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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.

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