Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for gaining a basic understanding of a topic and getting started with a research project. Typically, a bibliography, or list, of "classic" books and articles for further research follows each article. Students will find also these encyclopedias useful for brushing up on topics related to their central area of investigation. [Note: See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower subfields within the discipline.]

Companion encyclopedia of the history of medicine / edited by W. F. Bynum and Roy Porter.  London: Routledge, 1993.

Includes essay length articles on the practice and art of medicine from its classical beginnings to modern times. Interdisciplinary and multicultural in focus.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] R131 .C650 v.1-2

Encyclopedia of bioethics / Stephen G. Post, Editor in Chief. New York: Macmillan Reference USA: Thomson/Gale, 2004.

Seminal publication defining all aspects of the field of bioethics.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QH 332 .E52 2004 v. 1-5

Encyclopedia of diabetes / William A. Petit and Christine Adamec. New York: Facts on File, 2002.

Comprehensive reference source on all aspects of diabetes from history to mental health.

CALL NUMBER: RC660 .P424 2002

Encyclopedia of public health / edited by Lester Breslow. New York: Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group Thomson Learning, 2002.

Intended to give the general reader an understanding of the important facets of public health. Includes a collection of "basic documents" and writings in the history of public health and an annotated bibliography.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RA423 .E53 2002 v.1-4

Encyclopedia of medicinal plants / Andrew Chevallier.  New York: DK Pub,; Boston: Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 1996.

Herbal medicine compendium. Describes folk and traditional uses and any scientific research of 550 plants commonly used for health benefits. 

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RS164n.C4437 1996

Encyclopedia of psychotherapy/ edited by Michel Hersen and William Sledge. Amsterdam; Boston: Academic Press, 2002.

Comprehensive overview of psychotherapy treatments. Includes descriptions of treatments, and their theoretical and research foundations.

CALL NUMBER: RC475.7 .E55 2002 v. 1-2

Encyclopedia of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders / Richard Noll. New York: Facts on File, 2000.

Comprehensive coverage of the psychoses. Includes historical, biographical and clinical information.

CALL NUMBER: RC514 .N63 2000

Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine / Kristine Krapp and Jacqueline L. Longe, editors.  Detroit : Gale Group, 2001.

Covers 157 complementary therapies, 306 herbal remedies, and 283 common medical diseases and conditions in 750 full-length articles.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] R733 .G34 2001 v.1-4

Historical encyclopedia of nursing / Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.

Biographical and topical coverage of healers and healing from ancient to modern times.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RT31 .S66 1999

Nutraceuticals: The complete encyclopedia of supplements, herbs, vitamins, and healing foods / Arthur J. Roberts, Mary E. O'Brien, and Genelle Subak-Sharpe, editors. New York: Berkley Pub. Group, 2001.

Comprehensive buying and treatment guide for naturally occurring food or food supplements which are thought to be beneficial to health.

CALL NUMBER: RM258.5 .N88 2001

Oxford illustrated companion to medicine / edited by Stephen Lock, John M. Last, and George Dunea. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Guide for the general reader to the field of medicine and its allied disciplines. Includes biographical index.

CALL NUMBER: R121 .O884 2001

World of health/Brigham Narins, Editor  Detroit : Gale Group, 2000.

Compilation of articles on health and medicine. Covers theories, discoveries, concepts, and the people responsible.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] R130.5  .W67 2000

These specialized subject dictionaries define the terminology in the discipline.

Cecil textbook of medicine. Edited by Lee Goldman, Dennis Ausiello. Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders, c2004. Also available in CD-ROM format for in-library use only.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RC46 .C423 2004  v.1-2

Essential guide to prescription drugs 2001/ James J. Rybacki and James W. Long. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2001.

Profiles over 300 drugs (2000 brands). Includes color drug identification insert. Provides information on herbal/prescription adverse interactions.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RM302.5 .L66 2001

Oxford Reference Online: Medicine. [ Online ] Oxford University Press, 2006. Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s14 (Accessed 13 September 2006).

Includes access to Concise Medical Dictionary, An A-Z of Medicinal Drugs, A Dictionary of Nursing, and A Dictionary of Psychology. Restricted to Union College.

PDR guide to biological and chemical warfare response / [foreward by John G. Bartlett; editor, David W. Sifton; assistant editor, Gwynned L. Kelly]. Montvale, NJ: Thomson/Physicians' Desk Reference, 2002.

Basic information on biological and chemical toxic warfare agents, antidotes, vaccines, antibiotics and other clinical countermeasures.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RA648 .P374 2002

Handbooks collect basic, practical information, formulas, tables of data, classification systems, and definitions for professionals operating within a discipline.

AIDS sourcebook / edited by Dawn D. Matthews. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2003.

Consumer health information about AIDS and HIV infections. Includes facts about transmission, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, opportunistic infections. Reports current research. Includes glossary and list of resources.

CALL NUMBER: RC606.64 .A337 2003

Allergies sourcebook / edited by Annemarie S. Muth. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2002.

Consumer health information about allergic disorders and tips on diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Includes statistical data, glossary, and source directory.

CALL NUMBER: RC584 .A3443 2002

Cancer sourcebook / edited by Karen Bellenir. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2003.

Consumer health information about cancer, cancer treatment and therapies. Includes glossary, statistical and demographic data, and source directory.

CALL NUMBER: RC263 .C294 2003

Diabetes sourcebook / edited by Dawn D. Matthews. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2003.

Consumer health information about diabetes and complications of all types of diabetes. Includes facts about insulin, exercise, and nutrition. Glossary and resource list also included.

CALL NUMBER: RC660.4 .D56 2003

Health care policy and politics A to Z / Julie Rovner. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003.

Covers U.S. health care policy issues with an emphasis on the role of the U.S. Congress. Includes issue histories.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RA395 .A3 R685 2003

Medicine in quotations: views of health and disease through the ages / edited by Edward J. Huth and T. Jock Murray. Philadelphia, P.A.: American College of Physicians, 2000.

Complies over 3000 quotations organized alphabetically by topic. Includes subject and author-citation index.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] R705 .M465 2000

Oxford handbook of sports medicine / edited by Eugene Sherry and Stephen F. Wilson. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Practical guide to sports medicine and emergency treatment.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RC1211 .O94 1998

Sexually transmitted diseases sourcebook / edited by Dawn D. Matthews. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2001.

Consumer health information about STDs including diagnosis, treatment and information about prevention. Includes section on Youth and Adolescents, glossary and additional resources.

CALL NUMBER: RC200.2 .S387 2001

The library subscribes to the ASI Microfiche Library for federal government publications containing statistical data. Every document indexed in ASI since 1979 is available in this library. In addition to the ASI Microfiche Library, the library also subscribes to the SRI Microfiche Library, containing most but not every nonfederal statistical item indexed in SRI. A third collection, Index to International Statistics, deals with statistical material from international, intergovernmental bodies, completes the package. Online access to the database (and to some of the documents themselves) is available through the Statistical Universe component of Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

Best of health: demographics of health care consumers / Alison Stein Wellner. Ithaca, N.Y.: New Strategist Publications, 2000.

Data predominantly from the National Center for Health Statistics. Detailed tables about health care consumer characteristics.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RA445 .W45 2000

Statistical handbook on infectious diseases / Sarah B. Watstein and John Jovanovic. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Perss, 2003.

Statistical overview of the status of infectious diseases worldwide.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RA643 .W33 2003

Directories identify the professionals, institutions, organizations, and associations within a discipline.

AHA guide to the health care field. Chicago, Ill. : Healthcare Infosource, Inc., 1997-

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] RA977 .A1 A46 2004

Bibliographies are lists of books, articles, films, etc., which help users identify, locate and select relevant sources in a given subject field.

PubMed [electronic resource] Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information, 1997-

Connect to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject-specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals.

AMA Style Guide. [ Online ] Available: http://library.ups.edu/research/stylemanuals/ama.htm 

Based on American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th ed., 1998.

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. [ Online ] Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browsable in the Stacks and Reference Collection.

R	Medicine (General)
RA	Public aspects of medicine
RB	Pathology
RC	Internal Medicine
RD	Surgery
RE	Ophthalmology
RF	Otorhinolaryngology
RG	Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ	Pediatrics
RK	Dentistry
RL	Dermatology
RM	Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RS	Pharmacy and materia medica
RT	Nursing
RV	Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
RX	Homeopathy
RZ	Other systems of medicine

The New Acquisitions List  (residing on the Library Catalogs page) is generated on the 10th of each month and includes items added to the library's collections for the previous calendar month.

Check the Online Catalog or Periodical Title List for holdings information.
 

Use the Full Text Electronic Journal List: Health Sciences to search or browse for health-related  journal or newspaper titles available in electronic format from other sources.

Research Guides supplement the broader Research by Subject pages by focusing on the print and electronic resources that are most useful for a course specific research assignment. For faculty, the Research Guides provide structured access to the Library and Internet resources relevant to their own work or in advising students on their research projects. For students working independently, it serves as a reminder of services and materials offered within the library while at the same time providing a gateway for information available from remote sites.
 

HCM 500:	Introduction to Health Systems

Faculty using Blackboard are encouraged to incorporate links to Library resources (specifically the Research by Subject pages and the appropriate course-related Research Guides) into the Blackboard course pages. Your Departmental Liaison or Bibliographic Instruction Contacts can assist you.

Schaffer Library provides to range of general and subject specific electronic databases. These databases may offer full text access to articles or provide library holdings information.

AcademyHealth (formerly Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
http://www.academyhealth.org/

AIDS Action Foundation
http://www.aidsaction.org/

Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org/

Alliance for Health Reform
http://www.allhealth.org/

American Association of Health Plans
http://www.aahp.org/

American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine
http://www.acponline.org/

American Hospital Association
http://www.aha.org

American Lung Association
http://lungusa.org/

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-ass.org

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
http://www.asbh.org

Aspen Institute
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/index.asp

Association of Academic Health Centers
http://www.ahcnet.org/

Association of American Medical Colleges
http://www.aamc.org/

Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
http://www.amchp1.org/

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
http://www.avac.org/

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (UNC-Chapel Hill)
http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/

Center for Adolescent Health & the Law
http://www.adolescenthealthlaw.org/

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
http://www.chcs.org

Center for Health Services Research and Policy (George Washington University)
http://www.hfni.gsehd.gwu.edu/~chsrp/

Center for Health Workforce Studies
http://chws.albany.edy/

Center for Medicare Education
http://www.medicareed.org/

Center for Reproductive Rights
http://www.crlp.org/

Center for Studying Health System Change
http://www.hschange.com/

Center for the Advancement of Health
http://www.cfah.org/

Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization
http://www.hcfo.org

Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute
http://www.cbaci.org/

Commission on Microeconomics and Health
http://www.cmhealth.org/index.html

Commission on the Public's Health System
http://www.cphsnyc.org/

Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
http://www.hivforum.org/index.htm

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/ihcrp

Grant Makers in Health
http://www.gih.org

Greater New York Hospital Association
http://www.gnyha.org/

Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu

Hastings Center for Bioethics
http://www.thehastingscenter.org/

Health Insurance Association of America
http://www.hiaa.org/

Health Policy Tracking Service
http://www.hpts.org/

Health Privacy Project
http://www.healthprivacy.org/

HealthAssistance Partnership
http://www.healthassistancepartnership.org

Healthcare Association of New York State
http://www.hanys.org/

Institute for Child Health Policy
http://www.ichp.edu/

Institute for Health Freedom
http://www.forhealthfreedom.org/

Institute for Health Policy Solutions
http://ihps.org/

Institute for Healthcare Improvement
http://www.ihi.org/

Institute of Medicine
http://www.iom.edu/

Leonard David Institute of Health Economics (University of Pennsylvania)
http://www.upenn.edu/ldi/

Public Health Foundation
http://www.phf.org

Public Health Policy Advisory Board
http://www.phpab.org/Homepage/HomePage1.htm

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/

Government Agencies and Clearinghouses:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)
http://www.ahcpr.gov/

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

CDC National Prevention Information Network
http://www.cdcnpin.org

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.dhhs.gov/

Health Care Financing Administration
http://www.hcfa.gov/

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
http://www.medpac.gov/

National Bioethics Advisory Commission
http://bioethics.gov/

National Institute of Health
http://www.nih.gov/

Office of the Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/sgoffice.htm

Tools for tracking recently published articles.

The New York Times: Medicine & Health Professions. [ Online ] The New York Times. Available: http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Medicine_&_Health_Professions/
(Accessed 13 September 2006)
Provides full text access to health and medical related articles from The New York Times "Medicine & Health" section, including Bioethics, Communication Disorders, Nutrition, Mental Health, and Public Health.

Departmental Liaison: Mary Cahill
For information on resources, services, collections, and book ordering for your department

Bibliographic Instruction Contact
For information on scheduling course related instruction session or faculty training session

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