Cobb County Public Library provides a range of free health and wellness resources online and in the print collection, through programming at library branches and in the community. Cobb Library offers healthy living resources for people of all ages and abilities. Your Cobb libraries are committed to promoting and supporting healthy communities and you.
From chair yoga to walking groups, find a wellness program that's right for you at the library!
Books and eBooks
Library resources will require your account login and pin for access.
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Gale eBooks: Medicine
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: Body Systems
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: The Gale Encyclopedia of Fitness
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: Healthy Living
- Gale eBooks: Medicine: Human Diseases and Conditions
- Genetics and Inherited Conditions, 2nd Edition
- Magill’s Medical Guide, 8th Edition
- Principles of Health: Diabetes
- Principles of Health: Pain Management
- Psychology & Behavioral Health
- Salem Health
Visit our online catalog to search for books and eBooks available to you for free with your library card. Or click on any of the links below to find books and eBooks by topic.
Courses and Webinars
Library resources will require your account login and pin for access.
- Gale Courses: Healthcare and Medical: Alternative Medicine
- Gale Courses: Healthcare and Medical: Ancillary
- Gale Courses: Healthcare and Medical: EMS and Firefighters
- Gale Courses: Healthcare and Medical: Ethics, Law, and Compliance
- Gale Courses: Healthcare and Medical: Health Care Certificate
- Gale Courses: Healthcare and Medical: Health Information Management
Databases and Online Resources
Library resources will require your account login and pin for access.
- Alt HealthWatch
- Biology: The eSkeletons Project
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Consumer Health Complete
- Data Axle: Reference Solutions
- Explora
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- Health Reference Center
- MedlinePlus (at National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health)
- The Merck Manual (Consumer Version)
- The Merck Manual (Professional Version)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Science Online
- Science Online: Genetics and Evolution: Human Genetics
- Science Online: The Human Body, includes:
- Cells, Tissue, and Skin
- Human Development
- The Circulatory System
- The Digestive System
- The Endocrine System
- The Immune System
- The Nervous System
- The Reproductive System
- The Respiratory System
- The Senses
- The Skeletal and Muscular Systems
- Science Reference Center
- Today's Science
- Today's Science: Medicine and Health, includes:
- The Age and the Aging Process
- AIDS/HIV
- Air Pathogens and Pollutants
- Allergies
- Alternative Medicine
- Assisted Suicide
- Biorhythms
- Brain and Neurology
- Cancer
- Cardiology
- Cellular Basis of Disease
- Chemical Pollutants
- Diet and Nutrition
- Disease Prevention
- Drugs and Addiction
- Food Safety
- Gene Therapy
- Genetics and Genetic Diseases
- Government Health Policy
- History of Medicine
- Hormones
- Human Physiology
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases and Pandemics
- Medical Diagnostics
- Medical Technology
- Microbes and Microbial Disease
- Mind and Body
- Personal Health
- Pharmaceuticals
- Poisons and Poisoning
- Radiation
- Reproduction
- Scientific Debate (medicine)
- Scientists and Researchers (medicine)
- Senses and Sensation
- Smoking
- Teen Health
- Transplants and Implants
- Vaccines
- Women's Health
- Today's Science: Psychology, includes:
- Brain and Behavior
- Developmental Psychology
- Human Behavior
- Language and Communication
- Memory and Learning
- Mind-Body Connection
- Senses and Sense Perception
- Teen Psychology
- Today's Science: Medicine and Health, includes:
- Weiss Financial Rating Series Online
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