National
electronic Library for Health |
A
pilot website of the NHS Information Authority - loads of
links
A
gateway to all major NHS-related sites (Department of Health, NHS.uk,
NHS Direct etc.), plus clinical guidelines, national service
frameworks, current and past
research within the NHS, economic evaluations and health technology
assessment. Also has Cochrane. (See
also Cochrane entry below) |
BBC
Health News page |
Keep up to date with the
current health issues that are hitting the news |
The
Bio-Medi-CAL Portal |
Hosted by the School of
Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, the Bio-Medi-CAL
Portal provides quick access to bioscience and biomedicine on
the internet as well as providing some useful tools and utilities.
It also provides links to useful educational material for the biosciences. |
The
Cochrane Collaboration |
Preparing, maintaining
and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects
of health care |
Doctors
Guide to the Internet |
|
Doctorsworld.com |
Deals with a range of
topics from a doctors or student doctors point of view. To register,
you need to enter your own personal details and use ICSM's secure
registration code, im1071. |
Google
scholar |
Google Scholar enables you to search
specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers,
theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all
broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from
a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint
repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available
across the web. |
HealthAnswers.com |
A comprehensive, interactive
healthcare Web site. Includes 2,000 audio and video segments relative
to health conditions, a bi-lingual comprehensive pharmaceutical database
(Spanish/English), chat rooms and discussions forums with US community
health experts, an extensive medical encyclopedia and up to the minute
health news and 4,000 chronic disease and health related topics. |
HealthSeek.com |
A healthcare community
site for care giving professionals, medical patients, consumers and
ordinary people. The site offers a rich set of features and important
resources, as well as monthly "spotlighted" websites and
client offerings, to make each users experience pleasant, informative
and fun. |
The
Interactive Medical Student Lounge |
Part of the StudentDoctor
Network, containing various links to sites for medical students. |
KidsHealth |
A Web site about children's
health information, aimed at children and parents, although medical
professionals may find also find this site useful. |
KnowUK |
The College Library subscribes
to KnowUK, which includes several reference books/sources such as
directories, biographies, encyclopaedias, some 'Which guides' etc.
dealing with information on the UK. Some sources included are: The
Benefits Guide; Binley's Directory of NHS Management; Binley's Directory
of Primary Care; The British Confederation of Psychotherapists Register;
The Educational Grants Directory; The Guide to Grants for Individuals
in Need; Health on the Internet; Which Guide to Choosing a Career;
Which Medicine. You will not require a password to access it, but
access is restricted to computers on IC campuses and those using the
CCS dialup service |
London
Medicine |
If you’re seeking information
about healthcare in London, this site probably have the answer. |
Medscape |
Articles, journals, guidelines,
database searches, treatment updates, self assessment features, daily
news & feature updates for clinical specialties plus much more. |
MedWeb |
A guide to medical resources
on the Internet, containing links organised under a range of medical
topics. |
NHS
Research & Development Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
|
The Centre has been established
in Oxford as the first of several centres around the country whose
broad aim is to promote evidence-based health care and provide support
and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them. |
Physician's
Guide to the Internet |
For physicians who want
to take advantage of the many and rapidly changing information resources
on the Internet. |
SuperDoc |
A compendium of information
for doctors |
Surgeons
Net |
This site is aimed at
health care professionals interested in surgery. You will find a web
directory specific to surgical sites; tutorials and exam (mcqs &
emqs) questions, discussion forums and many other features. |