Health and Fitness: Internet Sites

This guide lists internet sites for doing research on the sources of health and fitness. Other sources can be found by searching the Aladin Catalog for books and the Aladin databases for journal articles. If you need more help in finding information, please contact a reference librarian.

National Library of Medicine

• PubMed - NLM's article database for medicine
• Clinical Trials - A database of Clinical Trials being conducted at NIH
• ToxNet - A database of toxicology information
• LOCATORplus - National Library of Medicine's Library Catalog
• Drug Information Portal - NIH

Full Text Databases

• The Merck Manual
• The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
• Medline Plus
• Online Medical Dictionary

• Pubmed Central - full text of all USA government sponsored medical research
• Directory of Open Access Journals: Public Health (128 journals as of 7/28/09)
• Directory of Open Access Journals: Sports Medicine (12 journals as of 7/28/09)
• Directory of Open Access Journals: Sports Science (16 journals as of 7/28/09)
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports
• The Lancet Interactive
• The California Journal of Health Promotion - peer reviewed
• Human Movement

Gateway Sites and Pathfinders

• National Cancer Institute: CancerNet
• CDC National Prevention Information Network
• HealthFinder - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Institute of Medicine at the National Academies
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Martindale's Health Science Guide
• Medical Library Association -Top 100 health websites.

Government Health Organizations

• Office of the Surgeon General
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Department of Health and Human Services
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Agency for Healthcare Policy Research
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• Healthy People 2010
• Healthcare 411: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Office of Minority Health - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Organizations

• American Medical Association
• World Health Organization
• Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• American Psychiatric Association
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• World Health News
• The Commonwealth Fund -a private research organization with an emphasis on health issues

Health Promotion

• American Public Health Association - Some material restricted for members only
• National Association for Health and Fitness - the network of state and governor's councils

Tobacco Users Resources

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Legacy Foundation
• American Lung Association
• Centers for Disease Control
• National Cancer Institute
• US Department of Health & Human Services

Exercise and Sports Science

• American College of Sports Medicine
• The International Sports Engineering Association
• International Sports Sciences Association
• The Kinesiology Network

Alternative and Complementary Medicine

• The American Massage Therapy Association
• Medline Plus: Complementary and Alternative Medicine - NIH
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - NIH
• Tai Sophia Institute - Local institute offering graduate programs in alternative and complementary medicine and instructor supervised clinics

International Health Issues

• Demographic and Health Surveys - USAID
• Refugee Health Information Network
• World Health Organization

Other Useful Internet Resources

• CenterWatch: Clinical Trials Listing Services
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) -Travel Health
• Health on the Net Foundation - Non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
• MayoClinic.com
• RxList: The Internet Drug Index
• University of California National Adolescent Health Information Center
• Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
• The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
• TRIP Database - For Evidence Based Medicine
• Research Channel - Online videos - some content is available by subscription only
• MDVU: We Move's Movement Disorder Virtual Library

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