Health Reference Center- Academic [Galegroup]

Dates covered: 1994- present, updated monthly Recommended uses: Starting place for research for health and medicine research. Restrictions: This database is for the use of the Le Moyne College community only through the New York State Library and LSTA fundsthrough the NOVEL: New York Online Virtual Electronic Library program. Access is through the campus network. Off campus access is available through the Library's proxy server.> Description: A multi-source database for health and wellness research. Rich with full text documents, Health Reference Center draws from medical and consumer periodicals, health newsletters, reference books, referral information, topical overviews, and pamphlets. It provides information from medical journals and consumer health magazines and also provides contact information for support groups, hotlines, and research centers. The 40+ full text nursing and allied health journals as well as leading medical journals, provide the latest information specific to students' courses and careers. The sources include indexing for over 200 (and full text for over 100) journals; 500+ full text pamphlets, and selected health-related articles from an additional 1,500 general interest magazines; full text of six medical reference books; including the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine more than 1,800 medical overviews from 'Clinical Reference Systems'; contact information for support groups, hotlines, and research centers from 'The Complete Directory for People with Chronic Illness.' Access: Web access to Infotrac from the GaleGroup.