Healthy Santa Cruz County - vision

Library Resources

• Find Books: Eye Diseases / Disorders
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about eye disorders / diseases. Use this link to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, vision

Recommended Websites

• Eye Care America
  Helpful, easy-to-use site presented by the American Academy of Ophthalmology features: detailed information about the 20 most common eye diseases and conditions; eye disease simulators; access to free brochures and more. Text size and contrast can be adjusted for readability.
  Browse related subjects: healthy lifestyle, recommended website, vision
• Eyes / Eye Diseases - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Information for all ages; news and research updates. From: NLM / NIH. See also from MedlinePlus: Eye Injuries and Laser Eye Surgery (with Interactive tutorial: LASIK).
  Browse related subjects: MedlinePlus, recommended website, vision
• Healthy Eyes
  Special features: Diagrams and video clips; materials available (some in Spanish) include: brochures, fact sheets, posters, programs and activities for schools. From: National Eye Institute.
  Browse related subjects: healthy lifestyle, recommended website, vision
• NIHSeniorHealth.gov
  Special features: In-depth information about more than 25 medical conditions which affect people over 55 (all available in audio format; text enlargement also available. From: NIH.
  Browse related subjects: aging, alzheimers, assisted living, cancer, cardiovascular, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, lung disease, lungs, Medicare, medications, mental health, nursing homes, osteoporosis, parkinson's disease, quit smoking, recommended website, senior health, stroke, veterans benefits, vision

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.