Medicine

Electronic books

Recommended databases

• ProQuest Ebook Central
• ScienceDirect
• SpringerLink
• Wiley Online Library
• Scopus (abstracts only)

Recommended eBooks

Print books

Recommended books

Online articles

Recommended full text databases

• Emerald
• ProQuest
• Sage
• ScienceDirect
• SpringerLink
• Wiley Online Library

Recommended citation and bibliographic databases

• Web of Science: Citation database from Thomson Reuters.
• Scopus: Abstract and citation database from Elsevier.
• PubMed: Search tool for MEDLINE, bibliographic database from the US National Library of Medicine.

Electronic Journals

You can find the list of relevant electronic journals provided by the library under the categories Health Sciences and Life Sciences. Many journals also publish their content freely in Open Access form:

• Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.
• Journal of Medical Internet Research: Publishes several Open Access journals.
• PLOS Medicine: Peer-reviewed weekly published by the Public Library of Science.
• BMJ (British Medical Journal): This peer-reviewed weekly offers open full text access to its research papers.

Print Journals

Reference resources

• Drugs.com | Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side Effects

  Prescription drug information and news for professionals and consumers. Comprehensive prescription and patient information for 24,000 drugs.

• Drugs database: Medication and side effects database.
• Healthline.com: Includes a symptom checker, pill identifier, basic information about various health issues.
• International Classification of Diseases: Complete list of all known diseases in the world.

• Global Health Observatory (GHO) data

  The Global Health Observatory is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for more than 1,000 indicators for its 194 member states. Data are organized to monitor progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• RxList: Drug database, pill identifier, list of US pharmaceutical companies, and much more.

• Medical Subject Headings - Home Page

  Provides a hierarchically-organized terminology for indexing and cataloging of biomedical information useful for searching MEDLINE/PUBmed and other US National Library of Medicine databases.

• RxNorm: Administered by the US National Library of Medicine, this resource provides normalized names for clinical drugs used in the USA.

Web pages

International organizations

• The International Association of National Public Health Institutes: Organization of government agencies working to improve national disease prevention and response. IANPHI is made up of 100 members, located in 88 countries.
• International Council on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use: Forum for regulatory authorities of Europe, Japan, the United State,s and experts from the pharmaceutical industry where they can discuss scientific and technical aspects of pharmaceutical product registration.
• International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering: Not-for-profit industry trade group for pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals.



European Union

• Directorate General for Health and Food Safety: Responsible for the implementation of EU laws on the safety of food and other products, on consumers' rights, and on the protection of people's health.
• European Medicines Agency: Responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision, and safety monitoring of medicines developed by pharmaceutical companies for use in the EU.
• CHAFEA (Consumer, Health and Food Executive Agency): Implements the EU Health Programme, the Consumer Programme, Better Training for Safer Food initiative, and the Promotion of Agriculture Products Programme.
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: Aims at strengthening Europe's defences against infectious diseases.

U.S. Institutions

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, medications, vaccines, blood transfusions, and medical devices.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Protects public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability.
• National Library of Medicine: World's largest medical library.
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Provides trusted health information for preventing harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.

Czech institutions

• State Institute for Drug Control: SUKL ensures that all human pharmaceuticals available on the Czech market meet appropriate standards of quality, safety, and efficiency.
• National Institute of Public Health: Health care establishment for basic preventive disciplines. Its main tasks are health promotion and protection, disease prevention, and follow-up of environmental impact on the health status of the population.
• Institute of Health Information and Statistics
• National Library of Medicine: Provides the country's largest collection of books and journal on medicine and related disciplines as well as educational events.