CHS Pathfinder:
Health: Diseases & Conditions

Terms to use in searching the CHS Catalog

Specific diseases or conditions: hemophilia, tuberculosis, asthma
Be sure to check for synonyms: Mono is mononucleosis; German measles is Rubella: Lou Gehrig's Disease is ALS or amytrophic lateral sclerosis.

Call numbers: Go "browse" the shelves in these areas

614 through 618

Some books which may be borrowed

How the Cows Turned Mad by Schwartz (2003) 616.83 SCH<
The invisible enemy : a natural history of viruses by Crawford (2000) 616 CRA
Spare Parts: from peg legs to gene splices by Murphy (2001) 617.9 MUR
Where the germs are : a scientific safari by Bakalar (2003)  616.014 BAK

Some Reference books - to be used in the library

Gale Encyclopedia of  Medicine (1999) R 616 GAL
Human Diseases and Conditions (2000) R 616 HUM
Sick! Diseases and Disorders,  Injuries and Infections (2000) R 616 SIC

Magazine databases and other eResources

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Health Reference Center Academic
Health Source
Newsbank   for Globe and Herald articles
Newspaper Source
SIRS 

Web sites

Health: Diseases & Conditions (from Librarian's Index to the Internet)
MedlinePlus: Interactive Health Tutorials  
NOAH - New York Online Access to Health

AV - Videos, DVDs

Allergies (Discovery School) VID 616 BOD
Cancer Warrior (NOVA) VID 616.994 CAN
Immunology (Schlessinger) VID 616.079 IMM
Typhoid Mary VID 614.4 TYP

Biography

T Dakubu 2006