Carol McWilliams's List: Reference materials

The Internet is a useful tool for finding information about cancer and connecting with other patients and caregivers. However, it can be difficult to find credible, reliable information about cancer causes, risk factors, treatment, and recovery. Because Internet content is not regulated, you need to use good judgment when searching online. Included are questions to consider when viewing cancer information websites.

Established in 1994, the Florida Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is a breast and cervical cancer screening program that provides reduced-cost or free mammograms, clinical breast exams and Pap smears to low-income, uninsured women between the ages of 50 and 64.

Find a local program, with 800#, program highlights etc.

The purpose of the CAPHIS Top 100 List is to provide CAPHIS members and other librarians with a resource to use in their daily practice and teaching. ..Our goal is to have a limited number of resources that meet the quality criteria for currency, credibility, content, audience, etc....

Includes PubMed tutorial, basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), and how to search PubMed.

World's largest medical library. Information for the public, health care professionals, researchers, librarians and publishers.

This site's main purpose is to debunk ineffective methods marketed as "cures." If you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, investigate carefully and don't let fear or desperation cloud your judgment.

Physicians' Desk Reference information on prescription, over the counter medicines, herbals and supplements.

More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health. Includes diseases and conditions, symptoms, drugs and supplements, tests and procedures, healthy lifestyle and first aid.

"Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions"

"Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine"

Search by drug name, active ingredient, or application number, also drug approval reports by month.

Peer reviewed, non-commercial, patient centered, a public resource on clinical lab testing from the laboratory professionals who do the testing.

The Merck Manuals online medical library for health care professionals.

"What Happens to Your Breast Biopsy/Lumpectomy/Mastectomy Specimen in Pathology"

Content provided by Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a comprehensive and coordinated effort to accelerate understanding of the genetics of cancer using innovative genome analysis technologies.

NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, a resource with more than 6,000 terms related to cancer and medicine. May be searched or browsed by letter of alphabet.

The NCI Drug Dictionary contains technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer. Each drug entry includes links to check for clinical trials listed in NCI's PDQ® Cancer Clinical Trials Registry.

From Genome.gov. Audio definitions designed to help learners at any level better understand genetic terms; illustrations and 3D animations guided by national science standards; a gene knowledge test explained by scientists at the NIH.