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Search Engines, Databases, & Directories  
(General & Medical)

RECOMMENDED READING: C-Net's Ultimate Guide to Search

General Search / Metasearch:

Google - The BEST metasearch. Get the indispensible Google toolbar for your browser.

Mamma - "The Mother of all Search Engines"

Dogpile - "All results, no mess"

MetaCrawler - "Search the search engines!"

alltheweb -  Search for web pages, pictures, videos, MP3 files, FTP files 

AltaVista - "The Search Company"

Ask Jeeves - "What can I help you find?"

GoTo.com - "We power results"

Lycos HotBot - "Search Smarter"

1Blink.com - "Search the web in the blink of an eye"

ProFusion - "Search the top 1000 search sources and get the BEST results!"

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Medical Search:

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy

Medscape - Search Medline, drug database, and more

Praxis.md - "Practical Answers for patients and physicians

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United States National Library of Medicine:

MEDLINEplus - Search or browse the "health topics," dictionaries, illustrated medical encyclopedia, drug information, directories, and much, much, more

 

MEDLINE/PubMed - References and abstracts from 4300 biomedical journals

 

ClinicalTrials.gov - Provides information for patients about clinical research studies

 

DIRLINE - Directory of health organizations

 

LOCATORplus - Catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals in the NLM collections

 

NLM Gateway - A single Web interface that searches multiple NLM retrieval systems

 

PubMed Central - A digital archive of life sciences journal literature

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Physician Search:

ADA Member Directory

AMA Physician Select: Online Doctor Finder

American Chiropractic Association - Find a Doctor

American Podiatric Medical Association: Member Locator

DocFinder - Health professional licensing listings by state.

Osteopathic State & Regional Associations

Who's Certified - Verification service for Board certified physicians.

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Hospital / Specialized Care Search:

American Hospital Directory (information obtained from HCFA & American Hospital Association)

Blood Bank Locator (American Association of Blood Banks)

Facilities Directory: Veterans Health Administration (Veterans Health Administration)

Find a Hospice Program (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)

Finding an Assisted Living or Residential Care Facility (American Health Care Association, National Center for Assisted Living)

HCFA - Nursing Home Compare (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Hospital Select (American Medical Association, Medicalnet, Inc.)

Quality Check (JCAHO) - Directory of nearly 18,000 healthcare organizations.

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

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