Medical Assisting: Diagnosis & Diseases

Library and free web resources to support students in PCC's Medical Assisting program, and anybody researching health and medical topics.

Diseases & Diagnosis

Medline PLUS Health Topics
Symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention for over 800 diseases, illnesses and health conditions. Check out "Videos & Cool Tools" for animated videos showing the anatomy of body parts and organ systems and how diseases and conditions affect them.

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Current medical information for allied health professionals. The Merck Manual's 17th edition is available free online. Search by keyword or browse the table of contents.

Merck Manual of Geriatrics
Available free online.

Merck Manual of Health & Aging
Available free online

Print edition of Merck Manual available at all PCC campus libraries - Call number Reference 615.02 M47 2006

Databases with Overviews on Diseases and Disorders

Gale Ebooks (formerly GVRL) This link opens in a new window
Gale eBooks has over 200 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Look here for biology, chemistry, nursing and medicine, sociology, history, education, law, and more.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive source for nursing and allied health journals including nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, medicine, general health and more.
Health and Medicine Resources (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Search EBSCOhost's Alt HealthWatch, CINAHL Plus, MedicLatina, MEDLINE, and others (including Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier) at the same time. Topics include consumer health information, nursing and allied health, pre-clinical sciences, aging, and more.