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Links
Websites with free access to electronic databases, journals, and
other medical/health resources:
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
The AHRQ site has
numerous Clinical Information: Evidence-based practice, Outcomes
& Effectiveness, Technology Assessment, Preventive Services,
Clinical Practice Guidelines. It also has consumer publications
about various medical topics, including acute pain management,
chronic incontinence, cataracts, depression, management of cancer
pain, mammography, acute low back problems, and poststroke
rehabilitation among others. In addition , the site has various
health care statistics, news about upcoming conferences, speeches
and congressional testimony by AHCPR officials, announcements
about grants and job vacancies, and information about the National
Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation.
To access: http://www.ahcpr.gov
E-mail: info@ahcpr.gov
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AllRefer.com
Has extensive
information from trusted sources on over 150,000 articles from a
brief encyclopedia, gazetteer, and health encyclopedia. Major
topics covered include earth & environment, history,
literature & arts, health & medicine, people, philosophy
& religion, places, plants & animals, science &
technology, social science, law, sports, everyday life, and more.
AllRefer.com is updated frequently.
To access: http://www.allrefer.com/.
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AMA
Health Insight
This site, which is
operated by the American Medical Association, offers a smorgasbord
of health information. One of the site’s highlights is its
collection of detailed article about specific medical conditions
such as arthritis, asthma, blood pressure, depression, type II
diabetes, heart attack, HIV/AIDS, and migraine headaches. It has
also an atlas of the human body, strategies for becoming
physically fit, a medical glossary, a personal health history
record that can be filled out online, recipes, advice on travel
health, nutrition information, and more.
To access: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3457/html
E-mail: insight@ama-assn.org
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Archives
Specialty Journals
Abstracts from nine
specialty journal published by the American Medical Association
are provided on this site. Abstracts are available for articles
published back to July 1995. A number full-text articles are also
provided. The Journals included in this database are : Archives of
Internal Medicine, Archives of Dermatology, Archives of Neurology,
Archives of General Psychiatry, Archives of Ophthalmology,
Archives of Surgery, and Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine.
To access:
http.://www.ama-assn.org/public/journals
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Asia-Pacific
Development Center on Disability (APCD) Project
A
project that promotes the empowerment of people with disabilities
and a barrier-free society in developing countries in the Asia and
Pacific Region.
To access: http://www.apcdproject.org/countryprofile/philippines/
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CDC
Servers
The CDC Servers
offer an incredible collection of health-related databases, books,
and documents. They’re operated by the Centers for disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
The servers offer
Report of the Surgeon General, full-text articles of the Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report; Emerging Infectious Diseases (a
journal published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases);
brochures about lead poisoning, preventing birth defects, chronic
fatigue syndrome, lyme disease, malaria and others. They also
provides CDC WONDER, a huge database system that provides CDC
report, guidelines, and public health data; numerous publications
from the National Center for Health Statistics; extensive health
related information for international travelers, including details
about vaccine requirements and health recommendations for specific
regions of the world; the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report and lots
more.
To access: http://www.cdc.gov
or ftp://ftp.cdc.gov
Login (FTP only): anonymous
Password (FTP only) : your e-mail address
E-mail: netinfo@cdc.gov
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Complete
Home Medical Guide
This site provides
full text of The Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide. To access:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/all.html
E-mail: Webmaster@cpmcnet.columbia.edu
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Hardin
MD (Free Medical Journals)
This is a selected
list of free full-text online electronic medical journals, with
emphasis on journals that are included in Medline. Most of them
have no trial period stated by the publisher, and will presumably
be available permanently; some are available on free trial basis
and some journals has links to back issues (archives), also links
to representative recent issue (with full-text unless noted as
selected. (see attached list of journals)
To access: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ej.html
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HealthAtoZ
HealthAtoZ is a
search engine that will help you find health and medical
information on the internet . It is operated by Medical Network
Inc., a private company. This site has a reference desk where you
can send questions/ask health related information to the cyber
librarian who will point you in the direction of useful websites
and other internet resources.
To access: http://healthatoz.com
E-mail: info@healthatoz.com
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Healthfinder
Healthfinder
provides links to hundred of federal government publications about
health topics and to hundreds of consumer health sited on the
Internet. All of the sites have been evaluated for quality by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
To access: http://www.healthfinder.gov
E-mail: dbaker@hhs-custos.dhhs.gov
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HealthGate
The centerpiece of
HealthGate is a series of databases created by the National
Library of Medicine such as MEDLINE, CANCERLIT, AIDSDRUGS,
AIDSLINE, AIDSTRIALS, BIOETHICSLINE, HEALTHSTAR. HealthGate
provides free access to the databases, although some other areas
of the site are fee-based. The site is operated by HealthGate Data
Corp., a private company . Another useful HealthGate feature not
created by the NLM is a database that has information on nearly
300 diagnostic procedures. For each procedure, the database
provides information about the indications and contraindications,
patient preparation, how the procedure is performed, and
interpretation of results, among other details. The database was
created in 1995 by Lexi-Comp Inc., and is update quarterly.
To access: http:www3.healgate.com
E-mail: support@healthgate.com
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HealthSquare
HealthSquare
provides the full text of three books: PDR Family Guide to
Prescription Drugs, PDR Family Guide to Women’s Health,
and PDR Family Guide Encyclopedia of Medical Care. This site
is operated by New Media Systems, a private company.
To access: http://www.healthsquare.com
E-mail: newmediaso@aol.com
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HealthWeb
This is a
collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the
Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries
of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional
Cooperation. This project is supported by the National Library of
Medicine. HealthWeb provides links to thousands of evaluated
health-related Web sites, mailing lists, and newsgroups. The links
are divided into 75 subjects in health and medicine, and each
subject page was created by a particular medical library. Since
pages were developed independently by various libraries, they vary
in their depth of coverage. However, most are quite extensive, and
provide excellent starting points for searches on particular
medical topics.
To access: http://www.healthweb.org
E-mail: healthweb@umich.edu
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Healthy
Lives
This site has more
than a dozen brochures about various medical conditions. The site
is operated by GlaxoSmithKline. Just enter the topic you want to
search and you will be directed to articles found within Glaxo
Corp. or the global sites.
To access: http://www.healthylives.com
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HighWire
Press
HighWire Press is
one of the largest archives of free full-text science. As of
7/24/01 they are assisting in the online publication of 283, 689
free full-text articles.
To access: http://highwire.standford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
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Human
Anatomy On-line
Human anatomy
on-line presents dozens of anatomy illustrations. You can click on
hot spots on the images to get brief descriptions of each body
system. The site also has animations of some body systems, such as
the heart pumping. Informative Graphics Corp.. a developer of
educational software and other products, created the site.
To access: http://www.innerbody.com/default.html
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Mayo
Clinic.com
This site which is
operated by the Mayo Clinic, provides thousands of articles about
virtually every medical topic you can imagine. It’s one of the
premier medical sites on the Internet. It is particularly strong
in the subject of diet and nutrition, pregnancy and child health,
cancer, heart wellness, women’s health and medicine. But it also
has extensive materials about various diseases, mental health,
first aid, fitness, food and diet, health care options, how the
body works, medical tests and procedures, natural healing,
prevention and wellness, rehabilitation, and sexuality, among many
other topics. It also has a handy glossary of medical terms.
One of the site’s
most interesting feature is the section called "My Mayo
page". You just have to register in order to have this
personalized page wherein you can select from the list of health
interest that will automatically appear on your "My
Mayo" page whenever there are new articles that match your
interest. Registration is free.
To access: http://
www.mayoclinic.com
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Med
Help International
Med Help
International offers a database containing all kinds of medical
information. If you type in the name of a disease or condition,
the database will return articles from such sources as the
national Institutes of Health and the John Hopkins University,
relevant entries from medical glossary, news items about the
subject, a list of patient support groups, and links to toher
articles at selected medical sites. Another useful feature is that
Med Help is currently hosting several medical specialty forums. In
these forums you can post a question to medical professional
(doctor or nurse). Questions are usually answered within a few
days, and your answer will be posted back in the Forum. Answers
will stay on-line for a week or two, after which they will be kept
in the Forum’s Archive.
To access: http://www.medhelp.org
E-mail: staff@medhelp.org
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Medical
Matrix
Medical Matrix is a
free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet. Each
site listing has been carefully evaluated by reviewers from their
panel of physicians and medical librarians. Medical matrix lists
only those sites that meet our criteria for information quality
and site usability, with an emphasis on usefulness to healthcare
practitioners. You have to register to use Medical Matrix
database. Registration is free.
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Medical
Tribune Online
Each edition of the
Medical Tribune published online has more than a dozen feature
articles, many reporting the results of studies published in
medical journals. Issues are archived online dating back to
November 1996. The archives are fully searchable. The Medical
Tribune is published 21 times annually by Jobson Pu., which
supplies medical news to the New York Times Syndicate.
To access: http://www.medtrib.com
E-mail: sbutsch@jobson.com
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Medscape
Medscape offers
over 25,000 of full-text articles from over 40 journals and more
than 15 medical news periodicals. (please see attached list)
To access: http://www.medscape.com
E-mail: stephen_smith@mail.medscape..com
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Merck
& Co.
This site provides
an online health reference "The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy" in two versions, the Text Edition and the new
Interactive Edition.
To access: http://www.merck.com
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National
Academy Press
Around 2,000
e-books about behavioral sciences, food and nutrition, health care
and related subjects are available in full text which can be read
online for free. The National Academy Press is the publishing arm
of the National Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit organization that
was chartered by U.S. Congress in 1863 to advice the federal
government on scientific and technical matters.
To access: http://www.nap.edu
E-mail: mgriskey@nas.edu
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NIH
Clinical Research Studies
This site provides
detailed information about more than 1,000 medical studies being
conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical
Center. You can search the studies using keywords or browse them
by institute or disease category. The sites is aimed at
physicians.
To access:
http://www.nih.gov/nihstudies
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Office
of Disease Prevention
The Office of
Disease Prevention site offers reports that evaluate scientific
information on various medical topics. The reports, known as
Consensus Development Statements, results from National Institutes
of Health conferences. The site also has background information
about the Women’s Health Initiative, a huge national study aimed
at reducing coronary heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer,
and osteoporotic fractures among postmenopausal women.
To Access: http://www.odp.od.nih.gov
E-mail: webmaster@www.nih.gov
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OneLook
Dictionaries
OneLook provides
links to around 30 medical dictionaries and glossaries on the
Internet. The site is operated by Study Technologies. If you
prefer, instead of browsing through individual dictionaries you
can search all 220 dictionaries and glossaries indexed by OneLook.
This is a very handy feature if you want to quickly compare how
various dictionaries define a word.
To access: http://www.onelook.com
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