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Clearinghouse of Professional Information
Health and Medicine Resources
This section includes links to support our EXCEL courses,
especially the collection development course and the on-line "Electronic Sources of Information". Students can use this selection of links to complete their assignments. See also
Health Resources On-line especially selected for youth.
The purpose of this section is to provide access to a wide range of health and medical information, not to give
medical advice or interpretation. Links to information provided on this page does not imply recommendation or endorsement. It is not a
substitute for consultation with a health professional.
Topics include
General Resources | Search Engines and Directories
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- Deciphering Medspeak: For Health Consumers: "Top Ten" Most Useful Websites
(The Medical Library Association) The Consumer and Patient Health
Information Section (CAPHIS) of MLA evaluates web sites based on the
following criteria: credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience,
currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity, and
disclaimers.
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Evaluating Health Information (MedLinePlus)
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Evaluating Health Internet Resources: a Tutorial (National Library of
Medicine) This is a good took you may want to use as you select your web
resources on health
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A User's Guide
to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web (The Medical
Library Association) This guide outlines the collective wisdom of medical
librarians who surf the web every day to discover quality information in
support of clinical and scientific decision making by doctors, scientists,
and other health practitioners responsible for the nation's health.
Specialized websites
- Addictions: Web of Addictions. Fact sheets, links, notice of meetings, some in-depth coverage of specific
topics
- Alternative Medicine: for consumers, professionals, and students
who would like to learn more about various forms of Alternative Health Care. It links to sources of
information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.
- Caregiver.com The site for caregivers and seniors. Good "Be
Informed" section.
- Consumer Health Information Service
(Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library)
- On-line Medical Dictionary: + 15,000 terms from
medicine and science
- Health Canada Online
/Santé
Canada en direct
(Health Canada / Santé Canada)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Drug Information (Drugwatch.com)
Features up to date information on the drug side
effects of prescription and over-the-counter medications. Check this site
often for the most recent drug alerts.
- Drugs - RX List Searchable by brand, generic name.
- KidsHealth
- PDRhealth
Drug Information The drug information on PDRhealth is written in lay
terms and is based on the FDA-approved drug information found in the PDR. It
gives consumers plain-English explanations for the safe and effective use of
prescription and nonprescription drugs—explanations that are consistent with the
information professionals are referencing in the PDR. Use this section to read
about a drug your doctor may have prescribed to check for side effects, drug
interactions, and other important information.
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Timely, trusted and credible public health information through a single source.
- WebMD
- Women's Health Matters Network. Resources
(Sunnybrook and Womens' College Health Sciences Centre)
Search Engines and Directories
- Canadian Nursing Index
Comprehensive guide to
Canadian nursing resources on the Internet. I.E. Canadian hospitals organised by province, nursing humour, links to health resources, nursing
news, and journals.
- Fitness Jumpsite: annotated, categorized and searchable
directory of hundreds of fitness and health-related Web pages and resources, plus library of full-text articles
on all the topics. Includes sports, nutrition, kid fitness, adventure, martial arts, equipment, resorts, etc.
- Medical Matrix: searchable, annotated, rated directory of Internet clinical medicine resources.
Fill out free registration form
- Medical World Search a subscription-based web site providing searching in full text of
nearly 100,000 Web pages from thousands of SELECTED medical sites
- MedlinePlus Health information from the National Library of Medicine
- Proteus Health Search +: search health/medical services and
directories as PubMed, Healthfinder.gov, HealthWeb, NOAH and access a select number of relevant sites.
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