Step 1: Find Background Information - EXS 202 - Exercise Physiology - HCCC Libraries at Hudson County Community College

Step 1 - Find Background Info on a Medical Condition

Use the resources below to search for the medical condition you will focus on for this assignment.

Use Health Reference Center and Salem Health - Magill's Medical Guide to find background information about the medical condition.

Use the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine to search for your medical condition and note any medications that are used to treat the condition. We will use one or more of those medication names to run searches in Step 2.

Health Reference Center
Journals in medicine, nursing, allied and consumer health.
Salem Health - Magill’s Medical Guide
Magill’s Medical Guide, 8th Edition

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Includes information on almost 2,000 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics.

Why find background information?

This is an important step that allows you to:

gain general knowledge of a topic you're interested in looking into more deeply
gather some additional keywords and terms you can search with
narrow and refine your topic

EXS 202 - Exercise Physiology

Step 1 - Find Background Info on a Medical Condition

Use the resources below to search for the medical condition you will focus on for this assignment.

Why find background information?

Gabert Library

NHC Library