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The Merck Manuals are a comprehensive medical information source covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine. They are offered as a free public service to health care professionals and the general public.

An open access library of animation enhanced surgical videos. Curated by surgeons from world-class institutions and professional medical illustrators.

Interactive website with diagrams of structures broken down by type and location.

Resource for patients and researchers to provide information on tests, conditions/diseases, and clinical screening procedures and recommendations.

Test prep online for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam.

Professional resources for physician assistants, including career, practice, and news resources.

Professional development information with links to workshops, resources, publications, and liaison organizations.

Search ebooks available through the library.

A MedLine Plus resource with information on the history of the profession, standards and regulation, and practice settings.

The Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) improves the health of people who need it most. We strengthen the health workforce and connect skilled health care providers to communities in need.

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.

The Office on Women's Health (OWH) was established in 1991 within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). OWH coordinates women's health efforts across HHS and addresses critical women's health issues by informing and advancing policies, educating health care professionals and consumers, and supporting innovative programs.

he Food and Nutrition Information Center - a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971 - provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers.

CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest biomedical library, maintaining and making available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. In addition, the Library coordinates a 6,500-member Network of the National Library of Medicine that promotes and provides access to health information in communities across the United States.

ClinicalTrials.gov is a database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world.

The Clinical Trials Search Portal provides access to a central database containing the trial registration data sets provided by the registries.