Diseases

The following resources will help you explore diseases.

 Online Databases

  Health Reference Center Academic
Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center.
     

Health and Wellness Resource Center and
Alternative Health Module
Medical information for health professionals and general readers.
Includes medical dictionary and encyclopedia, health news and much more.
Student Resource Center - Health Module
Includes more than 1,200 essays on medical and health-related topics, including diseases, treatments, and major historical figures in the fields of medicine, chemistry, biology, and related areas along with  photographs and diagrams.


 Internet Sites


ALA - Diseases A-Z: www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33316

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/health/diseases.htm

Genetic Disorders Library: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd/

Health A to Z - Diseases and Conditions: www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/index.jsp

NIH Medline Plus - Genetic Disorders: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticdisorders.html

NOAH - Genetic Disorders: www.noah-health.org/en/genetic/

Virus Basics: http://library.thinkquest.org/23054/basics/index.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0820

WebMD - Diseases and Conditions: http://my.webmd.com/condition_center_all

World Health Organization - Infectious Diseases: www.who.int/health-topics/idindex.htm

Yahoo-Diseases and Conditions: http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions

Your Genes, Your Health: http://yourgenesyourhealth.org/
 

 

If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.google.com or http://scholar.google.com/, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "lung cancer", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on lung cancer as opposed to all of the sites containing the word lung plus all of the sites containing the word cancer.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about lung cancer, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about symptoms and treatment of lung cancer,  I would enter the following:

    "lung cancer", symptoms, treatment

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 


 

Created by Liza Zandonella, Library Media Specialist.

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