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Health and Science Reference Collection Virtual Reference Library Gale	Over 330 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources. Includes Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Science and other reference works on health and science.	Click here from home.
JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association	Full-text content from 1998 to the present.	See a librarian for full access to this online resource.
Medline FirstSearch	Coverage of all areas of medicine. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.	Click here from home.
Medline Plus	Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.	Free Web site
New Book of Popular Science Grolier Online	Encyclopedia articles and activities on science and mathematics.	Click here from home.
Reference USA Health Care	Information on 650,000 U.S. physicians and dentists.	Click here from home.

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AMA Doctor Finder - Basic information about individual physicians in the United States.

Cook County Department of Public Health - Information about public health programs and services, as well as local health statistics.

Free Medical Journals - Access to online medical journals, sorted by title and specialty. Includes journals in other languages.

Illinois License Look-up - Licenses of doctors, dentists and other professionals regulated by the state of Illinois, including any disciplinary action.

Lab Tests Online - How lab tests are conducted and what the results mean.

MedlinePlus - Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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PubMed - Over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950s.

RxList - Prescription drug information for consumers.

UIC College of Dentistry - Information for prospective patients of the dental college.

Science

WebElements Periodic Table - Descriptions of each of the chemical elements on the periodic table.

General Chemistry Online - Articles, tools, tutorials and exam guides for chemistry students.

Physlink.com - Comprehensive physics and astronomy information.

Nasa.gov - Information on space exploration from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.