Subject
Research Guides
Women's Health
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on women's health topics. If you have a personal health concern, be sure to consult with the Pine Manor College Health and Wellness Center http://community.pmc.edu/healthandwellness/.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Handbook of the Psychology of Women and Gender | REF HQ1206 .H2385 2001 |
| Gender, Race, Class and Health | REF RA448.4 .G46 2006 |
| Women & Primary Care: an Agenda for Change | REF RA564.85 .W66 1998 |
| New A to Z of Women's Health: a Concise Encyclopedia | REF RA778 .A494 2000 |
| Encyclopedia of Women's Health | REF RA778 .E5825 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Women's Health Issues | REF RA778 .G39 2002 |
| Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century | REF RA778 .N67 1998 |
| For Women Only!: Your Guide to Health Empowerment | REF RA778 .N883 1999 |
| Women's Health Care Handbook | REF RC48.6 .W64 2000 |
| Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women | REF RC451.4 .W6 C65 2003 |
| Yale Guide to Women's Reproductive Health | REF RG121 .M667 2003 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the RA (Public Health), HM (Sociology), and HV (Social Welfare) call number ranges.
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
- Health Reference Center Academic: full-text articles on health topics.
- LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow links for Health Care and Community Health.
- Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealthissues.html
- consumer health information and links from the National Library of Medicine - National Women's Health Information Center
http://www.4woman.gov/
- articles, resources, and statistics on from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services - National Women's Health Resource Center
http://www.healthywomen.org/
- the not-for-profit NWHRC develops and distributes women's health information - CDC Women's Health Topics
http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec802271b0
- links to Centers for Disease Control articles on women's health issues - Society for Women's Health Research
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/
-the SWHR provides up-to-date articles about health topics as well as a free newsletter