World Wide
Web Medical Resources
The National Library of Medicine
Facts about The National Library of Medicine (NLM):
World's largest biomedical library
Explores the uses of computer and communication technologies to improve the organization and use of biomedical information
Supports a national network of local and regional medical libraries, as explained at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/nnlm.html
Educates users
(patients) about available sources of information so that they may conduct their own research concerning medical topics [MedlinePlus]
Acts as a supplemental resource after local, regional, and other national resources have been contacted
Creates vast databases and databanks such
as:
The Visible
Human Project
Viewable Movies
& Sample Files
Human Genome Resources
PubMed
Internet
Grateful Med, etc.
Provides grants
The Virtual Hospital
The Virtual Hospital (VH) is a project of
the Electric Differential Multimedia Laboratory, Department of
Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine. It is a
continuously updated digital health sciences library stored on
computers and available over high speed networks 24 hours a day.
The VH provides invaluable patient care support and distance
learning to practicing physicians and other healthcare
professionals.
There is a Virtual Hospital Component
called the "Iowa Health Book" which provides information to the
general public on a variety of health issues.
The Virtual Hospital may be used to
answer patient care questions, thus putting the latest medical
information at physicians' fingertips. This same information may
be used for Continuing Medical Education (CME), delivering CME to
physicians' offices and homes at their convenience. The VH is
built on existing Internet communication standards and uses the
World-Wide Web (WWW) software technology to store, organize, and
distribute our multimedia textbooks (MMTBs). We define a MMTB to
be a program that patterns its user interface after a printed
textbook. Our MMTBs incorporate functions such as free text
searching, the ability to play video and audio clips, and to
display an unlimited number of high-resolution images.
Link to The
Virtual Hospital now!
Virtual Hospital Quick
Search page
Links to FULL Text General Medical Journals
Hardin
MD from University of Iowa has gather together a wonderful resource of a selected list of
"free-to-all" full-text general medical journals. Most of them have no trial period stated by the publisher, and will presumably be available
permanently; a few are available on free trial basis. The list of available
journals is broken out into columns and the second column has links to back issues (archives), links to a representative recent issue (with all articles
full-text unless noted as selected), and a sample article from the issue.
Link to Harden MD Electronic
Journal Showcase Now!
Medicine Online (MOL)
Medicine Online Inc., is a World Wide Web
directory of medical related sites. Medicine Online is a medical
Internet Service Provider for hospitals and the medical
community. Medicine Online provides up-to-date medical resources,
information, references, and connections for just about anyone in
the medical field.
MOL states that the Internet will allow
every doctor to be linked to every clinic and hospital in the
world through Medicine Online (MOL); a medical directory which
serves as a gateway to the world of medicine on the Internet. MOL
is the computer catalyst that will revitalize America's
healthcare industry. MOL will bring to our healthcare system what
the government has failed to achieve: efficiency, quality, and
economy. Medicine Online is a physician-based corporation that
offers high quality networking, and Internet services. In
addition to these services, we provide up-to-date resources,
information, references and connections for just about anyone in
the medical field. MOL's goal is not only to provide you with an
Internet connection, but to make you a successful and productive
Internet user.
With more and more insurance companies, healthcare plans, and doctors competing for clients, it
is vital to get an edge on the competition. Medicine Online will
allow medical organizations such as hospitals, pharmaceutical,
and biotechnology companies to distribute information about their
product and services not just locally, but globally via the World
Wide Web through E-mail services, database programs, forms, and
advertising.
Jump to MOL now!
A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia at NLM
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has
recently added the adam.com medical encyclopedia to its popular consumer health
resource MEDLINEplus. Accessed via the above URL or from the Medical
Encyclopedia tab at the main MEDLINE site, the encyclopedia contains over 4,000
articles and medical images organized in eight topical sections: Disease,
Injury, Nutrition, Poison, Special, Surgery, Symptoms, and Tests. Users can
browse the encyclopedia entries alphabetically within each of the eight areas.
Some entries are a bit brief, but most contain images and cross-references to
related entries. Overall, this is an excellent resource for both health
professionals and consumers.
Jump to the free ADAM
Medical Encyclopedia now!
The Harvard Medical Web
Don't miss this Virtual Library of Medicine
with links to the Countway Library which includes resources and
services including HOLLIS (Harvard University's Online catalog)
and the Countway Gopher.
The Programs, Departments and Services
has links the Harvard Schools of Dental Medicine and Public
Health. Includes gateway to HMS-Affiliated Hospitals and
Institutions.
Also, there are full text electronic
journals, newsletters, and other publications. Includes
Harvard-produced electronic publications and electronic journal
finding tools.
The Education site links to Medical
Students Education, Residents/Fellows Education (teaching files
and residency programs), Ph.D. Training, Medical Continuing
Education.
Finally, the Web Tools section contains
"The Countway Web Catalog" which is a collection of
biomedicine-related web sites. Includes the Countway Web
Reference, search engines, and web sites in basic sciences,
dental medicine, public health, and history of
medicine.
Don't miss this Virtual Library of
Medicine !!
The University of Washington Radiology Web server
Visit the University of Washington Radiology Web server
a well designed site which contains links to:
Anatomy
Teaching Modules
Radiology
Exhibits
On-Line CME
On-Line
Musculoskeletal Imaging
On-Line
Teaching Files
Quick
Cases
Medical World Search
Search the full text of nearly 100,000 Web pages from thousands of SELECTED medical sites
-- Medical World Search is the first search engine on the World Wide Web especially developed for the medical field. Medical World Search can aid medical
practitioners, researchers, or anyone with basic knowledge of medicine, to formulate an optimally precise query to search the World Wide Web and find exactly the
information they need.
The major goals of Medical World Search are to provide a search engine that operates over a selection of the most high quality medical sites
on the Web and to facilitate searching by using a medical thesaurus that understands medical terminology and can thus search for related terms automatically.
Visit Medical World
Search now!
The California Medical
Association
On September 15, 1996 CMA officially
launched it's Internet Website -- CMAnet. This Website has an
electronic physicians database, an on-line news service, and lots
of useful links.
Visit
CMAnet Now!
Jump to
Other California Medical Resources
MedTerms
The MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary is somewhat different from the traditional medical dictionary. Since this Dictionary was first conceived some years ago, the medical staff of MedicineNet.com
has added (and subtracted) entries almost daily. They have also revised existing entries on an ongoing basis. The MedTerms.com Dictionary is an online publication with the advantages of
this electronic medium.
The MedTerms.com Dictionary contains a considerable and constantly changing number of classical and contemporary medical terms. Some of the entries to these terms are longer than regular dictionary entries and are miniature medical essays. The end result is that this Dictionary might be called an "e- encyclopedic dictionary."
They have called it simply a Dictionary to emphasize its function as an easy-access, reliable reference.
Standard Medical Dictionary Terms Plus ....
The choice of terms in this Dictionary is a purposeful mixture. Entries in the Dictionary include not only the usual standard medical terms but also pertinent scientific items, abbreviations, acronyms, jargon, institutions, projects, symptoms, syndromes, eponyms, medical history -- all having to do with medicine and the biomedical sciences, particularly anything of value and of interest.
Visit MedTerms.com
now!
Stanford University Medical
Web
The Stanford University Medical Center
comprises the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford
Health Services (hospital and clinics), and Lucile Salter Packard
Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Link to Stanford
University Medical now!
Physicians On-Line
PHYSICIANS' ONLINE (POL) is the leading
medical information and communication network in the world. POL
connects its physician members with the largest online community
of their peers while offering the most up-to-date medical
resources and direct links to associations, health plans,
pharmaceutical sponsors and health care organizations.
Jump to
Physicians' On-Line Now!
Health on the Net
Jump to the Health On the Net Code of
Conduct HONcode
Medical and Health Websites
Miscellaneous Medical Resource
Pages
The Interactive Medical Student
Lounge
This site has links to general medical
sites, medical departments, medicine related home pages, as well
as medical journals and news links.
Visit the INTERACTIVE MEDICAL
STUDENT LOUNGE
Kettering Medical Center Index of Medical
Sites by Name
Links to such on-line resources as
National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of
Health
Jump to Kettering Index of
Medical Sites now!
Even More Internet Medical
Resources
Links to Yahoo's List of On-Line Medical
Journals
New England
Journal of Medicine On-line, a weekly journal reporting the
results of important medical research worldwide
Awesome Doctor's Research
Page
A Family Medicine
Resident at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana put
together a nice collection of Internet Medical
Resources
Try out Emory University's MedWeb Biomedical
Internet Resources
Resources to Give Your Patients
for Research
Medline Plus from the National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
MedlinePlus is a goldmine 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
The MedlinePlus service provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions
There is no advertising on this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product
Health Topics:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/healthtopics1.html
Clinical Trials: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/clinicaltrials1.html
MEDLINE: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/medline1.html
Encyclopedia: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/encyclopedia1.html
Drug Information: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/druginfo1.html
Physicians: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/physicians1.html
Medline Plus Direct Links
Health Topics:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html
Clinical Trials:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/
MEDLINE: (PubMed)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Encyclopedia:
http://medlineplus.adam.com/
Drug Information:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Physicians:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html
C|Net's Favorite Internet Medical Web Sites
Aimed at consumers, hundreds of health-oriented Web sites have sprouted up on the Net. These sites
are being used by Netizens to research on health-related issues, from dietary concerns to facts on specific illnesses or drugs.
But which sites can patients rely on? Of all the health sites out there, only some are current and accurate enough to merit trust. To help
patients narrow down options, c|net evaluated a multitude of medical sites and picked
their favorites. Here are their choices...
Link to c|net's
Favorite Medical Web Sites
Related Links
c|net's Special Report: Medicine
by Modem
MedicineNet.com
Created by MedicineNet.com, this free and constantly
revised encylopedic dictionary of classic and contemporary medical terms
contains over 9,000 entries.
Written entirely by physicians for both professional and
non-professional readers, the dictionary also includes "pertinent
scientific items, abbreviations, acronyms, jargon, institutions, projects,
symptoms, syndromes, eponyms, medical history -- all having to do with medicine
and the biomedical sciences, particularly anything of value and of
interest." Users can browse the dictionary by alphabetical entry or conduct
a keyword search. The length of dictionary entries vary widely, and some are
quite brief. Some, however (mostly conditions or diseases), include links to
detailed articles and related forums at the MedicineNet main site.
While new medical information sites seem to pop up every
day, the depth of Medterms, the frequent updates, and its doctor-only editors
mark it as a notable resource
Visit MedicineNet.com
Hi there, Diane Cunningham
here!
If you find any on-line medical
references you think should be included here, please click on my
name above and send me some e-mail with the URL and I will
try to include it on this Medlink page!
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