FPEN Internet Training
Selected Web Sites
http://www.fpen.org/train/web/web-sites.html
Updated July 20
th
, 1999
Search Engines
Alta Vista
http://www.altavista.com
Google!
http://www.google.com/
Hot Bot
http://www.hotbot.com
Infoseek
http://guide.infoseek.com
MedFinder
http://www.netmedicine.com/
Personal Bookmarks
myHq.com
http://www.myhq.com
(the best of these by far)
MyBookmarks
http://www.mybookmarks.com
MyURLs
http://www.murl.com
Associations
American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/
AMA
http://www.ama-assn.org/mem-data/directry/medspec/medspec.htm
(contains links to most major medical specialty societies)
Canadian Medical Association
http://www.cma.ca
Minnesota Medical Association
http://www.mnmed.org
Journals
BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/index.shtml
MedWeb
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/
New Eng J
http://www.nejm.org
WebMedLit
http://www.webmedlit.com
Texts
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook
http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/FPContents.html
eMedicine Online Text - Emergency Medicine
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/
Supplies
MedSite.com
http://www.medsite.com
(providing medical books, supplies and other services)
Government
AHCPR guidelines
http://text.nlm.nih.gov
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov
FDA
http://www.fda.gov
Health Care Financing Admin
http://www.hcfa.gov
Minnesota State Dept of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/
Minnesota: Northstar
http://www.state.mn.us/index.html
Natl Inst Health
http://www.nih.gov
Megasites / Indices
Medical Matrix
http://www.medmatrix.org
Physicians’ Choice
http://www.mdchoice.com
University of Iowa: Hardin Library
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
MedWebPlus
http://www.medwebplus.com/
Yahoo! - Health:Medicine
http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine
Patient Information / Consumer Health
Family Village
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov
Healthtouch
http://www.healthtouch.com
Kidshealth
http://www.kidshealth.org
Oncolink
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu
Newspapers
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com
Wall Street Journal
http://www.wsj.com
The Medical Tribune
http://www.medtrib.com
Managed Care
Electronic Policy Network-Idea Central
http://epn.org/idea/hciclink.html
Managed Care Overview
http://www2.umdnj.edu/gpph
CME / Meetings
CMEWeb
http://www.cmeweb.com
Doctor’s Guide
http://www.pslgroup.com/docguide.htm
Libraries
Allina Library Services
http://www.allina.com/library/index.html
Hennepin County Public Library
http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us
My Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
University of Minn / Biomedical Library
http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu
Internet Access
"The List" List of Access Providers
http://thelist.internet.com
Reviews of Access Providers
/http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reports/Special/ISP/
Miscellaneous
Cochrane Center sites
http://www.cochrane.org
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/
Cochrane database
http://www.cochranelibrary.net/
Metro Weather
http://www.wcco.com/weather/
Metro Traffic
http://trafficview.twincities.sidewalk3.com/applet.asp
Quackwatch
http://www.quackwatch.com