Internet for Health Professionals

Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba Libraries, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Internet for Health
Professionals

Introduction

Why connect
to the Internet?

What is on the
Internet?

Evaluating Web Resources

Finding what
you want

Encyclopedic Sites

Pathfinder Sites

Search
engines

Subject
Catalogues

Evaluated
Subject
Catalogues

Interactive
Learning

Discussion Lists
and
Newsgroups

Encyclopedic Sites
  • Cover a wide range of healthcare topics, providing direction and links.
  • Promise of quality control (but often, the more inclusive, the less quality).
  • Convenience of one-stop shopping.

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Points of Pediatric Interest
http://www.med.jhu.edu/peds/neonatology/poi.html

Health Care Information Resources
http://www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/top.html

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://www.nih.gov

Harrison’s Online (Full Text - from U of M)
http://www.harrisonsonline.com/

World Health Organization
http://www.who.ch/

The Mining Co. - Health Sites
http://home.miningco.com/health/

Ohio State University Medical Center - Patient Education
http://www.osu.edu/units/osuhosp/patedu/patedu.htm

Health World Online
http://www.healthy.net/index.html

Doctor’s Guide to the Internet
http://www.pslgroup.com/DOCGUIDE.HTM

Martindales Health Science Guide - ‘98
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/HSGuide.html

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
http://www.noah.cuny.edu/

Guide to Medical Information and Support on the Internet
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1505/guide.html<

 




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