World Wide Web Virtual Library: Pharmacy

Health Sciences General Reference Sites

AMEDEO - "has been created to serve the needs of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, other members of the health professions, and patients and their friends. They can easily access timely, relevant information within their respective fields."
The Atlas of the Human Body - general information on various body systems including circulatory, muscular, reproductive, and others.  Courtesy of the American Medical Association
The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database - this searchable database has as its goal to provide "credible, scientific literature on dietary supplements."  Courtesy of the National Institutes of Health and other federal entities
The Merck Manuals  - "Merck is committed to providing excellent medical information, and as part of that effort, Merck provides all of The Merck Manuals on a not-for-profit basis as a service to the community"  Includes the following titles:  Diagnosis and Therapy, Geriatrics, Health and Aging, Veterinary, Index (for Chemists) and the Second Home Edition.  Courtesy of Merck - a leading pharmaceutical and health care products manufacturer
Free Books 4 Doctors - over 600 books organized by specialty.  Courtesy of Bernd Sebastian Kamps
National Center for Health Statistics - the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers access to most of their statistics since 1994.  Adobe Acrobat is needed for most files
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - searchable, definitive information courtesy of the National Institutes of Health
HealthWeb - provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers
Healthfinder - a searchable, browsable database providing accurate information from government agencies and other reliable sources.  Provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Library of Medicine(NLM) - home of Pub Med and Internet Grateful Med and NLM's catalog LOCATORplus
Martindale's Health Science Guide - offers textbooks, case studies and more
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site. It is not yet a complete index of the site. New topics are added on an ongoing basis"
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations  - courtesy of Wiley Interscience