Subject Guide for Athletic Training
Finding Articles
Finding Authoritative Web Sites
Finding Books, Videos, DVDs, & CDs
Online Books
FINDING ARTICLES
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FINDING AUTHORITATIVE WEB
SITES
Web Site Directories & Databases
Franco Library’s Internet Reference Library
The Internet Reference Library has a list of selected Psychology, Health & Medicine Web sites. The Internet Reference Library can be accessed from the Resources section of the Library Web site.
Search results are limited to authoritative web sites.
Athletic TrainingWeb Sites
BOC standards of professional practice
Limiting Web Searches to Credible Sites
- Limit searches to government or education web sites by adding site:.edu or site:.gov to your
search terms.
Example: diabetes site:.edu - Add the term HONcode. Health and medical web sites with the HONcode seal
meet the accreditation
standards of HONcode.
Example: diabetes HONcode - Search the National Library of Medicine MedlinePlus database
Guides for Evaluating Web Sites
The Research Guides page, listed under Research Help on the Alvernia Library
Research page, links to sources for finding and
evaluating Web sites.
INTERACTIVE HEALTH TUTORIALS
This MedlinePlus website links to tutorials from the Patient Education Institute. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language
FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, DVDS, & CDS
WorldCat 179 million records
This Online Union Catalog lists holdings from libraries across the world. Searches can be conducted across all libraries or limited to the Alvernia Library collection. Searches can also be limited to specific types of documents such as books, visual materials and Internet resources. (dates of coverage: 2100 B.C. – present)
Requesting a book from this collection only takes a minute. Click on the Borrow this item from another library link. Submit the form with your Alvernia ID number and allow two weeks for delivery of the requested book.
Alvernia's Catalog is the best tool for finding items in Alvernia Library's collection. You can search for books, audiobooks, books in the Best Seller collection, audio-visual materials (videos, DVD's and CD's), course reserves, and journals in our print collection. Item records indicate if the item is available. Students, faculty and staff with an Alvernia ID card can place a hold on items that are currently in circulation.
A good way to start your research is to read brief overviews about your topic. Reference books provided an overview as well as a sense of the scope of a topic, and introduce terms that may be helpful in searching for additional information. Examples of books with background information and reference sources are listed below:
The Encyclopedia of Elder Care R362.198 E56 2004
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary 610.3 D711 2007
Encylcopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health R610.3 E56 2003
Spanish-English, English-Spanish Medical Dictionary R610.3 M141 2005
Mosby's Medical Dictionary R610.3 M894 2006
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy R611 A284 2005
The CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations R611.8 N474
Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms R616.047 P964 2003
Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology R616.07 C967 2003
Nursing Diagnosis Refernce Manual R616.075 S736 2008
The Encyclopedia of the Muscle and Skeletal Systems and Disorders 616.7 S275 2005
Encyclopedia of the Neuological Sciences R616.8 E56 2003
Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training R617.1 B528, 2005Athletic Training & Sports Medicine 671.1 A817 1999
ONLINE BOOKS
Education and counseling ebooks.
Over 15,000 ebooks covering a broad range of subject areas.
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
International Encyclopedia of the Social ServicesThe Encyclopedia covers topics in all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical lab technology, emergency medical technology, pharmacology and nutrition. In addition, approximately 400 photographs and illustrations are featured.
The Encyclopedia covers articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
The classic illustrated text of human anatomy (20th edition, 1918) is now available online. It is fully searchable by keyword, table of contents, or subject index containing 13,000 entries. From Bartleby.com. (LII)
Merck Manuals
The Merck Manual of Medical InformationSecond Home Edition
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
The full-text, searchable consumer edition of the famous Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy "meant for all those people interested in medical care who did not have a medical degree." Includes audio files of pronunciations, photographs, animations, and video files. (LII)
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Seventeenth Edition
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
This well-known medical diagnostic handbook is online in its entirety. Searchable, and browsable by chapters. (LII)
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics Third Edition
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/home.jsp
Online edition of print book of same title, providing "information of clinical relevance on geriatric care." Searchable, and browsable by index. (LII)
The Merck Manual of Health and Aging
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_ha/contents.html
Online edition of print book of same title, providing "information of clinical relevance on geriatric care." Searchable, and browsable by index. (LII)