General
Financial Aid
- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
- Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance
- Federal Student Financial Assistance Home Page
Test Preparation
- LEAP and GEE – Practice Tests
- TestPreview.com – Sample test questions for the GED, SAT, ACT, and more
- Princeton Review
- Kaplan, Inc.
Science Fair Projects
- Discovery Channel School – Science Fair Central
- Internet Public Library – Science Fair Project Resource Guide
- Science Buddies
- Science Fair Project Index
Ochsner Medical Library
The Ochsner Medical Library & Archives often provides classes to STAR Scholars, consisting of a hands-on approach to learning the library’s resources and databases.
- Information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 750 diseases and conditions. There is also a medical encyclopedia, medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, and extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs.
- Guide to Healthy Web Surfing: What to look for when evaluating the quality of health information on the web.
- MedlinePlus Tour: Before beginning your health information research, take this eight-minute tour to get an overview of MedlinePlus.
- A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes over 17 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s
- PubMed Tutorial:Several different ways to search for information in short 1-5 minute tutorials
- Includes books, journals, news, patient handouts, and other leading resources
- "Help" feature provides a section of commonly asked questions
- Specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice
- "Help" feature houses several types of demos that can be previewed, along with a FAQ section of commonly asked questions
Louisiana Colleges & Universities
- Centenary College
- Dillard University
- Grambling State University
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Louisiana College
- Louisiana State University and A&M College
- Louisiana State University - Alexandria
- Louisiana State University - Eunice
- Louisiana State University - Shreveport
- Louisiana Tech University
- Loyola University of New Orleans
- McNeese State University
- Nicholls State University
- Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- Our Lady of Holy Cross College
- Our Lady of the Lake College
- Southeastern Louisiana University
- Southern University and A&M College
- Southern University at New Orleans
- Southern University at Shreveport
- The Tulane University of Louisiana
- University of New Orleans
- Xavier University of Louisiana
Medical & Biomedical Information
- New Orleans BioInnovation Center
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Mayo Clinic
Presentations
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Research
Note: These links to full-text articles may not be accessible from computers outside the Ochsner network.
- Medical subject headings used to search the biomedical literature
- Users' guides to the medical literature: XX. Integrating research evidence with the care of the individual patient
- Users' guides to the medical literature: XXI. Using electronic health information resources in evidence-based practice
- Users' guides to the medical literature: XXII: How to use articles about clinical decision rules
- Users' guides to the medical literature: XXIII. Qualitative research in health care A. Are the results of the study valid?
- Users' guides to the medical literature: XXIII. Qualitative research in health care B. What are the results and how do they help me care for my patients?
- Users' guides to the medical literature: XXIV. How to use an article on the clinical manifestations of disease
- Users' guides to the medical literature: XXV. Evidence-based medicine
Education & Careers in Healthcare
- The Road to Becoming a Doctor - Association of American Medical Colleges
- Becoming a Nurse - Louisiana Center for Nursing
- Planning your NP Education - American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Becoming a PA - American Academy of Physician Assistants
