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| Texas Commission on Fire Protection | Texas Government | Employment links, information on standards and certifications. |
| NFPA Online | Fire Protection Association | Codes, professional development information, public education tools. |
For a list of databases to search for articles on Fire Technology topics, check the SPC Library Database Finder.
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| Casa de Joanna: Language Learning Resources | Joanna Porvin in association with Michigan State | Spanish, French, general language and art resources. |
| AllWords.com | AllSites.com, Inc. | English dictionary with multi-lingual search functions. |
| Yahoo en Espanol | Microsoft | Spanish language version of Yahoo. |
For a list of databases to search for articles on Foreign Language topics, check the SPC Library Database Finder.
Health Sciences
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| NIH Senior Health | National Institutes of Health | Easy-to-use website features basic health and wellness information for older adults |
| Merck Manual | Merck & Company, Inc. | Contains the full-text online version of The Merck Manual Home Edition |
| NLM Gateway | National Library of Medicine | Entrance to the resources of the National Library of Medicine. |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | Searchable database for evidence-based clinical guidelines in medical and related fields. |
| BioMed Central | BioMed Central Ltd | Over 150 open access journals covering areas of biology and medicine. |
| Free Medical Journals Site | AmedeoGroup | Links to approximately 1000 medical journals which are available on the Internet in full-text for free. Journals are listed by title and by specialty. |
| Healthfinder | U.S. Federal Government | Health information for consumers. Features alternative interfaces for kids and in Spanish. |
| MedlinePlus Health Information | U.S. National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health | Health topics, drug information, medical encyclopedia, dictionary and other resources. |
| HON | Health On the Net Foundation | Portal to web based medical information. Medical documents and articles, reports, surveys and images. |
| Martindale's "Virtual" Medical Center | Jim Martindale | Links to tutorials, images, journals, medical videos, etc. |
| LUMEN Learn Them | John A. McNulty, Ph.D. and Michael F. Dauzvardis, Ph.D. of Loyola University Medical Education Network | Learn and test yourself on bones, muscles, nerves, arteries, nerves, etc. |
| Texas Dept. of State Health Services | DSHS | Reference center with regional health bulletins, license information, and birth/death records. |
| AMA | American Medical Association | Current health news, publication links, online medical library, doctor finder. |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Dept. of Health and Human Services | A-to-Z index of health info, technical publications, and current news. |
| Food and Nutrition Information Center | U.S. Department of Agriculture | Primary search headings include "Topics A-Z," "Food Composition," "Dietary Guidelines," and "Consumer Corner" |
| Nursing World | American Nurses Association | Code of Ethics, nursing news. |
| Futurity | Futurity.org | The latest discoveries by scientists at top research universities in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. |
Health Care Management
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| Models | ||
| Theoretical Models for Delivering Health Care | American Medical Student Association | Basic health care payment models explained with pros and cons |
| What Is Socialized Medicine?: A Taxonomy of Health Care Systems | Uwe E. Rienhardt | Differences between socialized medicine and social health insurance in layman's terms. |
| Trends | ||
| America's Health Rankings | United Health Foundation | Annual ranking of each state on 22 different health measures. |
| Employer Health Benefits Annual Survey | Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | National annual survey of public and private employers. |
| Trends and Indicators in Changing Health Care Marketplace | Health Care Marketplace Project | Highlights trends with a focus on ones as they affect vulnerable groups. |
| Trends in Health Care Costs and Spending | Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | Fact sheet on health care costs. |
| Health care Providers: Directories and Rankings | ||
| America's Best Hospitals | U.S. News and World Report | Annually ranks hospitals in 16 specialties. |
| Hospital Compare | Centers for Medicine, Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services | Tool to find and compare hospitals based on results of surveys of patents. |
| Cost, Coverage, Expenditure and Quality | ||
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | AHRQ | Government agency to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care. |
| The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey | AHRQ | National Survey administered to families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers. Information on the specific health services used, how frequently and more. |
| National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports | AHRQ | NHQR tracks health care system through quality measures. NHDR summarized health care quality and access among various populations. Reports from 2003 forward are available. |
| Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services | CMS | Site provides reports, newsletters, data and publications relating to health care costs, coverage, expenditure and plans in the US. |
| National Committee for Quality Assurance | ACQA | Nonprofit organization offers free access to report cards on NCQA-accredited health plans and an annual report on the "State of Health Care Quality." |
| Quality Check | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations | A Search Engine to find commission-accredited and non-accredited health care organizations. |
| State Health Facts | Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | Information on all 50 states with the ability to view each individually or compare multiple states. |
| Health Care Utilization | ||
| National Center for Health Statistics | NCHS | Division of CDC and collector of health and vital statistics |
| Complete List of NCHS Surveys | NCHS | All NCHS Surveys. |
| National Vital Statistics System | NCHS | Official source for US vital statistics. |
| Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare | Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice | Comprehensive information and analysis of how medical resources are distributed and used in the US with interactive tools. |
| Survey of Health Care Consumers | Deloitte Center for Health Solutions | Health care survey of consumers' attitudes, behaviors, and unmet needs. |
| Comparative Foreign Health Care Systems | ||
| European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies | World Health Organization | Profiles of various health care systems of European countries and includes links to websites in those countries. |
| The Grass is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World | Cato Institute | Paper explores different types of national health care systems. |
| Health Care System Profiles | Commonwealth Fund's International Program | Study of industrialized countries' health care systems. |
| Health in the Americas | Pan American Health Organizations | Profiles of health care systems in PAHO member countries. |
| Global Health Observatory (GHO) | World Health Organization | Interactive database of core health statistics for the WHO's 193 member states. |
| Policy and Reform | ||
| The Congressional Budget Office | CBO Health Office | Reports and presentations the help estimate the budgetary impact of federal health programs. |
| Health Hippo | Sponsored | Collection of policy and regulatory resources related to health care. |
| Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | Kaiser Family Foundation | Nonprofit and private foundation focuses on the major health care issues facing the U.S. |
| National Conference of State Legislators | NCSL | Bipartisan organization that provides research support to legislators on critical state issues, including health. |
| The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission | MedPAC | Documents created to help advise Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program. |
| RAND: Health COMPARE | Rand Cooperation | Focuses on current state of the health care system with "hot" legislation page that includes links to key documents released by the White House, Congress and federal agencies. |
| National Health Policy Forum | NHPF | Created to educate congressional and federal agencies' staff on significant health issues. |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | RWJF | Not-for-profit foundation focusing on health care with news, data, articles, research reports and white papers. |
For a list of databases to search for articles on Health Sciences topics, check the SPC Library Database Finder.
Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
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| American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers | BNP Media | News and information related to Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration. |
| Air Conditioning Contractors of America | ACCA | News, conference information. |
| ACHRNews | Refrige.com | Articles, interviews, training, books, etc. |
For a list of databases to search for articles on Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration topics, check the SPC Library Database Finder.
History and Government
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| The National Archives | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) | Important legal and historical documents. |
| Library of Congress: American Memory | Library of Congress | Multimedia web site of digitized historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, pamphlets, maps, etc. |
| American President | University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs | Resource on the history and function of the American Presidency. Other sections include Presidency in History and Presidency in Action. |
| In the First Person | Alexander Street Press | Index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives that are freely available on the web. |
| Best of History Web Sites | Thomas Daacord | Portal to over 1000 history-related web sites |
| World History: HyperHistory Online | Andreas Nothiger | Graphic chart of timelines and lifelines covering politics, religion, culture, science, etc. |
| CARL Digital Library | Combined Arms Research Library | Electronic collection of military documents, photographs, diaries, theses, manuals, etc. |
| The Vietnam Project | Texas Tech University | Documents, photographs, slides, audio and moving image recordings, and oral histories. |
| USA.gov | U.S. Federal Government | Gateway to government information. |
| GPO FDsys | U.S. Government Printing Office | Portal to government agencies. |
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Congress (beta) |
Library of Congress | Information on federal legislature. |
| United States Senate | U.S. Federal Government | Senators, committees, legislation, art & history, and reference section |
| U.S. House of Representatives | U.S. Federal Government | Representatives, committees, legislative and schedule info, etc. |
| Supreme Court Historical Society | Supreme Court Historical Society | History of the court, how it works, publications, etc. |
| Texas State Historical Association Online | TSHA & University of Texas at Austin | Texas history day by day, quizzes, Texas Handbook online. |
| State and Local Government on the Net | Piper Resources | Links to state agencies and city and county governments. |
| BBC Media Reports | BBC NEWS | Information from news sources around the world are translated to English and compiled. A quick way to see how different countries are reporting on world events. |
For a list of databases to search for articles on History and Government topics, check the SPC Library Database Finder.