Online Databases / Journals

http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
MEDLINEplus. Easy-to-understand resource on various diseases and health topics for the public. Includes information from MEDLINE, links to self-help groups, health organizations, medical dictionaries, and clinical trials.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Medline – The National Library of Medicine’s bibliographic database covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Includes citations from almost 4,000 journals. Contains approximately 9 million records.

http://www.nejm.org
New England Journal of Medicine.

http://www.aegis.com
AIDS Education Global Information System

www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
The Merck Manual of Medical Information

Health and Government Organizations

http://www.lungusa.org
American Lung Association. Good source for information about lungs and lung related diseases.

http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/
CancerNet from the National Cancer Institute. Can search CANCERLIT, a database of 1.3 million records of cancer-related documents.

http://www.cdc.gov
Centers for Disease Control. Good source for statistical information on diseases.

http://www.centerforinternationalhealth.org
Center for International Health

http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Healthfinder. Wide variety of consumer health information. Provides links to more than 550 Web sites. Searchable.

http://www.mayohealth.org
Mayo Health Oasis from the Mayo Clinic. Features health headlines, articles, interactive quizzes, links to related sites. Can search by drug name.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Information on diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
National Institute of Mental Health, thorough articles on mental health disorders

http://www.nih.gov/ninr
National Institute of Nursing Research

Pharmaceutical

http://www.fda.gov
Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/cder
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

http://rxlist.com
The Internet Drug Index

http://www.pdr.net
Physician's Desk Reference--link to "Information for Consumers"

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov
A resource of the National Institute of Health

http://www.nida.nih.gov
National Institute of Drug Abuse

http://www.cesar.umd.edu
Center for Substance Abuse Research

http://www.druginfonet.com
Drug Infonet--has link to "Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Information"

Pharmacy Reference Core Title List

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