Internet Discovery Tools

Selected Internet resources that may be of interest to Health Professionals, Librarians, and Consumers.

MedlinePlus: NLM's guide to consumer health information on the Web. También en Español!
healthfinder™: U.S. government's links to dependable consumer health information. También en Español!
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health: A librarian-reviewed list. También en Español! Excellent Spanish language consumer health materials.
PubMed: NLM's free search service to access 9 million citations in MEDLINE, with links to participating on-line journals.
HealthWeb: Easy-to-use health specialty categories, maintained by medical school libraries in the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Biosciences Index: Part of the WWW Virtual Library, a catalog using Library of Congress classification.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): A resource containing a multitude of health topics including health statistics and issues relevant to the public.
Medical Matrix: A physician peer-reviewed list. Good links to MEDLINE, CME,online publications. Useful topical and specialty categorizations. Registration required.
MedWeb: Well-chosen and thorough Internet selections in biomedicine, maintained by Emory University. Extensive links to health professional organizations.
World Health Organization (WHO): A global resource dealing with health issues on an international scale.

Alta Vista: Extensive index of the Web and Usenet. Good advanced searching options.
Dogpile: Simultaneously searches several other search engines.
Excite: Extensive index of Web pages.
Google: Easy-to-use Web searcher.
HotBot: Easy-to-use search of the Web and Usenet.
Librarian's Index to the Internet: An annotated subject directory evaluated by librarians.
Lycos: Subject guides plus a search tool.
MetaCrawler: Simultaneously searches several other search engines. Good choices to refine searches.
search.com: Simultaneously searches several other search engines (formerly known as SavvySearch and CNET Metasearch).
WebCrawler: A simple search engine.
Yahoo: A good searchable index, but best-known for its hierarchical subject guides to the WWW. Also includes people-searching capabilities.

Google Groups: Search Usenet newsgroup postings (see also Advanced Groups Search)
L-Soft CataList: Search for mailing lists that are based on LISTSERV software.
Topica: A directory of health & fitness e-mail discussion lists.

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