Search engines, databases and journals

Journals on line - http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ejournals.html
This is a list of electronic journals that is available through the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University.

Pubmed - http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quiery.fcgi
This is a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers.

Online dictionaries and encyclopaedias http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
Entrez database search - http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Entrez/index.html
This is a search tool for accessing several databases developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Searchable databases include nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, 3D structures, genomes, taxonomy and literature citations.

U.S. National Library of Medicine - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
This is the website of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library. The site also provides information on various health issues and has a set of links to searchable databases.


Other courses and educational websites

The World Lecture Hall - http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/index.html
This site contains a set of links to educational pages and courses on a wide variety of topics.

Microbiology courses - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3504/courses.htm
This page contains a set of links to websites of other microbiology courses.

Suite 101.com - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/microbiology
This is an excellent educational website on microbiology, containing numerous links.


Microbiology Video Library - http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/Video/Video.html
This is a collection of microbiology teaching videos that can be downloaded.

Rasmol & Chime - http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/
Free software for looking at molecular structures can be downloaded at this site. Snapshots of these images are also available.

MedicineNet.com - http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp?li=MNI&d=2812&/
Information on a variety of disease topics with links to other sites and recent news stories.

The Virtual Museum of Bacteria - http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/

Organizations and Institutes

World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/
The homepage of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a great resource for information on various health topics, statistics, vaccine efforts, disease eradication efforts, policy development, etc.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/default.htm
The homepage of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a great resource for information on various health topics, statistics, disease prevention guidelines, etc.

National Institutes of Health - http://www.nih.gov/
The website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides information on health related issues (e.g. consumer health publications and clinical trials), funding opportunities, research, etc. Links are available to individual institutes that collectively make up the NIH.

Tennessee State Department of Health - http://www.state.tn.us/health/
This website provides information regarding the different services and programs of the Tennessee State Department of Health. Check out their searchable list of restaurant inspection scores.

Metropolitan Health Department of Nashville and Davidson County - http://healthweb.nashville.org/
The site of the agency of local government responsible for protecting and promoting the health of the 535,000 plus residents of Davidson County.

Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov/
This site provides information on the activities of the FDA, the nation's foremost consumer protection agency.

Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute - http://www.hhmi.org/
This is the website of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a nonprofit scientific and philanthropic organization founded by the aviator-industrialist Howard R. Hughes. The site contains information on biomedical research, grants and education.


Societies

American Medical Association - http://www.ama-assn.org/

Association of American Medical Colleges - http://www.aamc.org/

American Society for Microbiologists - http://www.asm.org/

American Association of Immunologists - http://www.aai.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science - http://www.aaas.org/

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - http://www.faseb.org/
Links are available to various member societies.