Researching health information


Publications on this topic held by LINC Tasmania:

Newsletters, programs in Tasmania

How do I research about health?

Try our own health-related databases:

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Informit Health Collection 
DRUG: drug database 

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Recommended websites

Health search tools on the web:

PubMed contains millions of up-to-date medical articles and reports. Try some of the 1–3 minute Quick Tours on getting these articles and reports. Or click on the PubMed Quick Start Guide.

Internet Public Library: Health and Medical Sciences - browse sub-topics on the left-hand side of the web page. For instance, if you wanted diagrams of the human body, you would click on the topic: Anatomy and physiology. Or try clicking on the topic Medical research to find websites for medical articles, trials, encyclopaedic entries...The websites have been selected by librarians.