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Health Information
healthfinder®
healthfinder® http://www.healthfinder.gov
is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information
developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
healthfinder® can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses,
databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the
government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable
information for the public. Most of the linkages are national
in scope and orientation. We provide a direct link to healthfinder®
search engine on the FHIC homepage.
WebMD(SM)
WebMD(SM) http://www.webmd.com is
an online health resource that provides information for both consumers
and health care providers. Links to news articles on a variety
of health topics are provided, as well as a medical encyclopedia, and
drug references. Interactive areas include online chat rooms,
message boards, and an “Ask our experts” site.
USF Virtual Library
USF Virtual Library http://www.lib.usf.edu/virtual
provides a number of searchable databases for health and medical articles,
books and other materials, including materials available at various
USF branch libraries, as well as other libraries in the State of Florida
University System (SUS). Some of the databases are available for
public access, but most are only searchable by USF faculty, staff, and
students. If access is restricted, there is a notation in the
list of databases pages noting “USF only.” Medical databases such
as Medline, via links to the National Library of Medicine’s http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Internet Grateful Med or Pub Med, as well as the SUS library catalogues
via Web LUIS http://webluis.fcla.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/fclwlui/webluis
are available for public access.
The “Virtual” Public Health Center
The “Virtual” Public Health Center http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Phealth.html
is a “Medical Multimedia Education and Specialized Information Resource
Center” which focuses on environment, disaster and safety.
Virtual Hospital ® the Apprentice's Assistant (TM)
The Virtual Hospital ® the Apprentice's Assistant (TM), a service of
University of Iowa Health Care, is a digital health sciences library
created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information
needs of health care providers and patients. The goal of the Virtual
Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a useful medical reference
and health promotion tool for health care providers and patients. The
Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures
for health care providers and patients. The Virtual Hospital digital
library also delivers Continuing Education (CE) to health care provider's
offices and homes in a clinically relevant context at their convenience.
http://www.vh.org/
Other
Libraries
Hospital Libraries on the Web http://www.hls.mlanet.org/WebResources/Hosp_Libraries.html
is a service of the Hospital Libraries Section of the Medical Libraries
Association which provides links to the library page of each institution,
indexed by state. The two active links listed for Florida include
the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Medical Library
in Tampa http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/hlmlib/,
and the Watson Clinic Library in Lakeland http://www.watsonclinic.com/html.doc/library.htm.
Online Journals
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Condensed medical articles from the NEJM. http://www.nejm.org/content/index.asp
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Current and archived articles about diseases and outbreaks. The MMWR
Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). The data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly
reports to CDC by state health departments. http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)
An electronic medical journal with full text articles on medical subjects
and a searchable index and archived material back to 1996. http://www.mja.com.au/
Electronic British Medical Journal (BMJ)
This electronic version of the BMJ contains full text articles and
editorials, as well as photographs and tables. It is also searchable
by topic within the journal archives from January 1995 through the present
issue. http://www.bmj.com/
Databases
Schools of Public Health
The Association of Schools of Public Health
(ASPH)
This Webpage lists the nation’s 28 accredited schools of public health,
with links provided to most of them. http://www.asph.org/listsph.htm
Other
Associations
Associations listed and linked include many professional organizations
related to health care and medicine, as well as public health.
American Medical Association
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