| AutismConnect - features: papers (from parents, experts and people with autism); chat bars; video and audio interviews (including Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings); separate seminars; and additional information about autism. |
| BIOME provides free access to hand-selected and evaluated, quality Internet resources for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners in the Health and Life Sciences. This is a UK based resource |
| BBC Science Human Body and Mind - Psychological tests and an interactive body section allow you to test your knowledge of the body and the mind. |
| Cochrane Library - The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. |
| Contact a Family - Helping families who care for children with any disability or special need |
| Dental Health - useful list of dental web sites |
Department of Health - Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications |
Department of Health Performance Data - including:
NHS Performance Guide 1995/96
NHS Performance National Guide 1996/97
The New NHS Performance Tables 1997/98
High Level Indicator Set for 1999-2000 and Clinical Indicators for 1999-2000
NHS Performance Indicators July 2000 and February 2002
NHS Performance Ratings 2001 and 2002 |
| Department of Health - statistics on the web |
| eMC (electronic Medicines Compendium) by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ( ABPI) - Aims to provide up-to-date and correct information on every medicine licensed in the UK free of charge. Contains separate sections for Healthcare Professionals, Pharmaceutical Companies and the General Public |
| Free Pint No 178 - Health Information Sources for Non-Health Professionals" by Zena Woodley |
| Free Pint No.100 - "Untangling The Web For Health Professionals" by Alison Turner |
| Internet for Health and Social Care - A free, "teach yourself" tutorial that lets you practice your Internet Information Skills and provides many useful links for this subject. |
| InPharm.com - support for the the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries |
MEDLINE - search the 11 million references and abstracts of medical literature in the MEDLINE database; about 31,000 new citations are added each month:
Issues Online - The full text of books and information about contemporary social issues. These books can be accessed outside the college using MyAthens
MEDLINE.com
PubMed - MEDLINE® 1966 to present, weekly updates except in November and December - National Library of Medicine |
| MEDLINEplus Health Information: Find information on hundreds of diseases, conditions, and wellness issues - National Library of Medicine |
| Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition, The - Free online edition |
| National Statistics: Health and Care |
| NHS Direct online - your gateway to health information on the Internet |
| NMAP - is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied health Professions, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners |
| Nursing Standard - a selection of full text articles from the journal, free |
| Nursing Times |
OMNI - Organising Medical Networked Information - Major UK medical Gateway |
| Patient UK - a UK directory aiming to help non-medical people find information about health issues. Includes links to UK Self Help and Patient Support Groups |
| Research Tools |
| Virtual Library Medicine and Health |
Links checked 27-08-09 |
