Health and Disease Resources Compiled by Patti Tjomsland, Library Media Specialist  Fall 2000. updated October 2009 Mark Morris High School, Home of the Monarchs Longview, Washington

Librarian's Index to the Internet
    http://lii.org/
    This is a source of previewed sites on different subjects put together by the library staff at the University of California at         Berkeley. It is a reliable source.
Digital Librarian
    http://www.servtech.com/~mvail/index.html
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/health.html
Encyclopedia Britannica
    You can use a more complete encyclopedia if you use the one the school subscribes to.  Click on Encyclopedia Americana on the library home page.
Multnomah County Library Homework Center
    http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/
    http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/biolohc.html#virus
    Links to reliable sites for student research by the staff at this Portland, Oregon Library.

Additional Web Sites

About.com:  Health and Fitness
        http://home.about.com/health/
American Medical Association
    http://www.ama-assn.org/
The Body:  An AIDS and HIV Information Resource
    http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
        http://www.cdc.gov/
Columbia Complete Medical Guide
    http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/
Digital Librarian:  Health and Medicine
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/health.html
Drugs of Concern -- from the DEA
    http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/concern.htm
Galaxy Community Health
    http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Community/Health.html
Health A to Z
    http://www.healthatoz.com/
Kids Click:  Health and Well Being
    http://www.kidsclick.org/topheal.html
    Links to a variety of disease and health related sites for students.
Kid’s Health
    http://kidshealth.org/kid/
Martindale's Health Science Guide
    http://www.martindalecenter.com/
Mayo Clinic
    Scoll down to the search box on the right side of the page.
Med Indiana
    http://www.medindia.net/Patients/PatientInfo/Home.asp
Medicine Net.com
    http://medicinenet.com/
Mental Health Net
    http://mentalhelp.net/
Mental Health Resources
        http://mentalhealth.miningco.com/health/mentalhealth/
Merck Manual
    http://www.merck.com/
Multnomah Country Library Health and Nutrition
    http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/healhc.html
National Center for Disease Control
        http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm
National Library of Medicine
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html
World Health Organization
        http://www.who.int/home-page/
World Health Organization
        http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm
Yahoo: Health
    http://health.yahoo.com/

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Current Health News
Aetna InteliHealth Health News
    Top news headlines for the day.  Also on its  homepage ,  there is a section of commentaries written by Harvard Medical School physicians of several of the day's top news stories.
    http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/333.html?k=menux408x333
CNN Health
    Daily updated articles from a variety of news sources with links to related CNN stories and websites.
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
 Reuters Health eLine
    Daily medical news for the consumer (free) and for the professional (requires a subscription fee).  Distributed by Reuters News Syndicate.
    http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html
USA Today Health News
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/default.htm
 

        If during your research you discover a wonderful resource, please tell Mrs. Tj about it!
        She will add it to this listing.

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