Resources for Self-CareGeneral Search Engines and Subject Directories
Metasearch EnginesHealth-Specific Search Engines and Directories
General Health Web SitesUsenet Newsgroups Directory
Listserv Mailing Lists DirectoriesOrganizations with Standards/Codes of Conduct for Health-Related Internet Sites
Tips for Finding and Evaluating Online Health-Related InformationGeneral Search Engines and Subject Directories[Back to top] Metasearch Engines[Back to top] Health-Specific Search Engines and Directories[Back to top] The federal government has created several consumer-oriented gateways to reliable health information: In addition, there are many search engines and directories that specialize in health and medicine, including the following: - Achoo
A directory of sites that contain health-related information, products, or services.
- Health A to Z
A directory of over 50,000 health and medical Web sites.
- Health on the Net (HON)
Home for several medical search engines and for information on the Health on the Net Code of Conduct (HONcode) for the provision of authoritative and reliable medical information on the Internet.
- HealthWeb
Links to a wide variety of health-related information.
- Karolinska Institute
An extensive directory of disease-specific links.
- Medical Matrix
A searchable database of health-related Web sites that have been reviewed and rated by a panel of experts; requires membership.
- MedWeb
A searchable database of medical links.
- MedWorld: Medbot
A metasearch engine that allows users to choose four indexes or search engines to search simultaneously.
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