Research drugs and medications

• Consumer health
• Research a disease
• Wellness and preventive care

Search the catalog

• Drugs

Read a Magazine

Full-text coverage of more than 2000 popular magazines and journals, including Cancer News, Consumer Reports on Health, and Health.

Online resources

Consumer Health Complete™ is the most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content available today. It provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. You can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles, online tutorial, Quick Search Guide

HealthSource – Consumer Edition*

Information on health and medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, and sports medicine from consumer health publications and magazines. To learn more, check out the HealthSource tutorial.

Abstracts and selective full-text articles from scholarly nursing and medical journals.

Websites

Listing of FDA-approved drugs, organized by therapeutic area. Also lists ongoing and recent clinical drug trials in the U.S. and Canada. A link is provided for the PDR Family Guides Drug Information.

Drug information database that lists prescription and over-the-counter medicines, including warnings about potential interactions with food and/or other drugs. Includes information on the use of some common nonprescription medicines.

Health eLinks

Easy to use information covering many medical topics, from allergies to weight loss.

A resource for those who cannot afford medicine or other healthcare costs.

Independent list of information on approved or near-approved drugs. Includes a listing of the most prescribed drugs. Popular drugs in plain English is included in the Drug FAQs/Patient Monographs. Also offers information on Alternative Medicine herbals.