Free Medical Search Tools

    The following list of Internet-based links will provide you access to some of the latest published literature in the health sciences. Click on the Free Medical Search Tools area of your choice directly below to get started.

Online Databases	Online Journals
Online Textbooks	Medical Mega Search Sites

    Online Databases

       PubMed 
         A service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), to date, it includes over 19 million citations for biomedical literature dating  back through the 1950's. The citations are from MEDLINE and other life sciences journals. PubMed also includes links to many publisher sites providing full text articles and other related resources. You may have to register at the particular journal site to gain this free access to available full text articles.

With its newly designed interface, PubMed has a new look and may take a bit of getting use to.  PubMed Quick Tours (MEDLINE) from the National Library of Medicine are brief animated tutorials with audio for using PubMed. Running times are rounded to the nearest minute. Click on the link to launch the tour.   

        ACP PIER     (use your STAT-Ref! login for access)
         This is the evidence-based clinical guidance for primary care physicians from the American College of Physicians.  This vetted information is required to be based on the medical literature and updated regularly.

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• AgeSource / AgeStats Worldwide  - AgeSource Worldwide identifies several hundred information resources in some 25 countries which are significant either in size or in their unique coverage of particular aging-related issues.  AgeStats Worldwide provides access to comparative statistical data that compare the situation of older adults across countries or regions around a variety of issues areas
• Biomaterials Properties Database  - U. of Michigan School of Dentistry/ NIDR Materials Science Research Center.
• ChemFinder.com - ChemFinder.com is a web site that provides a chemical database which also provides physical property data and 2D chemical structures. This information is available for several thousand common compounds.
• CIRRE Database of International Rehabilitation Research - The Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (CIRRE) located at SUNY - Buffalo created this resource to facilitate the sharing of information and expertise in rehabilitation research between the U.S. and other countries.
• Diseases Database - A cross-referenced index of human disease, medications, symptoms, signs, abnormal investigation findings etc. This site provides a medical textbook-like index and search portal.
• ICD-9-CM - International Classification of Diseases is keyword searchable & browsable by disease classification for those who register with Yaki Technologies at this site.
• Images from the History of Medicine - NLM's file of 60,000+ portraits, photographs, and prints illustrating the social & historical aspects of medicine.
• LOCATORplus - NLM's online catalog of books, audiovisuals, and journals.
• MD Multimedia - A computerized multimedia medical tool for both the medical profession and lay public.
• Maternal and Child Health Databases - part of the library system of Georgetown University, containing more than 20,000 items on a wide range of maternal and child health (MCH) topics. Start your search here!
• NCBI's Databases - The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides assorted databases and data mining tools including GenBank, Blast, and Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
• Nutrient Database for Standard Reference - Food composition data from Nutrient Data Laboratory of the US Dept. of Agriculture.
• Outbreak Alert! Database - The Center for Science in the Public Interest has tracked foodborne illness outbreaks -- events where two or more people become ill from eating the same food -- since 1997. The Outbreak Alert! database includes only outbreaks where both the food and pathogen have been identified and currently has information on 5,000 outbreaks that occurred between 1990 to 2004. Search all Outbreaks by Food, Pathogen or State.
• PDQ - NCI's database of information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care; plus clinical trial links.
• POPLINE® (POPulation information onLINE) - The world's largest database on reproductive health, provides more than 300,000 citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues.
• PubMed - NLM's search interface for MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, HISTLINE, and other bibliographic databases, with links to participating online journals.
• Rare Diseases Clinical Research Database - NIH Office of Rare Diseases
• REHABDATA - This database from NAIRC contains approximately 69,000 abstracts of books, reports, articles, and audiovisual materials relating to disability and rehabilitation research.
• SUMSearch - From the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio created SUMSearch to select the best resources for your question, formats your question for each resource, and makes additional searches based on results.
• TRIP : Turning Research Into Practice Database
  The TRIP Database searches over 55 sites of high-quality medical information providing hyperlinked access to the largest collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web as well as articles from peer-reviewed journals and 'other' publications.

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        BioMed Central 
        BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research publishing more than 199 on-line journals covering the whole of biology and medicine. They are linked in the PubMed and will be accessible in full text when you see the Swedish/Edmonds Hospital Logo.

       Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine   
        Full text articles are available from both the journal and its supplements.  

        Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)  
        Covers more than 3500 quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals with over 1200 free in full text. There are more than 197000 available articles. Of particular interest is the Open Access Journals in Health Sciences.

       FreeMedicalJournals.com
        This Amedeo funded site was created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet. You can search the listings by either specialty or its title listed alphabetically.

       HighWire Press  
        Though this list is limited to journals published online with the assistance of HighWire Press, the time frame availability is usually within the last twelve months. Please keep in mind that it will vary by title and timeframe. They are linked in the PubMed and will be accessible in full text when you see the Swedish/Edmonds Logo.

       The Hospitalist   
        Published monthly and features news, trends, issues, and people instrumental in shaping hospital medicine. Download previous issues and supplements from the archives with years 2000 - present available. You will need to download the Adobe Reader to view the files.

       JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association   1990 - present    Access is by username and password only.
         Full text articles are available from the official journal published weekly. The stated purpose is promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health through original, important, well-documented, peer-reviewed articles on a diverse range of medical topics.  Contact the Medical Staff office for username and password. All JAMA articles are  linked in the PubMed and will be accessible in full text when you see the Swedish/Edmonds Logo.

        The Lancet   1995 - present    (No Login Required when on  Swedish/Edmonds Hospital computers)  
            Full text of articles is available for both current and back issues of this peer reviewed biomedical journal published weekly. Contact the Medical Staff office for username and password when you use it off site. 

        The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics      (contact the Medical Staff Office for USERNAME and PASSWORD)
        This newsletter is intended specifically to meet the needs of the busy healthcare professional who wants unbiased, reliable and timely information on new drugs.

        The New England Journal of Medicine  (No Login Required but availability only via Swedish/Edmonds Hospital computers)  
         Full text articles from this preeminent weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice. Material is published with an emphasis on internal medicine and specialty areas including allergy/immunology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, kidney disease, oncology, pulmonary disease, rheumatology, HIV, and infectious diseases. You may register for free access to full text of all Original and Special Articles older than six months (archives back to 1993).  They are linked in the PubMed and will be accessible in full text when you see the Swedish/Edmonds Logo.

        PubMed Central (PMC)  
         PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature, developed and managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National      Library of Medicine (NLM).  All journals in PubMed Central (PMC) provide free access to full text (sometimes on a delayed basis).  They are linked in the PubMed and will be accessible in full text when you see the Swedish/Edmonds Logo.

        Science Direct    
        Offering users access to some titles in full text for free (with some restrictions) or provides access to much of those journals' archives for free. Please keep in mind that it will vary by title and timeframe. They should be linked in the PubMed and will be accessible in full text when you see the Swedish/Edmonds Logo.

        Today's Hospitalist  
        This is a monthly magazine that reports on practice management issues, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical updates for the growing field of hospital medicine.

        Your Journals @ OVID   (contact the Medical Staff Office for USERNAME and PASSWORD)
          This is a collection of over 300 medical, nursing, and administrative journals available in full-text format from Ovid Technologies. They are linked in the PubMed and will be accessible in full text when you see the Swedish/Edmonds Logo.  PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO LOG OUT!

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        Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project  
         Authored entirely by physicians from The Cleveland Clinic, you'll find over 135 medical chapters covering 13 medical specialties. This resource is a "work in progress" that is continually reviewed and updated.
 
        FreeBooks4Doctors!
        This is the companion site to FreeMedicalJournals.com. It is funded by Amedeo and was created to promote the free availability of medical books on the Internet. You may browse the textbooks by either specialty or its title listed alphabetically.
        
        MerckMedicus Medical Textbooks (free registration required!) 
        Registered users of MerckMedicus are able to access this medical textbook collection with additional decision support tools and cutting-edge scientific information! To register, get started by clicking here!

Medical Mega Search Sites

       Doctor's Guide to the Internet
        The site was designed to help physicians cost-effectively harness the resources of the Internet and the World Wide Web Links information including medical news, medical sites, associations.

       eMedicine.com
         One of the largest and most current Clinical Knowledge Base tools available to physicians and health professionals. The evidence-based content-updated 24/7-provides the latest practice guidelines in 62 medical specialties.

        Google Scholar  
          This specialty search tool from Google provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.

        Hardin MD Medical Picture Gallery
         Providing easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects that have been developed by people within the field, which are well-known and frequently cited within the field, but not well-known outside of it.

        Medscape
        Includes links to information on medical specialties, patient information, journals and news/free registration required.

        MerckMedicus   
        An innovative and comprehensive collection of medical resources on the Internet designed for and open only to licensed healthcare professionals. Free registration required.
        
        PDR.net  
        Users are able to access the full power of the PDR by offering integrated medical information and education tools into your daily practice. Free registration required.