U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
DHHS is the federal government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

• AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
  AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides information for better decisionmaking by health system leaders.
• Health Care Financing Administration 
  HCFA is the federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance.
• NLM Gateway
  The Gateway provides an overall search of the National Library of Medicine's information resources.
  • NLM's LOCATORplus
    LOCATORplus is the National Library of Medicine's online catalog of books, book chapters, technical reports and conference papers.

CSHP - Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers
CSHP is a guide to health policy related web sites, with an emphasis on New Jersey.

LibrarySpot
LibrarySpot is a free virtual library resource center containing the best library and reference sites. It includes the Britannica and subject sites providing electronic books and articles.

Pam Pohly's Net Guide
This site provides management resources for healthcare, hospital systems, and managed care executives. It includes links and reference materials on medical legal issues, healthcare legislative and policy concerns, management strategies, etc.

RAND Health
RAND is a non-profit research and analysis institution that publishes their findings online. 


E-Books
National Academy Press
The NAP offers cutting-edge electronic books on science, health, etc.

The On-Line Books Page
The University of Pennsylvania site provides more than 14,000 English books free in various formats. Books may be searched by subject.

Compiled by Carole Bruce