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• American College of Rheumatology - ACR offers information and services for members, publications, and a searchable database.
• Arthritis Foundation - Official Web site for the Arthritis Foundation. Includes news and facts, information about and links to local chapters, research information, and patient resources.
• Arthritis National Research Foundation - "The Arthritis National Research Foundation provides funding for highly qualified researchers associated with major research institutes, universities and hospitals throughout the country seeking to discover new knowledge for the prevention, treatment and cure of arthritis and related rheumatic diseases. The foundation receives no government funding; it operates solely through the generosity of individual contributions."
• Ask NOAH About: Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease - A cooperative project of the City University of New York, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, the New York Academy of Medicine and the New York Public Library, NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant, and unbiased. NOAH currently supports English and Spanish.
• BioSites Rheumatology page - "BioSites is a current listing of important Internet resources in the biomedical sciences. The sites evaluated here have been selected as part of a collaborative project by staff in the Resource Libraries within the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine." BioSites makes it easier to locate the best Internet resources on a given topic.
• Cliniweb International Joint Diseases page - CliniwWeb International, a project at Oregon Health Sciences University, is an index and table of contents to over 2,500 Web sites of clinical information. Keyword search or browse through the MeSH hierarchy. CliniWeb is well researched and current.
• Cliniweb International Rheumatic Diseases page - CliniwWeb International, a project at Oregon Health Sciences University, is an index and table of contents to over 2,500 Web sites of clinical information. Keyword search or browse through the MeSH hierarchy. CliniWeb is well researched and current.
• healthfinder™ - Maintains a robust list of consumer health information web sites, selected online publications, databases, self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and non-profit organizations. Search for the specific topic in the A-Z topics list or type keywords in the search dialog box.
• HealthWeb : Rheumatology - This resource is a collaborative effort between the Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Illinois - Chicago and the "Big Ten" universities Committee on Institutional Cooperation. "HealthWeb provides links to specific, evaluated information resources... selected by librarians... at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest." Working together within their “areas of excellence,” they have chosen and critically evaluated a small group of non-commercial resources, rather than providing an exhaustive index.
• MEDLINEPlus Arthritis - The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus pages provide a carefully selected list of resources, not a comprehensive catalog. They are designed to direct users to resources containing information that will help them research their health questions. MEDLINEplus also includes pages on anti-inflammatory drugs, nonsteroidal (systemic); rheumatoid arthritis; juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; and other rheumatic conditions and treatments.
• MEDWEB @ EMORY UNIVERSITY - A very comprehensive page maintained at Emory University, this site offers a categorized list with links to hundreds of sites, as well as links to employment opportunities, medical equipment and products, societies and associations, and much more. Select "Browse by Keyword" and then click on the specific topic desired.
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) - “The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is one component of the National Institutes of Health, the principal biomedical research agency of the United States Government. The NIAMS conducts and supports basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research and research training and disseminates information on many of the most debilitating diseases affecting the Nation's health. These diseases include the many forms of arthritis and diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the skin. The Institute also conducts and supports basic research on the normal structure and function of joints.”
• Patient Information Resources - Rheumatologic Disorders - The Arizona Telemedicine Project and the Arizona Health Sciences Library jointly constructed this page of information about rheumatology. Links are offered to sites in Spanish as well as English.
• Pediatric Rheumatology Page - This site contains a lot of textual information on the different rheumatologic conditions and can affect pediatric patients. Web site creator, Thomas J. A. Lehman, MD of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY divides the information into information aimed at Physicians (including when to refer patients to a pediatric rheumatologist) and Patient and Family Information aimed at the educated consumer.
• Rheumatology International - This is an electronic version of the print journal of the same title published by Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg. An independent journal reflecting world-wide progress in the research, diagnosis and treatment of the various rheumatic diseases. Tables of contents, abstracts and some full-text articles are available online.

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