Health Sciences Subject Directories

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• AbilityHub - Directory. Can search, browse links on assisted technology solutions (equipment & methods like mouse alternatives & speech recognition, etc.) for accessing computers.



• All the Virology on the WWW - Directory. Can search, browse links (research & data; specific viruses, AIDS/HIV, viral diseases & treatments; organizations; etc.). Has a picture book of viruses, course notes, a FAQ.



• Alternative Medicine HomePage, The - Directory. Can browse links on HIV/AIDS, databases, mailing lists & newsgroups, government resources, etc.



• Arbor Nutrition Guide - Directory. Can search, browse thousands of links on clinical & applied nutrition, food, food science.



• BioChemWeb.org - Directory. Can search, browse links by 20 subjects & to research groups, databases & tools, methods, software, vendors, books & journals, career & funding, organizations & meetings, etc.



• Bioethics Resources on the Web - Can search, browse links to general & federal resources; on genetics, research, medicine & healthcare.



• Biomedical Information Resources & Services - Directory. Can search, browse links in 25 categories (anatomy & histology, diseases & disorders, evidence based medicine, history of biomedicine & TCM, neuroscience, nursing & paramedics, pathology & forensic medicine, etc.).



• Blonz Guide, The - Directory. Can browse links on nutrition, food, fitness; health, medicine. Has a language translator. Can Ask Dr. Blonz.



• Deaf Linx - Directory. Can search, browse links in 32 categories (deaf culture, technology, sign language, interpreting, education, history, poetry, art, linguistics, legal issues, health care, etc.).



• Deaf Resource Library, The - Directory. Can browse links on American & Japanese sign languages, interpreting, captioning, etc., to organizations, schools & universities, etc.



• Directory of History of Medicine Collections - A U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) directory. Can search, browse information about & links to health & biomedical resources worldwide.



• disABILITY Information and Resources - Directory. Can browse links in 24 categories (assistive devices, spinal cord injury, sports training, home & Web design, etc.).



• Environment Directory, The - Directory. Can search, browse links in 30 categories (arts, business, education, government, health, science, social science, sustainable development, etc.).



• Environmental Ethics - Directory. Can browse links & essays on 14 topics (genetic engineering & nanotechnology, animals & vegetarianism, etc.).



• Food Resource - Directory. Can search browse links to food & ingredients, resources (associations, government, nutrient analysis, recipes).



• Forensic Science Resources - Directory. Can browse links in 20 categories (crime scene investigation, DNA analysis, psychiatry & psychology, etc.).



• GeneralPediatrics.com - Directory. Can browse pediatrician-selected links to case studies & patient simulations, evidence-based resources, journals & news, clinical practice guidelines, etc.



• GoldenLinks4Doctors.com - Directory. Can browse tiered links voted upon by physicians. Covers medicine, cardiology, critical care, HIV infection, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology.



• Hardin MD - Directory. Can search, browse links in 120 categories (specialties, diseases, infectious diseases, neurology, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, medical/health sciences libraries, medical pictures/disease pictures, etc.). Related pages include free medical journals in 17 categories.



• Health and Life Sciences - An Intute directory. Can search, browse 31,000 links on medicine; nursing, midwifery & allied health; bioresearch; natural history; agriculture, food & forestry; biomedical ethics; history of medicine; public engagement with science & technology.



• healthfinder - A U.S. Department of Health & Human Services directory. Can search, browse a health library (1,700 government agency, nonprofit organization, university links on prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions, alternative medicine, online checkups, diagnostic & surgical procedures, prescription drugs, over 140 ejournals [not all free], etc.), organizations (federal agencies & clearinghouses, state & nonprofit agencies, professional organizations), online checkups, health care (physicians, dentists, public clinics, hospitals, long term care, nursing homes, health insurance, prescriptions, health fraud, Medicare, Medicaid, medical privacy), etc.



• Healthlinks.net - Directory. Can search, browse over 113,000 links in over 40 categories (alternative-complementary, child development, diseases, elder care, hospitals, laboratories, life sciences, mental health, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, pharmaceutical, physical therapy, public health, speech therapy, etc.).



• HealthWeb - Directory. Can browse links in 70 categories (allied health, alternative medicine, anatomy, developmental disabilities, ethics, evidence-based health care, neurology, nursing, occupational therapy, orthopedics, pharmacy, physical medicine & rehabilitation, psychiatry/psychology, public health, speech-language pathology & audiology, sports medicine, substance abuse, etc.).



• MedBioWorld - Directory & ready reference. Can search, browse over 35,000 medical & bioscience links (9,700 journals (not all free); 8,600 associations; 3,000 databases; 2,000 companies; reference tools [encyclopedias, translation, etc.); libraries; disease databases; clinical trials; biotechnology; etc.).



• Medem Medical Library - Directory. Can search, browse peer-reviewed information on diseases & conditions, therapies & strategies, health & society.



• MedExplorer - Directory. Can search, browse 20,000 links in 28 categories (administration, allied health, alternative medicine, computers software, death dying, disease disorders, nutrition, nursing, safety, mental health, nursing, pharmaceutival, specialties, laboratory, etc.).



• Medical Images on the Web - Directory. Can browse links in 10 categories (general, anatomy & histology, dermatology, neurology, etc.).



• Medical Resource Reviews Database - Directory. Can search, browse summaries & reviews & links to over 1,800 electronic information resources (browsable Web sites, downloadable datasets & software, CD-ROMs). Covers acupuncture, complementary medicine, neurology, nursing, pharmacology, physcal therapy, psychiatry, psychology, public health, etc.



• MedNets - Directory. Can browse patient & medical professional links to databases, journals, associations & societies, news sources, jobs, etc.



• NARIC Knowledgebase, The - Can search, browse 2,800 links to disability & rehabilitation facilities, organizations, publications, resources.



• Net Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences - Directory. Can search, browse links to forums & enewsletters, efficacy information, stuttering, on speech & language disorders & therapy, hearing & hearing disorders, etc.



• Neuroscience - Can browse an extensive list of links.



• Nursing Internet Resources - Directory. Can browse links for students (style & writing guides, etc.), 200 journals (links to publishers' sites, contents & abstracts on Medline, collections of articles, news, organizations, 8 topics (evidence-based, philosophy & theory, etc.). Some sites restricted.



• Online Communication Studies Resources - Directory. Can search, browse links in 15 categories (advertising, digital media, film studies, health & science communication, journalism & mass communication, political communication, rhetoric studies, etc.).



• PINAKES - Directory. Can link to over 50 major subject gateways.



• Protocols Online - Directory. Can search, browse links in 19 categories (cell biology, genetics & genomics, histology, neuroscience, etc.).



• Psychological Research on the Net - Directory. Can browse links to experiments on the Internet in 19 categories (cognition, consumer, educational, forensic, health, industrial/organizational, mental, sensation & perseption, social, etc.).



• PTGlobal.net - Directory. Can search, browse a KnowledgeBase of links in 12 categories (organizations, schools, jobs, etc.). Requires free registration.



• Public Health InfoLinks (PHIL) - Directory. Can browse links in 11 categories (U.S. & international agencies, journals & publications, libraries & research tools, professional associations, non-governmental organizations, educational resources, etc.).



• Public Health Resources on the Internet - Directory. Can browse links by topic, to agencies & organizations, indexes & publications.



• Public Health Resources on the Internet - Directory. Can browse links to useful sites, directories, health news, journals & newsletters, etc.



• Science.gov - Directory. Can search, browse links to authoritative selected information from U.S. Government agencies, including research & development results, in 12 categories (applied science & technologies; astronomy & space; biology & nature; computers & communications; earth & ocean sciences; environment & environmental quality; health & medicine; math, physics & chemistry; etc.).



• Sleep Medicine Home Page - Directory. Can browse links on the physiology of sleep; clinical sleep medicine; sleep research; federal, state, patient information; business.



• Social Sciences - Can search, browse links in 19 categories (anthropology, business & management, economics, education, environmental studies, government policy, human geography, law, politics, psychology, research tools & methods, social welfare, sociology, sport & leisure practice, statistics & data, women's studies, etc.).



• SocioSite - Directory. Can search, browse links in 24 categories (communication, information, media; cyberspace & Web sociology; economic sociology; famous sociologists; history & social change; industrial relations & trade unions; management; music; power: conflict & war; social & cultural anthropology; social geography; social policy, social security & social work; sociology of (distance) education; sociology of health; sociology of labor; sociology of organization; teletrade - e-commerce - telemarketing; etc.). Has links to over 300 ejournals & emagazines (not all free).



• Virtual Library Pharmacy - Can search, browse links on the history of medicine in 16 categories (pharmacy schools, pharmaceutical companies, hospital pages, associations, journals & books, government sites, jobs, databases, listservs, etc.).



• WWW Virtual Library: Medicine and Health: Epidemiology, The - Can search, browse links in 20 categories (government agencies & international organizations, university sites, professional societies & organizations, cancer, infectious diseases & AIDS, etc.).



• www.health.gov - Directory. Can browse links to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, multi-agency, other federal department & agency; state & local government activities.