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Allied Health and Professions

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Books and eBooks

The Trocaire library has hundreds of books and eBooks dedicated to the various professions that make up Allied Health. The most prominent fields in Allied Health here at Trocaire are:

Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Echocardiography
Healthcare Informatics
Healthcare Management
Surgical Technology
Radiological Technology
Massage Therapy

To find the library’s books and eBooks for those professions, type any of the following phrases listed…

allied health, or
diagnostic medical sonography, or
echocardiography, or
healthcare informatics, or
massage therapy, or
radiologic technology, or
surgical technology

…into the search field below. Then click on the Search button to browse our library’s collections of books and eBooks for a specific profession.

Databases and Electronic Resources

The library has access to a number of important databases that are relevant to the Allied Health professions. Here are links to several of them; in addition, you may click the link to access the library’s complete A-Z List of databases, where you’ll also find a brief description for each database.

Other Resources

LibGuides are librarian-created research guides on a wide variety of topics. Here are several for the Allied Health professions.