Other Relevant Sites

Go to internet resources beginning with the letter:

• ADA ONLINE, the American Dental Association
• Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center - Provides information on Alzheimers and related dementias. Includes publications available and a searchable database.
• American Association for the History of Nursing - A professional association open to everyone interested in the history of nursing. The site contains a useful selection of resources for reasearch in the history of nursing.
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing - This site provides access to the resources of the major organization in the area of nursing education. Association membership, position statements and project information are some of the available resources. Some interactive areas require association membership for use.
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses - This site contains information about the association, its journal, board certification in neuroscience nursing, professional meetings and activities, and the core curriculum in the field. An interactive forum for this group of nursing professionals.
• American College of Nurse Practitioners - Provides information on the organization's activities by state. Lists nurse practitioner programs available, as well as Continuing Education programs, employment opportunities, state nursing boards, etc..
• American Diabetes Association
• American Medical Association (AMA) - Provides access to the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access (FREIDA) system and also to all AMA journals.
• American Psychological Association - Includes information on psychology for the geneeral public, media, public policy, science, conventions, membership, divisions information, and other APA services.
• American Society For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) - Provides complete information about ASGE and ASGE activities including official publications, an online reference library, legislative action, endoscopy related meetings, clinical guidelines, etc.
• American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) - Provides biological products, technical services, and educational programs. The mission of the ATCC is to acquire, authenticate, and maintain reference cultures, related biological materials, and associated data.
• Antibiotic Guide - University of Wisconsin - The hypertext version of the 8th edition of ANTIMICROBIAL USE GUIDELINES.
• AORN (Association of Operating Room Nurses) - Gives access to contents of Association publications, the AORN library, and information about Association activities. More practitioner than research oriented.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - Includes the new electronic medical school application.
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses - Provides continuing education and credentialing information, and brief book reviews. No access to journal publications at this time.
• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements - Information about the Mental Measurements Yearbook. Also includes the ERIC/AE Test Locator.
• California Healthcare Association - Based in Sacramento, is the statewide leader in representing the interests of hospitals, health systems, physicians groups and other member healthcare providers in california. Includes California health care projections to 2005 and links to other healthcare organizations.
• California Native Plant Society - Includes Rare Plant Program and a list of an inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California.
• California Wildflowers, Berkeley Digital Library Project - Includes searchable database, common names, family names, latin names, and photos of native wildflowers of California.
• Cardiology Compass - Serves as launch pad for all online information for the practicing cardiologist, including access to cardiology records, echo and tredmill data, clinical trials, etc.
• Center for the Advanced Medical Informatics at Stanford - This center brings together researchers in medical informatics who are concerned with the use of information technology to solve problems in clinical medicine and the biomedical sciences.
• The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition - The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) includes training opportunities, faculty directory and cognitive science technical reports.
• CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service - Lists current clinical trials by disease categories and by state; covers new FDA approvals; allows alerting of patients or physicians regarding clinical trials or new FDA approvals in their chosen area of interest.
• Cognitive Science Society - Includes journal and society information, funding and employment opportunities.
• The Cooperative Human Linkage Center - Contains searchable genetic maps showing the positions of genetic markers.
• Dentistry Interworld
• Diagnostic Test Information Server - Diagnostic Test Information Server is an online companion to the printed POCKET GUIDE TO DIAGNOSTIC TEST, encompassing only laboratory tests; still to come are microbiology and radiology assays.
• Emergency Nurses Association - Describes the activities of ENA and related/affiliated organizations. Contact information, certification, and examination deadlines.
• Entomology Index of Internet Resources - A searchable database of insect-related resources on the Internet. Resources include world-wide web sites, gopher and FTP, Usenet news, electronic mailing lists.
• Events and Meetings in Academic Medicine- A monthly listing, provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges, of major medical conferences through the year 2005.
• FAS Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) - ProMED is a project of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) to promote the establishment of a global program for monitoring emerging diseases, including the surveillance of infectious diseases. The site also includes ProMED-mail, an electronic information exchange network which links scientists, public health officials, journalists and laypersons in a global communications network for reporting disease outbreaks.
• FASEB Career Resources - (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) - Specializes in Biomedical Career Advancement and employment opportunities and positions. Includes the Careers On-line database.
• FlyBase - Database of genetic and molecular data for Drosophila.
• Gastro Extravaganza - A web page by Dr. Joel Greenson, University of Michigan, which deals with grastrointestinal and liver pathology. The home page was created from his teaching experiences.
• GÉNÉTHON - Contains human genome maps: a genetic map including 5,264 markers and a physical map. 26,000 gene fragments have been sequenced. These maps are tools for the localization and identification of hereditary characteristics, and in particular those genes which are responsible for diseases, if DNA from families affected by such diseases has been collected.
• A Guide to California Programs for Biodiversity Conservation - Detailed listing of conservation programs administered by the state of California, federal, regional, and local governments.
• Health On the Net Foundation - Supports the international health and medical community. Includes Health on the Net Code of Conduct for Medical Web Sites.
• HealthWeb: Reference Resources - The HealthWeb Project organizes and enhances access to Internet resources for the international health sciences community.
• The Heart: An Online Exploration
• HIV InSite - Gateway to AIDS knowledge.
• Hospice Nurses Association - This site contains contact, certification, and networking information in the field of hospice nursing. Access to some issues of the association newsletter is available.
• International Center for Tropical Ecology - Includes a count of the human population of planet earth.
• International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) - Provides classification and nomenclature of viruses, including an overview, diagrams, and listing of taxa recognized in the Universal System of Virus Taxonomy.
• Internet Autopsy Database from Johns Hopkins
• Internet Dermatology Society
• The Internet Medical Products Guide, Medical Internet Communications, Inc. - A listing of medical device companies and a listing of medical device products.
• IUCN: The World Conservation Union
• The JAMA Migraine Information Center
• Kaiser Family Foundation - Lists grants available from the Kaiser Family Foundation, as well as information projects.
• Lippincott's NursingCenter
• McConnell Brain Imaging Centre - The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) is one of the largest scientific communities in North America dedicated solely to research imaging of the human brain. The program emphasizes quantitative 3-D investigation of brain structure and function.
• MedConnect - Designed for primary care physicians, it features free board reviews and free CME credit, online resources.
• Medical Matrix - Guide to Internet Medical Resources, Healthtel Corp. - Includes Specialized and Disease Categories information, Clinical Practice issues, Institutions and Health Workers, Telemedicine, Imaging, and Computing, Patient Education and Support and the Biomedical Industry.
• Medscape - Offers CME credit, free Medline searching, access to thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed clinical articles, and self assessment features.
• Migraine Information Center - See JAMA Migraine Information Center.
• MRI Atlases of the Brain, Shoulder, and Knee
• The National Association of Marine Laboratories - Covers marine and coastal habitats.
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) - An independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to assessing and reporting on the quality of managed care plans, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs).
• National League For Nursing Homepage
• Nursing World - A nursing related index to Internet information, including grant information, academic organizations, specialty nursing practices, and specific health conditions. Provides information on the American Nurses Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, legislative updates and information, nursing trends and issues, etc.
• OncoLink , University of Pennsylvania - Lists and describes various cancers, their treatment, psychosocial support, clinical trials, conferences and meetings, and financial issues.
• The Oxford English Dictionary
• Pain Net - Educates physicians and other healthcare professionals about state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic options for pain management.
• Pan American World Health Organization - Covers Country Health Profiles for all nations in the Americas and also lists publications available.
• Peterson's Education & Career Center - Provides information on United States colleges and universities, graduate studies, and distance learning.
• Pharmaceutical Information Network Home Page, VirSci Corp - Provides up-to-date, free and accurate drug information and serves as the primary entry point into the WWW for health professionals and patients who are seeking high quality information about drug therapies and medical information. The site also includes job postings.
• Radiology Webserver, University of Washington - Award winning site presents classical virtual cases along with graphics and text.
• REBASE: The Restriction Enzyme Database - REBASE is a collection of information about restriction enzymes, methylases, the microorganisms from which they have been isolated, recognition sequences, cleavage sites, methylation specificity, the commercial availability of the enzymes, and references - both published and unpublished observations (dating back to 1952).
• RENALNET Information Service - Free clearinghouse for information on the cause, treatment, and management of kidney disease and End Stage Renal Disease. Also included are job postings, Dialysis Unit Directory, continuing education resources, academic nephrology departments, nephrology conferences and meetings, and nephrology professional organizations.
• RxList - The Internet Drug Index - Searchable database provides generic name, trade name, category of drug indications and side effects.

• Schools of Nursing Links

  • UConn School of Nursing
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing
  • University of Iowa College of Nursing
  • University of Kansas School of Nursing
  • University of New Hampshire Department of Nursing
  • The University of Texas School of Nursing at Galveston
  • University of Washington School of Nursing
  
  
• Society for Epidemiologic Research - Provides information on the society and its meetings.
• Society for Neuroscience
• Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research - An advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the health of women through research. Included is an overview of gender-based biology, information on specific diseases and relevant statistics.
• Specifica Mental Health Resources - Web links for medical and mental health problems.
• State Nurses Associations Addresses - Provides complete contact information for 50 state nursing associations, including fax number.
• The Tree of Life - A distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity, designed to contain information about the phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of organisms, to illustrate the diversity and unity of living organisms, and to link biological information available on the Internet in the form of a phylogenetic navigator.
• Urbana Atlas of Pathology, University of Illinois at Champaign - Covers general pathology, endocrine pathology, pulmonary pathology and renal pathology.
• Virtual Hospital, University of Iowa College of Medicine - Provides patient care support and distance learning to practicing physicians and other healthcare professionals.
• Weekly Web Review in Emergency Medicine - Dedicated to critical analysis of current clinical literature on topics relevant to the practice of emergency medicine.
• The Whole Brain Atlas
• World Federation of Public Health Associations - The only associatioin in public health that is worldwide. Promotes exchange of information and research. Contact information for public health associations internationally is searchable by country.
• World Health Organization

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