FAQS

Is this for the course Structure and Function of the Human Body? If so, see our guide just for that course assignment at http://guides.rasmussen.edu/healthsciences/structureandfunction

For resources related to disease research, see our Disease Research box in the School of Health Sciences guide.

To locate information on diseases:

• Check Magill's Medical Guide for information on your disease.
• Check our eBooks and Academic Ebooks and Academic Ebooks collection for ebooks on the disease you have selected OR for eBooks that cover a wide variety of diesases.  
• Search the Credo Reference eBook collection for information from medical dictionaries and encyclopedias.
• Search the following library databases for journal articles about research related to your disease. You may want to search for your disease and the body system it impacts. Example: Celiac and gastrointestinal
  • CINAHL Complete (great for research-based journal articles)
  • Consumer Health Complete (written for those of us who are not medical professionals; includes fact sheets and pamphlets)
  • Heath Science & Nursing (ProQuest) (great for journal articles, newspapers, and other articles)
  • MEDLINE with Full Text (contains journal articles)
  • Nursing Reference Center Plus (journal articles, fact sheets, general info about conditions and diseases)
• You can see a video on researching diseases in the Disease Research box in the School of Health Sciences guide.

To find information on body systems:

• Our Credo and Gale Ebooks collections contain encyclopedias and dictionaries that cover the health sciences, physiology, and medicine. In them, you should be able to find good information about the system you are working with (musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, etc.).  Databases such as Consumer Health Complete will be helpful, too.  To see images of different systems, check out the Scientific & Medical ART Imagebase.