Clinical Resource Centre and Library
Links to other websites
Health Portals
A UK medical portal for healthcare professionals. An independent organisation, set up by UK doctors, with the aim of providing easy access to the best peer reviewed resources on the internet.
medicdirect.co.uk ltd. (‘medicdirect’) is an innovative health website hosted by some of the leading medical consultants in the United Kingdom, providing a comprehensive health information website written by recognised experts in their particular field of medicine.
This site provides a search engine aimed at providing specialist, searchable index of authoritative UK and international medical sites.
A comprehensive index of UK health and medical internet resources for both professionals and the public.
Allows you to search for health related internet resources in about 500 specific areas in England, Wales and Scotland.
Describes itself as 'an on-ramp to the Web for physicians and informed consumers interested in obtaining original source material and links to pertinent medical Web sites'. Contains a 'cyberguide' of medial internet sites, each of which is reviewed and rated.
The Media UK Internet Directory
Allows you to search and connect to a wide range of the UK's media resources, including daily newspapers, magazines, television and radio. For example, you can search for health related stories in local newspapers or watch the 1 O'clock news if you have missed it.
RDN (Resource Discovery Network)
The RDN is a free Internet service dedicated to providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community. The service is primarily aimed at Internet users in further and higher education. Others will also find the service to be of value for personal and professional development. The service is funded by JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee).
The Hospice Information Service website, providing information on hospices and palliative care services for both professionals and the public.
MedicalAudit.co.uk ((MiArt)
Designed to provide a portal to the best Evidence Based Medicine web sites and tools. Sites are not rated but they are reviewed and only included if they are considered to have valid and reliable information.
Other Information Resources
(US site) A free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(US site) Contains a huge searchable archive of articles and journals. Registration (free) is required for some information.