Science / Medical Web Sites

www.ama-assn.org American Medical Association
AMA policy information, access to AMA journals, and an online Doctor Finder
www.biocarta.com
An online resource community; includes a database of more than 120,000 genes, along with graphic representations of each gene, and interactive pathways between the genes.
www.biologybrowser.org
Produced by BIOSIS, this is a free web site offering free resources and useful links in the life sciences. The site is a good starting point for finding biology information on the web.
cancer.gov
Developed and maintained by the NCI. Includes information on treatment, clinical trials, causes, prevention, coping and more
www.chemdex.org
An international directory of chemistry. Find chemistry contacts in universities, government agencies and labs, and companies throughout the world.
chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
One stop shopping for locating chemicals, and chemical information. Indexes more than 75,000 substances from over 350 sites.
chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
ChemIDPlus, from the National Library of Medicine. A database of 350,000 chemical records, including over 100,000 with structures. Locator links allow immediate searching of other databases for information about a given chemical.
www.chemweb.com/
Offers free membership to the "largest online chemical community in the world". Offers some free databases and full-text journals, and lists conferences and employment opportunities.
clinicaltrials.gov
Developed by the NIH to provide easy access to information on clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions
www.genomic.org
The DNA Patent Database includes access to full-text and analysis of all DNA patents issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
www.guideline.gov
National Guideline Clearinghouse -- contains the full text of these guidelines. Great clinical (evidence-based) information resource.
www.medicinenet.com
Nationally recognized, 100% doctor-produced by a network of over 70 U.S. board certified physicians, MedicineNet.com is the trusted source for online health and medical information.
www.medscape.com
Offers databases, full-text articles, news, online texts, online CME resources, next-day conference summaries, information for patients, and more.
MedBioWorld
With 35,000 links, Medbioworld is the largest medical reference site, including links to 8,200 medical journals and 7,000 medical associations.
MedLinePlus
Trusted health information from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
www.merck.com/pubs/home.html
Search the full-text of the popular Merck manuals
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) site - includes links to all the NCBI databases.
Oncolink
Developed and maintained by Penn cancer specialists to help patients, families, health care professionals and the general public obtain accurate information at no charge. Includes book reviews, financial information, support and coping, and more.
www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.html
The Human Genome Project site. Searchable with a lot of links.
pubmed.gov PubMed Medline
Search Medline and more from Medline's producer, the National Library of Medicine
www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbsearch.html
National Organization for Rare Disorders
www.scicentral.com
Gateway to the best scientific research news sources.
www.science.gov
The "FirstGov for Science" web site, science.gov is the gateway to reliable information about science and technology from across Federal government organizations. Access over 1,000 government information resources about science, including technical reports, journal citations, databases, and more.
www.sciencedaily.com
Latest research news. ScienceDaily is one of the Internet's leading free online magazines and Web portals devoted to science, technology, and medicine. One of Popular Science's top 50 web sites.
www.sciencegenomics.org
From Science, designed as an entry point for scientists and researchers interested in genomics. Includes links to recent news, new & classic papers organized by topic, annotated links, and more.
www.signaling-gateway.org/
The AfCS-Nature Signaling Gateway is a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute resource on signal transduction. The enhanced Molecule Pages database contains expert-curated, peer-reviewed information. Signaling Update has the latest cell signaling research.
toxnet.nlm.nih.govToxnet
Toxicology data and toxicology databases (such as Toxline) from the National Library of Medicine.