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ASW Health Databases


Teen Health and Wellness
All content is reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, and guidance. Topics include:
  • Diseases
  • Drugs
  • Alcohol
  • Nutrition
  • Mental health
  • Suicide
  • Bullying
  • Green living
  • Financial literacy

Health Source
80 full text, consumer health magazines. Topics include:
  • Consumer health
  • Medical sciences
  • Food and nutrition
  • Childcare
  • Sports medicine

ASW General Databases


Middle Search Plus
140+ popular, middle school magazines

SIRs Discoverer
Magazines, Newspapers, Reference, Images

Selected Web Sites


BioDigital Human
A 3-D model of male and female bodies. Point your mouse at a part of the human body - the mandible - and it will be identified for you in visually and audibly.
Explore with your mouse as this is pretty amazing resource to learn about the human body!

Teen Health and Sexuality
Information You Can Trust from the Internet Public Library Project 2 (IPL2). 150+ links to sites that include:
  • Acne
  • Alcohol/drug use
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • dating
  • Eating disorders
  • Smoking

teenshealth.org
Each article is signed and dated with links to the authors' credentials and place of employment.
  • Mind and body issues
  • School
  • Dealing with bullies
  • Driving
  • Sexual health
  • Food and nutrition
  • Sports

Mayo Clinic Health Information

  • Diseases and conditions
  • Symptoms
  • Healthy Lifestyle

Medline Plus (U.S. National Library of Medicine)

Multiple Languages (Including French, German, Polish, Spanish)
  • For patients and their families and friends
  • Information about drugs, diseases, conditions, treatments, and wellness
  • Reliable, up-to-date health information
  • Medical videos or illustrations
  • Latest medical research; info on clinical trials