Health Sciences: Major Resources
Google Scholar
Search engine for scholarly materials including journal articles. Be sure to use WebBridge to link to Lafayette's resources. Note: if accessing from off-campus, go to "Scholar Preferences" and search "Library Links" for "Lafayette." Check "Lafayette College - Lafayette WebBridge" to make WebBridge appear in search results.
PubMed Central
Database of biomedical and life sciences journal articles. From the National Institutes of Health.
Oxford Reference Online: Medicine and Health
Collection of dictionaries and other reference works on health sciences from Oxford University Press.
BioOne
Collection of over 70 peer-reviewed journals in the life sciences. Coverage for most journals begins in 2000.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Reference database with peer-reviewed articles covering all basic and many applied aspects of the life sciences, with an emphasis on cell and molecular biology.
MEDLINE via ISI Web of Knowledge
The premier index to medical literature for health researchers and professionals. Subject searchers may wish to consult the directory of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), available at the National Library of Medicine's website. A free search interface for MEDLINE, PubMed, with links to select full-text articles is also available.