Pediatrics Library Liaisons
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Janet Schnall, MS,AHIP Information Management Librarian 206-543-7474 schnall@u.washington.edu healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/liaisons/schnall/ |
Leilani St. Anna, MLIS, AHIP Information Management Librarian 206-543-9267 lstanna@u.washington.edu healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/liaisons/stanna/ |
Pediatric Web Sites
Search Engines
Search engines allow you to search through huge indexes of Web sites created by computer programs called robots or spiders and display results according to relevance.
- Google
http://www.google.com/ - Alta Vista
http://altavista.com/ - alltheweb
http://www.alltheweb.com/ - Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/ - Specialty Search Engines
http://searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156351
Meta-Search Engines
Meta-search engines allow you to send searches to more than one search engine at a time.
- MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/ - DogPile
http://dogpile.com/ - Vivisimo
http://www.vivisimo.com/
clusters results to enhance relevancy
Subject Directories
- Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/ - Google Medicine
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Medicine/
Specialized Web Guides: Pediatrics
- HealthWeb: Pediatrics
http://www.healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=71 - GeneralPediatrics.com
http://www.generalpediatrics.com/
Curated by Donna D'Alesandro, MD, University of Iowa. - Harriet Lane Links
http://derm.med.jhmi.edu/poi/
Formerly Pediatrics Points of Interest. - Yahoo: Health: Medicine: Pediatrics
http://dir.yahoo.com/health/medicine/pediatrics/
Associations
- American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
Includes online version of Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review, Pediatric Internet Resources, policy statements, reviews of pediatric web sites and a consumer-oriented You and Your Family section. - American Board of Pediatrics
http://www.abp.org/ - American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/ - National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
http://www.nccic.org/
National clearinghouse and technical assistance center that links parents, providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the public to early care and education information. - Society for Adolescent Medicine
http://www.adolescenthealth.org/
Includes meeting updates, news on society activities, and full text of the Society's position statements on topics like Corporal Punishment in Schools, Eating Disorders, HIV Infection and AIDS, Reproductive Health Care, School-Based Health Clinics, Hepatitis B Immunization, etc. - Yahoo: Health: Pediatrics: Organizations
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Pediatrics/Organizations/
Databases
- NCI: Cancer Literature
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/doc.aspx?viewid=e0510683-f0ea-4bf0-ba56-db6ffb327e1a
Links to PDQ, Cancer topic searches, etc. - GeneTests
http://www.genetests.org/
(Formerly Genline, GeneClinics) Includes GeneReviews, an online publication of expert-authored disease reviews; laboratory and clinic directories; and educational materials. - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahrq.gov/
Access to full-text documents useful in health care decision-making, including clinical practice guidelines. - OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM
A database of human genes and genetic disorders; contains text, pictures, reference information, and links to MEDLINE. - PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Free MEDLINE and pre-MEDLINE databases, with links to participating online journals and other related databases.
Drug Information
- Listing of Newly Approved Drug Therapies
http://www.centerwatch.com/drugs/druglist.htm - PDR - Physicians' Desk Reference
http://www.pdr.net/
Full text of the PDR, the PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, the PDR for Ophthalmology, and the PDR Guide to Drug Interactions. Free registration to physicians (who must provide a DEA number) required. - RxList: The Internet Drug Index
http://www.rxlist.com/
Government Sites
- CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Provides a wealth of information on travel (e.g., "Vaccine Recommendations for Traveling Infants & Children Less than 2 Years of Age"), disease prevention protocols, vaccination, guidelines, publications, including MMWR details of public health initiatives, health statistics, epidemiological surveillance projects, and the on-line handbook "The ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care." - Clinical Practice Guidelines
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cpgsix.htm
Full and brief practice guidelines and guidelines for the health care professional and the consumer (in English and Spanish) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, formerly AHCPR. - Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/ - National Guideline Clearinghouse
http://www.guideline.gov/
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. - National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/ - National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Information from the world's premier health library, including links to databases such as MEDLINE, genetic sequence databanks, and toxicology files.
Health News
- CNN Health
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/ - USA Today Health
http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/lhd1.htm - Yahoo News Health Headlines
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/hl/
Journals
- Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/ - MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ - NEJM: New England Journal of Medicine
http://www.nejm.org/ - Pediatrics
http://www.pediatrics.org/
Full text of both the "electronic pages" and the print version of this leading general pediatric journal--at no charge for American Academy of Pediatrics members (non-members get the electronic pages and abstracts of the print version).
Northwest Sites
- Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
http://www.seattlechildrens.org/ - EthnoMed
http://www.ethnomed.org/
A cross-cultural medicine database containing information about cultural beliefs and medical issues pertinent to healthcare of recent immigrants in the Northwest. - HealthLinks: University of Washington Health Sciences Center
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/
Includes a Care Provider Toolkit. - NICU-Web
http://neonatal.peds.washington.edu/
An online neonatology resource from the University of Washington/Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center.
Patient Information
- HealthFinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
U.S. government gateway to consumer health information Web sites, online publications, associations, government agencies, etc. - HealthLinks: Patient Toolkit
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/toolkits/patient.html
University of Washington links to patient education sources. -
Children's Health
http://www.medem.com/MedLB/sub_detaillb.cfm?parent_id=10&act=disp
Developed by MEDEM, this site features material of use to parents on childhood infections, infant development, immunizations, medications, nutrition, dental health, and more. All of Medem's healthcare information has been provided and approved by the nation's leading medical societies. - MEDLINEplus Health Information
http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
The National Library of Medicine's carefully selected list of health resources, including dictionaries, directories, organizations, publications and clearinghouses. - NORD: National Organization for Rare Disorders
http://www.rarediseases.org/ - Patient Education
Resources for Clinicians: OHSU Libraries
http://www.ohsu.edu/library/patiented
Includes links to English and non-English language sites for patient education
Review Sites
- Scout Report
http://wwwscout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/
Texts
- AHRQ: Preventive Services
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prevenix.htm
Access to scientific evidence, recommendations on clinical preventive services, and information on how to implement recommended preventive services in clinical practice. Includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations.
Other Interesting Web Sites
- AMA Adolescent Health
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1947.html
Resource for information on adolescent health issues, including GAPS (Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services). - MedConnect
http://www.medconnect.com/
Online CME program with cases of the month, iPEDS, an interactive journal of pediatrics, and an interactive bulletin board of job opportunities. Free online registration required. - Medscape Pediatrics
http://www.medscape.com/pediatricshome
Features medical journal articles, practice guidelines, CME, treatment updates, news, conference summaries and patient resources. Free registration required - Navigating the Web: Using Search Tools and Evaluating Resources
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/navigating/ - Oncolink
http://oncolink.upenn.edu/
An excellent oncology information resource, including Pediatric Oncology. - Virtual Children's Hospital
http://vch.vh.org/
Offers information for healthcare professionals and patients, including multimedia textbooks, teaching files and clinical guidelines, from the Children's Hospital of Iowa.
(updated 14oct2004 lsa)