Searching the Medical Literature

PubMed

pubmed.gov
PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE (the premier medical database), HealthSTAR, and PreMEDLINE in one database. Includes very current citations.

PubMed help

• PubMed Tutorial
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Literature/pubmed_search.html
  

• PubMed Tutorial (National Library of Medicine)
  www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html
  

• PubMed Help (National Library of Medicine)
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query/static/help/pmhelp.html
  

• PubMed Tutorial - UF HSCL
  www.library.health.ufl.edu/PubMed/PubMed2/index.html
  

OVID databases at OHSU

www.ohsu.edu/library/ovid/
Available to all licensed health professionals in Oregon. Includes MEDLINE and CINAHL along with some full-text articles. You must have a library barcode. You can sign up for a barcode at https://www.ohsu.edu/library/libcdapp.shtml

NLM's Databases & Electronic Information Sources

www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/index.html
Information on a variety of databases available through the National Library of Medicine.

LOCATORplus

locatorplus.gov
The catalog from the National Library of Medicine, contains listings for books, audiovisuals, and journals.

Full-Text, Internet-Based Library Resources for Nurses

www.ohsu.edu/library/nurses/
An online library of 37 nursing and medical texts available through a grant from the National Library of Medicine. Registration is required.

Resources for non-OHSU Licensed Health Professionals

www.ohsu.edu/library/offcampus/nonohsu.shtml
Information on accessing specific resources available to licensed Oregon health professionals, as well as selected sites for full-text articles and other resources.

Nurse Practitioner Sites

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

www.aanp.org/
Information about the profession as well as links to web pages with health information.

American College of Nurse Practitioners

www.nurse.org/acnp/
The ACNP is focused on advocacy and keeping NPs current on legislative, regulatory and clinical practice issues that effect NPs.

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners

www.napnap.org/
Includes legislative information, job links, and grant information.

NONPF - National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties

www.nonpf.com/
Includes links to publications and links to other web resources.

NP Central: Information For and About Nurse Practitioners

www.nurse.net/np/
Information for and about NPs, from the Nurse Practitioner Support Services.

Nurse Practitioner Alternatives in Education, Inc.

www.npedu.com/
Dedicated to the provision of quality nurse practitioner continuing education for registered nurses already in NP programs, and for practicing NPs.

Nurse Practitioner Resources / UCSF School of Nursing

nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/arwwebpg.htm
An extensive list of links compiled by a nurse practitioner.

Nurse Practitioners of Oregon

npo.oregonrn.org/index.htm
Includes a discussion forum, patient resources, local health info, local legislative issues, employment opportunities, and a directory.

Nursing Sites on the World Wide Web - Nurse Practitioners

ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/hsl/internet/nurse_prac.html
Links to information of interest to NPs.

Oregon Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Association

www.opnpa.org/

Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)

www.pnpcert.org/
Information on national certification and certification maintenance programs for pediatric nursing professionals.

Washington State Chapter of the NAPNAP

www.nurse.org/wa/napnap/

Pediatric Sites for Health Professionals

AMA - Adolescent Health On-Line

www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1947.html
A variety of information for practitioners, teens, and parents.

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

www.aacap.org/
Includes information for professionals as well as patients.

American Academy of Family Physicians

www.aafp.org/
Includes information for both the practitioner and the patient.

American Academy of Pediatrics

www.aap.org/
A variety of information for professionals and patients, with news, and a list of their publications. Includes a section on Immunization.

American Psychological Association

www.apa.org
Information for psychologists, the public, and students.

eMedicine Journal - Pediatrics

www.emedicine.com/ped/index.shtml
Evidence-based content written by health professionals on a variety of diseases and conditions.

HardinMD - Pediatrics & Children's Health

www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ped.html
From the site that lists the "best sites that list the sites" and excellent list of links for pediatric health information.

Harriet Lane Links

derm.med.jhmi.edu/poi/
Formerly "Pediatric Points of Interest", an edited collection of pediatric resources on the Internet. It is maintained and edited at the Johns Hopkins University.

HealthWeb: Pediatrics

healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=71
Produced at Northwestern University, besides general health information it includes links to organizations, publications, and practice guidelines.

Immunization Action Coalition and the Hepatitis B Coalition

www.immunize.org/
A premier source of childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information and hepatitis B educational materials. Includes immunization information in 16 languages.

Internet for School Nurses

www.ohsu.edu/library/ref/schoolnurse/
A list of resources specifically selected for school nurses.

Medscape Pediatrics Home Page

pediatrics.medscape.com/Home/Topics/pediatrics/pediatrics.html
Includes a journal scan, news, treatment updates, conference summaries, and other information for practitioners.

MedWebPlus: Pediatrics

www.medwebplus.com/subject/Pediatrics.html
This page places sites in groupings using Medical Subject Headings; an exhaustive list.

The National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health

www.ncemch.org/
From Georgetown University, this page includes links to a variety of sites on child health.

Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines - Infancy, Pediatrics

medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/guide15.html
Guidelines on a variety of child health topics.

Resources for Nurses and Families

pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~wink/
Produced by an RN, this includes information for providers and patients.

Society for Adolescent Medicine

www.adolescenthealth.org/
A multidisciplinary organization of professionals committed to improving the physical and psychosocial health and well being of all adolescents.

Virtual Children's Hospital

www.vh.org/pediatric/
From the University of Iowa, information for providers, patients, and a section for children.

General Health Sites

Alternative Medicine Home Page

www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
"A jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies" developed at the University of Pittsburgh.

EthnoMed

ethnomed.org/
From the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, this site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants.

MedicineNet: Procedures and Tests

www.medicinenet.com/ (Select Procedures)
An alphabetical list of procedures and tests, which includes basic information about the test and links to information on diseases and treatments related to the procedure/test.

MEL: International and Multicultural Health Resources

mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=279&pathid=1092
From the Michigan Electronic Library, a list of links for multicultural health resources

National Guideline Clearinghouse

guidelines.gov
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

National Organization for Rare Disorders

www.rarediseases.org/
Provides searchable databases on rare disorders, organizations, and orphan drugs.

RxList: The Internet Drug Index

www.rxlist.com/
Includes a search option and the "top 200"as well as information on alternative medicine, and just for fun, an "RXLaugh" link.

SafeMedication.com

www.safemedication.com/index.cfm
From the American Society of Health System Pharmacists

Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links

http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/
Links to health information relating to religious groups, ethnic groups, and special populations.

Health Information for Patients

Ask NOAH About: Child Health

www.noah-health.org/english/wellness/healthyliving/childhealth.html
From the New York Public Library and the New York Academy of Medicine, this site includes information in English and Spanish.

Cancer.gov - Childhood Cancers

www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/childhoodcancers
Includes a section on childhood cancers as well and general information about coping with cancer.

Consumer Health Resources

www.ohsu.edu/library/consumerhealth/
Selected links to patient information selected by librarians at the Oregon Health & Science University

familydoctor.org

familydoctor.org/
Basic health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Family Village

www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Produced at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, "information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support".

healthfinder: just for you

healthfinder.gov/justforyou/
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a collection of sites with infant, teen, and parenting health information.

Immunization Schedule

www.aap.org/family/parents/immunize.htm
The most current immunization schedule from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

InteliHealth: Children's Health

www.intelihealth.com/ (Select "Children's Health")
From Harvard Medical Schools, this site has general health information as well as "Ask the Expert", news, and feature articles.

kidsDoctor

www.kidsdoctor.com/
Articles arranged by both category and anatomy, as well a list of books.

KidsHealth - Children's Health & Parenting Information

KidsHealth.org/
An award winning site from Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, The Nemours Children's Clinics, and other children's health facilities nationwide, it includes sections for parents, kids and teens.

LaLeche League

www.lalecheleague.org/
Information on breastfeeding, as well as other infant health concerns for practitioners and parents.

MayoClinic.com

www.mayoclinic.com/
Select "Baby's Health" or "Children's Health" from the Health Center list.

Medical Library: Children's Health

www.medem.com/MedLB/sub_detaillb.cfm?parent_id=10&act=disp
Health information for consumers from Medem.

MedlinePlus: Child and Teen Health

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childandteenhealth.html
One of the best sites on the web, this National Library of Medicine page gathers the best of the web in one place, and continues to grow daily. It's a first-stop site.

OncoLink: Pediatric Cancers

www.oncolink.upenn.edu/types/types.cfm?c=14
Information on childhood cancers as well as cancer issues for children.

Parent Soup

www.parentsoup.com
Includes information for parents from pregnancy through adolescence.

U.S. Consumer Gateway: Children

www.consumer.gov/children.htm
A variety of information from U.S. government agencies. Includes information on health and child care related issues.

Young Women's Health Page

www.ohsu.edu/library/teenhealth/
From the Oregon Health & Science University Library, this page was developed by young women for young women, with links to websites of interest to preteens through young adults.

Non-English Language Health Information

A-Z Health Topics

mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/topics/index.html
From NSW Health in New South Wales, a variety of health information in a great number of languages, including Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Russian

AACAP Facts for Families

http://www.aacap.org/page.ww?section=Informacion+para+la+Familia&name=Informacion+para+la+Familia
Information in English, Spanish, French, German, Polish, and Icelandic from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Consumer Health Links - Non-English Sites

www.ohsu.edu/library/consumerhealth/chnoneng.shtml
A list of sites selected by the Oregon Health & Science University Library

EthnoMed

ethnomed.org/
From the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, although best for information on cultural issues, health information in a number of languages is included.

Información en español de la Academia Americana de Médicos de Familia

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home.html
Patient health information in Spanish from the American Academy of Family Physicians

MedlinePlus: Informacion de salud para usted

medlineplus.gov/spanish/
The National Library of Medicine's site in Spanish; more information is added weekly

Mi Pediatra

www.mipediatra.com.mx/inicio.htm
A pediatric site from Mexico which includes a substantial section of handouts on themes of interest to parents on development, congenital diseases, and chronic illnesses

NICHCH en espanol

www.nichcy.org/spanish.htm
Information from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

www.noah-health.org/
Includes information in English, Spanish, and a variety of other languages

Your Orthopedic Connection

orthoinfo.aaos.org/category.cfm?topcategory=Spanish
Spanish version of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons consumer health information

Government Health Web Sites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

www.ahrq.gov/
Formerly the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research, this site includes the Clinical Practice Guidelines, research findings, and information for consumers.

Centers for Disease Control

www.cdc.gov/
Includes the full text of publications such as Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, as well as travelers' health information and data and statistics. It includes links to state health departments.

CHID: Combined Health Information Database

chid.nih.gov/
"CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources."

ClinicalTrials.gov

clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui
Information for patients, family members and members of the public current about clinical research studies.

Department of Health and Human Services

www.os.dhhs.gov
This page includes considerable consumer health information.

Food and Drug Administration

www.fda.gov/
Includes information on human and animal drugs, cosmetics, foods, toxicology, medical devices and radiological health and inspections and imports. It has information about current topics, including new drugs, new therapies (e.g. aromatherapy), and guidelines for drugs/cosmetics/foods. It includes the FDA Drug Approvals List and selected documents are in French, Spanish and Russian

National Center for Biotechnology Information

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This site has information on genetics and includes a number of databases including GenBank, a gene sequence database, OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, and a free MEDLINE, PubMed.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

nccam.nih.gov/
NCCAM conducts and supports basic and applied research and training and disseminates information on complementary and alternative medicine to practitioners and the public.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

www.nichd.nih.gov/
Includes information on research, clinical trials and funding opportunities in children's health.

National Institutes of Health

www.nih.gov
Contains links to the individual institutes and offices, health information such as MEDLINE, CancerNet and AIDS related information, and grants and contracts. Includes access to a full-text database of NIH Consumer Health Information.

National Library of Medicine

www.nlm.nih.gov
This site includes information about NLM and other NIH services, research and development activities such as the Visible Human, almost 60,000 images from the Images from the History of Medicine service, LocatorPlus, the NLM online catalog and PubMed.

Office of Rare Diseases

rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
Information on over 6000 rare diseases for both practitioners and patients.

PDAs for Health Professionals

ACP Online - PDA Portal

www.acponline.org/pda/
An excellent resource for using PDAs in your practice.

DUMC Library - Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

www.mclibrary.duke.edu/respub/guides/pda/internetrsrcs1.html
PDA information selected by the Duke University Medical Center Library.

Ectopic Brain

pbrain.hypermart.net
Information for Palm OS handhelds in clinical practice

Handheld Devices 101 by Laura Larsson

depts.washington.edu/hswork/workshops/pda-intro/basic-toc.html
A great tutorial on the variety of uses for PDAs.

Handheldmed.com

www.handheldmed.com/
Many PDA books available for purchase, some with a 3-day trial.

Introduction to Personalized Digital Assistants (PDAs)

www.npcentral.net/pda/
Information on PDA use from NP Central

OUHSC College of Nursing - NP Web Resources - Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

www.nursing.ouhsc.edu/npweb/pda_collection.asp
From the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center

pdaMD.com

www.pdamd.com/
Includes product reviews, tutorials, discussion groups for PDAs.

PDAs for Health Care Providers

educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/index.htm
Information on PDA use in health care from the Arizona Health Science Library

PDAs for PEDs

www.dcchildrens.com/pdas/
An excellent site written specifically for using handhelds in pediatrics; includes the basics, professional software, and software for parents.

Personal Digital Assistants - Going Mobile

www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/resources/pdainfo/res.html
A list of PDA resources collected by the Health Sciences & Human Services Library, University of Maryland.

Searching the Internet

DUMCL - Internet Tutorial

www.mclibrary.duke.edu/respub/guides/intertut/webintro.html
An excellent introduction to the World Wide Web using Netscape from the Duke University Medical Center Library.

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
A very thorough guide to all aspects of Internet use. Created by the University of California, Berkeley. The only browser covered is Netscape.

Evaluation of English and Spanish Health Information on the Internet

www.rand.org/publications/documents/interneteval/
A study by Rand published by the California HealthCare Foundation

Tips on Evaluating Web Resources

www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/gmr/publish/eval.html
Basic tips on what to look for in a web page

Quackwatch: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions

www.quackwatch.com/
If you take into account that the author of this page, Stephen Barrett, M.D., is biased toward traditional western medicine, you can still find some very good information here about medical quackery.

"Miracle" Health Claims: Add a Dose of Skepticism

www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health/frdheal.htm
From the Federal Trade Commission, includes a checklist for looking at health pages.