Research Resources: Health

Subject-Specific Online Databases


Annual Reviews - Biomedical Sciences	Indexing for the Annual Review volumes. Some full-text.	More Info
Annual Reviews - Social Sciences	Indexing of Annual Review volumes from 1984 – present. Full text for some articles.	More Info
Health Source Consumer Edition	This database is a rich collection of consumer health information. Full text for some articles.	More Info
MasterFILE Premier	Some articles back to 1975. Full text for some articles.	More Info
Science Direct College Edition	Provides citations, abstracts and full text (1995-present) for over 1100 journals in the Health & Life Sciences Collection. Provides citations and abstracts for all other Elsevier Science Direct journals.	More Info
SPORTDiscus	Citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, theses, and other media published 1800 – present; also books and book chapters from 1949 – present. Full text for some articles.	More Info

General Online Databases


Academic Search Complete	An excellent starting point for finding articles in magazines and journals, mostly from fairly recent time periods. Some full-text.	More Info
JSTOR	A full-text collection of over 1,000 major scholarly journals. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals.	More Info
Project Muse	Full text access is available to over 380 journals in the humanities and social sciences.	More Info

Catalogs


Magnus	Online catalog providing access to Luther College library and archival collections.	More Info
WorldCat	WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.	More Info

Newspapers and Current News


New York Times (1995-Present)	Full text of the New York Times (1995 to the present)	More Info
New York Times, Historical (1851-2005)	Searchable full-text newspaper articles from the New York Times from 1851 to 2005.	More Info
Newspaper Abstracts	Citations and abstracts for articles from about 50 national and regional newspapers published 1989 – present	More Info
Newspaper Source	Coverage for over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers. Includes The Times (London) and full transcripts from selected newscasts, including Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNNÂ®, CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR). Full text for most articles	More Info
Wall Street Journal	Citations for significant articles in the 3-star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1971 – present. Complete full text on microfilm (1972 – 2001): AN2 .W2 Full text online for issues published 1984 – present.	More Info

LIS Liaison

Germano Streese

Reference and Instruction Librarian, Visiting Assistant Professor

Preus Library 217

563-387-2223

strege01@luther.edu

Liaison Areas: Athletic Training, Environmental Studies, French, German, Health, Italian, Linguistics, Mathematics, Norwegian, Physical Education, Scandinavian Studies, Spanish

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Internet Resources


A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia	Includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.	More Info

Style Manuals & Writing Guides

Scientific Style and Format : the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

Reference Desk T11 .S386 2006

A guide to citation format in the sciences.