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Internet Researcher:
A Guide to Nursing/Health Sciences Resources
This page is designed to help you find Internet resources in nursing and the
health sciences. Its purpose is to serve as a starting point--a guide
to selected resources--rather than a comprehensive list.
- Clearinghouse: Health & Medicine
- A list of guides to Internet resources on health and medical topics from The Argus Clearinghouse, created to provide "a central access point for value-added topical guides which identify, describe, and evaluate Internet-based information resources." Sponsored by Argus Associates.
[http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Health___Medicine?kywd++]
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- America's HealthCareSource
- Need a job? Search here for job opportunities in the health care industry (you can post your resume too). Educational seminars, licensure information and professional associations are available.
[http://www.healthcaresource.com/]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- The CDC home page, which leads to a list of CDC centers, institutes, and offices (including the National Center for Health Statistics) and information on diseases, health risks, prevention guidelines and strategies; publications and products; funding opportunities; and training and employment.
[http://www.cdc.gov/]
- Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources
- A subject directory of health disciplines. Maintained by the librarians at the Hardin Library at the University of Iowa.
[http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html]
- HospitalWeb
- A list of hospitals with information available through the World
Wide Web. The page is created and maintained by the Department of
Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
[http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.shtml]
- MedlinePlus
- Resources for health information. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
[http://www.medlineplus.gov]
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- The electronic version of the series, prepared by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/]
- National Institutes of Health
- The NIH home page, with links to health resources (including CancerNet and the NIH Information Index), grants and contract information, scientific resources, and institutes and offices.
[http://www.nih.gov/]
- NursingCenter.com
- Continuing education, journal abstracts, health care news, forums, and other nursing links are available here.
[http://nursingcenter.com/]
- Yahoo: Health
- Links to information on disabilities, geriatrics, health
administration, nursing, public health and safety,
and more. This page is part of Yahoo!, a subject-oriented guide
to the Internet.
[http://www.yahoo.com/Health/]
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- U. S. Census Bureau
- Demographic, social, economic, and geographic data for the United
States. Includes the County and City Data Book and
excerpts from Statistical Abstract of the United States,
data access tools, and selected international statistics.
[http://www.census.gov/]
- State and Local Governments
- A page listing indexes and links to state and local government information.
Created by the staff of the Library of Congress.
[http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html]
- State Health Agencies
- Links to state departments of health. A service of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
[http://www.fda.gov/oca/sthealth.htm]
- Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
- Includes the full text of House and Senate bills and the Congressional Record, as well as links to committee reports and home pages and information on the legislative process. A service of the Library of Congress.
[http://thomas.loc.gov/]
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- PubMed
- Connect to PubMed, an index to the international biomedical journal literature created by the National Library of Medicine.
[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query]
- NLM
LocatorPlus
- The National Library of Medicine's online catalog for books, journals, and audiovisual materials.
[http://locatorplus.gov]
- NLM Databases
- Descriptions of, information on how to establish accounts for, and
connections to the National Library of Medicine's databases:
AIDS databases, Clinical Alerts, Images from the History of Medicine, and more.
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/index.html]
- Nursing Libraries in the United States (NAHRS Member Libraries)
- Links to the web sites of nursing libraries across the United States. Part of the NAHRS site. NAHRS (Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section) is a section of the Medical Library Association (MLA).
[http://nahrs.library.kent.edu/resource/libweb/webres.html]
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