Searching The Internet

Health Topics

My two favorite sites for search the Internet on health topics are:

PubMed <www.pubmed.com> allows easy searching of Medline and other databases. Be sure to click on the Links icon next to an article you're interested in and then select Linkout. This will tell you if free full-text is available on-line.

MedHunt <www.hon.ch/MedHunt>

Hardin Meta Directory <http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/> is a "list of lists" on numerous healthcare topics.

Computers

PC Magazine <www.pcmag.com> allows searches of all the Ziff-Davis computer publications for product reviews, news and other information.
CNET <www.cnet.com> is another good source of reviews.

Shopping

Getting The Lowest Price

PriceGrabber <www.pricegrabber.com> and PriceSCAN <www.pricescan.com> will compare prices on the Internet, including shipping costs.

Best Book Buys <www.bestbookbuys.com> does the same, but only for books.

For Software And Computers

BUY.COM <www.buy.com> is a site I check for a lower price. Sometimes they also offer free shipping, a substantial difference.

ZONES.COM <www.zones.com> and PC CONNECTION < www.pcconnection.com> have offered great service. If they offer a good price, I'd go with them over an unknown source.

BookPool <www.bookpool.com> offers discounts as high as 40% and 50% on computer books

If you're a student or faculty member, you can get lower academic prices on software at JourneyEd <www.journeyed.com>

Company And Vendor Information

Want to find out more about a publicly-traded vendor?

Go to the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now select QUICK EDGAR TUTORIAL. EDGAR is the database of all SEC filings by publicly-traded companies.

Pick a publicly traded health care IS company based on your interest (e.g., McKesson/HBOC, Epic). Enter it into the EDGAR search form and you will get a list of all SEC filings. Pick their most recent 10-K and read the parts on the company’s strategy, the market they operate in and the risks they are telling shareholders about.

Keeping Up-To-Date

My Yahoo <my.yahoo.com > is a page you customize to include the type of news you want (health, Internet), stock quotes, and weather. It's free.

On-Line Computer Dictionaries

Need to know what a "router" is, or what asynchronous means. Try one of these:

whatis.com

www.netlingo.com

www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/

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