NLM’s Digital Collections

The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce the launching of “Medicine in the Americas,”  (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/americas/index.html), part of NLM’s Digital Collections. This digital resource includes over 300 freely available early American printed books, showing the development of American medicine from 1610 to the early 20th century. The collection will be of interest to scholars, educators, writers, students and others who wish to use primary historical materials to help expand knowledge of medical and public health history for the advancement of scholarship across the disciplines and for the education of the general public.

NLM’s Digital Collections,( http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/muradora/), is a free online archive of biomedical books and videos residing in the public domain, and freely available worldwide. “Medicine in the Americas” joins another recently launched digital collection, “The Public Health Film Goes to War,” as well as other digital resources. “Medicine in the Americas” is made possible in part through the participation of the National Library of Medicine in the Medical Heritage Library, a digital curation collaborative supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and administered by the Open Knowledge Commons.

Flu Evidence-Based Information Portal (EBSCO)

As public concern about Pandemic H1N1 and the upcoming flu season continues to grow, the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing respond by offering the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.

Click  http://www.ebscohost.com/flu/ to access this free flu information resource.

Nursing Forums

• Nursing Discussion Forums
• Nursetown.com

Ethics

Library & Information Services Gateway (Ethics)- Links to the major Medical Ethics sites. These includes National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Bioethics in NLM Databases, and National Information Resources on Ethics & Human Genetics. This site also includes a link to the major Ethic databases on the web.

NLM’s Bioethics Resources on the Web!- The National Library of Medicine has a comprehensive list of annotated links to web resources in bioethics relating to education, research involving human and animal participants, medical and health care, applied genetics, and biotechnology.

Online Resources

CDC’s Health Topics A-Z- A list of health and disease topics on the Center for Disease Control Web site.

MEDLINEplus Health Topics- A growing list of medical subjects/topics from the National Library of Medicine.

National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC)- A comprehensive database of evidence based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Internet Public Library’s Health & Medical Sciences Reference- A valuable site with an alphabetical breakdown of subcategories in the Health and Medical Sciences.

Martindale’s The Reference Desk- A very large reference site originally found at the University of California at Irvine. It is broken down by different subject areas. An excellent reference and one of the best compilations of Health, Medicine, and Nursing Information. Key pages include: The “Virtual” Nursing Center; The “Virtual” Medical Center; and Health Science Guide – 2008

National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC)- A gateway that provides information and resources on women’s health issues.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health- Great online medical information site for both English and Spanish audiences.

NursingCenter.com- Lippincott’s nursing center provides electronic resources for nursing in the areas of education, research and practice. Note: Parts of the site have restricted access for members.

Allnurses.com- A Yahoo type of internet search engine specifically for nursing.

Government Resources

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia

The ADAM Medical Encyclopedia (Hosted by MEDLINEplus Health Information)- The ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.

Directories

Physicians & Health Professionals

ADA Member Directory- This directory is a comprehensive list of ADA members compiled and published by the American Dental Association.

AMA Physician Select: On-Line Doctor Finder- Provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States. This includes 650,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO).

CertifiedDoctor Service- This is service of American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), for locating doctors who are board certified by one of it’s 24 Medical Boards. Information displayed includes board certifications, telephone numbers, address, hospital affiliations, health plan affiliations, and physicians and hospital web pages.

DocFinder- This is a list of licensed health professionals by state from the Administrators in Medicine (AIM).

Hospitals & Health Organizations

American Hospital Directory- Online information about hospital data such as hospital characteristics, services, financial statistics, and impatient & outpatient statistics.

HospitalWeb- A list of USA Hospitals and Global Hospitals that have information on the Internet.