Sunday, July 27, 2008

PubMed Central

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature containing over half a million articles in full text. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov

Statistics at Square One - eBMJ

Statistics at Square One - eBMJ (TDV Swinscow - revised by MJ Campbell)A well-known introduction to statistics with full text chapters on: Data display and summary; Mean and standard deviation; Populations and samples; Statements of probability and confidence intervals; Differences between means: type I and type II errors and power; Differences between percentages and paired alternatives; The t tests; The chi-squared tests; Exact probabilty test; Rank score tests; Correlation and regression; Survival analysis; Study design and choosing a statistical test. http://www.bmj.com/collections/statsbk/index.dtl

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Provides useful clinical and prescribing information for healthcare professionals. It includes detailed information on paediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynaecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and a number of special subjects.Arranged under 23 numbered browseable sections with 308 chapters and thousands of topics. http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp

NCBI Bookshelf

A growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched directly by typing a concept into the search textbox. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books

International Association for Maternal and Neonatal Health

An important source for educational materials containing sections on education, publications and presentations, databases and links, with full text manuals from the Perinatal Education Programme on maternal care and neonatal care. http://www.gfmer.ch/000_IAMANEH.htm

How to Read a Paper - eBMJ (Trisha Greenhalgh)

A classic series of full text articles published in the BMJ and as a book on reading journal articles critically. http://www.bmj.com/collections/read.dtl

Maternal and Child Health Library - A virtual guide to MCH information

Developed at Georgetown University (US), it provides an MCH Alert, resource guides, full text publications, databases, and links to quality MCH sites. http://www.mchlibrary.info

International Association for Maternal and Neonatal Health

An important source for educational materials containing sections on education, publications and presentations, databases and links, with full text manuals from the Perinatal Education Programme on maternal care and neonatal care. http://www.gfmer.ch/000_IAMANEH.htm

Child Health and Paediatrics Specialist Library - UK National Library for Health

Addresses a wide range of topics related to the health and well being of children. Navigation is via a topic hierarchy menu which, among many others, includes cardiology, infectious diseases, ENT, gastroenterology, nutrition, haematology. Each of these topics presents the latest evidence-based information from guidelines, systematic reviews and educational resources. http://www.library.nhs.uk/childhealth

Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research

An extensive collection of resources devoted to health education and research programmes that can be applied by developing countries, and countries in economic transition. http://www.gfmer.ch/000_Homepage_En.htm

Free Medical Journals

1460 medical journal titles (in several languages) available free either immediately after publication or after 6 months, 1 year or 2 years and searchable by subject or title. http://www.freemedicaljournals.com

Free Books 4 Doctors

Over 650 books available free and searchable by subject specialty and title. http://www.freebooks4doctors.com

Directory of Open Access Journals - Lund University

Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. http://www.doaj.org/

Amedeo - The Medical Literature Guide

An easy method of receiving timely, up-to-date and relevant information within respective specialties. http://www.amedeo.com/