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Medical/Health Databases

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	ConsumerReports.org features Ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel.
Resources EBSCOhost Databases A-Z History Reference Center Science Reference Center	This source provides access to a collection of magazine and newspaper databases in various subject areas, with many full-text articles in addition to abstracts and citations. Ebsco Host is abailable in Espanol, Francais and Deutsch.
	. Business Source Premier, is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
	Find what you're looking for by Categorie: Arts & Crafts, Collecting, Electronics & Games, Home & Leisure, Model Building, Needlecrafts & Textiles, Outdoors & Nature, or Scrapbooking & Papercrafts. Something for all ages.
Literary Reference Center	Browse by Authors, Browse by Works, look at Book Highlights, look at Reference Shelf. There is a Content Highlight and Author In Focus.
Points of View	There are choices to: Browse by Category, View all Topics, look at Research Guides and In the Spotlight.
NoveList Plus and NoveList Plus K-8	NoveList Plus and NoveList Plus K-8 is a database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and more for over 150,000 fiction titles and 50,000 non-fiction titles for all ages. It also offers author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks, and feature articles. The database is searchable by author, title, series, category, genre, theme, or key word (plot description).
Searchasaurus and Kids Search	Searchasaurus (Elementary), Kids Search (Elementary and MS) and Sudent Research Center (MS and HS): These resources offer help to a student doing research. From the main page you can search by topic or by subject/keyword and also offers a dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.
Automotive Repair	Chilton Library provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site.
	Autotropolis.com is dedicated to consumers who are researching and buying new or used vehicles. The site provides interactive tools for car shoppers to complete their research. Some of the features include Autotropolis.com's exclusive TIP data combined with propriety rankings, unique research tools and a select dealership network allows car buyers to easily and quickly find, choose, price and then purchase a new or used vehicle in four easy steps.
	This is a free online information service provided by Colorado libraries. Chat live with a librarian anytime, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except major holidays.
	Learn English, Spanish, French, German, Italian or Dutch. Note: Need Internet Explorer 5.0 or later version. Not compatible with Macs, Safari, Firefox, Netscape. Must disable popup blockers. Need to have Flash Player 7.0. Need microphone for verbal part of lessons.
Electronic media	Download best selling audio books, music and videos 24/7 to your PC at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world. Now your library never closes! GCLD and the Marmot Library Consortium together offer this service.
Electronic media	Download e-books to your PC 24/7, anytime anywhere. Search by keyword, title, author, subject or narrator. Set up a User Name and Password at a GCLD Library and then search for and check out books at home on your computer.
Tests and tutorials	Set up a User Name and Password at a GCLD Library and then you can use your home computer. LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
Authors and literature	Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. Contemprary Literary Criticism Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of pricinpal works and sources for further study.
Grand County History	Look at Places, People, Timeline, Community Life, Business/Industry or Transportation. Each area includes articles and photographs of life in Grand County.
Genealogy	Search census records from 1790-1930; Search Books for family histories; Search PERSI, an index of over 1.6 million geneology and local history articles or Search Revolutionary War records.
Colorado History	Look at Heritage Colorado for digitized historic photographs, Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection, Colorado's Main Streets for historical architecture and Western Trails for Indian Trails, Explorerer Trails, Military Trails, etc.
Colorado Historic Newspapers	This site is a part of the Collaborative Digitization Program. There are newspapers from 1859-1923 in many different regions of the state. Pick a region to search from the map or click on the Browse All or Search All tabs.
	Alexander Street Press: an index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and other Personal Narratives
	This site provides help for low-income Coloradans seeking civil legal information such as: self-help legal information, where to find no or low-cost legal help and whether you qualify for that help, information about the courts and more!
	If you find an item in the Denver Public Library Online catalog that is not available at a Grand County Library you may fillout and request it with our Online InterLibrary Loan Form.
	Prospector is a unified catalog of twenty three academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Through Prospector you have access to over 20 million books, journals, DVDs, CDs, videos and other materials held in these libraries. With a single search you can identify materials from many collections. To borrow the items fillout and make your request with our Online InterLibrary Loan Form.
	This website offers a lot of information, including: Issues & Elections; Learning & Technology; Health; Family, Home & Legal; Money & Work; Travel; Fun & Games.

Colorado Workforce Find information on Unemployment Online Services, Employment and Training, Colorado's Economy and Job Market, Curent Labor Statistics, Workers Compensation, Labor Laws, etc.

Medical/Health Databases
	MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
	MedlinePlus le ordenará a la información ayudar a contestar a preguntas de salud. MedlinePlus reúne la información autoritaria de NLM, los institutos nacionales de la salud (NIH), y otras agencias de estatal y organizaciones relativas a la salud. Las búsquedas de Preformulated MEDLINE se incluyen en MedlinePlus y dan de fácil acceso a los artículos de diario médicos. MedlinePlus también tiene información extensa sobre drogas, una enciclopedia médica ilustrada, clases particulares pacientes interactivas, y las últimas noticias de la salud.
Mayo Clinic	More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health
American Cancer Society	Get information on cancer treatments, trials, etc
	NIH is the nation’s medical research agency - making important medical discoveries that improve health and save lives.
	Los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH), como parte del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos, son los primeros organismos Federales que realizan y apoyan la investigación médica. Al abrir camino hacia importantes descubrimientos médicos con el objetivo de mejorar la salud y de salvar vidas, los científicos de NIH investigan las causas, los tratamientos y las posibles curas de las enfermedades más comunes y también de las más inusuales. Los NIH, integrados por 27 Institutos y Centros, proporcionan liderazgo y apoyo financiero a los investigadores en cada estado y en todo el mundo.

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