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Literature Searches and Document Delivery:

PubMed  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Includes citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and other life science journals. Links to sites providing full text articles are included

MedBioWorld http://www.medbioworld.com/med/journals/med-bio.html

Links to sites of medical journals

Infotrieve http://www4.infotrieve.com/docdelivery.asp

Provides delivery of published documents via e-mail, fax, and conventional mail

Information about Diseases and Conditions:

MayoClinic.com http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/diseasesandconditions/index.cfm

Searchable information about diseases and conditions, including signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

PDQ (Physician’s Data Query) http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cancerdatabase#summaries

NCI’s comprehensive cancer database, includes summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care. The site also includes a registry of cancer clinical trials, and directories of physicians and other professionals providing cancer care

Information about Drugs:

MayoClinic.com http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/druginformation/index.cfm

Searchable information about drugs, including brand names, indications, prescribing information and side effects

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Drug Information

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htm

New drug approvals, safety information, public health alerts and warning letters

Information about Clinical Trials:

ClinicalTrials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov

Searchable, updated information about federally and privately supported clinical trials, including study purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details

PDQ (Physician’s Data Query) http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/

NCI’s comprehensive cancer database, includes a registry of cancer clinical trials. Site also includes summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care and directories of physicians and other professionals providing cancer care

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias:

MedLine Plus Medical Encyclopedia http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia covering diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. Includes photographs and illustrations

MedLine Plus Medical Dictionary http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Medi-Lexicon http://www.pharma-lexicon.com

Dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and healthcare acronyms and abbreviations

Dictionary of Units of Measurement http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units

Includes a conversion tool

Human and Animal Cell Lines http://www.biotech.ist.unige.it/cldb/cname-1c.html

Names and descriptions for cell lines such as 3T3, HeLa, etc.

On-line Medical Dictionary http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/

OMD is a searchable dictionary created by Dr Graham Dark and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.

Professional Organizations:

American Society of Indexers (ASI)  http://www.asindexing.org/site/index.html

American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)  http://www.amwa.org

Drug Information Association (DIA) http://www.diahome.org/docs/index.cfm

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) http://www.raps.org/s_raps/index.asp

Special Libraries Association (SLA) http://www.sla.org/index.cfm

Directory of Medical Associations http://www.mednet.ca/html/association.htm

Links to web sites for medical societies including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Government Agencies:

National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov

Indexers

http://www.wymanindexing.com/ Wyman Indexing

http://www.potomacindexing.com/index.html Potomac Indexing

http://www.indexing.com/ Coughlin Indexing Services