Databases: Health Sciences: Medical News Sites
- CHEMnetBASE VCU
- A collection of chemical and chemical related dictionaries. It includes Handbook of Physics and Chemistry. The dictionaries are renowned for quick search for chemical and physical properties of compounds.
- CRCnetBASE VCU
- CRCnetBASE is a collection of over 6,000 electronic books that span over 40 disciplines in 34 separate collections. VCU Libraries does not subscribe to all the collections, but abstracts are available for all entries.
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MEDLINEplus
- Extensive guide to health information resources. Includes common diseases and conditions, dictionaries, organizations, clearinghouses, publications, directories, consumer health libraries, MEDLINE and other medical databases.
- New York Times VCU
- Coverage: 1851 - 2006
- More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals.
- SpringerLink VCU
- Coverage: 1990-present
- Collection of world's leading interactive databases of high quality Science, Technology and Medicine journals, book series, books and reference works.
- www.health.gov
- Portal to the websites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal departments and agencies.
Database Availability
- VCU Available on OR off-campus with EZProxy
- Libraries Available in either Library
- Cabell Available in Cabell Library
- Tompkins-McCaw Available in Tompkins-McCaw Library
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