Health Information Links - LPC Library
Virtual Reference Books (E-books):
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior, 3rd ed.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition
Web Directories :
Health related web directories are an excellent way to locate reliable information on the Internet. Reliable directories should:
- Be maintained by professionals in the subject area;
- Post the site's policy and procedures for link choices;
- Indicate how often the site links are reviewed;
- Annotate links.
The following directories are reliable:
Hardin
Metadirectory of Internet Health Sources - Hardin Library,
University of Iowa maintains a very large and comprehensive site,
which is easy to navigate.
Healthfinder: Your
Guide to Reliable Health Information - a searchable directory
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Directory
indexes web sites for organization, support groups, self-help
associations as well as government agenices.
MedlinePlus -
a project of NIH's National Library of Medicine, provides access to extensive
information about specific diseases and conditions. Also has links to consumer
health information from the National Institutes of Health; dictionaries; encyclopedia
with good images from Adam, Inc.; tutorials, slide shows, streaming video; lists
of hospitals and physicians; clinical trials ; and health information in Spanish
and other languages.
NOAH:
(New York Online Access to Health) - outstanding site, easy to navigate in English
or in Spanish (Pregúntale a NOAH Sobre la Salud)
Many of these links were found through Librarians' Internet Index and the annotations were adapted from the LII list (Copyright 2008 by Librarians' Internet Index, lii.org.)
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