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Health Magazines and Newsletters

• Databases on the Library Web
  These databases can be accessed at any of our library locations. For access outside of the library please call the library information center at 901-415-2700 for a username and password. By selecting Galenet you can gain access to the Health and Wellness Resource Center. Use this resource to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on various health topics. By selecting Infotrac you can gain access to Health Reference Center Academic which provides articles from 1980 to the present, many in full text.
  
  
• PubMed Central
  PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). It is not a journal publisher. Access to PubMed Central (PMC) is free and unrestricted.
  
  
• PubMed
  PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals. To order an article found on Pubmed contact the library or the University of Tennessee Health Center at (901) 448-5634.
  
  
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - MMWR
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the current and past volumes of the MMWR Weekly. They contain data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries.
  
  
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
  A peer-reviewed journal tracking and analyzing disease trends from the Centers for Disease Control. Past issues are also available..
  
  
• Pediatrics
  Read the current issue of Pediatrics a magazine provided by the The American Academy of Pediatrics.



• Medical Encyclopedia
  Full Text medical encyclopedia provided by the National Library of Medicine.
  
  
• Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  Provided by MEDLINEplus.
  
  
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
  Provided by RxList the internet Drug Index.
  
  
• Merck Manual -- 2^nd Home Edition
  The Merck Manual of Medical Information -- Home Edition Online, free site made available by Merck & Co., Inc. Also available The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, and The Merck Manual of Health & Aging.
  
  
• Reports of the Surgeon General
  This site contains official reports, conference and workshop reports, and proceedings from the Office of the Surgeon General. The National Library of Medicine has digitized and made available over the Web the Reports of the Surgeon General for use by the public.
  
  
• Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection
  This book discusses how new diseases are brought about and spread by mans interactions with his environment. Especially attention is placed on zoonosis (diseases spread from animals to humans).



• The Bad Bug Book
  Provides basic facts regarding food borne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health.