Health & Medical Information : Treatises, Journals, Health Stats & Drug Info Sources

This link takes the user to the 2001 edition of the Brandon/Hill selected list of medical books and journals for the small medical library. The list is available free-of-charge in the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central digital repository.

This website provides a variety of brief (1-3 minutes each) interactive tutorials explaining how to search PubMed effectively.

This brochure proves basic facts about the PubMed system.

Walks through searching and filtering in the CINAHL database.

Scopus permits users to search for scientific literature concerning a wide range of topics including health and medicine. It is available to Villanova students, faculty, and staff.

Prepared for the nursing school put provides descriptions of and access to major medical and public health article databases.

This link will take the user to the article as it appears in HeinOnline.

This website is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The central component of the database is the Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Surveys that provide timely information on the residents, children and adults who live in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. The survey targets key information about health status, personal health behaviors and access to and utilization of area health services. Data available at the census tract, ZIP code, county and regional level. It is available to Villanova students, Faculty, and staff.

This database is maintained by the City government. it provides data about births and deaths in the City.

This tool, provided by the New England Journal of Medicine, permits users to select certain measures for comparing international health systems.

Collection of open source journals, browse by topic (including Health Policy) or search for keywords.