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Websites
The following websites cover a variety of medical, scientific, reference, and educational topics. Browse the alphabetical list or search for terms that appear in the website descriptions.Browse
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The Library has 299 websites and
10 results for the letter "W".
- 1. Wellcome Library
- Provider:Wellcome Library
- Keywords: art , culture , history of medicine , libraries
- Description: "Through its collections and services, the Wellcome Library provides insight and information to anyone seeking to understand medicine and its role in society, past and present... Collections of books, manuscripts, archives, films and pictures on the history of medicine from the earliest times to the present day." Items that may be of particular interest: the Turning the Pages interactive feature [note: requires Shockwave] and a digitized collection of Francis Crick's papers on consciousness, soon to be viewable online.
- 2. White House- The Agenda- Health Care
- Provider:whitehouse.gov
- Keywords: healthcare policy , public affairs , U.S. Government
- Description: This page at the White House's website outlines the President's health care agenda.
- 3. WHO (World Health Organization)
- Provider:WHO
- Keywords: government , health statistics , policy , public health , trend , WHO , international , poverty
- Description: "WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends." Included: information on various health and disease topics; statistical information; documentation on WHO projects; country-specific information; WHO publications.
- 4. Who Named It
- Provider: Ole Daniel Enersen
- Keywords: biography , history of medicine , medical history , syndrome
- Description: Whonamedit.com is quick-reference dictionary of medical eponyms. It offers short definitions of the diseases, disorders, syndromes, medical procedures etc. to which these persons' names have been lent, and varying degrees of biographical information. Search by surname, condition or country, or search by category of disorder.
- 5. Wikimedia Commons
- Provider:Wikimedia
- Keywords: creative commons , general reference , video , wiki , images
- Description: A database of nearly 4 million freely usable images and other media files. The majority of those not in the public domain are under Creative Commons or GNU licenses; explanations and guidance are provided. In addition, anyone can contribute images.
- 6. WinkingSkull.com
- Provider:Thieme
- Keywords: anatomy , human anatomy , student
- Description: An interactive anatomy study database. Free registration gives the user full access.
- 7. Women's Health Resources
- Provider:National Library of Medicine/Office of Research on Women's Health
- Keywords: general health , NLM , research , women , NIH
- Description: "This resource was created in a partnership between the National Library of Medicine Office of Outreach and Special Populations and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health. The purpose of this page is to present topics pertaining to women’s health collected by National Library of Medicine information products to support the mission of the Office of Research on Women’s Health to promote research in the field."
- 8. World Institute on Disability
- Provider:World Institute on Disability
- Keywords: advocacy , consumer health , disability
- Description: From the website: "The World Institute on Disability is an internationally recognized public policy center organized by and for people with disabilities. It works to strengthen the disability movement through research, training, advocacy and public education to help people with disabilities throughout the world enjoy increased opportunities to live independently."
- 9. WorldWideScience
- Provider:WorldWideScience Alliance; Office of Scientific and Technical Information; International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
- Keywords: gateway , multidisciplinary , portal , science , search , international , federated search
- Description: WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway that enables the user to explore scientific databases and portals from U.S. and international sources, with the intent of accelerating scientific discovery and progress through federated search technology that facilitates deeper searching of the Web.
- 10. www.brainmapping.org
- Provider:Mark S. Cohen, PhD, UCLA
- Keywords: brain mapping , conference , grants , medical imaging , jobs , news , software
- Description: From the website: "Dedicated to the communication of news, science, and information of interest to the brain mapping community, and to sharing and promoting the science of brain mapping."
