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Key databases

MEDLINE at PubMed
PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine. It includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
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Cochrane Library Full Text
The Cochrane Library covers evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health care.

EMBASE
EMBASE abstracts the latest scientific developments in biomedical and pharmacological science.
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First Consult Full Text
First Consult offers evidence-based clinical information on evaluation, diagnosis, clinical management, prognosis, and prevention. It includes videos and animations.

Harrison’s Online Full Text
Harrison's Online includes the complete contents of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th EditionAccessMedicine Help

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Access Medicine Full Text
Provides critical information for clinical decision making.
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Australian Medicines Handbook Australian flag Full Text
The Handbook ontains comprehensive information on the drugs available in Australia and includes comparative data, indications, dosage and adverse effects.

eTG complete Full Text
eTG complete provides therapeutic guidelines and other clinical information on over 3,000 topics.

Humanities and Social Science Collection Australian flag Selected Full Text
This database abstracts research on all aspects of cultural, creative, Indigenous and social life in Australia.

HighWire Selected Full Text
HighWire Press is an online publisher of journals in the life sciences, medicine, physical sciences and social sciences.

ImagesMD Full-Text
ImagesMD is an online encyclopedia of medical images including over 50,000 high-quality images ranging across every aspect of internal medicine. Each image is accompanied by detailed description and commentary.

Lange Educational Library Full Text
The Library provides access to a range of texts in pharmacology, microbiology, physiology, epidemiology and pathology. It also includes a self-review tool and 50 clinical case files to test your knowledge.
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LWW Journals@Ovid  Full Text
The Lippincott Williams & Wilkins journals offer access to the latest medical research.

Health Collection Australian flag Full Text
The Health Collection includes research articles, reports and case studies dealing with health in Australia.

MD Consult Full Text
MD Consult provides up-to-date answers to clinical questions and the full-text of over 40 medical reference books and over 50 medical journals. It also includes access to MEDLINE, comprehensive drug information, more than 1000 peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, and over 3,500 customisable patient education handouts.

MICROMEDEX Full Text
MICROMEDEX provides authoritative information on chemical, pharmaceutical, and related biological substances used in clinical patient care. Contents include drug reviews, usage guidelines,clinical reviews, information from package inserts and texts on pharmacology, as well as information teratogenicity, toxicology and drugs used in alternative medicine. Individual titles include AltMedDex, DrugDex and Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference.

MIMS Online Australian flag Full Text
MIMS Online provides electronic access to the full MIMS database of information on prescription and non-prescription drugs available in Australia. Includes full colour pictures of over 2,300 tablets and capsules.

OVID electronic books Full Text
The OVID electronic books collection covers general medicine and surgery, including specialised topics such as orthopaedics, cardiology and endocrinology.

OVID medical journals Full Text
This source provides full-text journal articles on anesthesiology, dentistry, dermatology, general medicine, and internal medicine.

ProQuest Health & Medicine Selected Full Text
ProQuest Health & Medicine covers health, medicine, pharmacy and psychology, with millions of full-text pages from academic and non-academic sources. ProQuest Help

PsycINFO Selected Full Text
PsycINFO indexes scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. ProQuest Help

Psychiatry Online Full Text
Psychiatry online includes access to the full-text of peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychiatric Association, the newsletter Psychiatric News, DSM-IV-TR, DSM-IV-TR® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and its Treatment Companion, and the other psychiatric text books produced by the Association.

PubMed Selected Full Text
PubMed provides access to over 15 million MEDLINE citations dating back to the mid-1960s.

RURAL Australian flag
RURAL indexes research on rural health and the practice and educational needs of health providers.

SAGE Premier Full Text
SAGE Premier includes 550+ titles in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine with full-text back to 1999.
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ScienceDirect Full Text
Science Direct offers full-text access to over 200 Elsevier journals.

SMART Imagebase
The Scientific & Medical ART (SMART) Imagebase is a collection of more than 11,000 full-color medical illustrations and animations depicting human anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, and other topics.

Thieme ElectronicBook Library Full Text
Access the Flexibook atlases and textbooks series, along with pocket guides and colour atlases in anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, immunology and neuroscience.

TOXLINE
TOXLINE offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. ProQuest Help

e-Resources at the University of Newcastle

Medicine Resource Guide

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Free databases

Databases and directories
Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet Bibliography Maintained at Edith Cowan University, provides references to reports, journal articles and other literature. Click on 'Resources'.
Australian Medical Websites A comprehensive listing of Australian medical websites.
NLM Gateway Access the resources of the National Library of Medicine, including searching MEDLINE/PubMed, through a single gateway.

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Free journals

Biomed Central Links to several hundred internet health journals.
Effective Health Care Bulletins York University bulletins online.
FreeMedicalJournals.com A website providing access to free medical journals on the Internet.
Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice — indexed in CINAHL
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing — indexed in CINAHL, Medline

Free texts and images

Atlas of the Body — anatomy and medical illustrations by major section from the American Medical Association.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body — full-text version of the 1918 edition.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
The Merck Manual Of Geriatrics — full-text, searchable title (updated, 3rd edition, 2000)
The Online Books Page — online text portal site at U of Pennsylvania, linked directly to the medical and nursing books section.
Public Health Image Library — free images to download.
Virtual Pediatric Hospital — Digital health sciences library with full text resources.

Web sites and Internet resources

Online tutorials
eSkills Learn at your own pace the basics of information literacy.
Internet Medic Teach yourself about Internet resources for the medical sciences.
A Student's Guide to the Medical Literature

Miscellaneous
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Sites A series of links maintained by the Doctors Reform Society of Australia.
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality US generated news, reports and other information aimed at both consumers and health care providers.
Doctor.com US site with links of relevance to doctors
New England Journal of Medicine (Home page) -  new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion.
NHMRC - permits downloading of many NHMRC publications in .pdf format.
National Rural Health Alliance Inc. provides links to conference papers, journals, data and information on rural health matters in Australia and overseas.
NSW Health Department Publications, information, medical releases, factsheets and job opportunities.
World Health Organization includes access to WHOSIS - statistical information worldwide, the WHO library catalogue and some reports.

Evaluating health sites
Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
Guidelines Maintained by Biome for UK universities.
McGill University's Neuro-Patient Resource Centre
Discern A questionnaire aimed at consumers that permits systematic evaluation of sites. 

Pregnancy and Contraception
Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia: Position Statements
Teen Pregnancy: Real Causes, Real Prevention
General Practice in Australia, Health Priorities and Policies 1998 to 2008, Chapter 15: Sexual Health, pp. 254-268.
Family Planning Tasmania: Fact Sheets
The Morning After Pill

Abortion
Public Health Association: Abortion in Australia Public Health Perspectives (3rd Edition) 2005
See in particular, Fact Sheet 2 - Abortion in Australia: Community and Health Practitioner Attitudes (pp. 6-7) and Fact Sheet 6 - Lessons from the Global Context of Abortion (pp. 14-15)
Information about Broadmeadow clinic (Newcastle)

Lesbian, Gay and Other Sexualities
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex & Queer, Aids Council of NSW (ACON)
Rainbow Visions
Australian Lesbian Medical Association

Problems in Sexual Function
European Society for Sexual Medicine
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: (i) Male Sexual Dysfunction, (ii) Sexual Dysfunction in Women
ASSERT Australian Society of Sexuality Educators, Researchers, and Therapists

STI
National STI Prevention Program: Sexual Health Campaign

Sexuality - General
Family Planning Australia Health has a set of over 50 fact sheets on sex matters on its web-site. These cover abortion, contraception, HIV/AIDS, periods, pregnancy, puberty, sexual health, sexually transmitted infections, and women's health.
Circumcision Reference Library (Male Circumcision)
Disability and sexuality: Information for students
Sexuality and Cancer pamphlets

Female Sexual Function
"Is there such a thing as female androgen deficiency syndrome? Australian researchers investigated this issue". Radio National Transcript 25 July 2005.
"Not just a headache darling". ABC Health and Wellbeing Feature.

Doctor-Patient Sexual Boundaries
Sexual Abuse By A Doctor: A Personal Story. Radio National. This is a secretly taped session between a patient and her psychiatrist, who had entered into a sexual relationship with her. It is a very powerful piece.

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Statistical sources

Australian Bureau of Statistics — online access to all ABS publications from 1998.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare — for health and welfare statistics and information, many publications available in .pdf format.
WHO Statistical Information System — WHOSIS world health statistics.
National Center for Health Statistics — link to US Health statistics.

Subject guides

Evidence based medicine

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