Medicine & Health Resource Guide, page 4
Online resources
This selection of links to key websites provides easy access to a broad range of additional resources for research and study.
Current medical research
Cochrane Library – Cochrane reviews
http://www.nicsl.com.au/cochrane/index.asp
Current reviews of the best available healthcare treatment. International collaboration. Free access.
Pubmed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Search bibliographic information and article abstracts (from over 70 countries). Some links to full-text sources (usually, pay-per-article). Access indexes back to 1953. Produced by the US National Centre for Biotechnology Information and the National Institute of Health. Available free since 1997.
FreeMedicalJournals.com
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Free access to the full-text of over 1300 journals. Can search by speciality or language.
Statistics
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/health_topics/statistics/en/
Search a variety of international statistical data such as: Burden of disease statistics; WHO mortality database; statistics by disease or condition; HIV/AIDS; immunization Statistics, and more.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au/
Australia’s national agency for health and welfare. Find a variety of health related population statistics.
Reference
AMA Victoria. Doctor Search
http://www.amavic.com.au/doc_search.htm
Online directory produced by the Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association. Covers over 7600 Victorian members. Search for a doctor by name, speciality, location, or languages spoken.
Nobel e-Museum
http://www.nobel.se/
Find information on all winners back to 1901, including their discoveries and biographical details.
Health Portals
Better health channel
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/
Victorian government site. Information includes: current health news; diseases and conditions; reports and statistics; medications; health services and support groups; nutritional advice.
Healthweb
http://www.healthweb.org/
An evaluated site produced by health science librarians and information professionals. Selectively provides access to useful resources in a large number of medical and health specialities.
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