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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:

CDC www.cdc.gov
Emergency physicians www.bestbets.org
Geneva Foundation for Medical Research & Education Free medical journals, atlases, databases, books, guidelines & organisations www.gfmer.ch/Medical_journals/Free_medical.php
Harvard health www.health.harvard.edu
KidsHealth www.kidshealth.org
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
Medinfo www.medinfo.co.uk
New Zealand Health Information Service
New Zealand Midwifery Council www.midwiferycouncil.org.nz
Ministry of Health www.moh.govt.nz
NZ Dermnet www.dermnetnz.org
NZ Government www.govt.nz
NZ Health Information (consumer information) www.everybody.co.nz
NZ Medical Assn. www.nzma.org.nz (NZ Medical jnl - obtain password from Library Staff)
NZ Nurses Assn. www.nzno.org.nz
NOAH (consumer health) www.noah-health.org
Nursing Council NZ www.nursingcouncil.org.nz
OBGYNnet www.obgyn.net
OMNI www.omni.ac.uk
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 (2008) (password required for off site use)
Current medical diagnosis & treatment, 47th ed. (2008), (password required for off site use)
Diagnostic & statistical manual - Text revision (DSM-IV-TR 2000) (password required for off site use)
Free Books 4 Doctors (500 full text books sorted by title) www.freebooks4doctors.com
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)