Electronic Reference Resources
This site is designed to serve the reference information needs of health professionals at OHSU. Select a topic from the list below.
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Almanacs & Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Cancer Society: Statistics
- CDC Data & Statistics
- ChildStats.gov
- Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
- Child Health USA 2001
- FEDSTATS
- Statistics and information produced by over 70 federal agencies
- HCUPnet
- "A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level"
- HealthLinks: Statistics
- Links to many reliable statistics site. From the University of Washington
- KIDS COUNT
- State statistical information on children
- Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being
- Oregon Board of Medical Examiners - Statistics
- Oregon Blue Book
- Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Reports
- State and Country QuickFacts
- State and Metropolitan Area Data Book (PDF)
- State Health Facts Online
- Statistical Abstract
- StatSoft Electronic Textbook
- UnitedHealth Foundation State Health Ranking, 2002 Edition
- University of Michigan's Government Resources on the Web
- University of Michigan's Statistical Resources on the Web
- Statistics on all subjects
- Web Interface for Statistics Education
- WHOSIS
- Statistical information from the WHO Programme on Evidence for Health Policy
- United States Census 2000
- State and Country QuickFacts
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Alternative Medicine & Pharmacognosy
- A Modern Herbal: Plant & Herb Index
- About Herbs, Botanicals, and Other Producs
- Evidence-based information
- American Cancer Society: Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer
- Government Resources: Alternative Medicine Resources
- Sites from the United States and United Kingdom
- National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NIH)
- Information for investigators, consumers, and practitioners
- Practitioners' Directories: Alternative Medicine Resources
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Biographies
- The Nobel Prize in Medicine - Laureates
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Dictionaries
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- CancerSource.com: The Cancer Dictionary
- Eye Terminology Glossary
- Glossarist
- Glossaries and dictionaries on many health subjects
- Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms, 4th edition
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
- Global searching in five English dictionaries
- The Online Medical Dictionary
- Sponsored by CancerWeb
- Online Science & Medical Dictionary
- Dictionaries of English and 240 other languages
- Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
- Yourdictionary.com
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Directories
- AAFP Directory of Family Practice Residency Programs
- Accredited Professional Programs of Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy
- Acqweb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
- AMA: Links to State Medical Boards
- ANCC Directory of Accredited Organizations
- From the American Nurses Credentialing Center
- Case Management Resource Guide
- Directory of America's Hospitals
- Directory of Health Sciences Libraries, Pacific Northwest Region
- EmbassyWorld.com
- Information about the world's embassies
- Family Medicine Clerkship/Preceptorship Directory
- Federal Web Locator
- FirstGov: The U.S. Governments's Official Web Portal
- Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services
- Healthcare Information Technology Yellow Pages
- Research information technology companies and consultants in many disciplines
- Heath National Resource Directory on Postsecondary Education and Disability
- ICPI: Directory of Pathology Training Programs
- LabGuide Online
- Library of Congress - Resources for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Online source for analytical instruments, laboratory products, chemicals, equipment, services and supplies
- National Library of Medicine: Hospital Information
- Find information on national and international hospitals
- Neuroscience Training Porgrams in North America
- NICDC Directory of Organizations
- Organizations that focus on health issues relating to hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language
- NIH Telephone Directory Services
- Nursing Center: Career Guide
- Information from the 2005 AJN Career Guide
- Oregon School Directory
- Resource Guide to Careers in Toxicology
- SAMHSA: Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
- SGIM Directory of General Internal Medicine Fellowship Programs
- SGIM Directory of Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Programs
- State Employee Search Form
- Strolling Through the Match - Choosing a Specialty
- UICC International Directory of Cancer Institutions and Organizations
- United States Postal Service Zip Code Look Up
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Drug Information
- 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook
- ASTDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- ASHP Policy Positions, Statements and Guidelines (Best Practices)
- A Catalog of FDA Approved Drug Products
- Drugs.com
- Has a nice "pill identifier" feature
- Martindale's Virtual Pharmacy Center
- NIH Clinical Alerts and Advisories
- Oregon Prescription Drug Guide
- From the AARP
- OregonRx.org: Evidence Based Information on Prescription Drugs for Consumers and Health Care Providers
- Rxlist
- Rxmed
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Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Gray's Anatomy
- Wikipedia
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Grants and Funding
- Everything You Wanted to Know about the NCI Grants Process
- Funding Information/Grants and Contracts (National Eye Institute)
- GrantsNet (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- International Health Opportunities
- NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
- NIH Office of Extramural Research Grants Web Site
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Handbooks
- The Human Genome
- The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
- NIOSH: Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
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Images
- Bristol Biomedical Image Archive
- A collection of medical, dental and veterinary images. All images have been cataloged with Medical Subject Headings
- Histobank: The Interactive Histology Atlas
- Search this database of annotated images
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Instructions to Authors
- Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (NLM Style Guide)
- Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
- Columbia Guide to Online Style
- Online Format Citation Styles
- Recommended Formats for Citing Internet Resources
- From the National Library of Medicine
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
- Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (NLM Style Guide)
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Legal Information
- Findlaw
- Law and Politics: Internet Guide
- Oregon Revised Statutes
- Oregon's Death with Dignity Act
- Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: A Guidebook for Health Care Providers
- Oregon Health Policy & Research
- Physicians' Handbook on Medical Certification of Death
- In Your State: A State-by-State Review of Abortion and Reproductive Rights
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Manuals & Clinical Guidelines
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents
- AMA: PolicyFinder
- Browse or search three AMA policy databases
- American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines
- American College of Physicians: American Society of Internal Medicine Guidelines
- American College of Physicians: Ethics Manual
- American Psychiatric Association: Practice Guidelines
- APA: Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
- APA: Research With Animals in Psychology
- APA: Membership Ethics
- Pocket Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2005
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
- ECFMG: Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Program: Application Materials
- ECFMG Information Booklet: Programs of Certification
- EthnoMed: Self Teaching Module for the Influence of Culture and Pigment on Skin Conditions in Children
- Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services
- International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects
- The Oath by Hippocrates
- OSHA: Hospital eTool
- Path to CGFNS Certification: Applicant Handbook
- A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine
- From UCSD
- Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Quality on the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education
- United States Medical Licensing Examination
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Medical Metasites
- Hardin Metadirectory of Internet Resources
- HealthLinks Specialities
- Karolinska Institutet
- Yale Medical Library
Sites which the OHSU Library Reference department recommends as providing excellent information on a variety of health-related topics.
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Meetings & Travel
- CDC: Travelers' Health
- ConferenceSeek.com
- Health meeting information
- Doctor's Guide Congress Resource Center by Specialty
- A physician's guide to global congress and travel planning
- International Travel and Health
- Vaccination requirements and more
- MInd: The Meetings Index
- Oregon Place Names
- The Physician's Travel and Meeting Guide
- Studyabroad.com
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Nomenclature & Terminology
- Biomedical Abbreviation Server
- Chemical Terminology and Microbiological Nomenclature
- The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones
- Guidelines for Human Gene Nomenclature
- Veterinary Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Quotations
- A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
- Bartleby.com
- Fulltext reference, verse, fiction and nonfiction
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- The Holy Bible, King James Version
- The Oxford Shakespeare
- Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed.
- Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
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Reference
- Internet Public Library
- Librarian's Index to the Internet
- National Library of Medicine: Classification 2005
- New York Times: Cyber Times Navigator
- refdesk.com
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Syndromes
- Online Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation
- Structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation
- Syndromes that Affect the Eye
