- Browse
the Great Falls Public Library Catalog
The Great Falls Public Library Catalog provides access to our collection of over 150,000 items. You can use our online catalog to find books, tapes, CDs, videos and DVDs. You can also use our online catalog to check your library record, renew items you have checked out or reserve items that you would like to check out. You must be a registered library card holder to check out items and library cards are free to Cascade County residents.
Access databases and electronic books
- Health
and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted
medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical
journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos
from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general
interest publications in addition to a broad collection of
Thomson Gale reference titles.
- Health
Reference Center Academic
Multi-source database provides access to the full text of
nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of
personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning
Health Reference Center.
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Medicine
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.
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Presents current, unbiased information on alternative and
complementary medical practices, including reflexology, acupressure,
acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic,
Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy,
Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda, and osteopathy. Information
on recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases,
medicinal uses for plants and herbs, are balanced by conclusions
of studies on efficacy and analysis of current levels of acceptance
by traditional scientists and doctors.
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Cancer
Comprehensive survey of 120 cancers, cancer drugs, traditional
and alternative treatments, side effects and diagnostic procedures.
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The set, which covers every major body system, is arranged
into five main entry types: Diseases and Disorders; Development;
Immunizations; Drugs; and Procedures.
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
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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CINAHL
with Full Text
CINAHL with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive
source of full text for nursing & allied health journals,
providing full text for more than 580 journals indexed in
CINAHL. With full-text coverage dating back to 1981, CINAHL
with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas
of nursing and allied health literature.
Search the National Library of Medicine
- MedlinePlus
is a website containing health information from the world's
largest medical library, the United States National Library
of Medicine. Health professionals and patients use the
website for its up-to-date, authoritative information. It
provides extensive information from the National Institutes
of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and
conditions, interactive health tutorials, a medical encyclopedia,
a medical dictionary, extensive information on prescription
and nonprescription drugs, links to thousands of clinical
trials and more.
- PubMed
is a free search engine offering access to the MEDLINE database
of citations and abstracts of biomedical research articles.
MEDLINE covers over 4,800 journals published in the United
States and more than 70 other countries primarily from 1966
to the present. Many PubMed citations contain links to full
text articles which are freely available, often in the PubMed
Central Digital Library.
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