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State and Local Information

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Annotated Laws of Massachusetts From LexisNexis® Academic. Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users.
City of Worcester, Massachusetts Official City of Worcester, MA municipal website.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Trial Court Law Libraries.
Commonwealth Medicine A "public, non-profit consulting organization guided by a mission to help state agencies and healthcare organizations optimize the effectiveness of healthcare initiatives that serve the underserved in their communities."
General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Provides information on Massachusetts legislators, committee information, and texts of bills.
Mass.Gov Website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association) Annotated list of databases produced by Massachusetts State Agencies.
Massachusetts Constitution From LexisNexis® Academic. Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users.
Massachusetts Government Document Indexes Keyword indexes to 19th-century official documents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the W. E. B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Cases from 1768 From LexisNexis® Academic. Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users.
Municipal Codes Online From the Seattle Public Library
Statistical Abstract The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Published since 1878, data are provided by many federal agencies as well as private organizations.

Federal Government Sites

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About NCBI Information about the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)  
Administration on Aging (AOA)  
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) "The lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans."
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)  
ATSDR Science Page (ATSDR)  
ATSDR Toxicological Profiles  
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Learning tools for K-12 students, parents and teachers.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)  
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)  
ChildStats.gov  
ClinicalTrials.gov Provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. Information available includes statements of a trial's purpose, participation guidelines, locations, and phone numbers for more details.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) The U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
Directory of Health Organizations Online  
Envirofacts Data Warehouse Searches several EPA databases for environmental information in your area.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
FDA Consumer Magazine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
FDA Enforcement Reports  
FDA Press Releases and Talk Papers  
Federal Agency Internet Sites  
Federal Depository Library Program Electronic Collection  
Federal Digital System (FDsys) Provides public access to information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes. FDsys enables the Government Printing Office to manage information from all 3 branches of the U.S. Government. Replaces GPO Access.
Federal Register (FR) Free from GPO Access. Full-text back to 1994.
Federal Resources Organized by Topic  
FedStats  
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)  
Forms and Publications from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) The official source of IRS tax products.
GPO Access A service of the US Government Printing Office providing free access to many important information products of the Federal Government. The information provided is the official version and can be used without restriction unless otherwise noted.
GrayLIT Network  
Guide to House and Senate Members From GPO Access, a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)  
healthfinder®  
HHS Data Council Gateway to Data and Statistics  
HIV/AIDS Information  
Index to Drug-Specific Information NOTE: this site includes only those drugs with Healthcare Professional, Patient, and Consumer Information Sheets, Medication Guides, and Information Pages.
Indian Health Service (IHS)  
Information Bridge Open source to Department of Energy's scientific and technical information.
LocatorPlus Books, journals and audiovisuals in the National Library of Medicine collections.
MMWR Press Summaries  
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) The MMWR weekly contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries.
MyPyramid.gov  
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS is the nation's principal health statistics agency, compiling statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people.
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)  
National Institutes of Health (NIH)  
National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Includes over twenty participating federal agencies.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) The largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information, covering over 350 subject areas from over 200 federal agencies.
Nutrition.gov  
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Provides practical information on jobs and careers. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)  
Office of the Surgeon General The Surgeon General is America's chief health educator.
Program Support Center (PSC)  
Public STINET The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)'s Scientific and Technical Information Network Service.
Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects Contains records for projects that include digitized copies of publications originating from the U.S. Government.
Reports of the Surgeon General  
science.gov Interagency initiative of 17 U.S. government science organizations.
Search the Federal Government through USA.gov  
Statistical Abstract The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Published since 1878, data are provided by many federal agencies as well as private organizations.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)  
THOMAS Legislative information freely available from the Library of Congress.
Tox Town "An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places."
TOXNET  
Travelers' Health  
USA.gov The official U.S. gateway to all government information.
White House, The  
www.health.gov Portal to the web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities.

International Government Sites

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International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)  
International Travel and Health Vaccination requirements and health advice for international travellers.
Official Documents of the United Nations (UN) Covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993, with older documents added on a daily basis.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) An international public health agency with 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas.
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)  
World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
World Health Report Each year the report combines an expert assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries, with a focus on a specific subject.

NLM (National Library of Medicine) Technical Bulletin