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Web resources

We have put together a list of webpages which will be of interest to Medical Library users. Please contact Angela Young if you would like to recommend a link for inclusion on this page or if you have difficulty accessing a link from this page.

The Medical Library takes no responsibility for the content of external websites. All links open in a new window unless otherwise stated.

Contents

Databases

Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Clinical Evidence (available only with a UCL IS userid and password or Royal Free Hospital NHS ATHENS account)
 
Cochrane Library
National Library for Health healthcare databases (available only with an NHS ATHENS account)
Directory of Clinical Databases
Databases available via UCL Library Services
 
PubCrawler
PubMed
SumSearch
TRIP Database

Electronic Journals

Electronic journal collections

BioMed Central
Free Medical Journals.com
NHS Core Content Full Text Journals (available only with an NHS ATHENS account)
JSTOR
PubMed Central
Science Direct
UCL Libraries electronic journals page

Miscellaneous electronic resource information

Author instructions
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors uniform requirements
NLM's guide to finding listings of book chapters

Internet Gateways & Search Engines

Internet gateways

Intute: Health and Life Sciences
Doctors.net
 
 
National Library for Health
 

Search Engines

AllTheWeb
Google
ixquick
MedHunt

Newspapers

Newspaper directories

Nexis UK (available only with a UCL userid and password)
News Directory

General reference sources

Dictionaries

Dictionary.com
Oxford English Dictionary Online
 

Medical Reference

British National Formulary Online
BUBL Medical Imaging
Hardin MetaDirectory of Health Sources
 

Professional Bodies

British Association of Occupational Therapists
British Dietetic Association
British Medical Association
British Psychological Association
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
General Medical Council
Health Professions Council
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Radiologists
 
Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal Society of Medicine
Feet for Life: The Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists

Information for medical students

UCL Medical School information for current students (UCL userID required for access to some sections of the site)
StudentBMJ

Clinical governance

General Resources

Netting the Evidence
Health Care Commission
Clinical Knowledge Summaries

Evidence based practice

Duke University Medical Centre EBM Course
Users Guides to the Medical Literature
 
Centre for evidence-based medicine

Guidelines

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust guidelines (only available from computers in the Royal Free Hospital)
National Library for Health
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
National Institute for Health & Clinical Evidence (NICE)
Guidelines sources
American National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council - Clinical Practice Guidelines
Canadian Medical Association Infobase Clinical Practice Guidelines
New Zealand Guidelines Group

Guideline Development Tools

AGREE
 
Critical Appraisal Skills Programe-CASP
 
School of Health and Related Research- ScHARR, Online courses and guides

Search skills

Intute Virtual Training Suite
Bare Bones 101
Finding Information on the Internet: a tutorial

Critical Appraisal

Critical appraisal of primary literature
Critical Appraisal Skills Programe-CASP

This page last modified 23 January, 2009 by Medical Library

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