Module 8  - Subject Resources - Health
Health 4 - Finding and Using Reference Tools
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What Are Reference Tools?

  • printed books and online databases
  • items you "refer" to quickly for background information, including:
    • encyclopedias
    • dictionaries
    • statistics
    • definitions or facts
 

Examples of Health Reference Tools

Reference Books (and call number locations) Reference Databases
  • Food & Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise
    • RA 784 .K397 1997 ABD
  • Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
    • RC81 .H38 1999 ABD
  • Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development
    • RJ 131 .B475 2001
  • Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition
    • QP 141 .E526 1999

Browse the R area to find more!

  • Medline Plus
    • includes over 4,000 articles about diseases and symptoms
  • Health Reference Center

    • articles on on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, occupational health & safety and other health issues (ZU subscription)
  • Medical Dictionary
    • Merriam Webster from IntelliHealth
  • PDR Health
    • covers diseases, health and wellness, and drug information

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