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Online Indexes

Combined Health Information Database
CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources.
Expanded Academic Index
Use this database to find information on: Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences.
Internet Grateful Med
Provides access to various databases such as AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and HealthSTAR.
PubMed
NLM's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.

Consumer/Clinical Health Information

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Consumer guides and clinical practice guidelines.
BioSites
A virtual catalog of selected Internet resources in the biomedical sciences.
Mayo Clinic -Internet Health and Medical Reousrces
Here are some Internet resources, selected by Mayo Clinic medical librarians, which allow an individual to research medical topics. Usually, the only cost for the research is your time. This list is updated monthly
Medlineplus Health Information
A gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question. Both health professionals and consumers can depend on it for accurate, current, medical information.
Merck Company
Provides searchable publications: The Merck Manual of Medical Information-Home Edition, The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
An introduction to some of the many health information resources provided by the National Institutes of Health.
Virtual Hospital
Information for health care providers.
WellnessWeb The Patient's Network
WellnessWeb is a collaboration of patients, healthcare professionals, and other caregivers. Our mission is help you find the best and most appropriate medical information and support available.

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Diseases

Alphabetic List of Specific Diseases/Disorders
Provided by the Karolinska Institute Library, Stockholm, Sweden
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Nation's Prevention Agency whose mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
Emerging Infectious Diseases (Journal)
A peer-reviewed journal published by the National Center For Infectious Disease.

Drug Information

Medline Drug Information
A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI® and Advice for the Patient®.
RxList
Searchable index providing drug description, actions, precautions and interactions with commonly used agents.

Medical Libraries

Hawaii Medical Library
Online catalog to HML's collection and links to other health resources in Hawaii and elsewhere.
Health and Medicine resources page.
National Library of Medicine

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Nursing Sites

Healthweb Nursing
Welcome to Nursing! This page is a collaborative effort of the Taubman Medical Library, the School of Nursing at The University of Michigan, and the Health Web project.
Internet Resources on Nursing Associations
List of nursing associations and societies on the Internet.
National League for Nursing
Practice tests provided.
Lippincott's Nursing Center
NursingCenter.com (www.nursingcenter.com) is an interactive web community and portal created by nurses for nurses as a source of nursing information and content that is comprehensive, credible, convenient, and current.
Nursing World
This index of nursing-related information on the Internet is quite comprehensive and is updated regularly.
NursingNet
Links to various nursing speciality pages.
Public Health
American Public Health Association.
Women's Health
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).
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Online Journals

American Nurse
Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education
National Institutes of Health
NurseWeek/HealthWeek
Nursing Trends and Issues
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
science.komm Nursing Journals

Protocols and Procedures

Nursing Protocols
Protocols from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Nurses Professional Group.
Our Nursing Protocols
Protocols from the Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at Duke University Medical Center.
Protocols and Procedures - Nursing
Critical care protocols from the London Health Sciences Centre.

Transcultural Nursing

Discover With Diversity Rx
EthnoMed - Ethnic Medicine Guide
Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links

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