Primary Nursing Search Engines & Portals

MedlinePlus
Consumer health resources...   [more]
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    Mobile Site

National Guideline Clearinghouse
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. ...   [more]
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Important Nursing Search Engines & Portals

Acupuncture Internet Resources
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Alternative Medicine Foundation
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American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
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Bandolier
Electronic version of the independent journal on evidence based health care, initiated by Oxford scientists....   [more]
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The BRFSS, the world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States....   [more]
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Botanical Dermatology Database
"The Botanical Dermatology Database is primarily a resource for dermatologists. However, because of its position at the interface between botany, phytochemistry and medicine it is visited by scientist...   [more]
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Brownson's Nursing Notes
Many interesting links on topics of interest to health professionals....   [more]
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Center for Evidence-based Practice
UPHS' Center for evidence-based Practice purpose is to provide throughout the health system, recomendations based on scientific methodology, on clinical practices and policies....   [more]
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Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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    Research, Statistics, Data and Systems
    Medicare Learning Network (MLN)

Citation Matcher (PubMed)
A tool which fills in the missing pieces for complete journal article citations. Handy for compiling bibliographies or when citing articles ...   [more]
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Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
The Center for Continuing Education has been committed to sharing a wealth of knowledge with physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals across the country and all over the world for more than...   [more]
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CODEX Alimentarius (World Health Organization)
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme....   [more]
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CSIS Globalization 101: A Student's Guide to Globalization
Issue briefs (i.e., guided presentations with brief bibliographies), news analyses, and useful link lists on all aspects of globalization, including culture, development, environment, health, internat...   [more]
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Diet & Nutrition Information from NetWellness
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Evidence-based Practice Resource Center
From the Oncology Nursing Society...   [more]

FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
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Grants.gov
Central listing of available awards from all 26 federal agencies that support research and other programs. This site allows users to find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Feder...   [more]
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Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources - University of Iowa
A list of image resources on the web. Copyright restrictions may vary....   [more]
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    Medical Pictures/Disease Pictures

Healthcare Administration Project
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Herbal Materia Medica
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HerbMed Database
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Herbs in Pregnancy and Childbirth and Infant Care
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HHS Data Council Gateway to Data and Statistics
A "web-based tool that brings together key health and human services data and statistics. It is designed to complement other government resources such as FirstGov and FedStats. The Gateway covers fede...   [more]
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Human Mortality Database
The Human Mortality Database (HMD) was created to provide detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human l...   [more]
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International Food & Nutrition Council
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Kaiser Family Foundation
A non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. Topics covered range from health insurance coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, state health policy to ...   [more]
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Lippincott's Nursing Center
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Martindale's Virtual Medical Center
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MedHist: The guide to history of medicine resources on the Internet
Also Known as: WWW Virtual Library , Wellcome Library
The Wellcome Library's link list on all aspects of the history of health and the development of medical knowledge....   [more]
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MedlinePlus (Spanish version)
Spanish version of the Natinonal Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus, which includes health and drug information for health care consumers....   [more]
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MedlinePlus Alternative Medicine Page
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National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Principal federal health statistics gatherer with links to other databases and health-related data points....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Data Warehouse
    Surveys and Data Collection Systems

National Tap Water Quality Database
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) collected tap water contaminant data from 42 states over a two and one half year period. The overwhelming majority of the data we obtained were from utilities, wi...   [more]
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National Women's Health Information Center
Also Known as: 4woman.gov
This website was reated to provide FREE, reliable health information for women everywhere, and includes Special Sections on topic areas like heart disease, disabilities and pregnancy....   [more]
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NIH Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative (BISTI)
This site reports on and provides access to the bioinformatic activites at NIH....   [more]
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NMAP (Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Health Professions)
This is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners in the health and medical sciences....   [more]
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Nurse.com
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Patient Safety Authority
The Patient Safety Authority is an independent state agency established under Act 13 of 2002, the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error ("MCARE") Act. It is charged with taking steps to re...   [more]
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Pennsylvania Department of Health
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    Bureau of Health Statistics and Research

PSNet Patient Safety Network
As a one-stop portal of resources for improving patient safety and preventing medical errors, PSNet is the first comprehensive effort to help health care providers, administrators, and consumers learn...   [more]
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Public Health Information & Data Tutorial
A new tool developed collaboratively by University of Michigan Public Health Library and the National Library of Medicine to help the public health workforce locate and use health information....   [more]
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Rand Corporation - Health and Health Care
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. Seve...   [more]
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Resources on African Health and Diseases
Comprehensive web index and reference source on Africa and diseases, health organizations active in Africa, African national health ministries and hospitals in Africa, jobs and grants information rele...   [more]
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Sage KE Archive Site
Also Known as: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment , Science SAGE KE
- from Highwire Press - American Association for the Advancement of Science
From October 2001 to June 2006, Science's SAGE KE provided news, reviews, commentaries, disease case studies, databases, and other resources pertaining to aging-related research. Although SAGE KE has ...   [more]
Holdings: 2001-2006
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Sloan-Kettering's Information Resource about Herbs, Botanicals, and Other Products
"This site provides objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and p...   [more]
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SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages
"SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages is a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Health Sciences Library is supported by a grant...   [more]
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State Data Center Program - U.S. Census Bureau
Access individual State Data Centers which provide census and demographic data....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Pennsylvania State Data Center

Supplement Watch
SupplementWatch, Inc. is a corporation consisting of a small group of scientists, physiologists, nutritionists and other health professionals dedicated to educating people about the pros and cons of ...   [more]
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The International Vegetarian Union
The International Vegetarian Union is a non-profit making organisation with membership open to any non-profit organisation whose primary purpose is to promote vegetarianism and is governed exclusivel...   [more]
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U.S. DHHS Office of Minority Health
Promotes the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities ...   [more]
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Virtual Break Room
Puzzles, humor, and inspiration as well as links to information on clinical and professinoal issues....   [more]
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Virtual Nursing Center
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Virtual Nutrition Center
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Your Disease Risk: The Source on Prevention (Harvard University)
Assess risks for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke. Contains fact sheets and other information about disease prevention, etc....   [more]
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