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 Web resources

General

ABC Science - offers programs from ABC Radio and TV as well as original online material including a daily science news service, fortnightly features and forums.

Calculator.org - is a collection of resources related to calculators.

CSIRO Publishing - provides information on journals, magazines, books and multimedia publications from the CSIRO.

Directory of Open Access Journals - this service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

NSW Government: Health - access information about health conditions, groups & organisations, healthy living as well as many links.

Dental Services

Dental Health - lots of links to follow from HealthInsite.

Martindale's Dental Center - provides links to a wide range of dental-related sites.

Surf Pacific - articles & information about a wide range of dental procedures.

Life Sciences

American Association of Blood Banks - information about this peak institution of the US. The site will be of use to people studying immunohaematology.

Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes - 7th edition 2004; provided for download Adobe (PDF) format by the NHMRC.

American Institute of Biosciences - resources on research and education in the biological, medical, environmental and agricultural sciences.

Australian Medical Association (AMA) - provides links to related organisations.

Australian Museum - provides information on the natural environment, human societies and human interaction with the environment.

Biology Links: from the Harvard University School of Molecular & Cellular Biology.

'Blood' - the bimonthly journal of the American Society of Haematology.

Bloodline.net - an online Haematology resource.

British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (BSHI) - useful to those studying immunohaematology.

Gray's Anatomy - online version of the famous reference work.

Histological Sections - great colour images for micro anatomy/histology for technical officers or others studying this aspect of anatomy.

Histology Page - provides gallery of slides, strains file, control section material, solubility table for dyes and chemicals and other links.

Human Body & Mind - the BBC interactive human body website.

Infectious Diseases - includes links to image banks - good for pathology students.

Internet Public Library: Health & Medical Science - provides web links for all aspects of health and medicine.

LabNotes - the ABC Science education site providing science teachers and students with educational resources and information based on the ABC's science programming, whether on TV, radio or online.

Medical Images & Illustrations - image links from the Karolinska Institute.

MedicineNet - provides easy-to-read, in-depth medical information for consumers.

Microbes.info - a microbiology portal containing a vast collection of resources.

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - US national resource for molecular biology information.

NSW Health Clinical Information Access Program (CIAP) - provides access to clinical information/resources to support evidence-based practice.

PathMax - provides many links grouped by category.

RCPA Manual - a publication of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, this manual provides guidelines for the selection of pathology tests and facilitates interpretation of results.

Science Online - this global weekly of research is  published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

TAFE Studylinks: Anatomy - access a range of websites.

TAFE Studylinks: Biomedical Laboratory Techniques - access a wide range of websites.

TAFE Studylinks: Medical & Allied Studies - access a wide range of websites.

WebAnatomy - Anatomy & Physiology resources

World Health Organisation (WHO) - provides resources, research and links.

Hearing Health

Better Hearing Institute (BHI) - provides information & resources on hearing loss, solutions & prevention with a range of resources & publications.

Cochlear - information and case studies about ear implants.

Hearing Impairments - lots of links from HealthInsite.

Meniere's Disease - information & links from HealthInsite.

Massage

Baby Massage - article with diagrams from the Raising Children Network.

Better Health Channel: Massage - article outlining the types of massage.

Massage - lots of links from HealthInsite.

TAFE Studylinks: Massage - access a wide range of websites.

Ophthalmic Optics

Colour Blindness - information form the Better Health Channel.

Color Vision Test - check out your vision with this online test.

Eye Health - lots of links from HealthInsite.

Orthotics & Prosthetics

Musculoskeletal Conditions - lots of links from HealthInsite.

Prosthetics - lots of links from HealthInsite.

 Other information

Additional information for this area may available via the wide variety of social software (link to Wikipedia) & other Internet services where people share their knowledge and connect/collaborate/communicate with others around the world who have similar interests. Some of these services (with main links to Wikipedia articles) are: 

• Wikis where information is published online through the collaborative input of many people - this information is then available for all to access & edit.
    • wikipedia  - an encyclopaedia with versions in a number of languages
    • wikispaces - used by individuals, education & special interest groups   
   
• Blogs (or web logs) are essentially online journals or diaries presented in reverse chronological order. Groups often use them to promote informal discussion on particular topics or issues.
    • blogger - search for relevant blogs with keywords of your choice
   
• RSS - this is a way of having a summary of information (or feeds) 'delivered' to your web browser or aggregator as it becomes available from online newspapers, magazines or special interest websites.
    • bloglines - an excellent way of managing your RSS subscriptions or Feeds
    
• Social bookmarking sites where users post their list of bookmarks (or favourite websites) for others to search and view. There are specialised services for particular interest groups.
    • del.icio.us is perhaps the best known general social bookmaking service
   
• Newsgroups & mailing lists are older types of Internet services (or forums) which are mainly used these days by special interest groups.
    • tile.net allows you to do keyword searches of these services

To find out more about these and the many other online information services available, explore Wikipedia further as well as its related Wikimedia Foundation projects.

For this program area the following forum may be of interest:

• Yahoo Health - directory of message boards and discussion groups

 Teaching resources

Curriculum Centres provide information and resources for TAFE NSW educational staff relating to this area on their Intranet website - this is only accessible to staff from within the TAFE NSW computer network.

Last updated: 20 April, 2007

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