Nursing
Australian Government Sites
Other Government Sites
Professional Sites
Standards and Legislation
Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias & Manuals
General
Online Journals
Aged Care
Anatomy
Consumer Health
Cultural Diversity
Diseases
Medical Images
Medical Sounds
Mental Health
Paediatrics
Palliative Care
Pharmacology
Problem Based Learning
Australian Government Sites
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | Information about health and welfare including statistics and publications |
| Department of Health and Ageing | Gateway to Australian Government information on all aspects of health and aged care |
| HealthInsite |
A single, online access point to credible information on issues, services and policies to enhance the health and well-being of Australians |
| Public Health | The Victorian Government Public Health Group homepage provides access to extensive health resources and information |
| Queensland Health | Queensland Government site providing information about health and available health services. Includes access to legislation |
Other Government Sites
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Department of Health | The Department of Health is responsible for setting health and social care policy in England |
| MedlinePlus | Medical information from the United States National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library |
| National Institutes of Health - Health Information |
An agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the focal point for health research in that country |
| World Health Organization | Health information and statistics from all over the world |
Professional Sites
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council | The Australian Nursing Council homepage includes access to both national competency standards and codes of practice for nurses |
| Queensland Nurses Union | The QNU is an independent professional organisation that represents the interests of Queensland nurses in the health system, the workplace and the community |
| Queensland Nursing Council |
Homepage of the Queensland Nursing Council. This site has information on nursing in Queensland and Australia, including access to relevant legislation |
| Royal College of Nursing, Australia | The RCNA is the nation's leading professional organisation representing nurses from all areas of practice throughout Australia |
Standards and Legislation
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth Government Legislation | All published Commonwealth Acts in full text |
| Nursing Act 1992 | Full text copy of the current legislation |
| Queensland Government Legislation | Queensland Acts, subordinate legislation, and Bills as published from 1991 to present in full text |
| Standards Australia | Access selected Australian Standards in full-text. User ID and Password is required and can be obtained from the Library Help Desk or via email |
Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias & Manuals
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Medicine in Quotations Online | Contains over 3000 entries. Quotations are organised by topic and fully referenced |
| MediLexicon | A dictionary of over 200,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and healthcare acronyms and abbreviations |
| MedlinePlus | Medical information from the United States National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library. Includes dictionary and encyclopaedia |
| Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy | An online, searchable manual containing general information on thousands of topics contained within 23 numbered sections and 308 chapters |
| Merriam Webster (Inteli-Health Inc.) |
A comprehensive online medical dictionary including help with pronunciation. Links to a dedicated drug dictionary and drug resource centre |
General
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Health On the Net Foundation (HON) | Useful and reliable online medical and health information |
| HealthWeb | A vast collection of links to health sources on the Internet compiled by Health Services Librarians |
| National Library for Health | Website for the UK National Library for Health |
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NMAP offers free access to a searchable catalogue of hand-selected and evaluated, quality Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied health Professions |
| NurseInfo |
Information on employment, courses and registration for current and prospective nurses and midwives |
Online Journals
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| AeJAMH | The Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, a peer reviewed, online, open access journal |
| Australian Journals OnLine (AJOL) | The National Library's database of Australian electronic journals. Browse under the subject "Nursing" to find the nursing journal titles to access full text articles |
| Australian Nursing Journal | The full text of this journal is available online from 1995 to the current issue. Please contact the library for a User ID and Password (See note 1) |
| Bandolier Journal | The internet version of Bandolier Journal - "Evidence based thinking about health care" |
| BioMed Central | Over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine |
| The Cochrane Library | The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.The National Institute of Clinical Studies, on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing has negotiated a licence to provide access in Australia to the Cochrane Library for all Australians. |
| Directory of Open Access Journals | This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals |
| E-Health Insider |
Latest healthcare IT news |
| FreeFullText.com |
Provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all of their online content to be viewed and accessed for free (though some may require free registration). The issue(s) which are available for free are indicated for each title on the alphabetical periodical lists. This site does not attempt to list ALL periodicals on the Internet, only those which offer free full-text content. Browse Nursing And Allied health titles to access the articles |
| FreeMedicalJournals.com | Links to a wide range of medical journals available on the Internet - and they're all free! |
| Google Scholar |
Provides a pathway to broadly search for scholarly literature from one location. You can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, citations and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Not all articles are available as free full text (some have to be purchased) |
| High Wire Press |
HighWire Press hosts and indexes the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content, in over 882 journals and 1,045,838 free, full-text articles online, in association with scholarly organisations, university presses and other publishers. The website provides article level searching and alphabetical listing of journals. Not all articles are available as free full text (some have to be purchased). A smart feature of this site is the citation map which is a visual display of an article’s cited references |
| Medical Journal of Australia | The Medical Journal of Australia is a journal of medical practice and clinical research, published by the Australian Medical Association. |
| Medscape | A free subscription only, US-based medical resource containing a library, continuing medical education tracker, Ask the Expert discussion groups, Patient Education Centres and full text journal articles |
| PubMed Central |
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journals. Search for full text articles from nursing, health and medical journals. See Journals List for the titles held |
| Public Library of Science | The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource |
| Queensland Wide Databases available from State Library of Queensland |
Through the eServices facility provided by The State Library of Queensland members of Queensland public should be able to access a range of electronic databases for which the library has negotiated Queensland wide use from any where as long as there is Internet access. These databases provide the full-text of journal/newspaper articles on a vast number of subjects. For Nursing & Health you will find Health & Wellness Resource Centre database very useful. But you need to register online for an eServices card to access this service |
Aged Care
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | Gateway to Australian Government information on all aspects of health and aged care. Includes links to many other useful web sites |
| HealthWeb : Geriatrics & Gerontology |
A vast collection of links to health sources on the Internet compiled by Health Services Librarians |
| Institute of Gerontology | The Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University dedicates research in the social and behavioural sciences and cognitive neuroscience to issues of aging and urban health |
Anatomy
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| GetBodySmart - An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology | An entertaining, interactive online anatomy and physiology program. Includes a quiz menu |
| Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body |
The full text of Henry Gray's classic Anatomy of the human body available online |
| HAPS Online - The Human Anatomy and Physiology Society | Includes current health news and links to anatomy and physiology resources |
| Inner Learning Online | This site is home to Human Anatomy Online, a fun and interactive way to study anatomy and physiology. It includes animations, graphics, links and a search facility |
| Instant Anatomy | Online resource that allows you to select an area of the body and learn the correct names of the parts located there |
| Interactive body | BBC resource that allows you to place body parts in their correct positions (relative to each other.) |
| Martindale's Anatomy & Histology Center | Extensive, wide-ranging links to images in all aspects of science and medicine |
| Radiographic Anatomy of the Skeleton | This site allows you to view X-rays of parts of the human skeleton in detail. Can attach labels to the diagrams on request |
| The National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project | Complete representations of the normal male and female human bodies |
Consumer Health
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Canadian Health Network | Health information for everybody from the Public Health Agency of Canada |
| DIPEx |
Personal experiences of health and illness |
| Health Information |
A comprehensive collection of health topics with an easy to access index |
| HealthInsite |
Government funded site that aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health |
| MedlinePlus | Health information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine featuring current health topics |
| myDr | A comprehensive Australian health site |
| NHS Direct | Includes information on illnesses, operations, tests and treatments from the English National Health Service |
| Patient UK | A variety of consumer health information, including over 600 leaflets on health and disease |
Cultural Diversity
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Cultures & Cultural Medicine |
An annotated bibliography of culture and cultural medicine |
| Ethnomed |
The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world |
Diseases
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center | Use this site to find current, comprehensive Alzheimer's disease information and resources from the U.S. Government's National Institute on Aging (NIA) |
| BestTreatments |
A UK website using up-to-date medical information to determine which treatments work |
| Communicable Diseases Australia | Coordinated by The Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing, this site provides information on quarantine and travel health information and the latest intelligence on communicable diseases |
| eMedicine |
A clinical knowledge database of online medical journals, textbooks, and physician reference articles |
| Media Doctor |
Media Doctor is a web site dedicated to improving the accuracy of media reports about new medical treatments. It reviews current news items about medical treatments, assesses their quality using a standardised rating scale and presents reviews of good and bad examples of reports on this web site |
| MedicineNet.com |
Consumer information on all aspects of health and medicine |
| Association for International Cancer Research |
A website for cancer patients, family and friends with practical answers and information |
Medical Images
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| AllRefer Health | A collection of more than 2500 medical illustrations, pictures, animations, and diagrams |
| Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
This site features more than 960 endoscopic images |
| Catalog of Clinical Images | This site is a visual educational resource dedicated to providing pictures that are representative of common and uncommon physical exam findings |
| Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology | A database of images from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary |
| Health Education Assets Library | The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a digital library that works closely with the Association of American Medical Colleges to provide multimedia teaching materials |
| Help.MD | Online source for medical & scientific images for academic use |
| HONmedia - Medical Images | HONmedia is an unique repository of over 6,800 medical images and videos, pertaining to 1,700 topics and themes |
| Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education | Over 1900 images from the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Medical Images and Illustrations | Images and illustrations from the Karolinska Institutet University Library, also contains links to other sites offering biomedically related multimedia material |
| Medical Pictures/Disease Pictures | Pictures, images and diagrams from the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa |
| Medical Photographic Library | The Wellcome Trust Medical Photographic Library contains over 160 000 images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine |
| OBGYN.net Image Library | This site is devoted entirely to providing access to images of interest to women's health |
| Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this site contains single images, image sets and multimedia files of people, places and science |
| Urbana Atlas of Pathology | University of Illinois College of Medicine images from a number of pathologies including general, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and renal |
| Whole Brain Atlas | From the Harvard Medical School. Normal and diseased brain images |
Medical Sounds
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Audiogram |
A typical audiogram comparing normal and impaired hearing with a sound example |
| Auscultation Assistant |
The Auscultation Assistant provides heart sounds, heart murmurs, and breath sounds in order to help medical students and others improve their physical diagnosis skills |
| EKGs | Normal and abnormal EKGs, includes heartbeat sound |
| The R.A.L.E. Repository | The R.A.L.E. Repository presents digital recordings of respiratory sounds in health and disease |
Mental Health
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Internet Mental Health |
Internet Mental Health is a free encyclopaedia of mental health information created by a Canadian Psychiatrist |
| PsychDirect | Psych Direct is an American public education and information program designed to educate people about mental health issues and reduce the stigma attached to mental illness |
Paediatrics
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Telethon Institute for Child Health Research |
West Australian website focusing on research aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of children |
| Teenage Health Freak | Website devoted to adolescent health issues |
Palliative Care
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Clinical Information | Website for the Regional Palliative Care Program in Edmonton, Alberta includes articles written by palliative care nurses for nurses |
| Dept. of Health & Ageing - Palliative Care |
Australian Government Dept. of Health & Ageing palliative care website |
| Pain Resource Center | Website for the Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, provides access to a wide variety of materials and links |
| Palliative Care | A site for nurses providing online information on palliative and end-of-life care |
| Palliative Care Australia | National body for palliative care in Australia |
Pharmacology
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Australian Prescription Products Guide | You must register and login to use this site. Registration is free. Includes prescription and non-prescription drug information plus extra drug related reference material |
| Drug Digest |
This site provides information on drugs and treatment options |
| Healthy Skepticism | Healthy Skepticism is an international non-profit organisation for health professionals and everyone with an interest in improving health. Our main aim is to improve health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion |
| No Free Lunch | Website for the organisation No Free Lunch whose goal is to eliminate drug promotion from medical practice, education, and research |
| Pharmacology Math | Pharmacology math for nurses includes tutorials and quizzes on tables of common conversion factors and equivalencies, abbreviations, ratios and proportions, IV problems and paediatric dosages |
| RxList | Information on pharmacology (drugs), their dosage and administration |
Problem Based Learning
| Subject link | Description |
|---|---|
| Bandolier Journal | The internet version of Bandolier Journal - "Evidence based thinking about health care" |
| EBM and Decision Tools |
Links to decision-making tools and exercises developed by Alan Schwartz and used for evidence-based medicine or medical decision making |
| Evidence Based Decision Making | A UK website from the National Library for Health |
| Evidence Based Nursing | Comprehensive website on evidence-based nursing |
| Health Sciences | Website of the Department of Health Sciences at The University of York |
| Joanna Briggs Institute | JBI supports a collaborative approach to the evaluation of evidence derived from a diverse range of sources, including experience, expertise and all forms of rigorous research and the translation, transfer and utilisation of the "best available" evidence into health care practice |
| Netting the Evidence | This site is intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organisations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals |
| TripDatabase | The TRIP Database allows users to rapidly and easily identify high quality medical literature from a wide range of sources |
The Liaison Librarians Ramila Chandra & Jean Moetara; update this resource. To report broken links or suggest a site please email us with the details.
This page was last updated at Monday, 22-Jun-2009 13:25:16 EST