George A. Spiva Library

Dental Hygiene


REFERENCE PRINT BOOKS

Dental Care and Oral Health Sourcebook

REF RK61 .O66

Color Atlas of Periodontology

REF RK361 .R283


Use the following online catalogs to search for more print books on your topic:

  • SWAN -searches for materials in Spiva Library and 9 other libraries belonging to the SouthWest Academic Network.

  • MOBIUS -searches for items in more than 60 academic libraries in
    Missouri, including Spiva Library.


Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to use as search terms for this topic include:

Dental Care

Mouth

Orthodontics

Dentist

Mouth Diseases

Periodontal Disease

Dentistry

Occlusion

Periodontics

Gums

Oral Medicine

Plaque

Hygienist

Oral Surgeon

Teeth

Intraoral Exam

 

 


REFERENCE eBOOKS
(off-campus access requires a login - University email & PIN)

Concise Medical Dictionary

Dictionary of Public Health

Oxford Companion to the Body

Oxford Companion to Medicine


NETLIBRARY eBOOKS (http://www.netlibrary.com/)
(off-campus access requires a NetLibrary account previously created from an on-campus computer)

Opportunities in Dental Care Careers

Reversing Gum Disease Naturally: A Holistic Home Care Program

ARTICLE DATABASES
(off-campus access requires a login - University email & PIN)

CINAHL with Full Text - provides indexing for over 1,800 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health.


Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module) - provides integrated access to medical, statistical, health, and related information.


Health Reference Center Academic - integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.


Health Source: Consumer Edition - searchable full text for nearly 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 200 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.


Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - provides access to nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

See a complete listing of article databases covering this subject.

See complete A-Z listing of all our article databases.


Web Resources

American Dental Hygienists Association (ADHA) - the largest national organization representing the professional interests of the more than 120,000 registered dental hygienists (RDHs) in the United States.


Dental Hygienists; U.S Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Handbook - provides information about training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions.


Hardin MD (Hardin Meta Directory) - a "directory of directories" for health and medicine.


HIVdent - a not-for-profit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for adults, adolescents, and children living with HIV disease.


Merck Manuals Online - a trusted source for medical information available free online.


Missouri Dental Hygienist Association - strives to provide dental professionals with the latest relevant information regarding their profession and to provide the general public with information relating to oral health.


National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - mission is to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information.


National Museum of Dentistry -a Smithsonian affiliate center where visitors discover the importance of a healthy smile and are fascinated by the rich history of dentistry. In 2003, the 108th Congress designated NMD the official museum of the dental profession.


U.S. National Library of Medicine Gateway - the world's largest medical library providing information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care. This link provides a global search function for PubMed, PubMed Central, and Medline Plus.


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