HAM-TMC Library
Websites
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The Library has 299 websites and
19 results for the letter "T".
- 1. Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
- Provider:TechTerms.com
- Keywords: computers , general reference , technology , dictionary
- Description: "The Tech Terms Dictionary is a constantly growing collection of computer and technology terms. Each definition is written in a way that is easy for the reader to understand and serves to explain the term, not just define it." Search by term, "tech factor" or category-- Internet, Software, Hardware. An acronym section is also included. Note: Terms of Use are posted for this copyrighted website. Copying definitions or explanations for any but personal use is prohibited.
- 2. Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) Initiative
- Provider:TIGER Initiative
- Keywords: care , clinical , decision support , evidence-based practice , informatics , networking , nursing , technology , wiki , workforce , standard of care , electronic health record
- Description: From the website: "While the TIGER Initiative started out as a grass-roots effort to engage with all stakeholders that are committed to a common “vision” of ideal EHR [Electronic Health Record]-enabled nursing practice, today more than 120 diverse organizations have joined the effort to collaborate on nine important topics. Each of the nine teams has developed a wiki that explains their goals, activities, and progress..." Some of the organizations involved in the TIGER initiative include the Alliance for Nursing Informatics, the American Nurses Association, the AACN, and the Association of Nurse Executives. Readers are free to join the effort or simply keep up with developments by reading the teams' WIKIs.
- 3. TED.com (Technology - Entertainment - Design)
- Provider:TED Conferences, LLC
- Keywords: art , creative commons , culture , multicultural , multidisciplinary , science , video
- Description: "Ideas Worth Spreading." This organization has posted free videos of talks given at the TED annual conferences, with Creative Commons licensing that allows free downloading and re-use as well as viewing. "The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)." Speakers include world-renowned scientists addressing global issues; performers include musicians and other artists.
- 4. Texas Department of Public Safety: Hurricane Awareness
- Provider:Texas Department of Public Safety
- Keywords: disaster , public administration , Texas , toxins , links , maps , emergency preparedness , hurricane
- Description: This State of Texas site contains full-text documents and links to other helpful websites like weather alert sources. Advice to communities launching public awareness campaigns on hurricane preparedness is provided here, along with documents addressing issues like preparation for evacuation, securing one's home and property, facts about inland flooding, information on post-storm environmental hazards like asbestos, storm effects by wind strength, etc.
- 5. Texas Department of State Health Services
- Provider:Texas Health and Human Services System
- Keywords: consumer health , drugs , gateway , government , health statistics , healthcare system , law , public health , Texas , social services , health services , vaccine , safety , food safety
- Description: A very broad spectrum of useful health-related resources and information for Texas residents is presented or linked to by this website. Browse or search for information on state regulations, diseases, statistics, consumer product safety, food and drug safety, immunization, professional licensing, social services- and much, much more.
- 6. Texas Department of State Health Services Center for Health Statistics
- Provider:Texas Health and Human Services System
- Keywords: health statistics , healthcare system , public health , Texas , health services
- Description: "The DSHS Center for Health Statistics was established to provide a convenient access point for health-related data for Texas. Our objective is to be a source of information for assessment of community health and for public health planning. Our data are used to support research, grant applications and policy development and to provide rapid needs response to health emergencies." Statistical data provided by region in spreadsheet format.
- 7. Texas Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
- Provider:Texas A&M University
- Keywords: agriculture , disaster , Texas , emergency preparedness , animal welfare , hurricane
- Description: This Agricultural Extension website provides easy links from its home page to pages devoted to drought, hurricane, wildfire, influenza and disaster recovery resources. It provides valuable information not only for urbanites, but supplies advice to farmers and ranchers on securing crops and providing for livestock, and for seeking assistance from the federal government.
- 8. Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center
- Provider:Texas Heart Institute
- Keywords: consumer health , images , glossary of terms , cardiology , heart
- Description: This website is an award-winner and has been highlighted in the Internet Scout Report. Its first focus is on patient and consumer education, but it also links to a page of physician-targeted resources and publications. For the consumer there are questionnaires designed to help the user ascertain their own cardiac health and risk behaviors; for patients, there is an extensive glossary of terms and a detailed section explaining heart conditions and surgical procedures designed to correct them.
- 9. Texas Medical Board
- Provider:Texas Medical Board
- Keywords: alternative medicine , certification , law , legal , licensing , Spanish , statistical , news , physician , reports
- Description: This is the official website of the Texas Medical Board, providing information for licensing of physicians, physician assistants, and acupuncturists in the state of Texas. Their stated mission is "to protect and enhance the public's health, safety and welfare by establishing and maintaining standards of excellence used in regulating the practice of medicine and ensuring quality health care for the citizen of Texas through licensure, discipline, and education."
- 10. Texas Online: Emergency Preparedness
- Provider:State of Texas
- Keywords: disaster , weather , emergency preparedness
- Description: The State of Texas portal site's emergency preparedness section provides advice and a detailed list of resources on preparing family, home and vehicle for a storm; getting assistance for people with special needs; evacuating; and accessing government resources for recovery. Links to its related pages on coping with other types of natural disasters are available here.
- 11. Texas Records and Information Locator (TRAIL)
- Provider:Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Keywords: gateway , government , law , policy , Texas , social services
- Description: "For each Texas state agency we have included a link to the TRAIL page that provides contact information, addresses, phone numbers and links to enabling legislation for that agency. We have also provided a link directly to the agency's Web site."
- 12. Texas Recovery Act (ARRA) Funding
- Provider:National Institutes of Health/U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
- Keywords: healthcare policy , healthcare system , law , Texas , U.S. Government , healthcare administration , health services , hospitals
- Description: This NIH/DHHS page lists the categories of grant funding available to the State of Texas from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
- 13. Texas Statutes
- Provider:State of Texas/Texas Legislative Council
- Keywords: law , Texas
- Description: Searchable database of Texas law. Look up the Texas Code section by section, or search by keyword for a term in all or in specific sections, and find your term highlighted wherever it appears within the full text of results. Download full text in pdf or zip file format.
- 14. The Lancet's H1N1 Resource Center
- Provider:TheLancet.com
- Keywords: infectious disease , journal , public health , news , international , H1N1 , epidemic
- Description: The Lancet, a venerable British medical journal, is providing free resources for the health care community on the H1N1 influenza virus. Research articles from Elsevier journals, a news feed from Elsevier Global Medical News, and up-to-date information on the H1N1 pandemic from the CDC, ECDC, Eurosurveillance, PandemicFlu.gov, UK Health Protection Agency, and WHO websites are all available at this website.
- 15. This Week in the History of Psychology
- Provider:York University, Toronto
- Keywords: history , psychology , podcasts
- Description: This is a series of podcasts produced by Christopher D. Green, professor of psychology and of philosophy at York University, Toronto. Dr. Green is a researcher in theoretical cognitive psychology. "The focus of each episode is an interview with an expert on a featured event that occurred during that particular week in psychology's past."
- 16. THOMAS
- Provider:Library of Congress
- Keywords: Congress , U.S. Government
- Description: The Library of Congress provides this searchable portal to Congressional documents and activities: bills and resolutions, committee reports, treaties, the Congressional Record's Daily Digest, the U.S. Code and much more.
- 17. TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial)
- Provider:University of Texas at Austin Library Instruction and Information Literacy Services
- Keywords: education , libraries , tutorial , information literacy
- Description: A tutorial for library and Internet users that helps users to: determine which are the best resources to answer their research questions; evaluate the quality of information retrieved via the Web; understand the basics of copyright law; and more. Shockwave Flash 3 plug-in required for interactive features.
- 18. Turning the Pages Online
- Provider:National Library of Medicine
- Keywords: history of medicine
- Description: An online archive of medical texts from the 15th to the 17th centuries, including Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica and Robert Hooke's Micrographia. System requirements posted in a tab at the top; Macromedia Flash Player or its equivalent required.
- 19. Twenty four (24) Languages Project
- Provider:Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (Univ. of Utah) in partnership with other organizations
- Keywords: consumer health , NLM , public health , patient education , multilingual
- Description: The 24 Languages Project is a portal for electronic access to over 200 health education brochures in Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, English, Farsi, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan and Vietnamese languages. In many cases, the information is provided in both .pdf and sound recording formats. All instances of these patient information documents may be downloaded and distributed for noncommercial use. Be advised that most of the information is not available in all languages, and some of the information available has not been updated recently.
