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

Full Text Databases

• The Merck Manual
• The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
• Medline Plus
• Online Dictionary of Mental Health
• Family Practice Handbook
• Managed Care Glossary
• Online Medical Dictionary

• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports
• The Lancet Interactive

Gateway Sites and Pathfinders

• MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources
• National Cancer Institute: CancerNet
• CDC National Prevention Information Network
• HealthFinder
• Institute of Medicine at the National Academies
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Health A-Z: The Search Engine for Health and Medicine
• Martindale's Health Science Guide

Government Health Organizations

• SciTechResearch.gov--search engine for government science and technology websites
• 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

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

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

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.
• International Travelers Clinic
• MayoClinic.com
• Medical Library Association -Top 100 health websites.
• RxList: The Internet Drug Index
• Virtual Hospital

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