Hauora me te Oranga Health & Wellness
Important
The information on this page is NOT designed to replace the advice and care that can be obtained from a health professional and should NOT be regarded as professional advice from a qualified doctor or health professional.
Wellington City Libraries will freely provide health information to enable better communication between health professionals and their patients. However, the library will not offer advice on medical and health issues.
Recent books
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Magazines
The library has a number of magazines on health topics. A small number of titles are available at our branch libraries.
All health magazinesWe also have health magazines available online — check out our Magazines on Overdrive and our Pressreader database for digital magazines which can be read on desktops, tablets and smartphones.
You'll find many popular titles -- have a browse!
Catalogue Quicksearch
Shelf Help
Subject: | Dewey
number: |
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Addiction | 616.86 |
Arthritis | 616.722 |
Asthma | 616.238 |
AIDS | 616.9792 |
Allergies | 616.97 |
Cancer | 616.994 |
Contraception | 613.94 |
Children's Health | 618.92 |
Depression | 616.8527 |
Diabetes | 616.46 |
Diabetes, diet therapy & recipes | 641.56314 |
Diet & Nutrition | 613.2 |
Digestive Diseases | 616.3 |
Eating Disorders | 616.8526 |
Exercise & Fitness | 613.7 |
Gynaecology | 618.1 |
Heart Disease | 616.12 |
History of Medicine | 610.9 |
Human Anatomy | 611 |
Human Physiology | 612 |
Infertility | 616.69 |
Medical Science | 610 |
Menopause | 618.175 |
Multiple Sclerosis | 616.834 |
Natural Medicine | 615.3 |
Parkinson's Disease | 616.833 |
Pregnancy & Childbirth | 618.2 |
Prescription Drugs | 615.1 |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 616.95 |
Skin | 616.5 |
Sports Medicine | 617.1027 |
Women's Health | 613.0424 |
Other Medical Conditions:
Search the catalogue for information on other medical conditions, or browse our lending and reference shelves from 610 for medical dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Our online databases & resources
You can access these databases with your library card number from any computer with an internet connection. All of our libraries offer access on free internet PCs, and staff can provide assistance.
Below you'll find just a few of our online databases that demonstrate the range of information available via these sources:
Health and Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health Module:
This database contains information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal Remedies, and Alternative or Complementary treatments, and more.
The information comes from health encyclopedias, health dictionaries, and health journal and newspaper articles which are mostly full text.
Health and WellnessResource Center
EBSCO
EBSCO gives access to: health articles and abstracts including Lancet, Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Harvard Health Letter (from Harvard Medical School), plus many more publications.
(If you haven't used EBSCO in the past 30 days, these links will prompt you to log in with your library card details.)
Log in to EBSCOMedlinePlus
The library allows free access to MedlinePlus from any of the free internet pcs in our libraries and at each enquiry desk. MedlinePlus is a medical database available online and run by the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Access MedlinePlusThe New Zealand Medical Journal
There is free access to articles older than 6 months on the New Zealand Medical Journal's website.
Other databases
Visit the mygateway health section for more databases on the topic of health. To see what online resources we have available on other subjects, visit our online databases home page - mygateway.info.
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This page is written and maintained by library staff. The aim of this page is to keep you informed about the health resources available at the library and to highlight parts of the collection that may interest you.
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