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Search reference books for information on food science. Topics include food safety, packaging, biotechnology, and product development.

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View full-text medical books online complete with photographs and illustrations.

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Health and Medicine Subject Guide


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Search our catalog and selected periodical databases in this subject area: Selected reference books in Butler Library:
    Directory of Community Services in Erie County
    Agencies are arranged alphabetically and by type of service. Central Referral Service provides an online link to this database of Western New York health and human services organizations.
    Ref HV98 N7 B7 2002-2003

    Educators Guide to Free Health, Physical Education and Recreation Materials
    Lists over a thousand teaching aids that educators can obtain free of charge.
    Ref LB 1043 Z9 E28 2002-2003

    Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice
    This book on complementary health, often called "alternative medicine," discusses practices such as massage, homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic, and biofeedback.
    Ref R733 E525 1999

    The Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
    Information for the family on health and illness. Harvard Medical School faculty also provides a link to this health guide.
    Ref RC81 .H38 1999

    Johns Hopkins Symptoms and Remedies: The Complete Home Medical Reference
    The first section of this book is a collection of charts with symptoms with possible diagnoses. The second section is a comprehensive explanation of disorders.
    Ref RC81 .J66 2003

    Johns Hopkins Medical Guide to Health after 50: The Latest Recommendations from the Hopkins Specialists
    Coverage of more than 100 ailments associated with aging and organized alphabetically by condition. Included are sections on disease prevention and a body atlas.
    Ref RA777.5 .J635 2002

    Medical and Health Information Directory
    A three-volume guide to organizations, agencies, programs, and publications concerned with medicine and health care.
    Ref R118.4 U6 M43 2002

    The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
    A comprehensive medical textbook for the general public. Search or browse the electronic version of this manual.
    Ref RC81 M535 1997

    Mosby's Medical Dictionary
    A dictionary of health and health care terminology.
    Ref R121 .M89 1998

    Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century: A Book by and for Women
    A range of topics related to women's health.
    Ref RA778 .N67 1998

    Physicians' Desk Reference: PDR
    A dictionary of prescription drugs.
    Ref RS75 .P5 2001


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