About the Bon Secours Health Sciences Library
General Information
Computer Use Guidelines
What's New
Criteria Used When Selecting Links for the Cybrary Web Site
Online Sources and Databases
MEDLINE via PubMed, MEDLINEplus, and NLM Gateway
Other NLM Databases (DOCLINE, TOXNET, etc.)
National Guideline Clearinghouse --- Searchable database of practice guidelines.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research --- Evidence based medicine and practice guidelines
ClinicalTrials.gov --- Sponsored by NIH, this site lists current clinical trials for a variety of conditions. Searchable by disease or sponsor. Also includes general information on clinical trial methodolgy for health consumers.
Health, United States, 2001 --- Health statistics
Merck Manual --- Diagnosis & Therapy -- 17th ed.
Merck Manual --- Geriatrics -- 2nd ed.
Merck Medicus --- A gateway to many free, full-text resources, including Harrison's Online, Dorland's Medical Dictionary, and the Cecil Textbook of Medicine . Requires a free registration process that includes entering a valid professional license number.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics --- Online orthopedics text that was first published c. 1996. Fully browsable and searchable. Many of the disease monographs include links to articles in the journal literature. Also includes anatomical atlas of bones, muscles, joints, and nerves and information about medications that are commonly used in orthopedics.
Maryland Poison Center --- Web site of local poison control center. Includes emergency contact info by phone and TDD. Site also offers an interactive quiz, information about local poison education programs for professionals and laypeople, and fact sheets ("tox alerts") about common poisons.
Infoplease --- free gateway to full-text almanacs, dictionary, encyclopedia, and atlas
Sailor: Maryland's Public Information Network
Journals
Periodicals in our Library Offering Electronic Access (note: degree of access varies widely by journal)
Free Medical Journals --- Gateway to journals that are available free full-text online.
Links of Interest to Health Professionals
Administrator/Executive Web Sites
Dietary Web Sites
Emergency Medicine Web Sites
Nursing Web Sites
Pharmacy Web Sites
Physician Web Sites
Podiatry Web Sites
Respiratory Therapy Web Sites
Other Libraries
University of Maryland --- Health Sciences and Human Services Library
University System of Maryland Libraries (Gateway to Libraries of All Institutions in System, Including UMCP, Towson, etc)
Loactor Plus: The National Library of Medicine Catalog
Enoch Pratt Free Library (Public Library for Baltimore City)
Baltimore County Public Library
General Search Engines
AltaVista
Google
Lycos
Yahoo
NOTE: This site was designed to serve as an information resource for Bon Secours Baltimore Health System employees. IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE BON SECOURS BALTIMORE HEALTH SYSTEM!
