Useful Links

PubMed
National Library of Medicine's free online public access to Medline:

PubMed tutorial
This is the Web-based learning program that will show you how to search PubMed®, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM™) journal literature search system

Endnote V8 Tutorial
Learn to manage your references and bibliographies with this tutorial from the Health Sciences Libraries, University of Washington.

Access to online journals:

HINARI
The Health Inter Network Access to Research Initiatve provides free or very low cost online access to 2500 major journals in biomedical and related social sciences.

Biomed Central
Biomed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

Dictionaries:

On-line Medical Dictionary (OMD)
OMD is a searchable dictionary created by Dr Graham Dark and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science.

Encyclopaedias:

Medical Encyclopedia
The Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.

Maps of PNG

Information about Journals

NCBI Journal Browser
Enter the journal name, MEDLINE abbreviation or ISSN for journal details, useful to find out standard journal title abbreviations.

BioReference Journal Impact Factor 2000
Includes Journal and Academic Rankings as well as profiles of the highly cited journals.

Australian Theses - How to find them.

ADT Programme
Australian digital theses programme.

General Guides to Citation & Style

Bates College, Ladd Library Citation and Style Guide
Excellent directory of sources for citation and style, includes college guidelines for plagiarism and specific disciplines.

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgment
Dartmouth College(US) guide to academic citation.

Referencing & Citation, Harvard Style

Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web
Modern Languages Association, part of a FAQ on MLA Style.

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References

Other Databases:

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and independent organisation, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions

Health Education and Promotion Scheme (HEAPS)
Contains full-text documents useful for health care decision making. A variety of publications, including clinical practice guidelines, quick-reference guides for clinicians, consumer health brochures, evidence reports and technology assessments are available from contributers such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institutes of Health.

HSTAT
The Health Services Technology/Assessment Texts (HSTAT) is a free, Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision making.

NLM Gateway
"One-stop shopping" for an increasing number of the information resources of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). It’s targeted for the Internet user who comes to NLM not knowing exactly what is here, or how best to search for it. A single interface that searches in multiple retrieval systems, Gateway provides a single address, look, and feel.