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"Intute is a free online service providing access to high quality Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK Universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in the database." |
"The medical sources that OMS queries are carefully selected to provide users with reliable and definitive information from reputable sources."
Administration
on Aging: "In About AoA you can access information about
the agency, its mission, budget, and organizational structure.
In addition, you can learn more about the Older Americans Act,
the federal legislation establishing the AoA and authorizing a
range of programs that offer services and opportunities for older
Americans and their caregivers."
All
the Virology on the WWW: Features information about viruses,
virology, microbiology and infectious disease. This comprehensive
index site has information for virologists, students, patients,
and much more.
Annual
Reviews in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences: Free abstracts
of articles from 1984 to present with a minimal cost for full-text
articles from the latest research in the field.
ASM Journals: Use
the High Wire hosted Journals Search Engine to locate full-text articles
or abstracts by title or alphabetical link list. Some articles are
available online for $25.00 on a pay-per-article basis.
BioMed Central:
BioMed Central is an open access publisher of online journals. "This
database covers over 100 Open Access Journals covering all areas
of Biology and Medicine."
Bio-Medicine: Web portal devoted to biological and medical technolgy. This free service provides breaking news about the latest discoveries and research projects in the subjects of biology and medicine.
CancerNet:
A searchable database by keyword only.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of people with cancer by advancing cancer research, patient information, physician education, and access to care. The ASCO is responsible for the information on this site.
Cancer News:
A searchable database to the latest news and information on cancer
diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention: Extensive definitions of health topics and
diseases in alphabetical order provided by this government agency. To access the latest medical information on chronic conditions, human diseases and public health,
use the following link: CDC WONDER. Also available on CDC Wonder are a wide variety of public health reports and medical statistics.
Clinical Preventive
Services: Full text guides prepared by the Clinical Preventive
Services Task Force, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
the guides include screening tests for various physical ailments.
Clinical Trials: "ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details."
Columbia University
Gastroenterology Web: Departmental website containing indexes
to full text medical reports on digestive and liver diseases plus
additional links to molecular and cellular biology.
Directory of Open Access Journals: "This
service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There
are over 700 journals in the directory." Search by title or
subject.
Dr Recommend: "Staff
doctors offer a guide through the Medical Internet, journal articles,
and other resources for professionals and patients. This is the official
site of the MEDQUEST TV show and the host of medical search engines."
Drug Information Portal: "The National Library of Medicine Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. Resources include the NLM search systems useful in searching for a drug, NLM research resources, resources organized by audience and class, and other NIH and government resources such as FDA and CDC."
Echo: Exploring & Collecting
History Online: "The site incorporates the WWW
Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology,
Medicine, and Industry - an index of nearly 5,000 websites,
many with excerpts and annotations. Since 2001 the Echo
project has used the Internet to collect and present the
history of science, technology, and industry. Echo provides
a centralized guide and portal for those seeking websites
on the history of science and technology. This guide helps
researchers find the exact information they need while
also granting curious browsers a forum for exploration."
Free
Medical Journals: Free online acess to important
medical journals in full-text. Free medical textbooks
are also available in full text online, sorted
by specialty.
Gateway to Neuroscience Resources: "The SfN Neuroscience Database Gateway provides links to five main types of database: Databases of experimental data, Knowledge bases, Software tools for neuroscience, Bioinformatics resources, Providers of research materials, All neuroscience databases."
Global Demography of Aging: "The Program on the Global Demography of Aging (PGDA), led by David E. Bloom, chair of the Department of Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, carries out research on important themes related to global aging and health, with an emphasis on issues in the developing world."
Hardin
Meta Directory: Use this site provided by the
University of Iowa Health Sciences Library to access
subjects in Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy,
Public Health and other reference sources.
Health and Medicine Resources:
Provided by EMT Associates, this site offers helpful links to health resources in a variety of subject headings such as Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Harm Reduction and Youth and Families.
Health.gov:
This site is coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion as a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies.
Health Finder:
"Healthfinder.gov is a Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder.gov has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder.gov links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations."
Health On the Net Foundation:
A portal for searching medical and genetic information
by some of the world's foremost experts on telemedicine
in Geneva, Switzerland. Use this guide to search
for reliable sources in healthcare.
Health
Sciences Libraries: Medical Resources: Find information in the
following resource types: Top Sites, What's New, Alerting & Preprint Services, Clinical Practice Guidelines & Evidence-Based Medicine, Databases & Indexes, Electronic Journals, Electronic Texts, Medical Images, Reference Resources, Societies/Organizations, Statistics, Tutorials & Continuing Medical Education, Web Sites, Web Sites - Conferences.
Hospital
Web: Index to hospital sites in the U.S. and
other parts of the world.
MedLinePlus: Medical information provided
by the National Library of Medicine including
coverage on drugs, diseases, consumer health
and preventitive treatments. Additional
resources include a direct link to the
MEDLINE database of "references to more
than 11 million articles published in 4,300
biomedical journals." Without a paid
subscription to this medical database,
you will only get the citation and summary
of the articles; you may get some full-text
articles.
Medscape: "Medscape
offers specialists, primary care physicians,
and other health professionals the Web's
most robust and integrated medical information
and education tools. After a simple, one
time, free registration, Medscape automatically
delivers to you the specialty site that best
fits your profile."
Requires free registration.
Microbes.info: "A
microbiology information portal containing
a vast collection of resources including
articles, news, frequently asked
questions, and links pertaining to
the field of microbiology."
Neurosciences on the internet:
Use this index to locate research on the human brain, human diseases, and other major topics in biology and medicine.
NIAMS: "The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases." This site includes a health information index that provides questions and answers to on many health problems.
On-Line
Medical Dictionary:
"OMD is a searchable
dictionary created by Dr
Graham Dark and contains
terms relating to biochemistry,
cell biology, chemistry,
medicine, molecular biology,
physics, plant biology, radiobiology,
science and technology. It
includes: acronyms, jargon,
theory, conventions, standards,
institutions, projects, eponyms,
history, in fact anything
to do with medicine or science."
Public Library of Science: "This is the web site of the Public Library of Science, a nonprofit open access publisher founded by scientists and phsysicians in October 2000. PLoS provides peer-reviewed, open access journals in biology, medicine, genetics, pathogens, and tropical diseases."
PubMed
Central: "PubMed
Central
(PMC) is
the U.S.
National
Library
of Medicine's
digital
archive
of life
sciences
journal
literature.
Access
to PMC
is free
and unrestricted." Many
articles
are available
online
in full
text but
if not,
then an
abstract
is given.
Search
journals
by subject
or title.
Scholarly Sport Sites:
"This subject directory brings together the websites which will assist the serious sports researcher, kinesiology librarian, sport information specialist, college/university student and faculty. An Index to Sport Subjects provides the access to the specific parts of this website. A keyword search engine is also provided below."
SciNet: SciNet is a public directory that allows you to search links in major science subject areas.
SearchMedica: " SearchMedica Primary Care offers a specialist's view of the Internet. Using expertise from Consultant, the best read journal for primary care and family practioners, and its editors, SearchMedica Primary Care presents results from Web sites dedicated to practising medical professionals.
SearchMedica Primary Care doesn't search the entire Web. Following guidance from Consultant's Editorial Board, it searches on well-known, credible journals, systematic reviews, clinical trials and evidence-based articles that are written and edited for clinicians practising in primary care, internal and family medicine."
Social
Gerontology and the Aging Revolution: A very
comprehensive site on the psychology of Aging,
including a thorough guide to many Gerontology
sites.
Specialized Information Services: " The Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is responsible for information resources and services in toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and specialized topics in minority health."
University
of
Virginia
Health System: " The
University of Virginia Health System homepage
is the official Internet site for the Health System. The purpose
of the homepage is to provide a single point of entry to information
and services that are provided by departments within the Health
System."
US
Oncology
Cancer
Resources:
Includes "several
links to
sites that
provide
useful
information
about the
disease,
how it
is screened
and how
every man
and woman
can contribute
to the
effort
to eliminate
breast
cancer
from our
lives."
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