Dental Medicine Research
Drug Information
- MicroMedex This link opens in a new windowMicromedex maintains 'clinical checklists' for diseases, laying out procedures from diagnosis through treatment. Micromedex also contains a drug database for searching drug information and comparing prescriptions.
- UpToDate and UpToDate Anywhere This link opens in a new windowUpToDate is a continuously updated medical resource for clinicians. UpToDate presents a comprehensive synthesis of the evidence on diagnosis, followed by recommendations that can be acted on at the point of care. For off-campus and mobile use you need to create a login. Users must be on campus to create a login, and will be required to use a '.highpoint.edu' email account to complete the registration.
Health Data Tools and Statistics
- ADA Oral Health by StateOral Health & Well-Being in the United States summarizes select 2015 self-reported data on oral health status, attitudes and dental care utilization among adults based on an innovative household survey.
- Data, Tools, and Statistics from the National Library of MedicineHSR Information Central is not an index of all health services resources on the Web. Rather, it contains selective links representing a sample of available information. Items are selected for their quality, authority of authorship, uniqueness, and appropriateness.
- Dental HealthNIDCR supports the collection of statistics to document the magnitude of oral, dental, and craniofacial conditions and assess oral health trends in the United States.
- Disease Control and PreventionStatistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Health Data Tools and StatisticsA collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.Links to health statistics and data sets as well as resources to support data collection.
- Oral Health Data Tools (CDC)Oral health data systems monitor the prevalence of oral diseases and the factors influencing oral health, such as risky or protective behaviors, the availability of preventive interventions and utilization of preventive services. The systems bring together existing data from multiple national and state sources and present the data in useful and accessible formats for the broad community interested in promoting oral health.
Online Research
- Access Medicine This link opens in a new windowProvides access to videos, self-assessment, and leading medical textbooks; connects researchers to more than 1,000 diagnoses through Diagnosaurus, which allows students to browse by symptom, disease, or organ system at the point of care.
- CDC - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAs the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
- DailyMedProvides information on over 20,278 marketed drugs. Available from National Library of Medicine.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowSearch individual or multiple online encyclopedias and dictionaries covering a wide range of subjects, from science to education to history.
- NCBI BookshelfAs a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI's mission is to develop new information technologies to aid in the understanding of fundamental molecular and genetic processes that control health and disease.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to thousands of core titles in the Social and Life Sciences, as well as access to the Elsevier journal collection.
- Springer eBook collection This link opens in a new windowA collection of ebooks with a science focus, covering such topics as computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, and medicine. Springer also includes a number of textbooks.