Health
We have a collection of books, directories, journals and medical dictionaries aimed at both the general reader and the more in-depth researcher.
These include self-help style books on different diseases as well as information on the NHS and how it works, and new government reforms. Health information files (newspaper and magazine cuttings and leaflets etc) covering a range of health matters are kept in the library, as well as a leaflet of useful health related websites.
We also have market research reports on aspects of the health market.
Online Access
- Use our free 24/7 online reference libraries - Grove Art, Grove Music, Oxford Reference Online, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary
- Access online national, regional and local newspapers using NewsUK.
- You can check and renew items you have on loan and also reserve items using the online library catalogue. You need a Personal Identification Number (PIN number) to request an item or view your membership details on the library catalogue.
- Directories include:
- Medical Directory
- Dentists Register
- Opticians Register
- Sheffield GP's and alternative practitioners
- Various practitioners registers
- Health and Social Care Yearbook
Drugs Information:
- British Pharmacopaeia
- British National Formulary
- Side Effects Book
- BMA Guide to Medicines and Drugs
Journals:
- British Medical Journal
- Nursing Times
- Health Service Journal
- What Doctors don't tell you
- Chemist and Druggist
- Chiropody Review
Alternative and complementary therapies:
- Potters cyclopaedia of botanical drugs and preparations
- The healing herbs of Edward Bach
- The directory of essential oils
- Encyclopaedia of medicinal plants
- Readers Digest family guide to alternative medicine
- Directory of Sheffield complementary practitioners
- The Hamlyn encyclopaedia of complementary health
- The family guide to homeopathy
- Osteopathy for everyone
- A guide to chiropractic
- The illustrated dictionary of natural health
- The reflexology handbook
- Massage
- Healing magnetism
- Prescription for nutritional healing
- A guide to acupuncture
- The singing cure
- Iridology
Useful websites include:
- NHS Direct
- BBC health pages
- British National Formulary
- Dr Foster
- Medic Direct
- Surgery Door
- The U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Prodigy
We also provide useful health websites aspart of our weblinks.
Please note that the inclusion of any website or link on this list does not mean that they have been vetted or recommended by Sheffield City Council. It is important to make sure that you are happy that they are suitable for your own requirements.