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Subject Guide - Medical Assistant

• Selected Web Resources
• Selected Statistical Resources
• Selected Online Images and Other Media
• Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
• Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
• Full-Text Electronic Books Online
• Selected Books
• Other Library Materials
• Searching the Library Catalog
• Other Library Catalogs

Compiled by Carol Satersmoen, Allied Health Services Librarian Liaison, updated 2011.

Selected Web Resources

• Aims Community College, Academics: Medical Clinical Assisting
• Aims Community College: Academics: Emergency Medical Services, Medical Assisting / Phlebotomy
• American Association of Medical Assistants
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – Regulations and Guidance, HIPPA – General Information, Overview
• Emedicine 
• HealthCentral
• Health Information Library
• MedlinePlus
• Medical Assistant Net
• MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
• Medscape Reference
• National Library of Medicine
• New York Times: Health
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Health Information Privacy
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – National Institutes of Health, HIPPA Privacy Rule
  
  
  

Selected Statistical Resources

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – National Center for Health Statistics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – FastStats A to Z
• FedStats
• National Center for Health Statistics
• U.S. Department of Labor: Health Care
• U.S. Department of Labor: Medical Assistant
• World Health Organization – Data and statistics

Selected Online Images and Other Media

• American Red Cross Virtual Museum
• History of Nursing Museum
• InnerBody: Your Guide to Human Anatomy Online
• Lab Tests Online
• McGill University Virtual Stethoscope
• Medical Pictures
• Physical Exam Study Guides

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

The Library's subscriptions to magazines that are of interest to our Medical Assistant students are primarily in electronic format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)

• Academic Search Elite  (Off-Campus Access)
• Proquest Nursing Journals (Off-Campus Access)
• Proquest Research Library  (Off-Campus Access)
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text 
  Please note that only 5 users can use this database at the same time. Username and password must be obtained from library staff (970-339-6458) for off-campus access.
• BioMed Central Free Journal Articles
• Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
  

Full-Text Electronic Books Online

NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as: Medical Statistics at a Glance; Health Assessment Through the Life Span; Medical Statistics Made Easy; Assessing Children's Well-being: A Handbook of Measures; Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability; The American Medical Association Guide to Home Care Giving; Nursing Assistant Exa; Medical Charting Demystified

• Anatomy Atlases
• Merck Manuals: Online Medical Library  

Selected Books

Other Library Materials

Searching the Library Catalog

The titles above are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog,http://tlc.aims.edu/, provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

Medical personnel; Medical assistants; Physician assistants; Allied health personnel; Medical care; Medical ethics; United States. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Medicine – Dictionaries; Medicine -- Terminology

Other Library Catalogs

• High Plains Library District
• Clearview Library District
• Loveland Public Library
• University of Northern Colorado Library Catalog