Free Health Reference Resources

Reliable information for health care providers.

Today's Headlines

• NIH News and Events - National Institutes of Health
• AMA News and Events - American Medical Association
• ANA News - American Nursing Association Nursing Insider
• MedlinePlus News - National Library of Medicine
• CDC Online Newsroom

Patient Education Resources

• MedlinePlus - Provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health. Patient Information available in many languages.
• Health Source - Consumer Edition - provided by the State Library of Kansas.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center - provided by the State Library of Kansas.

Government Health Resources

• CDC - Center for Disease Control
• CDC for Healthcare Providers
• FDA - Federal Drug Administration
• NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics
• ETOH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Database
• NIH - National Institutes of Health
• NIH Office of Rare Diseases - Rare disease information and research
• TOXNET - Toxicology, Hazardous Materials
• USDA Nutrient Database - Food and Nutrient Content Data

Databases / Electronic Resources - Search for Information, Some Free Full Text Available

• PubMed - A National Library of Medicine Database
• e-medicine - Free database produced by WebMD. Does Require a Free registration.
• NGC - National Guideline Clearinghouse--Public database for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• CRISP - Database of Biomedical Research Projects funded by National Institutes of Health

Professional Databases - State Library of Kansas

• Nursing and Allied Health Source, 1986- present - Full text of nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine
• Health Reference Center Academic, 1980 - present - Full text of nursing and allied health journals

Free Electronic Journals

• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• Journals at NIH - Directory of journal titles provided by the National Institutes of Health

Free Electronic Books

• Bookshelf - Biomedical books maintained by the National Library of Medicine
• Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics: A Practical Guide for Professionals

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