HIV/AIDS Information contains Web links pages that are selected lists of links to other web sites that are authoritative resources. The emphasis is on organizing the full-text publications produced by the NIH Institutes and other federal government organizations. There are also links to non-government web sites, but not to every web page on HIV/AIDS.

MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en Español

For an introductory overview of a topic, start with the appropriate MedlinePlus topic page selected from Health Topics. HIV/AIDS topic pages include AIDS, AIDS - Living with AIDS, AIDS and Infections, AIDS and Pregnancy and Kaposi's Sarcoma. Topic pages in Spanish are SIDA, SIDA -- viviendo con SIDA, SIDA y el embarazo, SIDA y las infecciones and Sarcoma de Kaposi. Web sites that are listed on MedlinePlus are not listed again on the HIV/AIDS Web Links pages, with some exceptions. MedlinePlus also offers searches of MEDLINE/PubMed, the database that indexes medical literature, and ClinicalTrials.gov, the database of research studies from the National Institutes of Health. MedlinePlus includes a database of full-text drug information, an illustrated medical encyclopedia and current health news.

HIV/AIDS Web Links Selection Guidelines

Quality, authority and accuracy of content

• The source of the content is established, respected and dependable.
• The information provided is appropriate to the audience level, well-organized and easy to use.
• Information is from primary resources (i.e., textual material, abstracts, web pages).
• Lists of links are evaluated/reviewed/quality-filtered.

The purpose of the web page is educational and is not selling a product or service. Most content is available at no charge.

Availability and maintenance of the web page

• The web site is consistently available.
• Links from the site are maintained.
• The source for the contents of the web page(s) and the entity responsible for maintaining the web site (webmaster, organization, creator of the content) is clear.
• Information is current or an update date is included.
• Registration is not required to view most of the information on the site.

Special Features

• The site provides unique information to the topic with a minimum of redundancy and overlap between resources.
• The site contains special features such as graphics/diagrams, glossary, or other unique information.
• The content of the site is accessible to persons with disabilities.