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Health Information for the Public
Getting Started - Tips for Safe Searching
- MedlinePlus : Tips for healthy web surfing - What should you look for when evaluating the quality of health information on Web sites? Here are some suggestions based on our experience.
- MLANET - Finding and evaluating health info on the web - This guide outlines the collective wisdom of medical librarians who surf the Web every day to discover quality information in support of clinical and scientific decision making by doctors, scientists, and other health practitioners responsible for the nation's health.
Recommended Online Resources
All online resources listed below are FREE unless otherwise indicated.
- ARHealthLINK - Arkansas Go Local -
A directory of health services in Arkansas. The site can be searched by zip code, county, facility or type of service, and disease or health issue. ARHealthLINK - Arkansas Go Local works in tandem with MedlinePlus: users of the ARHealthLINK – Arkansas Go Local site are linked to MedlinePlus health topics, and MedlinePlus users are directed to health services in Arkansas.
- Afraid To Ask - Have you ever had a medical questions that you were too embarrassed to ask a friend, family member, or even your doctor? Unlike most healthcare web sites, afraidtoask.com offers in-depth information and graphic photographs that will give you a better understanding of highly professional issues.
- Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) -
A nonprofit corporation dedicated to the clinical evaluation and improvement of health care in Arkansas.
AFMC provides indepth quality evaluation and improvement programs for Medicare, Medicaid and other payors; offers a variety of data management services to both the public and private sectors; and conducts extensive patient and public health education activities.
- Easy-to-Read Health Links from PlaneTree - This easy-to-read resource is from PlaneTree and their health literacy partners, Vision Literacy and Valley Medical Center of Oregon.
- English/Spanish Fact-Sheets -
Find resources in English and Spanish about specific disease topics and related areas. These Fact Sheets offer guidelines for accessing sources, whether or not you are able to speak or read Spanish.
- EthnoMed - This site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing from war-torn parts of the world. EthnoMed is designed to be available in neighborhood or school clinics, hospitals, and libraries. Ethnic groups include Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, and Vietnamese.
- FDA - The U.S. Food And Drug Administration Home Page
- CDER- FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- Genetics Home Reference -
The National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions.
- HealthFinder -
U.S. Government Consumer Health Web Site with links to online publications,
clearinghouses, databases, support groups and not-for-profit organizations.
- HealthyMinds.org - This site from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) contains a FAQ on psychiatry and expert opinions on various mental health issues; fact sheets, brochures on anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, phobias, and other topics; resources for locating a psychiatrist; and more.
- Health
Reference Center - (Available only at UAMS) Health information database
for the general public.
- Household Products -
This database links over 6,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.
- Librarians’ Index to the Internet – Health
- LAF - LIVESTRONG - The Lance Armstrong Foundation inspires and empowers people affected by cancer. From the moment of diagnosis the LAF provides the practical information and tools people with cancer need to live life on their own terms. The LiveStrong Survivorship Notebook can help you organize and guide your cancer experience.
- Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians - An excellent resource site created By Lynne Fox (an Education Librarian, Denison Memorial
Library) for use by public librarians to answer medical questions.
- MedlinePlus -
The consumer health information (CHI) website from the National Library of Medicine. Contains
dictionaries, encyclopedias, drug information etc. Also available in Spanish/Espanol.
- Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages - This project was commissioned by The European Commission and executed by Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and Mercator School, Department of Linguistics. This system contains the electronic form of eight glossaries, in which you can find 1830 technical and popular medical terms in eight of nine official European languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish.
- New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) - NOAH provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.
- The 24 Languages Project - Consumer health brochures in multiple languages, electronic access to over 200 health education brochures in 24 languages. This is a project of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciencies Library, in partnership with the Utah Department of Health, the Immunization Action Coalition, AAPCHO, and many others to improve access to health materials in multiple languages.
- RadTown - Radiation is natural and all around us. It can be man-made too. But it's nothing new. It is, quite simply, part of our lives. RadTown USA is a virtual community showing a wide variety of radiation sources and uses as you may encounter them in everyday life. From the US Environmental Protection Agency
- Tox Town -
An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places. Also available in Spanish/Espanol.
Last Updated on
3/4/08
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