March 18, 2010


Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers

Teen Health and WellnessThe award-winning and critically acclaimed database from Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.

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Biotechnology: Changing Life Through Science

Biotechnology: Changing Life Through ScienceCovers biotechnological applications ranging across medicine, agriculture, and industry. Devoted to helping younger students and general readers understand the fast-developing science and issues related to: advances in biotechnology, the science of molecular biology and genetics.

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Alive: Canadian Journal of Health & Nutrition

For more than 30 years, alive magazine has been Canada’s recognized leader in the field of health and wellness. Every month hundreds of thousands of people turn to the latest issue of alive to keep themselves up to date with current trends in natural health. People who want to take control over one of the most important contributors to a good life–their health–use alive as their indispensable resource.

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Canadian Points of View Reference Centre

Canadian Points of ViewA full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: environment, health, human rights, crime, race, technology, substance abuse, and many more.

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Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students 2003

This single-volume resource provides detailed information on the physiological and psychological effects of addictive drugs and substances, from illegal drugs to commonly abused classes of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Entries cover the name of the drug, including official, street, variant and historical names; an overview of the substance; statistical analysis of the growth and decline of the use of the drug; mental, physiological and long-term effects of use; treatment and rehabilitation options; and much more.

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Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health 2nd ed., 5v, 2006

Written for students and professionals in the field. Entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. Also discusses the roles of all major health professionals.

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Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer 2v, 2006

Includes entries covering cancers, cancer drugs, treatments, side effects, and diagnostic procedures.

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Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders 2v, 2002

Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.

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Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 3rd ed., 5v, 2006

Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone.

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Health and Wellness Resource Center

Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, pamphlets and 2,200 general interest publications plus a broad collection of reference titles.

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