Library of Congress Subject Headings

A list of selected subject headings:
• Dental hygiene
• Dental Care--methods
• Mouth diseases
• Dentists--patients relations
• Dentistry--psychological aspects

Location of books

Books are located on the 3rd floor of the I.D. Weeks Library and on the first floor of the Lommen Health Sciences Library. Book collections are arranged by Library of Congress Classification System.

WorldCat

Access via Weeks Library homepage under "research databases." WorldCat contains more than 30 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world.

MEDLINE
Available via the Lommen Health Sciences web page or "click on" the Weeks Library research database page.
Major source for biomedical literature. Covers virtually every subject in the broad field of biomedicine. Provides access through abstracts and citations.

CINAHL
Access via the Lommen Health Sciences web page.
Provides coverage of the literature in nursing and allied health.

HealthSTAR
Access via the Lommen Health Sciences web page.
Provides access to published literature of health services technology, administration, and research.

CancerLIT
Access via the Lommen Health Sciences web page.
Comprehensive bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of published cancer literature.

Health Business FullTEXT
Access via the Library's web page "click on" Research Databases.
Provides full text for over 160 periodicals covering the business of health care and more.

Health Reference Center-Academic
Access via the Library's web page "click on" Research Databases.
A general database that provides selective access to health related articles.

Health Source Plus
Access via the Library's web page "click on" Research Databases.
Provides full text to selective health periodicals and pamphlets. Also provides access to Clinical Reference Systems, a list of reports describing symptoms, treatments, risks and after-effects of an array of topics and conditions.

MDX Health Digest
Access via the Library's web page "click on" Research Databases.
Contains citations with abstracts of health articles designed for the general public.

ERIC
Access via the Library's web page "click on" Research Databases.
Provides access to citations and abstracts from education related journals and reports.

The Oral Health Database
Brings together a variety of health-related materials and educational resources with a strong patient education focus. Database is maintained by the National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse.

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Periodicals their Location in the Library

Current issues of periodicals are kept in the reading area, north side of the 2nd floor of the Library, while older issues (bound periodicals) are available on the east side of the 2nd floor. Current and bound periodical collections are arranged alphabetically by title.

Access to Online Journals

To access the Library's electronic resources "click on" Research Databases on the I.D. Weeks Library's web page.

Accreditation standards for dental hygiene education programs.
The American Dental Association web site provides access to accreditation standards for dental education programs.

American Dental Association

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

National Maternal & Child Oral Health Resource Center 

National Health Information Center

Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service.

Dental Hygiene Education (by Margaret J. Fehrenbach)
Page created by Margaret J. Fehrenbach, RDH, MS, and DH educational consultant provides links to over 300 dental hygiene links.

Dental Hygiene & Dental Technology
Provides links to various world wide web sites. This page is sponsored by Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Reference sources

Orthodontics Online

Compiled by John Van Balen
Send comments to vanbalen@usd.edu