Women's Health Resources

Subject Gateways:

• National Women's Health Information Center — Office on Women's Health, Dept of Health & Human Services. Includes general information as well as resources targeted for Spanish speakers, for women with disabilities, women of color, lesbians, men's health, and health professionals, as well as specific health concerns.
• Medline Plus — National Library of Medicine; English & Spanish; search for journal articles, specialists, physician licensing, nearest hospital or blood bank. Specialized health databases and directories; health libraries open to the public.
• Healthfinder — U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services. Consumer-oriented. Links to online medical journals & government-sponsored health-related databases on a variety of topics.
• Gender & Women's Health — World Health Organization site provides international perspective, including how gender impacts health.
• Women's Health Information Resources — Rosenthal Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Subject Web Guides:

• Librarians Index to the Internet: Women's Health
• Internet Public Library: Women's Health

Targeted Websites:

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine — "Our mission is to support rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine”
• Women with Disabilities — general sources about critical health issues for a variety of disabilities, including physical, neurological, hearing, speech, and visual impairment."
• 4 Girls Health — Geared toward girls 10-16 years old.
• GineWeb — Resources in Spanish on women's health and well-being.

Other Health-Related Sites:

• American Medical Women's Association — national organization of women physicians and medical students, organized to promote women's health.
• Clinical Trials — Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health; information on over 5,000 clinical trials testing experimental treatments for various conditions.

Related Guides:

• Women's and Gender Studies
• Nursing