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Library Internet Resources

Useful internet links, searching, books, journals, conferences.

Palmerston North Hospital staff member using a library computer.

Some other useful internet addresses:

Please note that these website links will open in a new window.

CDC www.cdc.gov
Emergency physicians www.bestbets.org
Harvard health www.health.harvard.edu
Infodump www.infodump.com
INNZ (Index New Zealand - 1ndex to selected NZ articles and newspapers) http://innz.natlib.govt.nz
Mayo clinic health oasis www.mayohealth.org
Medical Council NZ www.mcnz.org.nz
New Zealand Health Information Service
NZ Guidelines Group www.nzgg.org.nz
NZ Midwifery Council www.midwiferycouncil.org.nz
NZ Ministry of Health www.health.govt.nz
NZ Dermnet www.dermnetnz.org
NZ Government www.govt.nz
NZ Health Information www.everybody.co.nz (consumer health)
NZ Medical Assn. www.nzma.org.nz (NZ Medical jnl - obtain password from Library Staff)
NZ Nurses Assn. www.nzno.org.nz
Nursing Council NZ www.nursingcouncil.org.nz
OBGYNnet www.obgyn.net
Research Review www.researchreview.co.nz (reviews the latest literature in a range of specialties. Free registration)
Searching Pediatrics http://www.searchingpediatrics.com (Search engine for searching peer-reviewed information from AAP policies, guidelines, pediatric journals, etc.)

Disclaimer:
MidCentral District Health Board is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over availability of the linked pages.

Books on the Internet:

Suppliers:

Amazon www.amazon.com
DA Online Bookshop www.dadirect.com.au
Medical Books (Wgton) www.medical-books.co.nz

Full text books:

AAFP Conditions A - Z (2010) (password required for off site use)
Current medical diagnosis & treatment, 49th ed. (2010), (password required for off site use)
Diagnostic & statistical manual -4th ed Text revision (DSM-IV-TR 2000) (password required for off site use)
Harrisons principles of internal medicine, 17th ed. (2008)(password required for off site use)
MedCalc 3000 complete ed. (2008) (password required for off site use)
Merck Manual www.merck.com
Stedman's medical dictionary, 28th ed. (2006) (password required for off site use)

Journals – full text

EbscoHost-EJS – 40 of the journals this library subscribes to are available full text.
Registered library users only. Contact Library Manager to register.
Other full text journals are available via Ebsco A-Z under databases
Home Healthcare nurse - online
PubMed Central http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ (US National Institute of Health free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature)