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PubMed (OVID is available from within the institution)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
PubMed Variations
http://vivisimo.com/demos/PubMed@NIH.html
Entrez into PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi
PubMed Tutorial from the NIH
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html
PubMed Tutorial from the University of Florida
http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/pubmed/PubMed2/
Mayo Clinic Proceedsings Jan 2003: Searching using PubMed
http://www.teacherweb.com/ny/stbarnabas/1north/Mayo-2003-PubMed.pdf
Part 2 is in October 2004 issue
http://www.mayo.edu/proceedings/2003/jan/7801crc.pdf
Google tips from Google and other features:
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator
http://www.pcmag.com/print_article/0,3048,a=108625,00.asp (PC Mag)
also: http://www.googleguide.com/
https://gmail.google.com/
http://labs1.google.com/gvs.html for telephone access
http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
Google tips from MD NetGuide
http://www.mdnetguide.com/archives/2002/nov/primary_care/Tech101.php
NIH Guidelines
http://www.guideline.gov
NIH Consensus Statements
http://consensus.nih.gov/cons/cons.htm
ACP Consensus Statements from PIER
http://pier.acponline.org/index.html
VA Guidelines
http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpg.htm
**The Medical Letter (Drugs and Therapeutics as well as Guidelines). THE
best source for thoughtful, unbiased information. (Except for current
issues, you will need to subscribe, but it's worth every penny).***
http://www.themedicalletter.org
Rare Disease Information from the NIH
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
Dietary Supplements Information from the NIH
http://ods.od.nih.gov/
MedWeb at Emory
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/
Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com
USPSTF - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of health experts that
reviews published research and makes recommendations about preventive health
care. The USPSTF is supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm
**MerckMedicus - online Harrison's etc - excellent - need to register...
http://www.merckmedicus.com
The Students find resources best, of course.......
http://www.studmed.com
EBM for Patients
http://www.medlineplus.gov
UpToDate - available from certain sites within the Hospital, or anywhere if
you subscribe
http://www.utdol.com
Mesh your ideas to be more Up To Date
http://www.jhasim.com/files/articlefiles/pdf/asim_journal_p269_270(V4-5).pdf
World Medical Leaders - the "other" online reference - free to first year
members of the Bronx Medical Society (which is also free to interns)
http://www.wml.com
MedCyclopedia from GE-Amersham
http://www.amershamhealth.com/medcyclopaedia/medical/index.asp
Encarta Encylopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/
OnLine Textbook of Medicine
http://www.hypertension-consult.com/Secure/ClinicalTextbooks.htm
Google Video
http://video.google.com/
Google Pack (e.g., Ad-Aware)
http://pack.google.com/
Windows response to Google Scholar: Academic Live
http://academic.live.com/
Windows LIVE
http://www.live.com/
OVID Manual from Miami
http://calder.med.miami.edu/medline_manual.html
ArtPaper(UofR)uses Google API for Visual Dx
http://www.visualdxhealth.com/
Learning UTD
http://www.uptodate.com/learn
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