For Nursing Specific Information, go to our Nursing Subject Guide

• Books in the Harcum Library
• Computer Databases
• Journal Holdings

Internet Resources

• General Internet Resources
• Clinical Trials
• Consumer Information
• Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
• Government Organizations
• Health and the Environment
• Health Hoaxes
• History of Medicine
• Search Engines
• Statistics
• Tests
• Vegetarianism

Specific Conditions

• General Medical Journals
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Family Practice
• Alcoholism
• Anesthesia
• Cancer
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Drugs & Pharmacology
• Emergency Medicine
• Gastrointestinal Disease
• Geriatrics
• Infectious Diseases & HIV/AIDS
• Muscles
• Nervous System
• Nutrition
• Opthamology
• Pain & Wound Care
• Pediatrics
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Psychiatry
• Skeletal System
• Surgery
• Women's Health

Books

Databases

Infotrac Health and Wellness Resource Center: Searches medical journals and, in many cases, includes the full-text of the article.

ProQuest Nursing Journals: Searches Nursing journals and, in many cases, includes the full-text of the article.

CINAHL: Database of Nursing and Allied Health Literature: To get to this database, choose "CINAHL" in the database field!

Medline/PubMed: Government compilation of medical journal articles. Articles have summaries only. For help: How to Search Pubmed (UCSF Guide)

CD-Rom Programs

Available over the Internet:

Highwire: Free archive of articles on the Internet.

Medline: (for health professionals): Medline is a comprehensive database which provides access to over 9 million citations to articles in a variety of medical topics.

Trip Database: Healthcare on the Net: Searches for evidence-based healthcare resources available on the internet"

Journal Holdings

For More Journals, please see our Journal List

Internet Resources

Journal Aggregators

General

• DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
• New Jour Electronic Journals & Newsletters

Medical

• BioMed Central: the Open Access Publisher
• Free Medical Journals
• Internet Scientific Publications
• LinkOut: PubMed Journals that Provide Links to Full Text

General Resources

• Adam.com: Encyclopedia of Disease Reference
• A.D.A.M Well Connected
• Bristol Biomedical Image Archive: Diseases Illustrated
• BioMed Central
• Diseases, Disorders, and Related Topics
• Doctor's Guide
• Emedicine: Instant Access to the Minds of Medicine
• Emory MedWeb
• Health Sites
• Health & Beauty Resources
• HealthGate
• Health Links
• Images from the History of Medicine
• Mayo Clinic
• Medical Reference For Non-Medical Librarians
• MedicineNet.com
• MDchoice.com
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• National Center for Health Statistics
• OMNI
• RealAge
• RegSource.com Regulatory Page
• Virtual Hospital
• WebMD

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov

Consumer Health Information

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Drkoop.com
• Emory MedWeb
• www.FoodSafety.gov: Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
• Healthfinder (Dept. of Health and Human Services
• HealthLink Plus
• Healthweb
• Intelihealth (Aetna)
• Medline Plus
• MayoClinic.com
• HealthLinks (Univ. of Washington)
• Wellness Web

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• InteliHealth: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
• List and Glossary of Medical Terms
• Medical Terminology
• MediLexicon
• Medline Plus
• MedTerms Medical Dictionary
• Merck Manual of Medical Information, Second Home Edition
• Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms
• On-Line Medical Dictionary
• Yahoo! Health Encyclopedia

Government Organizations

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• World Health Organization

Health and the Environment

• American Water Resources Association
• CHEM-TOX
• Children's Environmental Health Network
• Environmental Health Watch
• Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
• National Environmental Health Association
• National Resources Defense Council
• Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine
• Scorecard
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• World Resources Institute

Health Hoaxes

• Quackwatch
• CDC Health Related Hoaxes

History of Medicine

• College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• History of Medicine
• History of Medicine (NLM)
• Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe

Search Engines

• Bristol Biomedical Image Archive: Diseases Illustrated
• MedHunt: Medical Document Finder
• InfoMedical.com: the Medical Business Search Engine
• MedExplorer: Your Health and Medical Information Center
• Med411.com: Medical Portal and Search Engine
• MedNets: a Medical Search Engine and Health Portal
• Nurse Web Search
• Virtual Nurse: Nurse Specific Search Engines

Statistics

• Pennsylvania Bureau of Health Statistics and Research
• Finding and Using Health Statistics
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of the United States

Testing

• ARUP's Guide to Clinical Laboratory Testing
• Disease Management Project
• Lab Tests Online
• Medical Tests: UCSF Children's Hospital
• Medical Tests: Yale New Haven Health
• U.S. Preventative Services Task Force [Reviews Medical Tests]

Vegetarianism

• Vegetarian Resource Group
• International Vegetarian Union

Specific Conditions

General Medical Sites

• American Journal of Medicine (AJMSelect)
• American Journal of Physiology
• Annals of Internal Medicine
• Berkeley Mortality Database
• BMJ (British Medical Journal)
• Canadian Medical Association Journal
• MedJournals
• Journal of Medicine
• Medicine Online
• Medscape General Medicine
• Modern Healthcare
• Modern Physician
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Southern Medical Journal
• Journal of Endocrinology

Anatomy & Physiology

• Anatomy of the Human Body
• Atlas of the Body
• BioCourse.com
• Bristol Biomedical Image Archive: Diseases Illustrated
• Get Body Smart: an Online Examination of Human Anatomy & Physiology
• Merck Manual--Second Home Edition (electronic text)
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (electronic text)
• Merck Manual of Geriatrics(electronic text)
• Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine
• Screening Physical Exam
• Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links
• Visible Human Project

Family Practice

• American Family Physician
• Annals of Family Medicine
• Archives of Family Medicine
• Family Medical Practice Online: the International Journal of Family Medicine Practice and Primary Care
• General Practice Online Internet Journal of Family Practice
• Journal of Family Medicine
• Journal of Family Practice
• Journal of Primary Care Medicine

Alcoholism

• Alcohol and Alcoholism

Anesthesia

• Anaesthesia On-Line
• Internet Journal of Anesthesiology

Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• Cancer Control-Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
• Electronic Journal of Oncology
• Internet Journal of Oncology
• Medscape Hematology-Oncology

Cardiology

• American Heart Association
• Auscultation Assistant
• Brain Attack Coalition
• The Cardiac Electronic Journal
• Chest Medicine On-Line
• ECG Library
• Electrocardiology and Cardia Arrythmias
• The Heart: an Online Exploration
• Heartpoint
• Implantable.com: Pacemaker and Defibrillator Case Studies
• Internet Journal of Cardiology
• Internet Journal of Pulmonary Medicine
• Internet Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
• Learn Your Arteries
• Medscape Pulmonary Medicine
• Soap Notes EKG Fileroom

Dermatology

• Dermatology Online Journal
• Emergency Care of the Burn Patient
• Internet Journal of Dermatology

Drugs & Pharmacology

• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
• CenterWatch: Drugs approved by the FDA
• Chemical Sampling Information (OSHA: chemicals used to clean in industry)
• ConsumerLab.com (Testing of Health and Nutrition Products)
• Drug InfoNet
• Drug Information Database at the American Academy of Family Physicians
• Hazardous Substances Data Bank
• HealthTouch Online: Medication Guide
• Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide
• Internet Journal of Pharmacology
• Medical College of Wisconsin: Online Drug Information
• NIOSH: Specific Medical Tests for OSHA Regulated Substances
• Nurses's PDR Resource Center
• Pharmacy On-Line
• RXList: Drug Information
• United States Pharmacopeia

Emergency Medicine

• AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care
• AACN News: American Association of Critical Care Nurses
• American Journal of Critical Care
• Critical Care Nurse
• Emergency Care of the Burn Patient
• Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
• Internet Journal of Rescue & Disaster Medicine
• Journal of Emergency Medicine and Acute Primary Care
• Standard First Aid Course
• Sudden Death Trauma Scenarios
• Trauma.org: Trauma Bank Information Repository
• Trauma.org: trauma moulage scenarios
• Trauma Scenarios

Gastrointestinal Diseases

• CCFA (Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America)
• Internet Journal of Gastroenterology
• Medscape Gastroenterology

Geriatrics

• Age and Ageing
• Alzheimer’s Disease Review
• Geriatrics at Your Fingertips (book)
• Section on Geriatrics

Infectious Diseases & HIV/AIDS

• @Infections: Infectious Diseases Internet Search
• AIDSinfo (HHS)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
• HIV InSite
• Internet Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Journal of AIDS/HIV
• Medscape HIV

Muscles

• Loyola University: Master Muscle List
• University of California, San Diego: Muscle Physiology

Nervous System

• Alzheimer’s Disease Review
• Brain: a Journal of Neurology
• Internet Journal of Neurology
• Internet Journal of Neuromonitoring
• Internet Journal of Neurosurgery
• Lumen: Learn Your Nerves
• Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology
• NeuroScience-Net
• The Whole Brain Atlas

Nutrition

• American Dietetic Association
• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• Annual Review of Nutrition
• Better Nutrition
• FDA News
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Food & Nutrition Research Briefs, USDA
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
• Food Chemical News
• Food Service Technology
• Foodsafe Program
• IFIC: Food Safety Information
• International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)
• Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• Journal of Nutrition
• Nutrition and Food on the Web
• Nutrition Center (Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center)
• Nutrition NewsFocus
• Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Shape up America!
• Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter
• USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy Promotion
• The "Virtual" Nutrition Center

Food Analysis

• Food Finder
• Food Fit
• Cyberdiet
• Arbor Nutrition Guide
• Nutrient Data Laboratory
• Nutrition Navigator
• USDA: National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Calorie Counters

• Fitness Partner's Activity Counter

Ophthalmology

• Internet Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Pain & Wound Care

• Chronic Wound Healing
• Pain: Dedicated to the Control of Pain in Children and Adults

Pediatrics

• American Academy of Pedatrics
• Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology
• Journal of Neonatal Nursing (UK)
• Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Virtual Children's Hospital

Psychiatry/Psychology

• Amnesia Research Lab
• AmoebaWeb: Psychology on the Web
• Electronic Journal of Communicative Psychoanalysis
• Internet Mental Health
• German Journal of Psychiatry
• Journal of Psychiatry
• Medscape Mental Health
• Mental Health Education Web (Tufts)
• Mental Illness Research Educational and Clinical Center: VA VISN 21
• Psychiatry On-line
• Yale Psychiatry: Grand Round Videos

Pulmonary Medicine

• AIR: Allergy Internet Resources
• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• Internet Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Skeletal System

• Learn Your Bones: Bone Box

Surgery

• Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery
• Medscape Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
• Internet Journal of Plastic Surgery
• Internet Journal of Surgery
• Journal of Surgery

Women's Health

• Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Medscape Women’s Health
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Obgyn.net
• Obstetric Ultrasound