HEALTH RESOURCES

Compiled by Dr. Frank Stitt
Online Medical Education, Sydney, Australia <</p>

• Health Resources - Overview/Tutorials
  
• Health Resources Directories - Worldwide (metasites)
• Health Resources Directories - Images (metasites)
  

Health Resources - Overview/Tutorials

• Basic Internet FAQ for the Medical Librarian: General Internet Information
  "this FAQ sheet (Frequently Asked Questions) is designed for the Medical Librarian with little or no experience with the Internet; includes a web-bibliography; from the (U.S.) National Network of Libraries of Medicine"
• Basic Internet FAQ for the Medical Librarian: Internet Information Access Resources
  "this FAQ sheet (Frequently Asked Questions) continues with discussion of various resources available for sending and receiving data on the Internet, including e-mail, telnet, ftp, and web resources; includes a web-bibliography"
• Do Healthcare Providers Need the Internet?
  "an introduction to cyberspace for medical professionals; organized via a linked table of contents; targets a primary audience of medical professionals who are unfamiliar with the medical resources on the Internet and the issues surrounding them"
• EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia: IT Course
  "site contains the information technology course for developing country health information specialists created by the EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia; it includes information on the management of e-mail, using the Internet, and the development and management of web sites; each chapter contains a bibliography and glossary of terms"
• Introduction to Medical Informatics
  "contains detailed lecture notes on medical informatics and health care, medical data, interfaces and systems plus sample homeworks and exam questions; material from a (US) Columbia University course titled 'Introduction to Medical Informatics'"
• HealthInfoQuest
  "a tool to encourage users to retrieve reliable health and medical information from the World Wide Web; the pathfinders are designed to model the intuitive nature of reference work: the tool is designed primarily for information providers such as public librarians; developed by staff of the (U.S.) National Network of Libraries of Medicine"
• Hi Quality: Guidelines on Health Information Quality
  "site contains guidelines for producers of health information (Quality Standards Pages) and users looking for quality health information (Hi Quality Guidelines); it contains checklists of criteria for producers and users and is maintained by the Centre for Health Information, UK"
• Internet Information Center
  "materials created for those who wish to learn how to use the Internet and (U.S.) National Library of Medicine resources; includes links to fulltext classes, tutorials, presentations, videos, resource samplers and tip sheets"
• Internet Medic
  "a 'teach yourself' tutorial on Internet information skills for medics; includes a tour of key Internet sites, tools and techniques to improve Internet searching. a critical thinking review plus a section on how to use the Internet for learning, teaching or research ; part of the UK's RDN Virtual Training Suite"
• Internet Project Training Kits
  "contains two courses: "Using the Internet" - covers basics of how to connect to and use the Internet and "Finding Biomedical Information on the Internet" - aims to provide trainees with more in depth information; developed by the Health Care Libraries Unit, UK"
• Medical Search Engines and Meta-Sites
  "a summary of directories, which represent an efficient way of searching via links and indices, a group of links compiled by a "robot" searching the Web; includes summaries of general purpose and meta search tools, education oriented sites, clinical sites and web tutorials"
• Medic8.com
  "provides useful gateways to long lists of medical journals, textbooks, and medical dictionaries; mainly targeted to UK health professionals
  
• National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Guide to Finding Health Information
  "includes information on How Can the NLM Help Me with My Research, How Can I Get Information From Other Government or Health-Related Organizations, How Do I Search For Other Medical Information on the Web and How Do I Evaluate the Information I Find; emphasizes the Internet resources of the National Library of Medicine"
• NNLM Training Material
  "training materials for those who wish to learn how to use the Internet and National Library of Medicine resources; includes links to fulltext Classes, Tutorials, Presentations, Videos, Resource Samplers, and Tip Sheets; developed by the (U.S.) National Network of Libraries of Medicine"
• Nothing but 'Net: An Internet Search Guide for Health Professionals
  "a site aimed for health information professionals that emphasizes how to select a search tool, develop search strategies and evaluate Internet resources; developed by the J. Otto Lottes health Science Library, University of Missouri-Columbia"
• Patient's Guide to Healthcare Information on the Internet
  "a step-by-step guide to locating and researching medical conditions on the Internet; includes sections on Medical Terminology, Informational Databases, Reference Sites, Support Groups, Glossary and Links to featured sites"
• Ways to Find Medical Information on the Internet
  "site is a brief overview and contains starting points for finding medical and health sciences information on the Internet; includes World Wide Web, electronic mail and other networked resources such as Medline"
• World Lecture Hall (University of Texas at Austin)
  "site publishes links to websites created by faculty worldwide that use the Web to deliver course materials; includes courses in anatomy, biochemistry, biotechnology, gerontology, medicine, microbiology, neuroscience, nursing, psychology and statistics (see WHL subject course list in left hand column); contains subject category and keyword search engine access"

  see also:
  

• Internet Training Resources
  
• PubMed Help
  
• PubMed Online Guides
  
• PubMed Tutorial
  

Health Resources Directories - Worldwide (metasites)

• All Health Net.com
  "comprehensive site that organizes site links by "fixed categories" (medical dictionaries, organizations and textbooks) or "quick search categories" (daily medical news, job opportunities); also contains a key word search engine; provides access to over 20 million pages of medical information and is updated daily.
• Argus Clearinghouse: Health and Medicine
  "directory that identifies, describes and evaluates Internet health and medicine information guides"
• Banque de Données Santé Publique
  "this a French-language resource and is intended mainly for public health professionals in France; however, the site includes a useful thesaurus of health science and related areas; also includes an extensive French-language gateway; most of the recommended sites are French or European and very few have a focus on developing countries"
• BIOME: The Hub for Internet Resources in the Health and Life Sciences
  "launched in March 2000, the resource includes five gateways: BioResearch (biological and biomedical research), OMNI (clinical medicine), Natural Selection (plant and animal life, ecology and the environment), VetGate (veterinary medicine) and AgriFor (agriculture, forestry and food sciences); selection is peer reviewed by UK academicians and clinicians
• BioMedNet: The Internet Community for Biological and Medical Researchers
  "contains access to full-text library, evaluated MEDLINE, HMS Beagle (magazine), job exchange, BioMedLink (evaluated and annotated database of Intrernet resources) and other features; individuals must complete logon procedures on initial page to access this 'free' resource"
  
• Catalogue et Index des Sites Médicaux Francophones (CISMeF)
  "gateway contains links to French language health-related websites; site includes bibliographies, databases, email lists, electronic journals, medical organizations and academic institutions and also contains a page of links to email discussion lists for medical librarians; site includes a keyword search index and is maintained by the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Rouen, France"
• Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
  "subject based listing of scholarly and professional E-conferences; includes categories for genetics; medical practice-nursing, patient and family support and research; and psychology and psychiatry"
• Donation Programs for Books, Journals and Media
  "a site with links to and information on organizations that supply print material specifially for health related organizations; list is organized alphabetically by the country of the institution or effort that ultimately receives the donations"
• 
  "site is a gateway to full-text medical books available on the Internet; access to the links is organized by medical specialty or language (English, Spanish or German); many of the titles are relevant for health professionals in developing countries"
• Galaxy - Medicine
  "a searchable, refereed internet directory that contains annotated www links to general medicine and nine related subjects; within some of the categories, site contains subdirectories that list more annotated links; includes keyword and advanced search engines"
• Guide to Internet Discovery Tools for Health Professionals, Librarians, and Consumers
  "National Network of Libraries of Medicine (U.S.) listing of high quality starting points for Internet resources in the health sciences and librarianship"
• Health Systems Trust (HST)
  "HST is a leading clearinghouse for information related to health care in South Africa; includes information about HealthLink, a project of HST to meet the communication and information needs of health workers in South Africa plus an extensive gateway to information resources relevant to those involved in public health and health systems development"
• HealthWeb
  "provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the U.S.A..; utilizes a key word search engine"
• INASP: Health Links
  "a gateway to selected websites that are of special interest to health professionals, medical library communities, publishers, and NGOs in developing and transitional countries; it is divided into three sections: general resources, subject index and library and publishing support and use of ICTs; links with a specific focus on developing countries are marked with a symbol"
• INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resources Collection - Biological, Agricultural and Medical Sciences
  "sophisticated keyword search index to 20,000+ "academically valuable resources" including databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles and directories of researchers; has "browse" features to author, title, keyword and subject indexes"
• Listservs for Medical Librarianship
  "contains links to "listservs" for medical librarians; organized alphabetically by title and contains region or country of origin information plus data on the number of people subscribing; information is maintained by the (France) Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - Rouen"
• Listses de Diffusion
  "contains an extensive listing of "Medicine Sciences Francophones" websites that includes links with brief annotations to numerous specialty based websites in French; information is maintained by the (France) Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - Rouen"
• Martindale's The Reference Desk
  "medical multimedia education and specialized resource center"
• MedHunt: Health on the NET
  "a robotics based tool for searching the Internet for healhcare information; includes medical HONSelect, a subject based listing with links to websites, journal articles and news; also includes a 2000+ multi media gallery and conferences and events page"
• Medical Link Directories and Search Engines
  "contains a range of general or subject-orientated medical link directories from this Internet directory and resource site; top new sites are highlighted in the free science.komm EMail newsletter"
• Medical World Search
  "sophisticated medical search engine that retrieves syynonyms for keyword search terms; uses (U.S.) National Library of Medicine medical thesaurus"
• Medsite
  "largest medical search engine that evaluates, reviews and ranks medical webpages; contains links to each site with a short summary and graphic noting target audience"
• OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information
  "selected keyword and medical subject guide to medicine and bioscience Internet resources; 'the UK's gateway to high quality biomedical Internet resources'"
• SCIRUS: For Scientific Information Only
  "technically is a keyword search engine but it concentrates only on web sites that contain scientific content such as university web sites and author homepages; user can limit search to one or more of the following subject areas: biological sciences, biosciences, life sciences, medicine, neuroscience and pharmacology"
• SOURCE: International Health and Disability Database
  "site contains an international health and disability database that is comprised of 20,000+ books, manuals, reports, posters, videos, and CD-ROMs including many from developing countries; access is by keyword, subject, country and region"
• Useful Links for Health Professionals and Medical Students
  "list of subject related, annotated links selected for medical, premedical students and postdocs; includes guidelines, tutorials, lessons, courses, exam tests and questions, books, slides, videos, etc. created by the Lviv Medical University"
• Virtual Library: Biosciences, Medicine - The Complete List
  "comprehensive alphabetical listing with links to medical sites on the Internet; contains some links to other subject directories"
• Webcrawler: Health Channel
  "a keyword search engine with an extensive list of health categories and related links"
• Yahoo: Health
  "searchable, browseable, hierarchical index to Internet health sites with keyword and/or subject access"
• World Health Organization: WHOLIS
  "WHOLIS is the WHO Library's database; the site contains numerous WHO full-text articles and technical documents from 1985 to date; access is by keyword, author, title, series, publication or series search"

  see also:
  

• Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centers
• MedMark: Medical Bookmarks
• Source Bibliographic Database: International Health and Disability
• Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC)

Health Resources Directories - Images (metasites)

• Bristol Biomedical Image Archive
  "an extensive collection of medical, dental and veterinary images for use in teaching; includes alphabetical listing (browse) and keyword search engine; for full access to the BioMed image collections, click on: Registration System"
• HONMedia
  "a repository of over 2000 medical images and videos, pertaining to 1,350 topics and themes; users are able to download and use the images; organized by 'theme'; also contains a keyword search engine"
• Images from the History of Medicine
  "provides access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division of the (U.S.) National Library of Medicine; includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art; includes an alphabetical listing and keyword search engine"
• Medical Images and Illustrations
  "this gateway contains an extensive subject-based list of links to sites containing biomedical related multimedia material (photos, illustrations, etc.); some of the material may be downloaded and used free of charge; it is maintained by the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden"
• Medical Images on the Web
  "an annotated, linked list of sites that contain medical images; most of sites are subject based (ie. history of medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology); sites contain still photos, CD-models and movies and other multimedia"
• Public Health Resource Library
  "an extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health; includes links to related (image) sites; compiled by the (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control"
• Selected Medical Images from Different Web Sites
  "a a 50 + linked subject listing of useful images on the web; each initial subject link contains a more precise sub-directory; compiled by la Maternité de Genève"
  

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