University Hospital Library Consumer Links

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
E-Medicine from WebMD
Health on the Net Foundation Enter search term of choice for meta-search engine retrieval
Healthfinder.gov Be sure to use the SEARCH text box for meta-search retrieval. If you only browse their alphabetical listing, you will miss a lot
Healthline.com Mega site index. Comprehensive and searchable. Secondary pages are marked as trusted sites
JAMA patient pages

Mayo Clinic diseases index
Martindale's Health Science Guide 2008. VERY comprehensive, but requires patience to drill down through the layers to find what you are looking for
Medical dictionary Alphabetically arranged. Go to the Letter – huge page of words beginning with that letter. Use browser Edit --> Find on page, enter word (this way you see other words with this word root)
Medical Student.com VERY comprehensive, but requires patience to drill down through the layers to find what you want. Good source for images
Medicine.net A huge site. A little slow to search at first, but excellent and thorough information
Medline Plus
MedScape from WebMD
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health). For high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish
PDR Health
Right Health A good searchable site, but difficult to browse. You have to enter the term you want in the upper right corner search box. Lots of user/patient forums – easy to get side-tracked
VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines
Wikipedia the free encyclopedia