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ACP Medicine -: http://uclibs.org/PID/34602
Clinical Resources Center: http://ecrc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/
Electronic Journals at UC Davis: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/ejournals/
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine -: http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=4
MD Consult -: http://uclibs.org/PID/4212
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?tool=cdl&holding=ucdlib&otool=cdlotool; Journal article database indexing medical literature via National Library of Medicine
STAT!Ref -: http://uclibs.org/PID/22372; Search the contents of one or more of the texts or click on a text to view its contents

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What's New

Avian Influenza: News and Information: http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/special_reports/avian_flu/; From UC Davis
Basic Information about Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guide to Avian Influenza Research: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/research/avianflu.php; From Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Shields Library, UC Davis
West Nile Virus: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm; Maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
West Nile Virus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/westnilevirus.html; From MedlinePlus, a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
What You Should Know about West Nile Virus: http://www.avma.org/communications/brochures/wnv/wnv_brochure.asp; From the American Veterinary Medical Association

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Alerting and Preprint Services

BioMail: http://biomail.sourceforge.net/biomail/; Searches PubMed weekly and sends links to new documents via e-mail
BioMed Central: http://www.biomedcentral.com/; Barrier-free access to peer reviewed research in biology and medicine
Clinical Medicine and Health Research: http://clinmed.netprints.org/home.dtl; From British Medical Journal (BMJ) and HighWire Press. A repository of non-peer-reviewed original research in clinical medicine and health
MyNCBI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/login.fcgi?call=so.SignOn..Login; Save PubMed searches and results and automatically update and e-mail search results from your saved searches.
PubCrawler: http://pubcrawler.gen.tcd.ie; An update alerting service for PubMed and Genbank. Run your searches and receive daily results.
PubMed Central: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov; National Institutes of Health's repository for peer-reviewed primary research reports in the life sciences

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Clinical Practice Guidelines & Evidence-Based Medicine

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/; Clinical practice guidelines and information on evidence-based practice
Bandolier: http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier; An independent, open-access electronic journal about evidence-based healthcare written by scientists from Oxford, U.K.
BMJupdates: http://bmjupdates.com/; Provided by BMJ Publishing Group and McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit, a searchable database of the best evidence from the medical literature to support evidence-based clinical decisions
CDC Recommends: http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/cdcrecommends/AdvSearchV.asp; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a searchable storehouse of documents containing CDC recommendations on a variety of health, prevention and public health practice issues.
Cochrane Library -: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HOME; A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making which include systematic reviews of medical research
Essential Evidence Plus -: http://uclibs.org/PID/36843/; A clinical awareness system.
MD Consult -: http://uclibs.org/PID/4212; Click on Current Practice at the top and then on Practice Guidelines. Open a guideline or conduct a search.
National Guideline Clearinghouse: http://www.guideline.gov/; Sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in partnership with American Medical Association and American Association of Health Plans
Netting the Evidence: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting/
PubMed Clinical Queries: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.shtml
SUMSearch: http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/; A unique method of searching for medical evidence

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Databases and Indexes

AgeLine Database: http://www.aarp.org/research/ageline/; From the AARP, abstracts of social gerontology and aging-related articles, books and reports
BIOSIS -: http://uclibs.org/PID/10348; Citations from journals, books, conference proceedings and technical reports in life sciences and biology
Canary Database: http://canarydatabase.org/; From Yale University, a searchable database that is a compilation of curated peer-reviewed research articles related to the use of animals as sentinels of human health hazards
CINAHL Plus -: http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=jlh; Citations and abstracts on nursing, biomedicine, allied health and consumer health.
CIRRIE Database of International Rehabilitation Research: http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/search/; From the Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
Cochrane Library -: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HOME; Database of systematic reviews of medical research
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information Projects): http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/; Searchable database of federally-funded biomedical research projects
Entrez Cross-Database Search Page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi; Life sciences search engine
Global Health -: http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html; Global Health provides international coverage of all aspects of public health and publications from over 3500 journals, plus reports, books and conferences. Once at the OVID Web site, click on "Global Health" to access the database.
HerbMed ®: http://www.herbmed.org/
IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements): http://ods.od.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html; Produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institute of Health.
Native Health Databases: http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nhd/index.cfm
NLM Gateway: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd; Searches multiple retrieval systems of National Library of Medicine, including citations to journal articles, meeting abstracts, books and consumer information from MEDLINE plus.
OMIA: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals: http://omia.angis.org.au/; A database of genes, inherited disorders, and traits in more than 135 animal species (other than human and mouse)authored by Dr. Frank Nicholas of the University of Sydney.
OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=omim; This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere, and developed for the World Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
PsycINFO -: http://www.csa2.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=psycinfo&adv=1; Citation and abstracts for articles in journals, conference proceeding, books, reports and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines.
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?tool=cdl&holding=ucdlib&otool=cdlotool; Journal article database indexing medical literature via National Library of Medicine.
Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness: http://www.phpreparedness.info/index.php; Brought to you by New York Academy of Medicine and the National Library of Medicine, this is a gateway to freely available online resources related to public health preparedness.
SciFinder Scholar -: http://uclibs.org/PID/6956; Access to databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Service. Requires downloading of client software.
Scirus: http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/; Science-specific search engine for the Internet
TOXNET: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/; Several full-text and abstract databases on toxicology from the National Library of Medicine
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database: http://www.tripdatabase.com; Access to evidence-based materials.
Web of Science -: http://isiknowledge.com/wos; Article and citation searching in all subjects

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Electronic Journals

BioMed Central: http://www.biomedcentral.com/; Barrier-free access to peer reviewed research in biology and medicine
Ejournals and Open Access: http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/libinfo/ejournals/; Sponsored by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, this site presents a treasure chest of information about electronic journals.
Electronic Journals at UC Davis: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/ejournals/
FreeMedicalJournals.com: http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Hardin Meta Directory Free Medical Journals: PubMED Search: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ej.html
J-Stage: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse; Science and technology electronic journals from Japan
MD Consult -: http://home.mdconsult.com/groups/calibraries1122.html; Open the Generic Edition or the Personal Edition. Click on Journals. Perform a search.
PloS Biology: http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885; Open-access electronic journal from the Public Library of Science
PloS Computational Biology: http://compbiol.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1553-7358; Open-access electronic journal from the Public Library of Science
PloS Medicine: http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676; Open-access electronic journal from the Public Library of Science
PubMed Central: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/; National Institutes of Health's repository for peer-reviewed primary research reports in the life sciences
SciELO: http://www.scielo.org/index.php?lang=en; Scientific Electronic Library Online lists open-access electronic journals. Most of the journals are in Portuguese or Spanish with English abstracts.

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Electronic Texts

ACP Medicine -: http://uclibs.org/PID/34602
ACS Surgery -: http://uclibs.org/PID/34568
Basics of MRI: http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/
Bookshelf: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books; The National Center for Biotechnology Information is adapting biomedical books for the Web. The books may be searched directly by using any search term or phase or they may be found through links to abstracts in PubMed.
Electronic Texts -: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/etext/; Alphabetical list of electronic texts available to UCD faculty, students, and staff
eMedicine -: http://ecrc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/; Log into the Clinical Resources Center. Click on eMedicine under the section called Library Resources.
Family Practice Handbook: http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/FPContents.html
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine -: http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=4
MD Consult -: http://uclibs.org/PID/4212; Click on Books.
Medical Sciences and Healthcare (National Academy Press): http://www.nap.edu/category.html?id=ms
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
STAT!Ref -: http://uclibs.org/PID/22372; Search the contents of one or more of the texts or click on a text to view its contents.
UCSF Lab Manual Page: http://pangloss.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/LabManPage.html

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Medical Images

American Society of Hematology Image Bank: http://www.ashimagebank.org/
Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology: http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer/
Dermatlas: http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/; From Johns Hopkins University
DermNet Skin Disease Image Atlas: http://www.dermnet.com/; From Interactive Medical Media LLC, this Web site contains over 23,000 images of skin disease. Written permission is required for publishing or posting the images into a Web site.
HealthMap: http://www.healthmap.org/; A freely available Web site from the Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, and the Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, this resource was created by Clark Freifeld and John Brownstein, Ph.D. This site provides a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. The site integrates outbreak data ranging from news sources to curated personal accounts to validated official alerts. The data are aggregated by disease and displayed by location on a world map.
Healthy Living Map of the Capital Region: http://www.healthylivingmap.com/home.asp; From the Healthy Community Forum of Sacramento, an interactive map allowing the visualization of the well being of the four-county Capital Region
HONmedia: Repository of over 1,950 medical images and videos: http://www.hon.ch/HONmedia/; Offered by Health On the Net Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organization.
Image and Video Library of the American Society for Cell Biology: http://cellimages.ascb.org/; Collection of peer-reviewed cell images, videos and digitized texts which are freely available for educational and research purposes
Images from Anatomia Universa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin-www/mascagni/; Hosted by the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences of the University of Iowa, this site contains images from Paolo Mascagni's Anatomia Universa.
MD Consult Images -: http://uclibs.org/PID/4212; Over 50,000 high-quality medical images from medical books in MD Consult. Click on "Images" on top bar. Users may print or download images for their personal, non-commercial use provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices are kept intact. To use images in a poster, publication, or for any other similar use, permission must be requested through the Elsevier Rights Department.
Medical Images and Illustrations (Karolinska Institutet University Library): http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html
PathoPic: http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/e/intro.htm
Photos, Images, and Videos: http://www.nei.nih.gov/photo/; From the National Eye Institute, the items are not copyrighted but are note intended for commercial use. The NEI requests that it be credited when the items are used.
Public Health Image Library: http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/default.asp; Extensive collection of still images, image sets and multimedia files. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored site.
Visible Human Project: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education: http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
Wellcome Images: http://medphoto.wellcome.ac.uk/; From the Wellcome Trust, free, unlimited access to two thousand years of mankind and medicine in pictures made available through a Creative Commons license which allows users to copy, distribute and display an image, provided the source if fully attributed and the image is used for non-commercial purposes
Whole Brain Atlas (Harvard University): http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

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Reference Resources

Abbreviations.com: Medical: http://www.abbreviations.com/bmc.asp?c=MEDICAL
American Hospital Directory: http://www.ahd.com/; Summary data for hospitals
BrainInfo: http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/menumain.html
Chemical Information: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemical.html; Features ChemIDPlus, a database of over 380,000 chemicals, synonyms, structures, regulatory list information, and links to other information from Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=citmed.TOC&depth=2
Clinical Resources Center: http://ecrc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/
Clinical Research Resources Directory: http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/ncrrprog/clindir/crdirectory.asp; From National Center for Research Resources
ClinicalTrials.gov: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
Cloning - A Webliography: http://www.lib.msu.edu/skendall/cloning/index.htm; Created by Susan K. Kendall, Ph.D., M.S.L.S., Health Sciences Librarian and Liaison for the Biomedical Sciences at Michigan State University Libraries, this site provides reliable information about animal and human cloning available on the Web.
DailyMed: http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm; From the National Library of Medicine, DailyMed provides high-quality information about marketed drugs, including FDA-approved labels (package inserts)
Directories: Physicians and Other Health Professionals; Hospitals and Other Health Facilities: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html; From the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus
Directory of Health Organizations: http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/; Provided by Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
Doctor Directory: http://www.doctordirectory.com/Doctors/Directory/Default.asp; A listing of doctors by location
DOEgenomes.org: http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/; Genome programs of the US Department of Energy Office of Science
Drug Information Portal: http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp; From the National Library of Medicine, provides quick access to information about more than 12,000 selected drugs
eFacts -: http://www.efactsonline.com/Fac/servlet/MainPage; Includes Drug Facts and Comparisons, Drug Interaction Facts, The Review of Natural Products Med Facts: Patient Medication Handout, manufacturer Index and Drug Product ID
e-MDs' ICD-9 Search: http://www.e-mds.com/icd9/index.html
Enzyme Nomenclature: http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/
Environmental Health and Toxicology: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html; From Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, offers resources for professionals and the public
GIDEON: Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network -: http://web.gideononline.com/loginx.php?user=ucdavis; A decision-support system for diagnosis and reference in the fields of tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. International in scope.
Guide to Avian Influenza Research: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/research/avianflu.php; From Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Shields Library, UC Davis
Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents: http://hazmap.nml.nih.gov/; From the National Library of Medicine
HIV/AIDS: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html; From Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
Hospital Compare: http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/; From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions and helps you to compare the quality of care hospitals provide.
HospitalWeb: USA Hospitals: http://neuro-www2.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalwebusa.html
Human Genome Resources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/
ICD-9-CM: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd9.htm
Information Resources on Avian Influenza: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/aflu/Avian%20Influenza.htm; Bibliography
Instructions for Authors in the Health Sciences: http://www.mco.edu/lib/instr/libinsta.html; Links to hundreds of journal web sites
Journal Abbreviations: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/vex/vetdocs/jnabbrev.htm; A guide to online resources to journal abbrev, actions in the biomedical sciences created by Mitzi Williams and updated by Greg Youngen, Veterinary Medical Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journals Database: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals; From the National Library of Medicine
Library Research Aids: Citation Guides: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/cites.php; From the General Library, UC Davis, this site features general guides and includes a section on guides in the medical and health sciences
List of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS68116; From the National Library of Medicine
List of Serials Indexed for Online Users: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS68116; From the National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic information for all journals ever indexed over time for MEDLINE, including journals that ceased publication, changed titles or were deselected.
Material Safety Data Sheets: http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html; List of searchable MSDS sites
MD Consult -: http://home.mdconsult.com/groups/calibraries1122.html; Open the Generic Edition or the Personal Edition.
Medical Board of California: http://www.medbd.ca.gov/; The Medical Board of California is the state agency that licenses medical doctors.
Medical Board of California Services for Applicants: http://www.medbd.ca.gov/Applicant.htm
Medical Encyclopedia: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
Medical Spanish for Healthcare Providers: http://www.practicingspanish.com/
Medical Online Dictionaries & Glossaries: http://www.interfold.com/translator/medsites.htm
Medical/Life Sciences: MInd: The Meetings Index: http://www.interdok.com/mind/get_search.cfm?Code=mls
MedicalStudent.com: http://www.MedicalStudent.com/; Digital library of authoritative medical information for all students of medicine
MediLexicon: http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/; Pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations explained
Merck Index: http://uclibs.org/PID/62056
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9276/9276.html
Micromedex healthcare series -: http://uclibs.org/PID/22029; A wide range of clinical databases
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database -: http://naturaldatabase.com/
NLM Mobile: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile; For PDAs and handheld devices
Nomenclature of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds of Biochemical Importance: http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/misc/phospho.html
On-Line Medical Dictionary (CancerWEB): http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/index.html
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man: http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM; A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders
Profiles in Science: http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/; Archival collections of twentieth-century leaders in biomedical research and public health from the National Library of Medicine
PDA Resources for the Health Sciences: http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/lib-services/tutorials/pda/index.html
PDAs: Licensed PDA Resources: UC Davis Health Care Applications: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/other/pda.php
PhysioNet: The Research Resource for Complex Physiologic Signals: http://www.physionet.org/; From the National Center for Research Resources
Public Health Associate: https://www.vin.com/content/; Designed and edited by Norman C. Ronald, PhD, and Dr. Craig N. Carter, a diagnostic reminder tool as well an electronic reference resource presenting information about human infectious and parasitic disease information.
PubMed for Handhelds: http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/
PubMed's Single Citation Matcher: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/citmatch.html; Find out the complete citation for an article based on an incomplete citation
Science.gov: Health & Medicine: http://www.science.gov/browse/w_127.htm; Gateway to authoritative selected information provided by U. S. Government agencies, including research and development results
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/; From Wiley Interscience
Strolling Through the Match: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/otherpubs/strolling.html; From the American Academy of Family Physicians
ToxFAQS: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html; A series of summaries about hazardous substances from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Toxics Release Inventory: http://www.epa.gov/tri/; Publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities
TOXMAP: http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/index.jsp; With data from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory, uses maps of the United States to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment. From the National Library of Medicine.
TOXNET: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/; Several full-text and abstract databases on toxicology from the National Library of Medicine
Travelers' Health: http://www.cdc.gov/travel/; From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication: http://www.icmje.org/; From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
USDA Nutrient Database: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web: http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html; From the Medical Library Association
Virtual Medical Center: http://www.martindalecenter.com/Medical.html
Who Named It?: http://www.whonamedit.com/; A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms

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Societies/Organizations

American Association for Cancer Research: http://www.aacr.org/
American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Society for Clinical Oncology: http://www.asco.org/ac/1,1003,_12-002138,00.asp
Association of American Medical Colleges: http://www.aamc.org/start.htm
California National Primate Research Center: http://www.cnprc.ucdavis.edu/
Clinical Resources Center: http://ecrc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/
Directory of Health Organizations: http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/; Provided by Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
Jackson Laboratory: http://www.jax.org; Genetics research laboratory
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Malaria Foundation International: http://www.malaria.org
Medical Board of California: http://www.medbd.ca.gov/; The Medical Board of California is the state agency that licenses medical doctors
National Academies: http://national-academies.org; Includes news and description of projects by the Institute of Medicine
National Center for Biotechnology Information: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
National Center for Complementary and alternative Medicine: http://nccam.nih.gov/
National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc: http://www.ncfh.org/index.php
National Center for Research Resources: http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/; Information about grants and other research resources
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research: http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/; From the United Kingdom
National Institutes of Health: http://www.nih.gov/
National Institutes of Health: Native American Health: http://health.nih.gov/result.asp?disease_id=55&terms=asian
National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society: http://www.sedms.org/
UCD Animal Care and Use: http://ehs.ucdavis.edu/animal/
UCD Health System: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UCD Health System Office of Curricular Support: http://medocs.ucdavis.edu/
University of California Center for Animal Alternatives: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/Animal_Alternatives/main.htm
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/
United States Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/
United States Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/
United States Health Resources and Services Administration: http://www.hrsa.gov/
Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Center: http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/

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Statistics

Advance Data from Vital & Health Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/ad/ad.htm
California Cancer Registry: http://www.ccrcal.org/
Data and Surveys: http://www.ahrq.gov/data/; From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources: http://aspe.hhs.gov/datacncl/DataDir/; From the US Department of Health and Human Services
Health (nationmaster): http://www.nationmaster.com/cat/Health
Health and Vital Statistics: http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/subj/s13.html; From Counting California, a service of the UC Libraries and powered by CDL, the California Digital Library.
Health Statistics (MedlinePlus): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/; Disease statistics and epidemiological information
National Cancer Institute: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results: http://www-seer.ims.nci.nih.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm
Statistical Abstract of the United States: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2878; Includes sections on vital statistics and health and nutrition
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Data and Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm

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Tutorials and Continuing Medical Education

Auscultation Assistant: http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/inex.htm; From Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
BioNet Software Compendium: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bionet/compend/contents.htm; Compendium of courseware
ECG Library: http://homepages.enterprise.net/djenkins/ecghome.html; A collection of electrocardiogram recordings compiled by Dean Jenkins and Steve Gerred
EXAM MASTER Online: http://www.exammaster2.com/wdsentry/ucdavis.htm; USMLE and medical specialty board exams
Heart Sounds and Cardiac Arrhythmias: http://www.blaufuss.org/tutorial/; From Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
HyperHeart: http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html; Animated model of the heart from the Knowledge Weavers Project sponsored by Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah and supported by the National Library of Medicine
Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education: http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
MedEdPORTAL: http://services.aamc.org/jsp/mededportal/goLinkPage.do?link=home; From the Association of American Medical Colleges, MedEdPORTAL a freely available site that offers peer review for teaching resources, helps faculty publish and share educational resources and furnishes descriptions of published resources and how these materials may be accessed or obtained.
Online Clinical Calculators: http://www.medstudents.com.br/calculat/index2.htm; Calculate body surface area, cardiac output, oxygen consumption, etc.; Tutorials, course material and multimedia teaching modules.
Online CME Sites: http://www.cmelist.com/list.htm; List compiled by Bernard Sklar, M.D.
Student Doctor Network: http://www.studentdoctor.net/index.asp; Useful information for medical students, including a listserv and bulletin board
WinkingSkull.com: http://www.winkingskull.com/navigation.aspx; A free interactive anatomy Web site from Thieme Medical Publishers. Registration for a free account is required for taking advantage of all of the features of the resource.

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Web Sites

All the Virology on the WWW: http://www.virology.net/garryfavweb.html
American Indian Health: http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/; From the National Library of Medicine, an information portal for and about the health of native peoples of the United States
Arctic Health: http://www.arctichealth.org/; From the National Library of Medicine, an information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of our planet's northern-most inhabitants
Asian American Health: http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/; From the National Library of Medicine, an information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States
Autism Spectrum Disorders: http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_autism.html; Authored by Susan Brune Lorenzo from the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University
BIOME: http://biome.ac.uk/; Evaluated resources in the health and life sciences
BIORES: BioResearch: http://bioresearch.ac.uk/; Quality Internet resources in the biological and biomedical sciences
Children's Environmental Health Network: http://www.cehn.org/cehn/index.html
Clinical Resources Center: http://ecrc.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/
End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center: http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/; From the Medical College of Wisconsin and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Frontiers in Bioscience: http://www.bioscience.org; Provides a diverse array of information
GeneralPediatrics.com: http://www.generalpediatrics.com/
Hardin Library Clinical Corner: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/clinicalcorner.html
Hardin MD: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/; Metadirectory
Hardin Scholarly Communication News: http://ic-server02.info-commons.uiowa.edu/scholar; From the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and the University of Iowa, this newsletter brings together a variety of topics that affect the current system of scholarly communication, with an emphasis on new developments, open access and alternative publishing models in the health sciences.
Heal: Health Education Assets Library (National Digital Library): http://www.healcentral.org/index.jsp; Free, high-quality digital materials for health sciences education. Registration required.
MedBioWorld: http://www.sciencekomm.at/index.html
Medical Board of California: http://www.medbd.ca.gov/; The Medical Board of California is the state agency that licenses medical doctors.
Medical Internet Resources: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/ref/housecalls.php#med
Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/
MedWeb: http://www.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/; Maintained by the staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University
Metin Kormaz's Parasitology Resources: http://bornova.ege.edu.tr/~mkorkmaz/linkmk3.htm
Model Organisms for Biomedical Research: http://www.nih.gov/science/models/; Produced by the National Institutes of Health
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse: http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/; From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets
Neurosciences on the Internet: http://www.neuroguide.com/
OMNI (Organising Medical Networked Information): http://omni.ac.uk/; The UK's gateway to high-quality Internet resources in health and medicine
PANCREATICA.Org: http://www.pancreatica.org; Includes resources about pancreatic cancer
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce: http://phpartners.org/; Sponsored by a collaboration of U. S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries, this site provides numerous links to useful Web sites related to public health.
ProMED-mail: http://www.promedmail.org/pls/promed/f?p=2400:1000; E-mail list that relays emerging infectious diease reports from around the world
Sacramento County Network of Care: http://sacramento.networkofcare.org/aging/home/index.cfm; Resource for the elderly and people with disabilities, as well as their caregivers and service providers
Virtual Hospital: Information for Health Providers: http://www.vh.org/Providers/Providers.html; From the University of Iowa
Women's Health Resources at the National Library of Medicine: http://orwh.od.nih.gov/nat_lib_med.html; Created by a partnership of the National Library of Medicine's Office of Outreach and Special Populations and the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research on Women's Health, this resource provides links to several web sites about topics related to women's health.

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Web Sites — Conferences

Congress Resource Center: http://www.docguide.com/crc.nsf/web-bySpec; A physician's guide for global congress and travel planning
Medical/Life Sciences: MInd: The Meetings Index: http://www.interdok.com/mind/get_search.cfm?Code=mls
Translational Research Tools and Services Offered by the Library: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/translational.php; From the University Library, UC Davis
Upcoming Medical Meetings: http://www.nejm.org/general/text/Notices.htm; Notices are published weekly in the New England Journal of Medicine and appear online until the date of the event

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