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Medical Resources


This is a selective guide to the library's resources to help you find information on this subject. Assistance is always available at the Reference Desk (865 539-7107) and at the Ask a Librarian Web page.
Subject headings 
These subject headings may be used to locate books in the Pellissippi Library Catalog and the netLibrary eBook collection.
 

Call numbers for browsing 
Use these call numbers to browse the circulating and reference collections: 


Databases 
You may access these electronic resources provided by the library for magazine and journal information or full-text reference sources on this topic at the library Online Database page. (http://www.pstcc.edu/library/online.html)

CINAHL--CINAHL and PRE-CINAHL - Provides indexes and abstracts for over 1,700 Nursing and Allied Health journals dating back to 1982.

Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

Health and Wellness Resource Center - >Citations and full text articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health & safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc.

Health Reference Center Academic - full-text articles from over 600 journals in medicine, health, nursing, and allied health. It also contains indexing from more than 700 additional journals in these fields as well as full-text content of over 400 pamphlets.

Nursing and Allied Health - full text for nearly 400 journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines.



* You may access online databases from off-campus computers by entering your general computer account username and password (used for PSTCC e-mail). NOTE: Enter your username in this format example: s_jmdoe. It is not necessary to add "@pstcc.edu" for this application.

Journals and Magazines 
The following journals are available at the Pellissippi library in the Reference area. Many journals now have websites, providing the table of contents and access to selected articles in the current printed journal. Many include additional information and resources in certain subjects.
  • Health Science Journals - Pellissippi's Full-text Electronic Journal Holdings, divided by subject
  • JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  • The New England journal of medicine
  • RN magazine



Reference Books 

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine Donna Olendorf et all, editors. 5 Vols. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. REF RC 41. G35 1999 A general encyclopedia of medicine.

Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary Douglas M. Anderson, editor. St. Louis: Mosby, 2002. REF R 121. M89 2002 A general medical dictionary for nursing and allied health occupations.

Current Medical Terminology Vera Pyle, editor. 7th ed. Modesto, CA: Health Professions Institute, 1998. REF R 121. P95 1998 Compilation of hard to find medical words and phrases.

Medical Transcription Guide: do's and don'ts Marilyn T. Fordney. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1999. REF R 728.8 .F643 1999

Merriam Webster's Medical Office Handbook Joseph Hamburg, editor. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996. REF 728.8 .M47 1996

The AAMT Book of Style for Medical Transcription Claudia Tessier, editor. Modesto, CA: American Association for Medical Transcription, 1995. REF 728.8 .T469 1995

Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management Michael J. Stahl, editor. Sage Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004. REF RA 971 .E52 2004

ICD-9-CM vols. 1-2, and HPCPS level II, Carol J. Buck, editor., 2002. REF RB 115 .B829 2002 A medical coding book.

Physician's Current Procedural Terminology: CPT/American Medical Association American Medical Association, 2002. REF RB 115 .C17 2002

The Coder's Desk Reference Salt Lake City, Utah: Medicode, 1995. REF RD 16 .C63


Web Resources 

 Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp) - A general medical textbook available full-text on the Web.

MedlinePlus (http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/) - Designed for consumers, but also helpful for students and medical professionals. Provided by the National Library of Medicine, so information is authoritative and up to date. Includes information on over 650 diseases and conditions as well as an encyclopedia, dictionary, drug information, and clinical trials.

National Library of Medicine  (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)- The world's largest medical library, it collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care.

MedWeb (http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/) A virtual medical library maintained by Emory University.

Human Anatomy -NLM Anatomy (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anatomy.html) - Information on human anatomy and all of the systems of the body.


Organizations 

American Medical Association (http://www.ama-assn.org/)   

American Nurses Association (http://www.ana.org/)

American Association for Medical Transcription (http://www.aamt.org/scriptcontent/index.cfm?section=home)

American Academy of Professional Coders (http://www.aapc.com)

American Health Information Management Association (http://www.ahima.org)

Professional Association of Health Care Office Managers (http://www.pahcom.com)

MedWeb (http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/) Select All Subjects, then Societies and Associations