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SEARCH ENGINES

MEDLINE

Dr Felix's Free MEDLINE® Page Links to web sites where you can search MEDLINE® for free.

OMNI evaluation of MEDLINE services. Table of all MEDLINE sites available on the Internet, with links.

HealthGate MEDLINE

Internet Grateful Med is a product of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

PubMed MEDLINEEN– National Library of Medicine's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.

40 online databases Fact sheets about databases

OTHER SEARCH ENGINES

Chemical compounds abbreviationsDE– Abbreviations of chemical compounds, Abkürzungen chemischer Verbindungen

CHID Combined Health Information Database Produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. Titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources.

Diagnostic test information server Information about laboratory tests.

Diseases/Disorders Alphabetical List from Karolinska Institutet.

Dr. Gil Medlinks search links Extensive collection of links to search medical institutions, journals, libraries, medical sites, and more.

Health Information Resource Database Searches organizations and government centers with health information. Links to appropriate sites.

Health information/Drug information

HealthAtoZ search engine For technical medical searches.

HealthLinks Searches University of Washington health pages. Also links to other health search engines.

ICD-9-CM Search engine Find codes by number or keyword.

BigHub health database search Many health search engines.

BigHub medical database search Many medical databases.

Medbot: Emergency Medicine nine medical search engines including medline, imagefinder, practice guidelines, drug info/interactions, abbreviation translator, orthopedic search, evidence based lit, more.

Medbot: Medworld Metasearch queries up to four databases at once.

MedFinder Smart Medical Web Search Searches manually indexed database of reviewed content on the web.

MedhuntEN– Searches medical information in a global database including both reviewed and unreviewed web sites. Searches the Internet and our database for medical sites, for hospitals, and support.

MedhuntFR

MEDNET Searches evaluated medical sites

MeSH Karolinska Institutet Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics search engine.

MSDS search engine

OMNI searches the OMNI gateway to the Internet.



DIRECTORIES

Achoo Healthcare Online Extensive health care directory

BUBL Link gateway to medical sciences.

Clinical trials listing service Information related to clinical trials for patients and professionals

Dr. Gil Med LinksEN– Extensive collection of links for physicians - great for medical translators too!

Dr. Gil Med LinksES– Extensive collection of links for physicians - great for medical translators too!

EINet Medical Index Directory of medical resources for professionals - enormous!

Hardin Meta Directory "Hardin MD is a 'list of lists' - Its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects."

Harvard medical web resources Directory of medical sites

ICD-9-CM Alphabetic Index of Diseases

ICD-9-CM Codes Tabular List of Diseases

ICD-9 CM Volume 3 procedures FY 1998

ICD-9 web site All about The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. ICD-9-CM, is a classification system that groups related disease entities and procedures for the reporting of statistical information.

ICD-10 web site Information about ICD 10, ordering, etc.

Karolinska Institutet biomedical resource links.

Martindale's Health Science Guide - '98 A ‘Multimedia Specialized Information Resource’ currently containing over 50,000 teaching files; over 124,000 Medical Cases; 867 Multimedia Courses/Textbooks; 1,360 Multimedia Tutorials; over 3,350 Databases, and over 10,300 Movies.

MedEc Interactive Excellent gateway, free for physicians, but actually worth the monthly fee for the PDR interface with Stedman’s Dictionary. Highly recommended.

Medical Informatics Resources "...the storage, retrieval, and optimal use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge for problem solving and decision making."

Medical resources

MedicineNet list of diseases treatments and procedures

Medscape Online resource for better patient care. Requires registration, but membership is free. Access to Medline, medical dictionary, practice guidelines, more.

MedWeb Large medical directory, under reconstruction...

MT Desk The mother of all medical resources on the web. Search engines, glossaries, terminology, drugs, lab information, manufacturers, weekly updates and MUCH MUCH more.

Occupational health directory Excellent gateway emphasizing European sites.

Occupational and Environmental Health Teaching Resources Searchable index of various topics in occupational and environmental health.

OMNI UK gateway to high quality biomedical Internet resources.

Telemedicine resources

Yale medical library Loads of links, diseases, general resources, more.



PHARMACEUTICAL

CDER Handbook How does a new drug make it on the market? What happens next? The procedures are found here.

Drug information from the FDA

Pharmacy Index A-Z index, Prescription and over the counter drugs.

PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs Accurate information on major FDA approved drugs, based on the PDR.

SEARCH

PharmInfo Finds links to drug information on PharmInfoNet and elsewhere on the Internet. Search by generic or trade name.

RxList The Internet Drug Index

RxMed Pharmaceuticals Index

PharmSearch PharmSearch is a specialised search engine designed to focus on pharmaceutical and health-related information.

DIRECTORIES

Pharmaceutical companies on the web

Pharmaceutical and chemical companies on the web huge!

PharmWeb Yellow pages Complete list of pharmaceutical companies on the web.



LABORATORY

Johns Hopkins Laboratory Test Info SearchLookup by or browse laboratory tests

Johns Hopkins Medical Laboratories Extensive information about laboratory services.

Laboratory Handbook University of Michigan. Links to Abbreviations and Symbols, Drug brand name/Generic Name, Profiles and Surveys, all kinds of laboratory testing.

Laboratory Handbook University of Virginia. "Test listing for clinical and anatomic pathology laboratories – collection instructions/ interpretation."

Laboratory Pages Laboratory and Medical Diagnostics Industry. Why a list of laboratory equipment links to suppliers? For the names of all the different types of equipment! Could be handy...

MSDS databases Lots of links...

Renee’s Lab Supplies Extensive list of... lab supplies! You’d be surprised when it can come in handy while translating laboratory manuals.



SWEDISH MEDICAL RESOURCES

Medicin på NätetSV– "Främst avsett för läkare." Bra medicinska resurser på nätet, både svenska och utländska.

MARS Den medicinska faktadatabasen MARS syftar till god medicinsk praxis inom hälso- och sjukvården. MARS är Socialstyrelsens medel att föra ut medicinsk kunskap och kvalitet, jämförelsetal och resultatredovisning.

Medical Links Interna sökmotor.

Medical Link läkemedel Sökmotor.

Medical Link Bra länkar.

Karolinska Institutet Databases in both English and Swedish.

Medicinska forskningsrådetEN FR SE– "Medicinska forskningsrådets uppgift är att stödja grundforskning inom områdena medicin, farmakologi, odontologi och veterinärmedicin."

The Swedish Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen och Yrkesinspektionen



GLOSSARIES, DICTIONARIES, ETC.

AIDS glossary

Autism glossaryFR EN

Cell biology dictionary 5450 entries

Chemfinder Glossary. Includes links to get further information.

Chemistry glossary

Canadian Medical Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Infobase

Dental terminology

Dental terminoogy

Disability glossary

Eight Report on Carcinogens

eMedicine - Online Text Emergency Medicine

Family Practice Handbook, Cardiology University of Iowa

FDA related acronyms and abbreviations

Fertility glossary

Handbook of Medical Informatics

Health Communication Terms, Emerson college Glossary

Latin terms Found in medical texts

Life Science Dictionary 8300+ terms deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics, with terms relating to ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine.

Managed Care glossary

Medical dictionaries, databases, glossaries Lots of links

Medical Dictionary

Medical glossary Kaiser Permanente

Medical TerminologyDE EN– Many sites

Merck Manual

Merck Manual of Geriatrics

Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition

Microbiology glossary

Microscopy and microanalytical terms Techniques and instruments used by microscopists

Micrscopy terms

Multilingual GlossaryDA NL DE EN FR PT IT ES– Technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages

On-line medical dictionary

Oncology glossary

Orthopedic terms

Orthopedics textbook

Statistical terms glossary

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

WHO Terminology sources on the web many links, many subjects

WHO terminology



ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Medical Association EN FR

US government agencies US agencies, some international ones

US FDA home

US FDA foreign language documents Documents available in Russian, Spanish, French, Korean, German, Japanese, Italian

US FDA international homepage The Information Guide is a quick reference point where members of the international community, including foreign government officials, embassy officials, and importers can obtain information about FDA's international functions.

Pan American Health OrganizationEN ES– Health profiles, resources in the Americas by country. Good links!

US National Library of Medicine

Occupational Health EU Departments and agencies

WHO World Health Organization

European Clearing Houses on Health Outcomes



MEDICAL DEVICES

Center for Devices and Radiological Health Provides independent, professional expertise and technical assistance on the development, safety and effectiveness, and regulation of medical devices and electronic products that produce radiation.

BfArM Bundesinstitutes für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte

BfArM Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

European Organisation for Testing and Certification The EOTC members are testing and calibration laboratories with help and input from certification bodies, manufacturers, trade associations, etc.

TICQA - testing, inspection, calibration, quality assurance databases, info on all European sources.