Interested in the health professions?  Check out the National Institutes of Health LifeWorks website.  

The Career Finder search engine looks like a great tool!

Online Research Guides

Check out this excellent site for researching and documenting resources:

Research and Documentation Online

Students in the Allied Health programs should definitely investigate the Sciences section.

If you're in the Business or Criminal Justice program, explore what's available in the Social Sciences section.

Once you've selected your section, click on the "Finding Sources" tab to find lists of suggested databases, many of which are available through LIRN, or web resources.  (The reference book section is not as relevant, as it was designed for a different library.)

In addition to being a great starting point for research, this site also contains an overview and formatting examples of the four major citation styles:  MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE.  And don't forget to review the "Tips" for evaluating resources--great for students using the Web to conduct research.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to stop by the librarian's desk!

Allied Health students (and faculty) - check out these links!

These websites look great - have fun exploring!

http://www.getbodysmart.com/

Online textbook about human anatomy and physiology, allowing students to visually learning about the human body using interactive animation.

http://www.anatomyarcade.com/index.html

Makes basic human anatomy come ALIVE through free flash games, interactives and videos.

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP1101

Interactive construction of the cell membrane.

http://www.thirteen.org/closetohome/science/html/animations.html

Animation – how drugs work.

Asthma rates rising in US

According to the Wall Street Journal, asthma rates are rising for both children and adults - 24.6 million Americans had asthma in 2009, and the number is likely still larger today.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that asthma costs grew to about $56 billion in 2007.  These costs include medication as well as lost productivity from missing work and missing school.

To learn more, check out the article - it will be available at the Wall Street Journal website for approximately 7 days.

And if you want to access it later, remember that you can search for and retrieve articles from the LIRN database (login 34905).

Just click on the link for LIRN (in the Everest Online Resources column, on the right), enter the login number, then select Infotrac from the list of databases.

Once you're in Infotrac, select Academic OneFile from the list.  Once it's open, select the "Browse Publications" link.  From there you can type "Wall Street Journal" or the name of any other periodical into the "Find Title" search box, and from there you'll be able to select your publication and search for and retrieve articles.