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Evaluating Internet Health Information
A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine (16 min)

MEDLINE
Database to citations in any area that relates to medicine.
PubMed
Database of citations from the biomedical literature that includes MEDLINE, in addition to other health databases funded by NIH (e.g., ToxNet, CancerNet). Use for more comprehensive searches.
Scopus
Multi-disciplinary database of peer-reviewed research literature.

Please note: there are problems with the Scopus service. Full-text links and exports to some citation managers are not working. A workaround to get the full text is to copy and paste the article title into ONE SEARCH on the library home page, and you'll be able to access the full text.

Mednar
This search engine allows you to search government resources including NIH, medical societies, commercial databases and patents. It may not be as in depth as PubMed, but may hit other sources on the web

Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Gray's Anatomy
SCIENCE REF QM23.2 .G73 2005
Healthopedia.com
Medical Dictionary
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Merck Manual Medical Library)
Everything you ever wanted to know about any disease, INTENDED FOR MEDICAL PRACTICIONERS. Also in paper SCIENCE REF RC55.M4 2006
Merck Manual of Medical Information (Merck Manual Medical Library)
clear explanations on medical topics INTENDED FOR THE LAYPERSON. Also in paper SCIENCE REF RC81 .M535 2003
National Center for Health Statistics

Drugs.com
prescription drug info, side effects, & interactions
Physicians' Desk Reference : PDR
SCIENCE REF RS75.P5 2014
PDR for Herbal Medicines
SCIENCE REF RM666.H33 P37 2004
PDR for nonprescription drugs and dietary supplements
SCIENCE REF RM671.A1 P48 23rd 2002
RxList: the Internet Drug Index
FDA - Drugs
Includes recalls, alerts, drug shortages, drug safety

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