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Reeves Library, Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA
<http://www.cottagehealthsystem.org/HealthResources/ReevesMedicalLibrary/tabid/187/Default.aspx>

Santa Barbara's Cottage Hospital hosts the largest medical library between Los Angeles and San Francisco: the David L. Reeves Library. The library is open Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm and is open to the public; however, materials may not be checked out by non-employees. You may, however, visit the library, examine materials, and make copies.

Ohio State University Council of Science Editors (CSE) Documentation Style
<http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/csegd.php>

A good place to start learning the Council for Science Editors (CBE) documentation style.This will usually be the method of documentation applied to your medical report paper.

Clinical Trials.gov
<http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui>

Website description: "ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you
information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. Before searching, you may want to learn more about clinical
trials."

US Food and Drug Administration
<http://www.fda.gov/default.htm>

FDA Mission Statement: "The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs,
biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to
improve their health."

California Board of Pharmacy
<http://www.pharmacy.ca.gov>

Embryonic Stem Cells Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
<http://news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells>

Emedicine.com
<http://www.emedicine.com/>

Website overview: "Launched in 1996, www.eMedicine.com comprises the largest and most current Clinical Knowledge Base available to physicians and health professionals. Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base, which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders. The evidence-based content—updated 24/7—provides the latest practice guidelines in 62 medical specialties. eMedicine's professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a PharmD. eMedicine’s professional and institutional subscription site is www.iMedicine.com."

Rdental.com
<http://www.rdental.com>

Stanford Medworld
<http://www-med.stanford.edu/medworld/home/>

MEDLINE (Medical Literature, Analysis, and Retrieval System Online) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html>

From website: "MEDLINE® (Medical Literature, Analysis, and Retrieval System Online) is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains over 12 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. It can be searched via PubMed® or the NLM Gateway. (Time coverage: 1966 to the present.)"

Medscape from webMD
<http://www.medscape.com/px/urlinfo>

allnurses.com
<http://www.allnurses.com/>