Info Rx for Australian Health Professionals

Resources A-Z

ABC Health and Wellbeing ABC Australia

Consumer Health; News,Alerts

About Herbs

Drug Guides

Acronym Corner

Specialised

ACT Health

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ [US]

Evidence

Alcohol & Other Drugs Handbook

Books

American Diabetes Association. Clinical Practice Recommendations 2008

Clinical Guidelines

American Psychological Association Citation Guidelines

Specialised

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Practice Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Australasian Cochrane Centre

Evidence

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII)

Specialised

Australasian Podiatry Council

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australia. Dept of Veterans Affaifs. Community Nursing - Clinical Pathways

Clinical Guidelines

Australian Adverse Reactions Drug Bulletin

Drug Guides

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Association of Occupational Therapists - OT Australia

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Specialised

Australian Cancer Network Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assult

Find articles

Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies

Find articles

Australian Clinical Trials Registry

Research Support

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Department of Health and Ageing

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Department of Health and Ageing's Campaigns

Health Strategies

Australian Department of Health and Ageing's Health Priority Areas

Health Strategies

Australian Department of Health and Ageing's Programs & Initiatives

Health Strategies

Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse

Find articles

Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN) [Drugs and Alcohol Abuse]

Drug Guides

Australian Family Physician

Journals

Australian Immunisation Handbook [with other information on the Immunise Australia program]

Books; Drug Guides

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Law Online

Specialised

Australian Medicines Handbook  (payment required)

Drug Guides

Australian Orthopaedic Association

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Physiotherapy Association

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Australian Prescriber

Drug Guides

Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures (Surgical) [ASERNIPS]

Clinical Guidelines

Australian Society for Medical Research

Research Support

Australia's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Health Strategies

Bandolier: Evidence Based Health Care

Evidence

Bartleby.com
American Heritage Dictionary, Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's & Simpson's Quotations, English Usage, Strunk's Style, and Other Reference Books

Specialised

Becoming ADEPT: (Applying Diagnosis, (a)Etiology, Prognosis & Therapy methodological filters to retrieving the evidence)

Evidence

Behind the Headlines
An unbiased and evidence-based analysis of health stories that make the news. The service is intended for both health professionals and the public.

 

Best BETs - Best Evidence Topics

Clinical Guidelines; Evidence

Best Free Desktop & Office Tutorials on the Web

Training Guides

Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute

Clinical Guidelines; Evidence

Better Health Channel [Victorian Department of Human Services]

Consumer Health

Beyond Blue: The National Depression Iniative [Australian]

Consumer Health

BioMed Central
Original research articles are free access, review articles require a subscription

Journals

BMJ Collection of Articles on Statistics and Research Methods

Specialised

British Library Public Catalogue

Library Catalogue

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Specialised

Campbell Collaboration
Preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of social and educational policies and practices.

Evidence; Find Articles

Public Health Agency of Canada

Consumer Health

Canadian Medical Association - CMA Infobase (Clinical Practice Guidelines Database)

Clinical Guidelines

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) Evidence-Based Clinical Prevention

Clinical Guidelines

CareSearch

Evidence; Find Articles

CARPA Reference Manual [Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association] Clinical Guidelines

CASP - Critical Appraisal Skills Programme

Evidence

Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange Find articles

Centers for Disease Control (US)

Clinical Guidelines

Centre for Allied Health Evidence (University of South Australia)

Evidence

Centre for Clinical Effectiveness (Monash University, Australia)

Evidence

Centre for Evidence Based Child Health

Evidence

Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry

Evidence

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

Evidence

Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health

Evidence

Centre for Health Evidence

Evidence

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (University of York)

News, Alerts

Centre for Statistics in Medicine

Specialised

Child Trends

Find articles

Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 2nd ed 2007 [National Library of Medicine]

Specialised

Citing Sources - Ramsay Library Research Guides

Specialised

Clinical Knowledge Summaries [UK National Library for Health]

Clinical Guidelines; Evidence

Cochrane Collaboration

Evidence

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Australian access organised by the National Institute for Clinical Studies (NICS)

Evidence; Find articles

Columbia Encyclopedia 6th ed 2001

Specialised

Columbia Guide to Online Style

Specialised

ComLaw

Specialised

Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia Find articles
Consumers Health Forum of Australia Consumer Health

Core Library for Evidence Based Practice

Evidence, Training Guides

Crabby Office Lady - lots of tips and tricks from Microsoft

Training Guides

CSL Antivenom Handbook, 2nd edition 2001

Drug Guides

Culture Training Manual for Medical Workers in Aboriginal Communities

Books

Current Controlled Trials

Evidence,  Research

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)

Evidence

Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUETs)

Evidence

Deciphering Medspeak

Consumer Health, Specialised

Definitions of Evidence Based Practice

Evidence

Diabetes Australia - National Evidence Based Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Diabetes Dictionary

Specialised

Dictionary of Cancer Terms [National Cancer Institute, US]

Specialised

Dietitians Association of Australia

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

DIPEx Database of Individual Patient Experiences - this website has been replaced by HealthTalkOnline and YouthHealthTalk

Consumer Health

Directory of Open Access Journals

Journals

Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse

Find articles, Consumer Health

DUETs (Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments)

Find articles

Education Online for Computer Software

Training Guides

eMedicine.com

Books

Emory University Emergency Medicine-Ambulatory Care Evidence Based Medicine

Evidence

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Specialised

English Dictionaries Online

Specialised

Epidemiology for the Uninitiated 4th ed D Coggon, Geoffrey Rose, DJP Barker

Books; Specialised

ERIC Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)

Find articles

eText Blast

Find articles

Evidence Based Decision Making: An Evidence Based Reference Site for Healthcare Decision Makers

Evidence

Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit

Evidence

Evidence Based Medicine (the journal) Limited content available free

Evidence

Evidence Based Nursing

Evidence

Evidence Based Pathology (University of Nottingham)

Evidence

Evidence Based Practice Research Group - Occupational Therapy (McMaster University)

Evidence

Evidence That Changed Medical Practice

Evidence

Evidence Update

Evidence

Evidence-Based Health Care Project (University of Minnesota)

Evidence

Evidence-Based Health Care Resources on the Internet (Medical Library Association)

Evidence

Evidence-Based On-Call Database.

Evidence

Finding and Using Health Statistics: a Self-Study Course

Specialised

Free Books 4 Doctors

Books

Free Medical Journals

Journals

Ganfyd.org      About Ganfyd

Books

Global Index Medicus (World Health Organization)
Index to African, Carribean, Eastern Mediterranean, Latin American and South East Asian journal articles

Find articles

Glossary of Medical Terms
English (Heymans & Mercator)

Specialised

Google 

Search Engines

GoogleScholar

Find Articles, Search Engines

GovPubs

Specialised

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services - Recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force

Clinical Guidelines

Guidelines for Preventive Activities in General Practice (The Red Book) 6th Edition 2005 RACGP

Books

Harvard Style Examples from Monash University Library

Specialised

Healia

Consumer Health

Health Libraries Australia group of the Australian Library & Information Association

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Health News Review

News,Alerts

Health Technology Assessment [NHS]

Evidence

Health-Evidence.ca Promoting Evidence Based Decision Making

Evidence

HealthInsite [Australian]

Consumer Health

HealthTalkOnline Consumer Health

Healthy Skepticism

Consumer Health; Drug Guides

Heart Foundation

Clinical Guidelines

Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: a Clinician's Guide

Books

HighWire Press [free online full-text articles]

Journals

Hitting the Headlines
Hitting the Headlines Archive
An analysis of the evidence behind selected health stories reported in national newspapers. Summaries of news stories are posted within 48 hours of newspaper publication to ensure that health professionals and the public are better informed about the accuracy of reporting of research in the press. The service ended on 31st March 2008 and provision of the searchable archive will be reviewed after 6 months. Replaced by Behind the Headlines

News,Alerts

How to Cite Electronic Resources – Colgate University Libraries

Specialised

How to Read a Paper

Books: Evidence

HubMed

Find articles

HyperStat Online Statistics Textbook

Specialised

IFLA Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
Has many links to citation style guides

Specialised

Immunize Australia Program

Health Strategies

Impact of Cochrane Evidence

Evidence

Infectious Diseases Society of America Standards, Practice Guidelines and Statements

Clinical Guidelines

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences - Raymon H. Mulford Library / Medical College of Ohio

Specialised

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

Research Support

Interpreting Citations Tutorial (an interactive tutorial)

Specialised

Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine (Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library)

Evidence, Training Guides

Intute Health and Life Sciences

Search Engines

Intute Virtual Training Site

Training Guides

James Lind Library: Illustrating the Developments of Fair Tests of Treatments in Health Care

Evidence

Joanna Briggs Institute

Clinical Guidelines, Evidence

Journal Watch (Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford)

News,Alerts

Kidney Health Australia CARI Guidelines [Caring for Australians with Renal Impairment]

Clinical Guidelines

KidsHealth

Consumer Health

Lab Tests Online

Consumer Health

LactMed

Find articles

Libraries Australia Catalogue

Library Catalogue

List of Serials Indexed for Online Users

Specialised

Macquarie Dictionary

Specialised

MammaHealth

Search Engines

McMaster University (Canada) Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Specialised

MedBioWorld

Journals

Media Doctor (Australia)

News,Alerts

Media Doctor (Canada)

News,Alerts

Medical Dictionaries Online

Specialised

Medical Journal of Australia

Journals

Medical Journal of Australia Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Medical Outcomes Trust

Evidence

MedicalMnemonics.com:

Specialised

MedKnow Journals

Journals

MedlinePlus [US]

Consumer Health

Medterms Medical Dictionary from MedicineNet

Specialised

Merck Manuals - Online Medical Library

Books, Drug Guides

Merriam Webster Online

Specialised

MIMS   (payment required)

Drug Guides

MLA Style

Specialised

Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages

Specialised

National Academies Press

Books

National Asthma Council Australia - Managing Asthma

Clinical Guidelines

National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) [Australia]

Consumer Health

National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) Clinical Best Practice

Clinical Guidelines

National Center for Biotechnology Information - Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine [US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health]

Find articles

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Consumer Health, Evidence, Find Articles

National Child Protection Clearinghouse [Australian] Find articles

National Chronic Disease Strategy [Australia]

Health Strategies

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology [US]

Clinical Guidelines

National Drug Strategy (includes strategies for National Alcohol, Drugs, Illicit Drugs, & Tobacco Strategies)

Health Strategies

National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) [US]

Clinical Guidelines, Evidence

National Guidelines for Organ and Tissue Donation / Australasian Transplant Coordinators Association Incorporated 3rd Edition 2006 Books, Clinical Guidelines

National Health & Medical Research Council

Depts,Agencies,Colleges, Research Support

National Health & Medical Research Council Clinical Practice Guidelines [Australia]

Clinical Guidelines

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guidelines [UK]

Clinical Guidelines

National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) Australia

Depts,Agencies,Colleges, Evidence

National Institutes of Health & NIH Centers [US]

Health Strategies

National Library of Medicine Gateway

Find articles

National Library of Medicine HSTAT Health Services / Technology Assessment Text [US]

Clinical Guidelines

National Library of Medicine's LOCATORplus Catalog [USA]

Library Catalogue

National Medicines Policy [Australia]

Drug Guides, Health Strategies

National Organization for Rare Disorders [US]

Consumer Health

National Prescribing Service

Drug Guides

National Public Health Partnership [Australia]

Health Strategies

National Rural Health Alliance

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

National Service Frameworks [UK Department of Health]

Health Strategies

National Stroke Foundation - National Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Netting the Evidence: a search engine dedicated to the methodology of evidence based practice

Evidence

New Zealand Guidelines Group

Clinical Guidelines

New Zealand Health Technology Assessment

Evidence

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (University of York)

Evidence

NHS Direct [UK]

Consumer Health

NSW Health

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

NT Department of Health and Community Services

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Nursing Best Practice Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

OmniMedicalSearch

Search Engines

One Look Dictionaries

Specialised

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Find articles

Osteoporosis Australia

Clinical Guidelines

OT Seeker

Evidence, Find Articles

Paediatric Pharmacopoeia - Royal Children's Hospital  (payment required) Drug Guides

PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database

Evidence, Find Articles

Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule

Drug Guides

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Drug Guides

PharmaLexicon: a Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Specialised

PhysioEngine

Find Articles, Search Engines

PICOmaker

Evidence

Picture Australia [National Library of Australia]

Library Catalogue

Protocols and Care Pathway Knowledge Knowledge Service [UK]

Clinical Guidelines

Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health in General Practice Monograph Series from the Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet)

Books
Psychology Related Electronic Journals and Periodicals

Journals

PsycLine, Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web

Journals

Public Library of Science (PLOS)

Journals

PubList:  The Internet Directory of Publications

Journals

PubMed (Medline)

Find articles

PubMed Basics (US National Library of Medicine)

Training Guides

PubMed Bookshelf

Books

PubMed Central

Journals

PubMed Central UK Journals

PubMed Resources Guide   Detailed information about MEDLINE® data and searching PubMed®.

Find articles

PubMed Ten Tips (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library)

Training Guides

PubMed Tutorial (US National Library of Medicine)

Training Guides

QuackWatch

Consumer Health

Queensland Health

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

RehabData

Find articles

Rehabilitation's Evidence Based Practice Web Site

Evidence

Research in Practice for Adults

Evidence

Research Tools

Specialised

Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics

Specialised

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Consumer / Carer Versions of Guidelines

Consumer Health

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Royal Children's Hospital (Melbourne) Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Royal College of Nursing Australia

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

Royal College of Nursing Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

SA Department of Health                                  

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

SAI Global - Standards Australia

Specialised

Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits

Drug Guides

Scientific Writing and Publishing Aids

Specialised

Scirus 

Find Articles, Search Engines

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Clinical Guidelines

Search Tips: a Primer on Boolean Logic (American Psychological Association)

Training Guides

SLIM v2 Slider Interface to Medline / PubMed Searches

Find articles

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Standards Australia Specialised

Statistics at Square One 9th ed T D V Swinscow

Books; Specialised

SUMSearch

Evidence; Find Articles

Teaching / Learning Resources for Evidence Based Practice (Middlesex University)

Evidence, Training Guides

Therapeutic Goods Administration

Drug Guides

Therapeutic Guidelines    (payment required)
Includes:  Analgesic, Antibiotic, Cardiovascular, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastrointestinal, Neurology, Palliative Care, Psychotropic, Respiratory

Drug Guides

Therapeutics Initiative - Evidence Based Drug Therapy (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)

Evidence

Toxnet

Drug Guides, Find Articles

Travellers' Health, including the Yellow Book [Centers for Disease Control in the US]

Consumer Health

Trent Research Information Access Gateway (TRIAGE)

Evidence

TRIP Database [Turning Research Into Practice in Primary Care]

Evidence, Find articles

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals

Specialised

Users' Guides to Evidence Based Practice - Links to the JAMA Articles

Evidence, Training Guides

Victorian Dept of Human Services

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

WA Department of Health

Depts,Agencies,Colleges

WA Health Libraries Catalogue

Library Catalogue

WA Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan 2010 - 2020

Health Strategies

WA State Law Publisher From 1 July 2004, free online access is available for all legislation, regulations, gazettes, etc

Specialised

Web Extension to American Psychological Association Style (WEAPAS) Proposed standard for referencing online documents in scientific publications

Specialised

Western Australian Medication Safety Group (WAMSG)
Operational Circulars and Directives, Safety Alerts and Patient Information

Clinical Guidelines
Western Australian Psychotropic Drugs Committee (WAPDC) Guidelines and Information
Guidelines on drug treatment for anxiety disorders, antipsychotic drugs, etc.
Clinical Guidelines
Western Australian Therapeutics Advisory Group (WATAG)
Advisory Notes, Antibiotic Use Evaluation Reports, Clinical Guidelines and Operational Circulars and Directives.
Clinical Guidelines

What Proportion of Healthcare is Evidence Based: Resource Guide

Evidence

Wikipedia

Specialised

World Association of Medical Editors

Specialised

World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Research Support
YourDictionary Specialised

YouthHealthTalk

Consumer Health

 

 

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