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Title: MedlinePlus *
URL: http://medlineplus.gov *

Description: Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date. MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily and can be bookmarked at the URL: medlineplus.gov. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/9/2005

Title: ClinicalTrials.gov *
URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui *

Description: ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: Household Products Database *
URL: http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/ *

Description: This database links over 4,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. The database is designed to help answer the following typical questions: CODE:/DC/CH/ What are the chemical ingredients and their percentage in specific brands? Which products contain specific chemical ingredients? Who manufactures a specific brand? How do I contact this manufacturer? What are the acute and chronic effects of chemical ingredients in a specific brand? What other information is available about chemicals in the toxicology-related databases of the National Library of Medicine?

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: NLM Gateway *
URL: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd *

Description: The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, ClinicalTrials.gov, DIRLINE, Meeting Abstracts, and HSRProj.

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: Environmental Health and Toxicology *
URL: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html *

Description: TEHIP maintains a comprehensive toxicology and environmental health web site that includes access to resources produced by TEHIP and by other government agencies and organizations. This web site includes links to databases, bibliographies, tutorials, and other scientific and consumer-oriented resources. TEHIP also is responsible for the Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®), an integrated system of toxicology and environmental health databases that are available free of charge on the web.

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: Haz-Map *
URL: http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/ *

Description: Haz-Map (http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov) is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is one of the products and services made available by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ToxMain.html).

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: Tox Town *
URL: http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ *

Description: Tox Town uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's health. Tox Town's target audience is students above elementary-school level, educators, and the general public. It is a companion to the extensive information in the TOXNET collection of databases that are typically used by toxicologists and health professionals.

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: TOXMAP *
URL: http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/index.jsp *

Description: TOXMAP is a web site from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment. Data is derived from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which provides information on the releases of toxic chemicals into the environment as reported annually by industrial facilities around the United States

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: DIRLINE *
URL: http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/ *

Description: DIRLINE contains over 8,000 records and focuses primarily on health and biomedicine, although it also provides limited coverage of some other special interests. These information resources fall into many categories including federal, state, and local government agencies; information and referral centers; professional societies; self-help groups and voluntary associations; academic and research institutions and their programs; information systems and research facilities. Topics include HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, most diseases and conditions including genetic and other rare diseases, health services research and technology assessment.

Author: National Library of Medicine
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: HerbMed *
URL: http://www.herbmed.org/ *

Description: HerbMed® - an interactive, electronic herbal database - provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an impartial, evidence-based information resource provided by the nonprofit Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.

Author: Alternative Medicine Foundation
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database *
URL: http://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/IBIDS.aspx *

Description: The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, and scientific literature on dietary supplements. Users can choose to search the Full IBIDS Database, a subset of Consumer Citations Only or Peer Reviewed Citations Only.

Author: Office of Dietary Supplements
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: Hom-Inform *
URL: http://www.hom-inform.org/ *

Description: A database of literature references to homoeopathy, with key terms and some abstracts. Free Access online.

Author: British Homeopathic Library
Checked: 6/15/2005

Title: FDA Poisonous Plant Database *
URL: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/plantox.html *

Description: United States Food & Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages

Author: USDA
Checked: 6/15/2005