Children & Parenting Links

• 700 Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults that care for them - http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
• College Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees - http://www.college-scholarships.com/wisconsin.htm 
• Cyberschoolbus - http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/  This site serves as a valuable resource for primary and secondary school educators developing curricula focused on global concerns such as peace, poverty and work.
• GeneralPediatrics.com - the General Pediatrician's view of the Internet http://www.generalpediatrics.com
• Idea Box - http://www.theideabox.com/  Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources
• Kaboose - http://www.kidsdomain.com/ 
• PediatricEducation.org http://www.pediatriceducation.org PediatricEducation.org is a Pediatric Digital Library and Learning Collaboratory intended to serve as a source of continuing pediatric education.
• PediatricRadiology.com - a pediatric radiology, and pediatric imaging digital library http://www.pediatricradiology.com
• Sesame Workshop - http://www.ctw.org/  Sesame Street site for preschoolers and parents.

General Home Sites

• Epicurious - http://eat.epicurious.com/ Search for recipes by keyword, watch cooking instruction videos, or browse recipes and articles by theme are just a few of the possibilities offered by Epicurious. In addition, Epicurious also features cookbook reviews, an extensive wine information section, and restaurant information.
• Household Products Database - http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov  The Household Products Database “links" over 4,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers.
• Pew Internet & American Life Project - http://www.pewinternet.org/  The Pew Internet & American Life Project makes available "original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life."
• Plants Database - http://plants.usda.gov  This database provides a wealth of information about plants growing in the United States. All types of plants are covered, from noxious weeds to ornamental flowers and food crops.

Health Related

• AARP - http://www.aarp.org/   AARP is the web site for people over 50. From health and travel to taxes and finances to computers and technology, there are topics for everyone at AARP.

• ahd.com American Hospital Directory -  http://www.ahd.com/   obtained from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rather than Health Care Financing Administration.

• American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/  

• American Dental Association Member Directory - http://www.ada.org/public/disclaimer.asp  Looking for a nearby dentist? Search for a dentist near you

• American Heart Association -  http://www.americanheart.org/   

• AMA Physician Select - http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm   basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States.

• CAPHIS Websites You Can Trust webliography - http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association refers healthcare consumers to the following resources.

• Drug InfoNet - http://www.druginfonet.com/  information and links to areas on the web concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical-related topics 

• ElderWeb - http://www.elderweb.com  ElderWeb is one of the oldest and most comprehensive eldercare gateways on the World Wide Web, with thousands of links for caregivers, providers, and advisors to the frail elderly to on-line information about health, financial, legal, housing, aging, and other eldercare issues.

• Family Caregiver Alliance -  http://www.caregiver.org/   Family Caregiver Alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps families who care for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Parkinson's disease, ALS, head injury and other adult-onset brain disorders. FCA serves as an information clearinghouse on brain impairments, caregiver assistance, applied research and long-term care policy issues, and is the lead agency in California's statewide system of Caregiver Resource Centers.

• FamilyDoctor.org - http://www.familydoctor.org/ Health information for the whole family.

• Thomson Gale: Health and Wellness Center - Research topics in health & medicine, medications, and wellness. Includes encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionaries, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

• HealthInfoQuest - http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/healthinfoquest/   a web-based tutorial for librarians and others who provide information on consumer health questions

• Health Web - http://healthweb.org/index.cfm   Linking You to the Best in Health Information

• HerbMed - http://www.herbmed.org/  HerbMed is an herbal database, hyperlinking directly to the scientific evidence on the use of herbs for health. The herb database is fully searchable and covers: evidence for activity, warnings and contraindications, methods of preparation and mechanisms of action.
• IRSC Internet Resource for Special Children - http://www.irsc.org/   The IRSC web site is dedicated to communicating information relating to the needs of children with disabilities on a global basis 

• MayoClinic.com  - http://www.mayohealth.org/ Mayo Clinic experts
  provide current medical information and news on health topics. 

• Medline Plus - http://medlineplus.gov/ your free guide to reliable  health information, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the national Institutes of Health.

• MeL" Michigan eLibrary--consumer health - http://web.mel.org/dobasicsearch.jsp?searchTopic=0&searchText=consumer*+health 

• National Parent Information Network -  http://www.npin.org/   clearinghouse of educational resources for parents and those who work with parents

• Natural Wellness Center - http://www.naturalark.com/ 

• National Women's Health Information Center - http://www.4woman.gov/   

• NOAH - http://www.noah-health.org/ New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. 

• OncoLink - http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/   A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center resource. Here you will find in-depth information about cancer.

• PubMed -  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi  search service that provides access to over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.

• QuackWatch - http://www.quackwatch.com/  Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraudk and Intelligent Decisions.

• RxList - http://www.rxlist.com/  Internet drug index, providing fast, reliable information to both consumer and medical profession

Last Updated February 18, 2008