Alumni Medical Library: Allied Health Resources

Allied Health Resources

Databases for Articles and Research
The Library provides access to 200 databases. The following may be especially helpful for allied health topics:
Agricola
BIOSIS
CINAHL - Cumulated Index to Allied Health Literature
ERIC
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Health Reference Center Academic
Intl Bibliographic Info on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
Medline
Natural Standard
Sport Discus
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
Related Subject Guides A-Z
The Library maintains collections of electronic resources and quality-filtered websites by subject, with 112 subject guides in all. Allied health related subject guides:

Anatomy
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
Nursing
Nutrition
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physiology
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Speech, Language, Hearing Disorders & Deafness

Electronic Textbooks

The Alumni Medical Library subscribes to over 280 electronic textbooks which are available from http://medlib.bu.edu/ebooks. You can search by subject by using the drop down menu on the page.

A number of our textbooks are in a collection called STAT!-Ref, which allows users to search a number of textbooks simultaneously or an individual title separately. The program is available on the Web at http://online.statref.com/default.asp?grpalias=BUSoM and can also be searched from computers in the Library or from remote locations to users who dial-in to the Boston University campus network.

Some textbooks available online include:

Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Volume 3
Color Atlas of Physiology
The Human Body: An Introduction to Structure and Function
Pocket Atlas of Nutrition
Review of Medical Physiology
Sensory Systems
Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Electronic Journals
The Library provides online access to over 3000 journals. Some with allied health interests:
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E-Journals
Acta Orthopaedica
Acta Oto-Laryngologica
Acta Physiologica
Advances in Physiology Education
Advances in Polymer Technology
Agribusiness: an International Journal
AJN: American Journal of Nursing
Aktuelle Ernahrungsmedizin
Alive: Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition
American Annals of the Deaf
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
American Journal of Human Biology
American Journal of Otolaryngology
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Journal of Physiology
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Professional Associations
American Academy of Audiology
American Auditory Society
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
American Dietetic Association
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Pain Society
American Physical Therapy Association
American Physiological Society
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
National Association of Future Doctors of Audiology
Recommended Websites
American Association of Anatomists - Anatomy Resources
Anatomy Atlases
Audiology Resources - Web Resources
Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
National Rehabilitation Information Center - Ready Reference
PEDro, Physiotherapy Evidence Database
Government Resources
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Nutrition.gov
United States Food and Drug Administration
Contact Information