Medical Databases

PubMed

 
Ovid--IMMC (Medline,  Cochrane) -- password required

 
Ovid-University of Iowa (residents/faculty only) -- password required

 
MedlinePlus

 
MdConsult 

 
EBSCOhost (Cinahl, Consumer health)

 
ACCESS MEDICINE -- password required

 
Natural Standard -- Access from library Intranet database page

WEB SITE REFERENCES

Professional

  

Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/

Dirline http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/ of health organizations and support groups

 
Hardin Library, The University of Iowa http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/

Hardin MD http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ Subject list of medical web sites

Iowa Board of Nursing http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/lgmedicine.html

Free Medical Journal Articles

http://freemedicaljournals.com (Free full-text articles dating back to 1996-1998)

http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl Free full-text articles, usually 1-2 years post-publication)

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/lgmedicine.html (Residents/faculty only-password required)

Consumer health web sites

MedlinePlus http://www.medlineplus.gov National Library of Medicine

  

NOAH http://www.noah-health.org English and Spanish information available

Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com

PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Oncolink http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania

HealthInfoIowa http://healthinfoiowa.org State Library of Iowa

Intelihealth http://www.intelihealth.com Harvard Medical School/University of Pennsylvania Dental School

General interest:

Google http://www.google.com

AltaVista http://altavista.com

Reference http:// www.refdesk.com

Mirriam-Webster dictionary http://www.m-w.com/