Healthy Santa Cruz County - AIDS / HIV

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: AIDS / HIV
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help or further information about HIV/AIDS. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: AIDS / HIV, local information

Library Resources

• Find Books: AIDS / HIV
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books on this topic. Use this link to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: AIDS / HIV, books, books / videos

Recommended Websites

• AIDS - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Interactive tutorial, global statistics, direct links to current clinical trials and ongoing research. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: AIDS / HIV, MedlinePlus, recommended website
• AIDSinfo
  Special features: Information about current and upcoming clinical trials; drug and vaccine updates; reproducible fact sheets and booklets. From: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
  Browse related subjects: AIDS / HIV, recommended website
• HIV InSite
  Special features: Information about treatment, prevention, global impact and political action. Special section "For Patients and the Public" gives information about testing, help for the recently diagnosed, special population risks and treatment decisions. From: University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Center for HIV Information.
  Browse related subjects: AIDS / HIV, recommended website
• The Body: Complete HIV/AIDS Resource
  Special features: Online chat and interactive expert forums plus coverage of more than 550 AIDS/HIV-related topics. From: Body Health Resources Corp.
  Browse related subjects: AIDS / HIV, recommended website

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.
• Rosen Teen Health and Wellness
  This database provides middle school and high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward support. Topics include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.