Guide to Reference Resources
Accidents - See Injuries
Acupuncture
Addiction - See Substance Abuse
Aging
- AARP Policy and Research for Professionals in Aging
- Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
- Medicare Nursing Home Compare - Past performance of Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing homes
- New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department
- U.S. Administration on Aging - Statistics on Aging
- U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIH)
Alcoholism - See Substance Abuse
Allergy / Asthma
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
Alternative Medicine - See Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Anatomy
- Evidence Store: rentals of anatomical models
- Visible Human Project – transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female bodies
Asthma - See Allergy / Asthma
Behavior
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) – national and state information on health risk behavior
Calculators, Medical
Cancer
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
- National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- New Mexico Tumor Registry
- Oncology STAT
- SEER Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (NCI) cancer statistics
- U.S. National Cancer Institute
Cardiovascular Disease
Census Data
Chemicals - See also Toxicology, Environmental Health
Children’s Health
- Child Trends Data Bank - Trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- KidsHealth – Nemours Foundation
- Maternal and Child Health Library Guide to Spanish-language Maternal and Child Health resources
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- U.S. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics - Statistics and reports on children and families
- UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM)
- Alternative Medicine Foundation – evidence-based information on CAM
- American Chiropractic Association
- National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative medicine
- National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements
Copyright
Crime Statistics
- U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics
- U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Uniform Crime Reports
Cultural Competence in Health Care
- American Indian Health (National Library of Medicine)
- Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
- EthnoMed (University of Washington)
Devices, Medical
Disaster Management
- Disaster Information Management Resource Center (NLM)
- Emergency Preparedness and Response (CDC SNAPS data for public health emergency response)
- Radiation Event Medical Management
Disabilities
- Access to Disability Data
- Disability Statistics Center (UCSF)
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CDC)
- National Rehabilitation Information Center
Diseases
- Contagion - Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics (Harvard Univ.)
- Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (NIH)
- HealthMap - Global Disease alert Map
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- U.S. HHS Healthfinder
Drugs
- Drug Information Portal (National Library of Medicine)
- FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
- FDA Center for Drug Evaluation & Research – drug information
- Phytochemical/Ethnobotanical Databases (USDA)
- Top 300 prescription drugs
Education
- Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs Database (U.S. Department of Education
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- FREIDA - Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (AMA)
- Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
- National Resident Matching Program
- World Directory of Medical Schools
Emergency Medicine
- WebWISER Wireless information system for emergency responders – designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents
Employment and Salaries
- Allied Physicians - Salary surveys on physicians, nurses, pharmacists, assistants.
- New Mexico Department of Labor - Labor market Information:
- U.S. Bureau of Health Professions - Employment surveys
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- U.S. Department of Labor - National Compensation Survey
Environmental Health - See also Toxicology
- Environmental Health and Toxicology (NLM)
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Center for Environmental Health (CDC)
Food and Nutrition
- National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements
- Nutrient Data Library foods database
- NIH database on supplements, including vitamins, minerals & botanicals
- Phytochemical/Ethnobotanical Databases (USDA)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration regulation of supplements
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration
- U.S. National Agricultural Library Food & Nutrition Information Center
Funding sources
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance – federal grants, loans, assistance, and training
- CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) – a searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects
- Foundation Center – information for grant seekers on finding funding, foundations, etc.
- Grants.gov – single access point for grant programs offered by all Federal grant-making agencies
- InfoEd / SPIN at UNM
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) GrantsNet – an Internet application tool for finding and exchanging information about HHS and other Federal grant programs
- UNM HSLIC Nursing Resources page, Grant Information
- UNM Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Genetics
- Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (NIH)
- Genetics Home Reference (National Library of Medicine) – genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions
- Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins
- National Center for Biotechnology Information – linked databases of nucleotides, proteins, genomes, taxonomies, etc.
Geriatrics - See Aging
Government
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- New Mexico Department of Health
- New Mexico Health Policy Commission
- New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules
- U.S. government site
Grants - See Funding Sources
Guidelines - See Practice Guidelines
Hazardous substances - See also Toxicology
- Household Products Database (National Library of Medicine) – product ingredients, safety, handling, and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- WebWISER Wireless information system for emergency responders – designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents
Health Care
- Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases
- U.S. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
- U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Information
Health Policy
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases
- Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
- U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Professions
- AAMC Career Planning Resources
- American College of Physicians: Career Resource Center
- Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations – U.S. Bureau of Labor employment and wage estimates
- How to Prepare your C.V. (Academy of Family Physicians)
- U.S. Bureau of Health Professions
Herbal Medicine
- About herbs (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
- HerbMed databases of scientific data for use of herbs
- Medicinal Herb Garden (images)
History of Medicine
- History of the Health Sciences section of the Medical Library Association
HIV/AIDS
Hospitals
Infectious Diseases
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
Injuries
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – customized reports of injury-related data
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Insurance, Health
- Economic & Social Research Institute - information on health care reimbursement, insured/uninsured populations
International Health Care
- CIA World Factbook
- Latin American Social Medicine – Spanish, Portuguese, and English structured abstracts summarizing classic and contemporary works in the practice of Latin American Social Medicine
- Pan American Health Organization
- World Health Organization
Libraries
- Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- New Mexico State Library
- UNM Center for Development and Disability Library
- UNM University Libraries
Medicaid/Medicare
- Fee schedules
- Hospital Comparison Data
- Medicare Rights Center
- New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department
- U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Mental Health
Minority Health
Mortality
- New Mexico Office of the Medical Examiner – annual reports
Names
Native American Health
Notaries
Nutrition - See Food and Nutrition
Occupational Health
- U.S. Department of Energy Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
- U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Ophthalmology
- National Eye Institute (includes David G. Cogan Ophthalmic Pathology Collection)
Organizations
- Directory of Health Organizations (NLM)
- National Health Information Center – Database of organizations and government offices that provide health information; calendar of national health observances
Physician Directories
- Federation of State Medical Boards – Directory
- Physician ratings
Practice Guidelines
- Access Medicine (from HSLIC eBook page)
- MD Consult (from HSLIC Databases page)
- National Guideline Clearinghouse (from HSLIC Databases page)
- Psychiatry Online (from HSLIC Databases page)
Product Recalls
Public Health
- Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce; Healthy People 2010
- Public Health Foundation - Research, training and technical assistance to communities
Radiological Health
Records, Medical
Reference general search tools
- Dictionaries online use Credo Reference (formerly XRefer) via University Libraries database page.
- INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Rehabilitation
Research
Salaries - See Employment and Salaries
Science
- Science.gov searches multiple government sites
Statistics
- America’s State Health Rankings
- Child Trends Data Bank - Trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
- Federal government statistics
- Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases
- Indian Health Service Program Statistics
- Lexis Nexis statistical tables: go to HSLIC Databases web page & go to University Libraries/LexisNexis/Statistical
- National Center for Health Statistics
- New Mexico Department of Health - New Mexico Health Data
- Pan American Health Organization
- State Health Facts – current health data on all 50 states
- State Health Facts (Kaiser Family Foundation) - Health data on all 50 states
- U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality - National and state information
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - CDC Wonder
- UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) Monitoring and Statistics
- United Health Foundation - State Health Rankings
- United Nations
- World Health Organization
Style Guides
Substance Abuse
- National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and alcoholism
- U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Surveys
Toxicology - See also Hazardous Substances
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Environmental Health and Toxicology (NLM)
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
- Household Products Database (NLM)
- National Library of Medicine Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET)
- Tox Town (NLM)
- Toxic chemical releases