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Online Resources

Databases

   EBSCOhost
(Search CINAHL, MedLine, and Cochrane)
   NLM Databases
   PUBMED
   TOXNET
   Cancer Net
   ERIC

Tutorials:

   CINAHL
   Ebscohost
   MD Consult
   Medical Information
   NLM
   Nursing Information
   Pubmed
   Searching the Web (USC)
   Stat!Ref
   University of Michigan
   UpToDate
   What is the Internet?


Dictionaries

   Foreignword.com
   MEDLINEplus
   Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
   Michigan Electric Library
   National Women Health Information Center
   OneLook Dictionaries


Directories

PHYSICIANS:

   AMA
   ABMS
   Carilion Physician Referral
   DocFinder
   Doctor Directory
   MEDLINEplus

HOSPITALS:

   AHA
   DIRLINE

   Health Grades
   HCFA Office of Inspector General
   HospitalWeb
   JCAHO

Search Engines

   GOOGLE
   Search Engine Watch 


Education / CME

MEDICAL SCHOOLS:

   AAMC

CME:

   AMA
   Carilion Continuing Education Contact Hours
   Carilion, Health Guide HealthStream CME
   ConferenceSeek-Continuing Education Online (free registration)
   Cyberounds
   Family Practice
   FRIEDA
   Mediconf
   NIH Consensus Development Program
   MD Consult
   University of Washington CME online courses

Statistics

HEALTH:

   Bureau of Labor Statistics & Health statistics
   CDC
   Guide to Tests and Measurement Instruments
   Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
   Healthgrades
   UVA Medical Statistics
   MMWR
   National Center for Health Statistics
   NN/LM State pages

  Virginia Center for Health Statistics

OTHER:

   Census Bureau
   FEDSTATS
   Population Index on the Web
   Statistical Abstract of the United States
   University of  Washington
   VaStat (UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service)


Health Care Information

   Achoo
   American Academy of Family Physicians
   American Medical Association
   Arizona Health Sciences Library
   Carilion Health Guide
   CDC

         Clinical Trials 

        Centerwatch
        ClinicalTrials.gov

   Consumer & Patient Health Information
   Evaluating Internet Health Information
   Hardin Metadirectory of Internet Health Sources
   HealthAtoZ
   Healthfinder
   HealthGate
(includes diagnostic procedures) 
   HealthWeb-Purdue
   InteliHealth – Johns Hopkins
   Mayo Clinic Oasis
   Medscape (free registration)
   Medical Matrix (free registration)
   MEDLINEplus
   MedWeb (Emory)
   NARIC's Instant Disability Information Center
   National Center for Infectious Diseases Traveler's Health
   NIH National Center of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
   National Cancer Institute
   National Health Observances
   National Institute of Health
   NIH Consensus Statements
   NOAH – New York Online Access to Health
   OncoLink – Global Resource for Cancer Resources
   Online Clinical Calculator/Clinical Formulas
   Poisonous Plants Home Page (Cornell University)
   University Alabama Lister Hill Library
   Virtual Hospital
   Virtual Medical Center
   Virtual Hospital
   Visible Human Project

Organizations


   Advisory Board (individual registration)

   Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research
   CHS Web Links
   DIRLINE
   JCAHO
   National Association of Healthcare Quality


Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
   American Society of Health System Pharmacists
   Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 8th ed. via Stat!Ref
   ConsumerLab.com
   FDA
   FDA-Recalls and Safety Alerts
   Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
   HealthWeb - Perdue
   Herbmed
   Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide
   MDConsult
   MEDLINEplus
   Micromedex
   Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
   NCCAM
(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
   People's Pharmacy
   PHARMWEB
   RxList
   TOXNET
   UVA Pharmacology Links


Guidelines

   CDC
   Guide to Tests and Measurement Instruments
   HSTAT
(NIH Health Services Technology Assessment Text)
   MDConsult
   National Guideline Clearinghouse
   NCCN Complete Library of Practice Guidelines in Oncology
(ID: carilion/password: health)

   Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
   Stat!Ref

Government

   Federal Register  
   Government Documents core reference sources   
   Library of Congress   
   State Links
   U.S. Blue Pages
   UVA National & State Links
   Virginia Department of Health Professions-Laws
   Zip Codes-United States Postal Service

Evaluating the Web

   Health on the Net
   Health Summit Working Group
   UCLA
   UNC-Charlotte
   World Wide Web for Health Professionals

Writing and Publishing

Book Prices

   Amazon
   First Internet Medical Bookstore
   Majors Scientific Books
(registration required)
   MedBookStore
   Medscape
   Roget's II-The New Thesaurus
   Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

Copyright

   American Library Association
   Campus Copyright Rights and Responsibilities

   Copyright Independent Learning Packet
   Library of Congress
   Medical Library Association
   Radford University
   University of Indiana-Perdue
   University of Texas

Instructions to Authors

   University of Washington (Larsson)
   Medical College of Ohio (Mulford)
   University of South Alabama

Style Guides

   AMA, APA, MLA, Chicago
   Beyond the MLA Handbook
   Citation Machine
   Carilion Style Guide
   IPL Citing Electronic Resources

Writing

   Roget's II-The New Thesaurus

   Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
   UVA Resources for Writing for Research Publications



Patient and Consumer Health

   American Academy of Family Physicians
a-z lists of handouts from the academy
   CDC Health Topics A-Z
fact sheets list symptoms and treatments
   Cochrane Consumer
latest healthcare news for the consumer

  
FDA Easy-to-Read

   HealthAnswers
Latest health news with videos
   JAMA Patient Pages
PDF format of weekly pages from JAMA
   Lab Tests Online
Explanations of common laboratory tests
   MD Consult Patient Education Handouts
3,000 handouts that may be customized

  
MEDLINEplus Easy-to-Read

   MEDLINEplus Health Information
NLM's one-stop shop for consumer health
   Merck Manual-Home Edition
complete and comprehensive medical information
   Micromedex
Patient CareNotes System
   NIH On-line Consumer Health Publications
extensive listing of medical conditions and health topics

  
Planetree Easy-to-Read

   PreOp.com
This resource gives an understanding of medical conditions and surgical treatments
   Senior Navigator
Virginia's resource for health and aging
   UpToDate Patient Handouts
Highly useful information for patients on a variety of topics
   UVA Consumer Health Information
UVA's comprehensive consumer health page
   UVA Tips on Developing Patient Education
UVA's links to evaluating and developing patient education resources
   Virtual Hospital
A digital library of health information

 
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