Subject Resources: Patient Education

Databases
	ABMS Certified Doctor Registration required
	AIM DocFinder - Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
	AMA Physician Select
	Clinical Reference System Patient Handouts. Requires a USC username and password for access.
	ClinicalTrials.gov Registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world
	Consumer Health Library Directory
	Directory of Health Organizations Online (DIRLINE)
	Epocrates Online Premium Database of clinical and formulary information
		ePocrates
	Health Hotlines: Toll-Free Numbers from the National Library of Medicine
	Hospital Compare-US Health and Human Services
	Lab Tests Online
	MEDLINE In-Process through OvidSP Contains recent records waiting to be indexed and loaded into MEDLINE.
	MEDLINE (OvidSP) With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
		Ovid	1950-present
	MEDLINEplus Consumer health resources
	Mental Health Services Locator
	Micromedex Pharmacology information. May only be used for educational purposes by health sciences faculty, students and staff.
		See More Info for access information.
	National Health Information Center
	National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Database
	NLM Gateway from the National Library of Medicine Search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
	Nursing Home Compare
	OvidSP at USC (Includes MEDLINE and other databases)
	PubMed@USC With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
			1966 to date.
	Science Citation Index Expanded Citation database for the sciences
			1900 to present
	TRIP Database Evidence-Based Medicine
	UpToDate Comprehensive, current, succinct evidence-based resource covering multiple medical specialties. Onsite access only.
		UpToDate See More Info for access information.
	VisualDxHealth Provides medical images and disease information for consumers
eBooks
	American Hospital Directory
	Ebrary Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes
	Medication Errors
		R2 Library
	MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia
	Merck Manual of Medical Information Merck Manual of Medical Information - Second Home Edition
		OTHER See More Info for access information.
	Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients
		Credo Reference
	Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
		Credo Reference
Web Sites
	American Hospital Association (AHA)
	Brigham and Women's Hospital Health Topics A-Z
	CHIPS (Consumer Health Information Program and Services)
	Culture Clues
	Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information
		Medline Plus
	familydoctor.org Health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians
	FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
	Genetics Home Reference
	Health Information Translations Quality translations in multiple languages
	Healthfinder
	Healthy Roads Media Multilingual health education information
	Inside Cancer: Multimedia Guide to Cancer Biology
	Los Angeles County Department of Health Services: Your Health
	MEDLINEplus Consumer health resources
	NeedyMeds Patient assistance programs for no cost prescription medications
	NIH Health Information
	NIHSeniorHealth.gov
	Public Health Matters
	Recommended Books for a Consumer Health Library A regularly updated listing of consumer health books from University of Connecticut.
	Tox Town
	VisualDxHealth Provides medical images and disease information for consumers
	WebMD
eJournals
	Health Care on the Internet
		Haworth Press	Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 2002)-Vol. 6, No. 4 (Sept. 2002)
	Health Education and Behavior
		Sage Publications	Vol. 24, no. 1 (Feb. 1997)-present
	Health Education Research
		Highwire Press	Vol. 11, no. 1 (Mar. 1996)-present
	Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
		Haworth Press	Vol. 7, no. 1 (2003)-present
	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 2002)-present
	Journal of Health Communication
		Informaworld	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1996)-present
	Patient Education and Counseling
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 25, No. 1 (Feb. 1995)-present