Resources

The Emily Hall Tremaine Library & Resource Center collects and organizes a collection of books, journals, databases and audiovisuals to serve the information needs of patients, their families and caregivers, the staff, students, members of the community and other libraries. The collection includes resources in the fields of consumer health, medicine, nursing, allied health, and health administration. In addition, a small collection of fiction and biography is maintained for the recreational reader.

Services

Instruction on the use of library resources, databases, and the Internet is available; an appointment is recommended.

Literature searches will be performed by a professional medical librarian. Requests may be made in person, in writing, or by telephone, fax or e-mail. Most searches are done using the National Library of Medicine MEDLINE database. MEDLINE contains more than 9 million records dating back to 1966. You will receive a printout containing citations to journal articles.

Full text of most articles can be obtained from our collection or from our network of affiliated libraries. When requesting articles that must come from another library, you should anticipate that it will take 5 or 6 working days to arrive. Fax service is only available in the case of a clinical emergency.

Links

The Internet contains a vast number of heath-related resources, but not all of these are reliable or easy to use. The list below is intended to serve as a starting point for users who are unfamiliar with websites intended for both the consumer and the health professional.

National Organizations

• American Brain Tumor Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• American Sleep Disorders Association
• Arthritis Foundation
• Brain Injury Association
• Brain Injury Association of Connecticut
• Centers for Disease Control
• National Health Information Center
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• National Institutes of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• National Organization on Disability
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association-Connecticut Chapter
• National Stroke Association
• Paralyzed Veterans of America

Consumer Health Websites

• Alternative Medicine Homepage
• Center Watch Clinical Trials Listing Service
• Healthfinder
• HealthScout
• Mayo Clinic O@sis
• NOAH [New York Online Access to Health]
• Oncolink
• PharmInfoNet
• The Virtual Hospital

Rehabilitation

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Brain Injury Center
• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• National Rehabilitation Information Center
• National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury
• The Perspectives Network
• PoinTIS
• rehabNet
• Spinal Cord Injury Information Network