How to create your own on-line medical library
January 1, 2000 less than 1 minute read
How to create your own on-line medical library
By Geoff Kelafant, MD, MSPH, FACOEM
Many hospital occupational health practitioners face budgetary or geographic challenges when it comes to obtaining reference materials. Fortunately, there are a number of free references available on-line that cover both occupational and nonoccupational medical problems. Many of these materials are copyrighted, so copy and distribute them with care.
• The University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook, third edition (www.vh.org/Providers/ ClinRef/FPHandbook/FPContents.html) is a comprehensive primary care text.
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition (www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/ sections.htm) is a comprehensive manual of medicine.
• The Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures (aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov /wonder/prevguid/p0000016/p0000016.htm) Web site covers a number of exposures that may occur in the health care setting.
• Another valuable resource is emedicine (www. emedicine.com/), an on-line text of emergency medicine. Also, the Electronic Text book of Dermatology is available on-line (telemedicine. org/stamfor1.htm).
• Physician Internet References — Clinical Materials (www.medoccur.com/links/clinical/index. html) is a large collection of links to various guidelines and primary source materials.
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