1. Tennessee State University Brown-Daniel Library Resources for Allied Health

2. Prepared by: Lynetta Alexander

3. Scope  By its very nature, the field of health involves many other disciplines, such as psychology, nutrition, physical exercise.  The fields in allied health also encompass diversity such as dental hygiene, occupational therapy and several others.  This presentation covers general health- related resources.

4. Electronic Access to Books  Online Catalog Online Catalog  Athena Athena  Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary Loan

5. Print Resources – Stack Area  The discipline of health: R, third floor.  Psychology: RC (psychiatric disorders), BF psychology  Science Q, third floor (QD chemistry, QH biology, anatomy QM)  Nutrition, TX

6. Selected Print Reference Sources  Medical dictionaries (R 121)  Exploring Health Careers (R 690)  American Hospital Association Guide (RA 977)  CINAHL (paper)  Statistical Abstract (HA 202)  Encyclopedia of Bioethics (QH 332)

7. Selected Print Sources in Reference (cont.) At Ready Reference Desk: Physician’s Desk Reference CDR Complete Drug Reference Encyclopedia of AIDS Statistical Record of Health and Medicine

8. Periodical Holdings  May be accessed by: Notebooks located in both libraries, listing title, call or shelf number, Main or Williams Campus, and dates Periodical holdings link on the library web page, includes links to title and subject lists Periodical holdings

9. Representative Allied Health Periodicals  Jrnl. American Medical, Dental Assns.  Jrnl. Health and Social Behavior  Jrnl. of Allied Health  American Jrnl. of Physiology, Nursing  Journal of Immunology  Journal of Biological Chemistry  Health Management Technology

10. Electronic Resources (1)  Books in Print Books in Print  Evaluations Evaluations  Government Resources Government Resources  Online Forms Online Forms  Online Journals Online Journals  Periodical Holdings Periodical Holdings  Virtual Reference Desk Virtual Reference Desk

11. Electronic Resources (2)  May be accessed through Databases Online via Library Home PageDatabases  MEDLINE MEDLINE  Academy of Science Abstracts Academy of Science Abstracts  Marcive Web Documents Marcive

12. Electronic Resources (3)  Infotrac: (some full text) Infotrac  EBSCOhost: Academic Search Premier (full text) EBSCOhost CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) CINAHL  PsycInfo: indexes books and journal articles about psychology PsycInfo  Lexis-Nexus: medical research (full text) Lexis-Nexus

13. Electronic Resources (4)  Librarians’ Index to the Internet: http://www.lii.org http://www.lii.org  Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.orghttp://www.ipl.org

14. Government Documents  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report  Vital & Health Statistics  Public Health Reports  Journal of the National Cancer Institute  Health Care Financing Review  Index Medicus  National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Management Series

15. Conclusion  Thank you for your attention. We hope this presentation has been helpful. Brown-Daniel Library Tennessee State University (615) 963-5201