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Services for University of Sydney Alumni
Health and Medical Sciences Online Resources
Below we have listed some of the best health and medical information sources available.
PubMed.
PubMed includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from Medline and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing free and pay per-view full text articles and other related resources.
PubMed Central
U.S. National Library of Medicine's free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, providing access to approximately 170 journals.
FreeMedicalJournals.Com
Over 1380 free medical journals in all specialities of the health and medical sciences, including some of the top journals in their fields.
FreeBooks4Doctors.com
Over 600 free text-books in the medical and health sciences.
PEDro:Physiotherapy Evidence Database
PEDro gives rapid access to the bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
The Cochrane Library
Free access to the Cochrane Collaboration database via Wiley Interscience. Contains the full-text of Cochrane reviews and other evidence-based medicine publications.
OMNI
Searchable catalogue of select evaluated health and medical resources.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is provided by the US National Library of Medicine, and provides access to online medical dictionaries, encyclopaedias, US drug information amongst other resources.
Health of the Net Foundation - For Medical Professionals
Guide to high quality websites for the medical professional by the the organisation that produced the HON Code of quality health websites. Also provides access to medical images, scientific articles , medical news, and conference information.
HealthInsite
Commonwealth government site that provides quality, up to date information on important health topics. All information on this site goes through a quality assurance process before publication.
MediMate for the Health Professional
Produced by the National Prescribing Service, MediMate provides health professionals with up to date information on drugs and prescribing practice reviews. Includes archive access to Australian Prescriber and other pharmacy publications.
New South Wales Health
The Health Professional section of the NSW Health website provides access to a wide range of resources for the practitioner, including current clinical practice guidelines.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The AIHW is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information.The majority of the publications in its online catalogue are available free of charge over the internet. It also provides online access to statistical data in a wide range of subject areas.
OTseeker: Occupational therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence.
This resource contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions. In one database, OTseeker provides you with fast and easy access to trials from a wide range of sources.