Health Studies 9  

When selecting a topic you can explore with these general resources.

Wikipedia

Google

You cannot cite these resources but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get a valuable overview of your topic.

Click on the image above to go to our catalog. You can also go straight to the shelves because many health topics can be found in this Dewey section 616. Do not use this number in a search however.

     616

We have two Kindles to lend to anyone who needs to order a book instantly.

Slideshare is a collection of presentations including Powerpoint, Open Office and PDF book formats. For example, see this pdf book on Addiction.  This looks promising for the few topics I checked. Try it!

Blogs are a good place to search for current content. Try one of these search engines:

• Bloglines
• IceRocket
• Technorati

Top 5 Medical Search Engines

1. OmniMedicalSearch

2. WebMd

3. PubMed - One of the Best Medical Search Engines on the Web

4. Healthline

5. HealthFinder

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Health topics are current news, and you can find resources streaming through Twitter feeds. Here's how. 

1. Go to http://search.twitter.com/
2. Search for keywords with and without the # sign.    Example:  relaxation  #relaxation (this is a hashtag)
3. Look for tweets that include a shortened link to another site (often a bit.ly link).

A Twitter hashtag = #keyword

@name = Twitter screen name for an individual tweet stream

ABC Good Morning America Health

We now have NoodleTools. Click on the logo to register and set up your own personal account. You must do this from within our network the first time.  You will be able to create and keep track of your citations and even take notes within your account.  Tutorials here.