These associations are primarily support and regulatory associations for healthcare professionals. They provide career information, education, licensure and regulatory information and make sure that a particular profession’s voice is heard in regard to laws, regulation of the profession or industry, treatment standards, etc. 

Nursing Associations Links to Web sites of a variety of nursing associations. Listed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

National Council of State Boards of Nursing  This site provides information on the NCLEX examination, which the council develops, NCLEX diagnostic profiles for candidates, state nursing regulations and other resources.

American Health Information Management Association

American Massage Therapy Association

American Psychological Association 

Additional Professional Associations  Links to a variety of associations from the National Association of Health Data Organizations. List includes links to disease and disorders as well, but one of the most comprehensive list of associations.     

Government Health Organizations   -- Federal & International

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Food and Drug Administration

National Institutes of Health

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

US Department of Health and Human Services - COMMON ACRONYMS
World Health Organization
Americans with Disabilities Act This is the home page of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Federal Office of Special Education Programs   This is the site of the federal Office of Special Education Programs. It provides information about special education including federal laws and regulations.
National Institutes of Health - Office of Rare Diseases

CMS  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( The old Health Care Financing Administration - HCFA).

Health Data and Statistics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Data and statistics

National Center for Health Statistics

Medical Statistics – Sites listed by MedBioWorld

Ohio Department of Health – Data and Statistics for cancer, infectious diseases, women’s health, county surveys, etc.

Federal Disability Statistics

State and Local Associations

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ is the link to the State of Arizona Legislature. It allows you to track bills, follow proceedings and provides access to all statutes.
http://www.ahcccs.state.az.us/ takes you to the site of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state Medicaid agency. This site includes policies, rules and information about current initiatives. 

http://www.ade.state.az.us/ess/eapn/Default.asp Enhancing Arizona's Parent Network is a group of parents, advocates and state staff who have partnered to make information and training readily available to families and individuals. This site provides a comprehensive calendar of trainings regarding education, supports and services to people with special needs and their families.
http://www.ahcccs.state.az.us/Publications/ Information about Arizona's Olmstead Plan
Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD)
Resources for Mental Health Clinicians

National  Associations

Autism Society of America
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
Down Syndrome Homepage
John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
Sibling Support Project
Center for Community Inclusion

www.qualitymall.org provides information about various planning and support techniques used to help people in their communities.

ARCs

The ARC - The ARC of the U.S.

The ARC Discussion Board

Bakersfield ARC
Kern Regional Center
The Arc of the United States
Arc Alameda
Contra Costa Arc
MARC (Marin County)
OPARC (Ontario/Pomona)
PARCA (San Mateo)
Desert Valley Industries (Palm Desert)
DART (Ridgecrest)
Arc Riverside
The Arc of Santa Maria Valley
Arc South Bay
Arc San Diego

Online Publications

 Gray’s Anatomy   The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th ed. “Written by over 300 experts, it covers all but the most obscure disorders. In addition to describing symptoms, common clinical procedures, laboratory tests, and virtually all the disorders that a general internist might encounter,… Current therapy is presented for each disorder and supplemented with a separate section on clinical pharmacology.”  

The Merck  Manual of Medical Information – Home Edition  “While The Merck Manual provides medical information to health care professionals, The Home Edition was written for patients, their families, and all non-health care professionals interested in learning more about illnesses, their diagnosis, and their treatment.”

The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, 3rd ed.  “It discusses the medical care of the elderly with detailed attention to how physiology changes with age, the unique ways diseases present in the elderly, and the special considerations of treating disease in elderly persons.”

Other Online Publications from MEDLINEPLUS A variety of online government and other organizational pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, etc.

MERRIAM-WEBSTER MEDICAL DICTIONARY

UK   MEDICAL DICTIONARY

Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Eight European Languages - Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

PDR.NET -   Physicians Desk Reference - search for drug indications and interactions

DRUGINFONET.COM   - Drug Info - search for drug indications and interactions

Periodicals

New England Journal of Medicine  You can search the journal back to 1975.  Only abstracts are provided for articles from 1975 – 1992.  Abstracts and full text of articles are available from 1993 through current issue.  However, the newest six months’ editions of the journal are available to those with individual paid subscriptions. Enter USER NAME = CSCC and PASSWORD = MEDICAL to view the full text articles except for those published within the last six months.  This journal is also indexed with abstracts in CINAHL, Medline and Periodical Abstracts. Also available in print at CSCC ERC.

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association  The journal’s Web site offers a complete table of contents of each issue, plus, many of the standard monthly features are in full text. The major articles are available through their Web site only to those with personal subscriptions. JAMA is indexed with abstracts in CINAHL and MEDLINE. Periodical Abstracts also indexes and abstracts JAMA and provides full text of all articles from V285 n4, Jan24/Jan31 2001 edition on. Also available in print at CSCC ERC.  

Internet Research Sites

 HealthWeb  An Internet guide to health information and education, maintained by the   health sciences libraries in the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. Approximately 65 specialty areas from AIDS/HIV to nursing to Veterinary Medicine are individually categorized by: Consumer Health Resources, General Resources, Health Care Professional Resources, Online Publications, and Organizations.

MayoClinic.com   Information on conditions, drugs, disease management, lifestyle planners, etc., presented by the well known Mayo Clinic.  (http://mayoclinic.com/home)

MedBioWorld The largest site for medical & bioscience journals, associations, & databases.”  This is a Web portal or directory. Does not provide content, but rather links to other sites that do. Still an impressive collection of links. 

MedicineNet.com  Commercial Web site with information on diseases and conditions, procedures and tests, medications, healthy living, and more.  More than a few advertisements, but a good site, established and maintained by physicians.

MedlinePlus  ”Health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health…information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, …” (http://medlineplus.gov/)

Netwellness A site with a local flavor. A non-profit consumer health web site that provides high quality information created and evaluated by medical and health professional faculty at the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University, and the Ohio State University.

Alternative Medical Foundation – Website providing information “about alternative systems of healthcare, treatment and diagnostics.”  Two of their Website features:

Ø       HerbMed – “HerbMed® - an interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyper-linked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.”

Ø       Resources – The Alternative Medical Foundation’s directory on alternative medical treatments and practices such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, mind body medicine, etc. Includes information on books, journals, associations and links to other Web sites.    

Additional Alternative Medicine Sites listed at HealthWeb.com  

Biological Abstracts  “Biological Abstracts, a leading source of life science information, collects abstracts and bibliographic references to worldwide biological and medical literature. Biological Abstracts contains references to journal items focusing on vital biological and medical research findings, pharmacological studies, and discoveries of new organisms.”

CINAHL – Nursing and Allied Health  Coverage includes: Nursing - coverage of virtually every nursing journal published;  Allied Health - physical therapy, occupational therapy, emergency services;  Specialized Health - consumer health, alternative therapies, health sciences librarianship.

MEDLINE  “MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences.”

CancerLit “CancerLit is a bibliographic database that contains citations and abstracts for cancer literature from over 4,000 different sources, including biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses.”

Lexis Nexis > Medical  Provides full text articles from general news sources (newspapers) as well as a limited selection of medical newsletters and journals. The database also provides access to MEDLINE.

Academic Search Premiere  “Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions.” Many medical and health related journals and many full text articles.  

PsycINFO  “PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.”

Other Alternative Medicine Sites

Music Therapy: The Power of Music  Examines the power of using popular music in therapy (something people already listen to).  Includes examples of therapeutic messages in popular music, as well as, original music by therapeutic rock band: Freudian Slip.

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