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Health Sciences and Nursing

Indexes and Journals| Guides and Lists| Nursing| International Health| Government and Professional Organizations| Other Health Sites

Index and Electronic Journal Access

[Button] MEDLINE (PubMed) via the National Library of Medicine
[Button] Medline Plus
[Button] MEDLINE via Community of Science
[Button] Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
[Button] Electronic Journals in Health and Medicine
[Button] Article Databases in Health and Medicine

Guides and Lists of Sources

[Button] BIEN Project
NMSU-based health information project
[Button] Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
Comprehensive collection of heath and medicine sites, divided by subject area
[Button] Healthfinder
Government site helps consumers find health information from federal agencies and other sources
[Button] Healthlink New Mexico
Public and private health care links to providing health information for all New Mexicans
[Button] MedWeb
Emory University Health Sciences Library's collection of medical and health-related web sites. Searchable.
[Button] Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
Guide to nutrition web sites. Includes ratings of the sites

Nursing

[Button] Allnurses.com
Nursing specialty forums, Nurse-zine, medical software, and links to other nursing web sites
[Button] Cybernurse
Many resources for nurses, including electronic publications, mailing lists, chat, and career information
[Button] NursingWorld
Web site of the American Nurses Association (ANA)
[Button] Nurses Portal
Links to subject-specific nursing chat groups, as well as extensive employment information

International Health

[Button] Global Health Net
Available in 8 languages. Focuses on worldwide health information issues
[Button] World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations agency dedicated to promoting health worldwide.
[Button] Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
World Health Organization's regional office for the Americas. Includes health profiles for countries in the region.

Government and Professional Organizations

[BUTTON] American Medical Association (AMA)
The major professional organization for physicians in the U.S.
[BUTTON] American Public Health Association (APHA)
[BUTTON] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Information about the CDC mission, statistics and data about disease in the U.S. Many full text publications.
[Button] Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
The agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Consumer and technical publications, national legislative information, and a state directory of basic contact information.
[Button] National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Consumer health information, grants and contracts available, listings of specific institutes and offices of the NIH
[Button] National Library of Medicine
FREE ACCESS TO MEDLINE and other NLM publications
[Button] New Mexico Border Health Council
Located in Las Cruces at the Department of Health District III Office
[Button] New Mexico Department of Health
State agency which administers health programs
[Button] New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA)
[Button] Office of Dietary Supplements
From the National Institutes of Health. Includes access to the IBIDS Dietary Supplements References Database.
[Button] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
[Button] U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association
Organization of U.S. and Mexican health professionals active since 1943.

Links to Various Useful Sites

[Button] Alternative Medicine Information Sources
[Button] AIDS Virtual Library
Wide variety of information on social, political, and medical aspects of AIDS, HIV, and related issues
[Button] CNN Health News
Daily news on health-related topics such as new drugs and treatments
[Button] Diseases, Disorders, and Related Topics
Index to web pages relating to specific diseases and conditions
[Button] Free Medical Journals.com
Online access to many medical journals in several languages, including English and Spanish
[Button] Go Ask Alice
Health questions and answers for college students
[Button] Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet
Thousands of disability resources on the Internet. Also includes regional information and FAQs.
[Button] HealthSeek
Information for health care professionals, including job openings
[Button] Mayo Health Oasis
Consumer health site sponsored by the Mayo Clinic
[Button] NMSU College of Health and Social Services
[Button] NMSU Nursing Department
[Button] NMSU Health Science Department
[Button] OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information
Index to UK medical information
[Button] Online Medical Dictionary
Contains over 47,000 definitions of medical and related terms. Provided by CancerWEB
[Button] PedInfo
An index of pediatric information on the Internet
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