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Copley's Community Health Education Library (CCHEL)
A resource for community members to use to become informed about a variety of health issues. Located on the first floor of the hospital, across from Administration.

Vermont 2-1-1
Just dial 2-1-1 from anywhere in Vermont for information about health and human service organizations in your community. A program of the United Ways of Vermont and the Vermont Agency for Human Services.

Online Resources
Our Health Services Librarian has provided this list of helpful resources, recommended by the Medical Library Association and the National Network of Medical Libraries. It is organized by the following categories:

           Most Useful for Health Consumers
           Minority Health Racial Ethnic Group Resources from NNLM
           How to Search the Web for Health Information
           Medical Encyclopedias/Dictionaries
           Chronic Illnesses and Diseases

Most Useful for Health Consumers                                                     Back to Top

MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information (English)
MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information (Spanish) - Medline is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

familydoctor.org - website of the American Academy of Family Physicians

healthfinder® - health news, personal health tools and more from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Mayo Clinic - physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health

Kidshealth® - an award-winning site from Nemours, one of the largest nonprofit organizations devoted to children's health

NIH Senior Health- basic health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health

HIV InSite - comprehensive and up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy from the University of California San Francisco

WebMD - website recommended to patients by Copley's Medical Staff

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health - in English and Spanish

Vermont Department of Health

Vermont Ethics Network

Minority Health Racial Ethnic Group Resources from National Network of Libraries of Medicine                             Back to Top

Latino American Online Resources
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/ethnic/latamer.html

Native American Online Resources
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/ethnic/native.html

Asian American Online Resources
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/ethnic/asianamericanhealth.html

African American Online Resources
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/ethnic/aahealth.html

How to Search for Health Information                                  Back to Top

The following link provides an indepth tutorial. It explains how a medical librarian can assist you; how to peform a search for health information; covers a vareity of search techniques and what resources are available and how to use them.

Health Information Search Tutorial
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/hlth_tutorial/index.html

Medical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries                                                 Back to Top

Resources and tutorials to help you navigate "Medspeak," the specialized language or "shorthand" of health professionals.

Deciphering Medspeak
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/medspeaka_d.html

Deciphering Medspeak - Disease Specific Brochures
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/index.html

RX Riddles Solved!
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/medshort.html

Deciphering the Diagnosis
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/meddiag.html

Medical Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Medical Dictionary
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Chronic Illnesses/Diseases                                                                          Back to Top

American Cancer Society

National Cancer Institute

Cancer Care

American Red Cross
National Guideline Clearinghouse - site created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and U.S. Department of Health. Provides detailed information on clinical practice guidelines for diseases and conditions. America's Health Insurance Plans [AHIP]).

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