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HEALTH STUDIES WEB SITES

See the Biology Department homepage for descriptions of Health Studies 
Cooperative Programs

Metasites (Websites)

familydoctor.org    
MayoClinic.com    
MEDEM:  an information partnership of medical societies    
MedlinePlus    
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)    
HealthWeb    
The Alternative Medicine Homepage    
The Internet Public Library – Health & Medical Sciences subsection    
History of the Health Sciences World Wide Web Links--Medical Library Association

Medical Schools' Library Web Sites (N.B.:  some resources on these pages are 
available only to people at the home university):

University of Iowa
            University of Virginia 
            Cornell University       

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Government Information

Albany County Department of Health & Human Services     

New York State Department of Health      

U.S. National Library of Medicine    
National Institutes of Health (NIH)    
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services    
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention    
HealthFinder.gov (National Health Information Center)    
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality  
National Guideline Clearinghouse      
FirstGov for Science    
Food and Drug Administration    

World Health Organization    
Pan American Health Organization     

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Statistics and Demographics (statistics also provided at Metasites and Government 
sites above)

New York State Department of Health (statistics page)    

National Center for Health Statistics    
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services   

WHO Statistical Information System (World Health Organization)   

Statistical Resources Accessible Via the Standish Library Web Site:

Statistical Abstract of the United States
American FactFinder    
NationMaster.com    
FedStats   
Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)

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Professional Associations and Societies

Listing on HealthFinder.gov website     
New York Academy of Medicine    
American Medical Association    
American Nurses Association    
American College of Nurse Practitioners     
American Veterinary Medicine Association    
American Dental Association    
American Association of Colleges of Nursing  
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy     
American Public Health Association    
Medical Library Association    

Career Resources

American Medical Association    
Association of American Medical Colleges    
American Association of Colleges of Nursing    
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges    
Association of Schools of Public Health    
Medsearch (Healthcare subsection of Monster.com)     

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Databases (All available through the Standish Library Research Databases web page)

A list of databases relevant to Health Studies.

Annual Reviews
CSA Biological & Medical Sciences
General Science Index
Health Reference Center Academic
ScienceDirect
Agricola
SPIN
Ebscohost
ProQuest
JSTOR
Lexis-Nexis Universe
PubMed and related NCBI databases

Health Studies Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals--Health Sciences
PubMed Central
FreeMedicalJournals.com
HighWire Press (Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries)
BioOne
Print and Electronic  Journals in CYRIL

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Remember to check CYRIL, the Siena Library catalog, for other resources.

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