Health and Wellness Resource Center

Tell me
The database includes magazine and journal articles, pamphlets, multimedia, and reference books on all aspects of medicine, health, and wellness including traditional and alternative medicine.
You will find information about specific diseases and conditions, including excellent introductory articles, a Drug and Herb finder relating to the condition or disease, Trusted web sites and Health and Risk assessment tools.

Book resources include various Gale encyclopedias i.e. The Gale encyclopedia of Medicine, The Gale encyclopedia of Alternative medicine, Mosby's medical dictionary, The patients guide to medical tests and more.

This is an American database, however, it does include some information from Australian sources. News and perodicial articles are updated daily


When assisting a customer, with medical information
* Always respect their privacy.
* Leave the patron in control of how much personal information to disclose e.g. ‘if you can tell me what kind of information would be most useful to you, I can help you better.
* Provide the information, do not give advise or try to intepret/explain the information .
* Do not offer your own experiences or hearsay about similar medical conditions.
* Identify what level of information is needed- an overview, detailed.....Provide information at the level the patron can understand/ make sense of.
* Do not assume that the person asking the question is the person who has the health condition.
* Determine the age and sex of the person in question. A medical condition may affect a child differently than an adult, and treatments can vary depending on age and sex.
* Suggest they discuss any questions, treatments arising from Health and Wellness articles with their medical practitioner/specialist or refer to appropriate organisation.
*Verify unfamiliar terms in a dictionary or encyclopedia available Be cautious with medication names - some drugs have similar names but very different uses.


Show me
List of Sources http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC/HWRC_References.htm?l=s&s=9&locID=wh_manningham&bucket=all&n=10


Guided tour http://galenet.galegroup.com/hwrc/storyboard/storyBoard.html
Click on the arrow forward to begin


Search tips http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC/HWRC_Search_Tips.htm?l=t&s=9&locID=wh_manningham&n=10&bucket=all


Try me
The link to this database can be found through the 'Information on the web' page under Health and Medicine or Databases A-Z
.http://ezproxy.wev.vic.gov.au/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wh_manningham?db=HWRC


Test me
1. Using the Advanced Search find 2009 articles on 'wound management' from the Australian Nursing Journal.

2. Using a Health Assessment tool calculate your Body Mass Index.

3. Beyond the standard search in Health and Wellness what part of the database can you use to find further information on Cancer.

4. Look for an Alternative Medicine encyclopaedic article and magazine article on Lice Infestation.

5. Find information on the drug Glucosamine

6. Search for information on Diabetes. Use all the search features on offer. Medical Dictionary entry Alternative Medicine Encyclopedia article Video Medical Encyclopedia article Web link Magazine and Journal articles News Health Assessment Tools Drug and Herb for Diabetes