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Library Catalogs: Find what is available in print, electronic or multimedia format from specific libraries.

Top Electronic Resources for Public Health in General:

  • CDC WONDER
    provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data.
  • Health Services Research & Public Health, a national center of information from NLM, National Library of Medicine.
  • Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
    A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.
  • PubMed MEDLINE
    provides "access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals," covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. From NLM, the National Library of Medicine.
  • Environmental Health & Toxicology
    from NLM's Speicialized Information Services:
    • TOXNET
      A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. From NLM, National Library of Medicine.
    • Tox Town,
      an interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances.
    • Chemical Information,
      on drugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, hazardous chemicals and other potential toxins.
    • Haz-Map
      Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases.

To Find Journal Articles, use:

Selected Online Journals:

To find statistics:

Selected websites:

Helpful Tutorials:

  
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Class Evaluation Link 
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PubMed Tutorial Reviews process for searching PubMed to find the evidence to support clinical decision making. Produced by an Interdisciplinary Team of faculty at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.

Who Named It? is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.

Use Skype to Connect with Colleagues 

LibraryThing.com Tag and keep track of your favorite books.

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use at the 'point-of-care'. Available in PDA.




 
 
 
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