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Evaluating Health Information On the Web
The National Centre for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine has a comprehensive listing of what to look for when evaluating Web Based Health Resources.
Internet Resources
The links below allow access to FREE Databases available on the Internet that contain full text journal articles and information related to the health field and disabilities:
- REHABDATA Database Free bibliographic database from National Rehabilitation Information Centre. REHABDATA, produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center, is the leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation. The database describes over 70,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities. The collection spans 1956 to the present.
- Google Scholar – Scholarly literature on the web
- High Wire Press – Stanford University: Largest repository of free full-text life science articles.
- National Centre for Biotechnology Information - Link Out Journal Lists –journals by providerNational Library of Medicine – One stop shopping for PubMed, Gateway, And Medlineplus Gateway searches multiple databases simultaneously
- Medline Plus is an excellent source of readable Consumer Health Information. A good place to start for reliable, basic information on almost any topic.
- Pub Med Central – A free archive of life sciences journals - U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature
- Hardin MD –(meta-directory) Hardin Library of Life Science –University of Iowa- provide subject searches in free PubMed journals
Websites with Excellent Information/ Links to Health related information and resources
For help in searching any of the databases mentioned and more detailed tips on how to complete a search, please contact the Librarian |