General Sites
- MedlinePlus includes an encyclopedia, dictionaries, procedural videos, clearinghouses, directories, news and information for consumers. It also now provides interactive health tutorials on topics like angina, colon cancer surgery and diabetes
- Medic8 a free medical portal for healthcare professionals and consumers around the world, providing access to peer-reviewed resources. Resources can be either browsed or searched.
- Health On the Net (HON) Search quality Health sites that have been awarded the HONcode.
- MayoClinic Includes a lookup for diseases and conditions plus videos
- Australian Prescriber
Australian Prescriber is an independent publication providing readily accessible information about drugs and therapeutics. It covers topics assisting doctors, dentists, pharmacists and students.
Australian Health Sites
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIWH)
Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information - Australia's health 2008

Australia's health 2008 is the 11th biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. - Australia's welfare 2007

Australia's welfare 2007 is the eighth biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - HealthInsite
HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health. - NSW Department of Health
- Australian Nursing Federation
The homepage of the Australian Nursing Federation. - Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council - Home Page
The homepage of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council
International Health Sites
- World Health Organisation
- Intute: Health and Life Sciences - Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health
This is the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health portal of the Intute search engine. - Nursing CE (Nursing and Allied Health Resources)
Contains free resources for nurses including databases, electronic books, electronic journals, and Web sites related to nursing and allied health disciplines.
Statistics
Click here for statistical websites and ABS News
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar - use this link to access more fulltext from the library
Evaluation
- User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web Short guide produced by the Medical Library Association
- Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine A 16 minute video tutorial with some excellent tips about evaluating websites.
- Intute: Internet for Medicine Learn how to tour, discover and judge internet resources in this interactive tutorial







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