Search Tool Guide for Effective Internet Search: Search by topic, showing health, fitness, nutrition, weight, safety category sub-category breakdown into: health; physical activity, fitness, and lifestyle; nutrition & weight management; safety, injuries, and treatment

Health
Meta and all-in-one search tools
Information Source	Description	Web Address
Copernic	Health: information related to health on specialized sites
Profusion	Health and Human Service; USDA; Drugs; Health Directories; Health Discussions; Health News; Health Publications; Health Tips; Medical Terms; Travel Health and Safety	Link no longer active, but you can still consider the listed search tools.
Individual directories & other search tools
SearchEngine Watch.com	Directory of medical search tools	www.searchengine watch.com/links /article.php/2156231
American Association of Retired Persons	Health & fitness information	www.aarp.org/health
Big Search Engine Index	Search tool guide, "medical" branch	www.search-engine-index.co.uk/Medical_Search
Dalhousie University Libraries	Internet guides and search tools for health topics	www.library.dal.ca/ kellogg/internet/search tools/searchhealth.htm
Drugs.com	Provides information on drugs	www.drugs.com
HealthFinder	Provides consumer-oriented health information	www.healthfinder.gov
Healthline	Provides "reliable, doctor-vetted information, covering 62,000 web sites with between 45-50 million pages. The site also features hosted content licensed from reliable content providers"	www.healthline.com
Herpes Health	Provides information about genital herpes	www.herpeshealth.com
McMaster University	List of search engines and links	www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/ tomflem/search.html
McGill University Health Sciences Library and Osler Library of the History of Medicine	Selected consumer health resources	www.health.library. mcgill.ca/resource/ consumer.htm
Martindale's Health Science Guide	Health science reference desk	www.martindalecenter.com
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region	Medical and health information	nnlm.gov/pnr/looking.html
PubMed	Provides a very in-depth collection of medical research, dating back to the 1950s	www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov /entrez/query.fcgi
RXList	Provides information on drugs	www.rxlist.com
SearchHelp Center.com	Evaluating health information	www.SearchHelpCenter.com/ effective-internet-search-help-directory-health-safety-sites.html
U.S. AARP	American Association of Retired Persons - health and fitness	www.aarp.org/health
Yahoo Health	Provides information on various health issues	health.yahoo.com

Safety, injuries, and treatment
Information Source	Description	Web Address
Individual directories & other search tools
SearchHelp Center.com	Safety, injuries & treatment organizations & journals	www.SearchHelpCenter.com/ effective-internet-search-help-directory-health-safety-sites.html

Physical activity, fitness, and lifestyle
Information Source	Description	Web Address
Individual directories & other search tools
SearchHelp Center.com	Fitness, physical activity & lifestyle organizations	www.SearchHelp Center.com/effective- internet-search-help- directory-physical-fitness-sites.html
	Women's health & sports organizations & resources

Nutrition & weight control
Information Source	Description	Web Address
Individual directories & other search tools
SearchHelp Center.com	Nutrition organizations & journals directory	www.SearchHelpCenter.com/ effective-internet-search-help-directory-nutrition-weight-control-sites.html
	Healthy weight control and weight loss sites directory

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