SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR HEALTH INFORMATION
Health on the Net - The Health on the Net Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to 'realising the benefits of the Internet and related technologies in the fields of health care'
Medical Matrix - One of the more established medical search services, the Medical Matrix Project is 'dedicated to posting, annotating and continuously updating full content, unrestricted access, Internet clinical medicine resources'
Organised Medical Networked Information - Describes itself as the UKs gateway to high quality biomedical resources on the Internet', OMNI is another key resource for health professionals.
Cliniweb - Developed by Oregon Health Sciences Library, Cliniweb is another powerful tool for identifying high-quality clinical information on the Web.
CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICES ON THE INTERNET
Personalised electronic newspapers:
Newstracker - Searches the Web for articles several times each day, collecting articles which match the search criteria you have defined from over 300 Web-based newspapers and magazines. Periodicals scanned include the New England Journal of Medicine and the New Scientist.
Newspage - Similar to Newstracker, Newspage has a more health-oriented focus. Of the 600 information sources scanned daily, around 85 focus on health.
Reuters Health - A daily digest of health stories from around the world.
Medscape - The Medscape newsletterMedpulse tends to focus on key articles which have been published within the past week
Doctor's Guide - Concentrates more on health stories that have made the news
CDPC - The Communicable Disease and Prevention Control alerting service. Provides summaries of infectious and communicable disease reports that are relevant for the prevention and control of these diseases.
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UnCoverWeb - A database of more than 7 million articles, drawn from nearly 17,000 English language journals; about 2500 are medical.
WebMedLit - This is your one-stop shop to 23 quality medical journals including BMJ. JAMA, Nature Medicineand the Archivesseries of the American Medical Association.
BioMedNet - The Internet Community for Biological and Medical Researchers. An essential guide to the 'best' biological and medical sites on the web, this site contains an evaluated and annotated database of more than 4000 web resources for researchers.
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MEDICAL DATABASES ON THE INTERNET
Karolinska Institute Library Enormous database of disease specific information and links. Highly recommended.
MEDLINE - Undoubtedly the world's premier biomedical database. Currently contains about 9 million bibliographic citations drawn from around 3800 biomedical journals. Free access to Medline, via the Internet is offered by a number of Web sites. A list of free MEDLINE sites can be found by clicking here
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - (CDSR) Probably the best single source of reliable evidence about the effects of healthcare. Concentrating on the results of controlled trials the reviews are highly structured and systematic.
EMBASE - Another comprehensive source of biomedical information, including more than 6.5 million records. Registration and small fee required.
BIOETHICSLINE - A database which helps identify current research, legal judgements and public opinion in matters relating to the ethics of biomedical research and healthcare.
CancerLit - A product of the National Cancer Institute this is a database of refences to published journal articles, conference proceedings, government reports and monographs that relate to cancer.
WISDOM - A resource for health professional seeking funding to support biomedical research.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) - Produced by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at York University, this database provides high-quality research reviews that look at the effectiveness of health care interventionsAIDSLINE, AIDSDRUGS & AIDSTRIALS - Three database produced by the National Library of Medicine
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EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE ON THE INTERNET
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MEDICAL JOURNALS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Annals of Internal Medicine -From January 1996. Several full-text original articles, including editorials, letters and updates.JAMA - Some original articles in full text. Non-full-text format have detailed online abstracts.
Journal of Clinical Investigation - All articles available in full-text !
The Lancet - Editorials and news items available in full text. Online abstracts for about 50% of research articles. Full text of the entire journal available to subscribers
New England Journal of Medicine - All editorials, letters and book reviews available in full text. Detailed online abstracts with hypertext links enable you to order a copy of an article ($10 per item). Includes 'Collections' of full text selected articles published in this journal.
CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
Charities Aid FoundationNational Organisation for Rare Disorders(US)
Scottish Health Education Board
Health TouchPharmaceutical Information Network (PharmInfoNet) - High quality independent assessments of therapeutic drugs and advances in new drug developments. A search of the drugs database (by generic or trade name)points to a series of full text articles published in the Medical Sciences Bulletin.
The US Pharmocopeia
International Agency for Research in Cancer Report 1997
Coronary Prevention Group
Epidemiological Journals
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Communicable Diseases Prevention & Control
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MEDICAL EDUCATION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Online CME
NIH Consensus Development Program
Membership and Fellowship Examinations
X-Ray FilesInteractive Learning
Interactive patient
