Health Databases
8/2002

Internet Websites

Name/URL
Audience
Description
Notes
Medscape www.medscape.com Healthcare professionals;
Special section for nurses
Full text of 50 journals;
Medical dictionary;
Patient resources
Peer reviewed information; summaries of research from JAMA, Lancet, etc.
Medlineplus Medlineplus.gov Consumers Directories of Doctors; Health topics National Lib. Of Medicine
CDC
www.cdc.gov
Scholars Web documents Center for Disease Control
CDC interactive wonder.cdc.gov Academics; Students Interactive statistics; Public health Center for Disease Control
US Depart. Of Health & Human Services www.healthfinder.gov Consumers; Client education Online publications; websites; gov't agencies; self-help groups US Department of Health & Human Services
National Lib. of Medicine
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
entrez/query.fcgi
Healthcare professionals Index to medical and nursing journals Contains citations with a few full text articles

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