, Webster's New World™ Medical Dictionary Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number