Consumer Health Resources

Consumer Health Guide - The consumer health guide lists select links to resources you can trust.
AllSearch - a List of Resources for the Diseases We Treat  - Use the AllSearch tool to look up useful and authoritative information on the diseases we treat at National Jewish Health.
Evaluate Web information - Use this resource page to find helpful tips on finding and evaluating health information on the Internet before you use it.
The Impulse Catalog - Find books in the Tucker Medical Library.

Helen L. Ritter Health Information Center - Services and Facilities
Located at National Jewish Health on the 1st floor of the Goodman Building in room K104, the Information Center provides health information resources for patients at National Jewish Health. The general public also may use this service.

• The library staff can do limited searches for health information at no charge. Please allow a reasonable amount of time to complete search requests.
• We have print copies of over 80 National Jewish Health Med Facts and brochures.
• We have over 600 books for consumers on all health topics, 60 of which are on lung diseases and immunological disorders. Books in the consumer collection are loaned for two weeks (cost of material is billed after 2 overdue notices).
• We have computers patients can use to search for medical information and check e-mail (computer use is limited to 45 minutes).
• The library provides wireless Internet access.
• Fax machine is available for limited use.
• The library has a copy machine and scanner. Make copies or scan print materials to PDF and TIFF for OCR conversion. The copy machine is reserved for library copying only.