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CONSUMER HEALTH SEARCH ENGINES

HARRIET LANE WWW LINKS
http://derm.med.jhmi.edu/poi/
Edited collection of pediatric resources on the World Wide Web. Website maintained by Johns Hopkins University staff.

HEALTH A TO Z
http://www.HealthAtoZ.com
Health A to Z was designed by Medical Network in 1995. The Internet site is comprehensive and consistently maintained. Health A to Z provides format and search capabilities for both medical professionals and consumers.

HEALTHFINDER
http://www.healthfinder.gov
Healthfinder was developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with other federal agencies. Healthfinder features: Online Publications, Clearinghouses, Databases, Web Sites, and Support and Self-Help Groups.

HEALTHWEB
http://www.healthweb.org/
A collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. HealthWeb provides subject access to hundreds of Internet links and provides a brief description of each website.

HEALTH WORLD
http://www.healthy.net/
HealthWorld Online is a 24-hour health resource center--a virtual health village--where you can access information services and products. HealthWorld Online offers a search engine and includes tips for searching.

MAYO CLINIC.COM
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Mayo Clinic.com provides the viewer with links to the Cancer Center, the Heart Center, the Alzheimer's Center, Allergy & Asthma Center, Diet & Nutrition, and the Women's Health Center. "Ask Mayo" enables viewers to pose medical questions to either a Mayo Clinic Physician or a Mayo Clinic Dietitian.

MEDICINE NET
http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp
MedicineNet is a network of physician educators dedicated to providing up-to-date, quality information. "Ask the Experts" database provides the viewer with 6,000 answers to medical questions categorized by medical specialty, an online medical dictionary, and a first-aid resource. Diseases & Treatments provides an A to Z index which includes tests and procedures.

MEDLINEPLUS HEALTH INFORMATION
http://www.medlineplus.gov/
This service of the National Library of Medicine offers searches under health topics, drug information, and other links. There are also searchable medical dictionaries, medical directories, and access to other health organizations, consumer health libraries, publications, MEDLINE, and more.

MEDTROPOLIS
http://www.medtropolis.com
Health references include MEDLINE, USP Guide to Drugs and Men's Advisor. There is also information available on health conditioning, living with disease or debilitating conditions, focus on nutrition, health links, and more.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine provides free access to MEDLINE, TOXNET, DIRLINE, Clinicaltrials.gov, and other informational databases. Additional publications and services are also available to the viewer.

NIH WEB SEARCH
http://www.nih.gov/google/google.search.nih.html/
NIH WEB SEARCH provides the ability to search for documents of interest on over 100 selected web sites that comprise the NIH-WEB-SPACE. Each of these servers are "crawled" and indexed on an on-going basis.

NOAH
http://www.noah-health.org
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) provides viewers with high quality, timely, relevant, and unbiased full-text health information.

ONCOLINK
http://www.oncolink.com
OncoLink is the first multimedia oncology information resource on the Internet. OncoLink was established to disseminate information relevant to the field of oncology, educate health care personnel, educate patients, families, and other interested parties, and to efficiently collect information pertinent to the specialty.

PUBMED
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
PubMed is a project designed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed was developed as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers.

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HARRIET LANE WWW LINKS http://derm.med.jhmi.edu/poi/ Edited collection of pediatric resources on the World Wide Web. Website maintained by Johns Hopkins University staff.
HEALTH A TO Z http://www.HealthAtoZ.com Health A to Z was designed by Medical Network in 1995. The Internet site is comprehensive and consistently maintained. Health A to Z provides format and search capabilities for both medical professionals and consumers.
HEALTHFINDER http://www.healthfinder.gov Healthfinder was developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with other federal agencies. Healthfinder features: Online Publications, Clearinghouses, Databases, Web Sites, and Support and Self-Help Groups.
HEALTHWEB http://www.healthweb.org/ A collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. HealthWeb provides subject access to hundreds of Internet links and provides a brief description of each website.
HEALTH WORLD http://www.healthy.net/ HealthWorld Online is a 24-hour health resource center--a virtual health village--where you can access information services and products. HealthWorld Online offers a search engine and includes tips for searching.
MAYO CLINIC.COM http://www.mayoclinic.com/ Mayo Clinic.com provides the viewer with links to the Cancer Center, the Heart Center, the Alzheimer's Center, Allergy & Asthma Center, Diet & Nutrition, and the Women's Health Center. "Ask Mayo" enables viewers to pose medical questions to either a Mayo Clinic Physician or a Mayo Clinic Dietitian.
MEDICINE NET http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp MedicineNet is a network of physician educators dedicated to providing up-to-date, quality information. "Ask the Experts" database provides the viewer with 6,000 answers to medical questions categorized by medical specialty, an online medical dictionary, and a first-aid resource. Diseases & Treatments provides an A to Z index which includes tests and procedures.
MEDLINEPLUS HEALTH INFORMATION http://www.medlineplus.gov/ This service of the National Library of Medicine offers searches under health topics, drug information, and other links. There are also searchable medical dictionaries, medical directories, and access to other health organizations, consumer health libraries, publications, MEDLINE, and more.
MEDTROPOLIS http://www.medtropolis.com Health references include MEDLINE, USP Guide to Drugs and Men's Advisor. There is also information available on health conditioning, living with disease or debilitating conditions, focus on nutrition, health links, and more.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE http://www.nlm.nih.gov National Library of Medicine provides free access to MEDLINE, TOXNET, DIRLINE, Clinicaltrials.gov, and other informational databases. Additional publications and services are also available to the viewer.
NIH WEB SEARCH http://www.nih.gov/google/google.search.nih.html/ NIH WEB SEARCH provides the ability to search for documents of interest on over 100 selected web sites that comprise the NIH-WEB-SPACE. Each of these servers are "crawled" and indexed on an on-going basis.
NOAH http://www.noah-health.org NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) provides viewers with high quality, timely, relevant, and unbiased full-text health information.
ONCOLINK http://www.oncolink.com OncoLink is the first multimedia oncology information resource on the Internet. OncoLink was established to disseminate information relevant to the field of oncology, educate health care personnel, educate patients, families, and other interested parties, and to efficiently collect information pertinent to the specialty.
PUBMED http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi PubMed is a project designed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed was developed as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers.