Editor of this issue:

William Self, The Medical Library Center of New York, 5 East 102nd St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10029 S-1, Phone: 212-427-1630, Fax: 212-860-3496, E-mail: wself@mlcny.org.

Rating System

In our review system, websites are rated by mice, from a half mouse to 5 mice, 5 being the highest rating: to

This edition will review a variety of resources.

1. Who Named It?
   http://www.whonamedit.com/

   Billed as "the world's most comprehensive dictionary of medical eponyms," Who Named It? provides a searchable database of people, diseases, tests and medications. While there have been occassional spelling errors discovered, the webmaster is courteous and quick to respond to any such errors. If you are looking for any kind of historical biographical information, this is a good place to start.

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2. Evidence-based On Call
   http://www.eboncall.co.uk/

   This growing collection of guides and clinically appraised topics (CATS) is maintained by the Centre for Evidence-based Medicine in Oxford. It is designed to provide access to the most recent summaries of evidence in specific disease/diagnostic topics. Currently somewhat brief in scope, it promises to continue expansion.

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3. Healthy NJ
   http://www.healthynj.org/

   From the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey comes this database of consumer health information. Healthy NJ provides the consumer with reference information in English and in Spanish, using the Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition, as well as links to further information and resources in New Jersey.

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4. Free Books 4 Doctors
   http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/

   Free books 4 Doctors attempts to perform the same function as Free Medical Journals.com - provide links to websites with online textbooks. There is a wide variety of topics included, in English as well as in several foreign languages, and it is browsable by title and by speciality. The down side is that some of the items are not what I would consider a book (Images in the History of Medicine??) and some books are actually book chapters.

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5. FASTATS
   http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm

   The National Center for Health Statistics provides this quick reference tool to statistical information. Culled from a variety of resources, and with links to other statistical sources, this can be a useful first look when you need a number.

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6. And now for something completely different:
   
   Major League Baseball
   http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/homepage/mlb_homepage.jsp

   Before you leave for your next MLA meeting, find out if the home team is out of town. Or, what player is on the DL (and in your hopital). Useful for information, not only on the major leagues, but on their farm teams as well.

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