Alt Health Watch

This alternative health database provides full text about complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. *

Consumer Health Complete

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Supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides journals, magazines, reference books, and other information sources covering mainstream, complementary, and holistic medicine.*

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, literature, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.*

Health Reference Center Academic

Multi-source database for health and wellness research.*

Health Source: Consumer Edition

Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.*

Health Source: Nursing/Academic

Scholarly full text journals, abstracts, and indexes focusing on many medical disciplines.*

MedicLatina

Full-text Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals.*

MEDLINE

Web database to search for articles in medical journals via PubMed from the National Institutes of Health.*

Natural & Alternative Treatments

Contains information on conditions, natural and alternative treatments, herbs and supplements, and drug interactions.*

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Full-text coverage of topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.*

Salud en Espanol

Consumer Health Complete database of health information in Spanish.*

SciTech Premium Collection

SciTech Premium Collection includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. For those researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline.*

Weiss Financial Ratings

Independent and unbiased financial strength ratings for banks and credit unions, stocks and mutual funds, and all types of insurance companies including HMOs; customized Medicare Supplemental Insurance (MediGap) buyer's guide that includes plan features, pricing, and regional availability. Financial planning tips are also available. *

Centers for Disease Control

Information from the federal government on health and diseases.

DEA Drug Fact Sheets

Descriptions of commonly abused drugs like cocaine, inhalants, marijuana, steroids, and others.

Filing a Claim For Your Health or Disability Benefits

Describes some of your plan's obligations and briefly explains the procedures and timelines for filing a health or disability benefits claim (from the U.S. Department of Labor).

Healthcare.Gov

Learn about insurance options, coverage, and consumer rights under the Affordable Care Act.

Healthfinder

Consumer health information from the federal government.

Hospital Compare

Compare the quality of hospital care based on patient surveys.

MedlinePlus: Health Information

Information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions.

MedlinePlus: Informacion de salud para usted

MedlinePlus es el portal de Internet de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de informacion de salud para el publico. Information is also available in other languages.

Merck Manual Consumer Version

Online medical manual designed for the general public. Includes current medical news and feature articles.

PubMed Central

PubMed Central (PMC) is a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

RxList

In-depth drug information.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Offers links to resources for treatment as well as information for family and community members.

Texas Medical Board Doctor Search

Find doctors by name or specialty.