Royal Hospital Central Medical Library

RHCML toolkit

A toolkit is a list of resources designed to facilitate access to information on a particular topic. It may be useful for education, research and patient care. A toolkit does not include every resource that would be retrieved in a comprehensive search; it is a starting point for appropriate resources related to a topic.

Health topics

AIDS
AIDS health info, drugs, clinical trials etc.

Cancer.gov
Information for health professionals, consumers, patients.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Public health topics such as obesity, diabetes, asthma.
National health objectives and health indicators to measure health and prevent disease(s) in the future.
Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Part of the National Academy of Science, the Institute of Medicine provides "unbiased, evidencebased, and authoritative information and advice concerning health and science policy to policymakers, professionals, leaders in every sector of society, and the public at large,".

Reports are available online: http://www.iom.edu/reports.asp

MedlinePlus
Authoritative, uptodate health information from the National Library of Medicine in English and Spanish; prescription & nonprescription drug information; health tutorials in Spanish vocabulary and listening skills.

NOAH, New York Online Access to Health
Consumer health information in English & Spanish.

PubMed
Authoritative medical information for health professionals.

Toxtown
Toxic chemicals and environmental health risks; neighborhood information.

Minority Health
Health of Minority Women, including National Women's Health Indicators Database, comparative data for counties in all 50 states.

Minority Health issues including health insurance for children (Child Health Plus) and adults (Family Health Plus).

National Alliance for Hispanic Health

Office of Minority Health
National resource and referral service on minority health issues; substance abuse, cancer, heart disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, infant mortality.

Statistics
America's Children 2006
Detailed tables of child wellbeing indicators: health, socioeconomic, ethnic, health insurance.
Health topics, From World Health Organization
Minorities in Medical Education: Facts & Figures 2005

Important Links:

Royal Hospital: official Website of the Royal Hospital –Sultanate of Oman : http://www.royalhospital.med.om/
Ministry Of Health: official Website of the Ministry of Health –Sultanate of Oman: http://www.moh.gov.om/
World Health Organization: Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office: http://www.emro.who.int/

MetaSearch Engines

Ixquick
Omni Medical Search

Directories

Domz: Open Directory Project:

Medical Search Engines ·

Health on the Net
MDChoice
Medical Matrix
MedWebPlus
Vivisimo Bio MetaCluster
Yahoo – Health
PubMed
Health Line
Health Finder

Directories of Medical Information on the Web

Family Practice Links (STFM)
FP Web Starter Links
General Pediatrics
Hardin Meta Directory
HealthLinks.net
HealthWeb
Internet Resources for Family Physicians
Martindale's Health Sciences Guide
MedBioworld
MedicalStudents.com
WebMed
www.webmd.com
AskDrWalker's Specialty Medical Search Engines
Gateway to the internet Medical search engines

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