COH 100 - Personal Health Resources

Literati includes online access to over 600 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and biographies.  Their topic pages provide excellent overview of key issues and links to additional information:

• Abortion. (2004). In New Harvard Guide to Women's Health.
• Adoption. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.
• AIDS. (2008). In Encyclopedia of Global Health.
• Birth Control. (2004). In Encyclopedia of Women's Health.
• Contraception. (2005). In The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia.
• Family Planning. (2013). In The Hutchinson Encyclopedia.
• Homosexuality. (2004). In The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.
• Pregnancy. (2004). In New Harvard Guide to Women's Health,
• Prostitution. (2004). In Encyclopedia of Women's Health.
• Human Sexuality. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.
• Sexual Health. (2013). In The Hutchinson Encyclopedia. 
• Sexually Transmitted Disease. (2013). In The Columbia Encyclopedia.

 Health & Wellness Resource Center provides excellent overviews of major healthcare topics from the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine:

• Abortion, Partial Birth (overview)
• Abortion, Selective (overview)
• Abortion, Therapeutic (overview)
• Pregnancy (overview)
• Sexual Abuse (overview)
• Sexual Addiction (overview)
• Sexual Dysfunction (overview)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (overview)

• American Academy of Family Physicians' Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Information
• Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers  (ATSA)
• Centers for Disease Control: Reproductive Health
• Centers for Disease Control: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Centers for Disease Control: Sexual Rist Behavior
• Mayo Clinic Pregnancy Week-by-Week
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• Office of Adolescent Health (Department of Health & Human Services)
• RAINN - Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
• Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP)
• Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues (Division 44, APA)
• The Woman's Sexual Health Foundation (TWSHF)

Use the following links to find more reference sources:

Selected Article Databases:

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
• Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
• ProQuest Central
• SocINDEX (EBSCO)

• Abortion (articles)
• Circumcision (articles)
• Pregnancy & Diet (articles)
• Pregnancy & Lifestyle (articles)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases & Prevention (articles)

• Kids Having Kids: Teenage Pregnancy
• Love Bugs
• Understanding Healthy Relationships and Sexuality
• Why Thee Wed: Gay Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage

For more, search your terms in the Library Catalog and refine by Material Type: Audio Visual and Viewable Online.