News
• Boston Globe Health and Science
  This week's health and science reporting by the Boston Globe.

Journals
• Medline Plus
  National Library of Medicine's consumer database. It is very user-friendly.
• PUB MED
  National Library of Medicine's database of eleven million citations. There are some links to journal home pages here, or try looking up the citation on InfoTrac. See a Librarian for Interlibrary Loan.
• Medscape
  From Web M.D., an extensive medical and health site offering a wide range of topics and catering to different levels of interest. Maintains a journal article database and a search engine for locating needed materials. Users must register, but the service is free.
• HighWire
  Access to over 4,500 medical journals, some available full text. Search both HighWire and Medline simultaneously.

Websites
• FirstGov for Science
  This government science portal searches U.S. government science and technology sites. Choose up to ten resources to search, websites plus a number of databases including PubMed from the National Library of Medicine. The result list is separated by the chosen resources.
• Biomed Central
  Covers over 100 open access covering all areas of biology and medicine.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  This well organized and authoritative website has health news of current interest, hot topics and research studies.
• Go Ask Alice
  Brought to you by Columbia University's Health Education Program, this site offers a health question and answer forum. "The mission of Go Ask Alice! is to provide factual, in-depth, straightforward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, emotional, and spiritual health."
• HIV InSite
  A University of California at San Francisco textbook database covering the medical, social and educational issues related to AIDS/HIV.
• Complete Home Medical Guide
  An online book by the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons containing extensive listing of various diseases and health concerns.
• Meta Directory at Hardin Library
  From the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa, a list of lists in three categories--long, medium and short. An interesting gateway approach, and easy to use.

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