Health Sciences Library
Michelle Zafron, MLS. Public Health and Health Professions Library Liaison
829-3900 ext. 109
Michelle Zafron
mlzafronHSL (AIM)

HSL Statistics Wiki
Collection of links to statistical data including county and local.

BMI Calculator
From the CDC, this site offers online BMI calculations for adults, adolescents, and children.

Electronic Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Online calculations for parenteral and enteral nutrition

Dosage Calculations for Nurses
Includes practice problems and calculations

Ovid MEDLINE
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE is the premier database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the pre-clinical sciences, indexing over 4000 journals from around the world.

PubMed
The National Library of Medicine produces MEDLINE, the premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. PubMed provides free access to all MEDLINE citations; in-process citations, out-of-scope citations from MEDLINE journals, and more.

CINAHL
Provides authoritative coverage of literature related to nursing and allied health. Some of the fields indexed include: physical therapy, nursing, occupational therapy, emergency service, cardiopulmonary technology, and health education.

Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews
A combination of all four EBMR databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, ACP Journal Club, and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness. The material included ranges from enhanced abstracts and commentary on journal articles selected as methodologically sound and clinically relevant to full-text structured abstracts that critique review articles from a variety of medical journals to complete reviews and protocols.

EMBASE
EMBASE is a major biomedical and pharmacological database which gives you access to the most up-to-date information about medical and drug-related subjects.

USDA National Nutrient Database
Detailed nutrient content for home cooked and prepackaged foods

IBIDS: International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
Citations to the published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals

R2 (Rittenhouse) Library
Large collection of electronic books in the fields of health science

HUBNET
Collection of point-of-care tools and electronic books including:

• Lexi-Comp
• STAT-REF
• Clinical Evidence

BISON Catalog
Holdings including books, journals, AV material

HSL e-Journals
Journals providing full-text access to articles in primarily health sciences journals

ILLiad

• Document Express: have materials from North Campus sent here
• Interlibrary Loan: borrow materials UB doesn?t own
• Annex: have materials from the Annex storage facility sent here

EndNote
Bibliographic management software.

Access to our site is unrestricted. When you attempt to access one of the databases or the electronic journals, you will be prompted for a user name and password. All you need to connect to any of the library resources is a UBIT name and password. More information on the process can be found here.