Resources on the Internet
Apps for Health Care - Available for iPhone / iPod touch/ iPad. Visit Nursing Reference Center for instructions.
Alternative Medicine - Complementary and alternative medicine research, treatments, alerts and clinical trials, for professionals and patients.
Clinical Trials - Sources for federal and private clinical research.
Community Resources - Health and Human Resource Services/Agencies in WNY
Consumer Health - Sources for health information for patients, including the Kaleida Health Libraries consumer health information service.
Consumer Health in other languages - 24 Languages project from Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, Utah Dept. of Health
Culturally Specific Patient Health Information for non-English speakers (www.bantuhealth.org) - Featuring audio health education for Maay Maay and Zigua Speakers, PLUS - a collection of links to culturally appropriate health information brochures, pamphlets, audio-programs and articles in multiple languages.
Dictionaries/Directories/General Reference - Medical and nonmedical information sources
Disability Resources - Local and National sources of disability information, including legal, housing, employment and other information.
Evidence-based Practice - National and international sources for evidence based medicine, including tutorials. Kaleida Health libraries resources are also listed.
Family Centered Care - Resources for professionals and families.
Federal Agencies/Resources - Federal agencies providing health, legal, human service, statistics, census and other information for professionals and the public.
Foreign Language Health Information - Search ACOG- foreign language health information for a list of links.
Guidelines/Standards - Sources are from government as well as professional agencies.
HIPAA - Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on security and privacy
Libraries - Major library sites
• University at Buffalo
• Library of Congress
• National Library of Medicine
Meta Sites for the Health Sciences - Sources for a wide range of disciplines using health and medical information. Tutorials, dictionaries, grant information, textbooks, news and more.
MSDS sheets
Obesity Information
NYS agencies and resources - General and medical information available in NYS. Buffalo Freenet is included, along with licensing information, health department, legal and general information.
Professional Development - Meetings, conferences, certification, societies.
Statistics - Medical and non-medical federal and international statistics.
Tutorials - Guides to assist with searching, citing, Internet use, author instructions.
UpToDate.com - Evidence-based clinical information resource. You must be using a computer connected to the Kaleida Health network to use this resource.
Women's Health Resources - Sources of Women's Health information regarding any age, adolesence, child bearing years, to mid-life issues.