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Health Information Collection
Mid-Manhattan Library, 2nd floor
455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street
New York, NY 10016
212.340.0883 |
mmhic@nypl.org
New! HealthInfo Newsletter (October 2006)
Although we welcome questions about our services, we regret we cannot answer
reference questions by e-mail. Please visit us in person or use the services
of Ask Librarians Online.
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About the Collection
The Health Information Center has the largest collection of health
materials at the New York Public Library. It contains 22,000 circulating
and reference books as well as videos with 200 periodicals and indexes.
Subjects include:
- General Medicine
- Consumer Health
- Alternative Medicine
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Pathology
- Sports Medicine
- Nursing and other Health Care
- Diet, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness
- Pregnancy and Child Birth
- Veterinary Medicine
- Multilingual Medical Dictionaries
- History of Medicine
- Medical and Nursing Biographies
Test Collection
Medical Licensure Examination questions, test preparation guides and
reviews for physicians, nurses and other health care professionals are
available for circulation.
Workshops
The Center conducts a regular Health on the Internet workshop.
Learn to search for physicians' credentials, information on diseases
/ disorders, medication, nutrition, and fitness.
This class is taught by the librarians of the Health Information Center. Pre-register
online 2 weeks prior to the class, or in person on the 4th floor
of the Mid-Manhattan Library.
Other Services
A document delivery service for health and medical journal articles
for personal use only is available. (Limited to 10 articles; $1.00 each;
the fee is non-refundable). Requests should be made at the Information
Desk.
Hours
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Pathfinders
Periodicals and Online Databases
We provide online access to the following health related databases.
Please visit the E-Resources
site to search these databases:
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Alt HealthWatch EBSCO
Focus on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
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AMA Physician Select
Provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO).
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Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
A comprehensive resource that provides integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information through an intuitive Web interface. Included in the database are full-text magazines, journals, pamphlets from a wide variety of medical sources as well as "Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine".
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Health Source: Consumer Edition EBSCO
Full text for journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition EBSCO
Includes scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
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MEDLINEplus
Allows users to search about specific conditions using dictionaries, MEDLINE, PUBMED and other resources.
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NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
A guide to the latest health information and resources.
Acceso Computarizado a la Salud de Nueva York (NOAH, siglas en inglés) le proporciona al consumidor información sobre la salud en inglés y en español.
Browse our collection of consumer health and wellness websites at
Best
of the Web.
