The Association of Vision Science Librarians is an international organization composed of professional librarians specifically individuals who work within libraries that serve educational institutions, eye clinics and hospitals, and private companies with an interest in eye or vision-related products and services. Besides information on the organization, the site contains resources for developing a vision library and a subject guide and A-Z list of eye resources on the Internet plus material in Spanish and statistical resources. http://www.avsl.org/ The DJO is a peer-reviewed ophthalmic online journal which covers clinical and basic aspects of ophthalmology. It is published by the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. It aims to serve as a valuable resource for ophthalmologists, eye care providers, vision scientists and eye patients throughout the world. http://www.djo.harvard.edu/index.php The site includes case reports with images, diagnostic tests, tutorials and examination questions. Each ebook can be downloaded onto a standard floppy disk. The material was originally developed for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK. http://www.mrcophth.com/electronicbooks/electronicbooksdownloading.html This comprehensive resource includes clinical information, a detailed table of contents, search engine, and bibliographies. http://www.emedicine.com/ophthalmology/index.shtml Eye Cancer Network provides comprehensive resources on the diagnosis and treatment of eye tumors, eye cancers and orbital diseases. It is intended to serve as an educational resource for eye oncologists, eye care providers and eye patients. The site has three versions: English, Spanish and German. It includes links to relevant eye cancer and tumor resources. http://www.eyecancer.com/ The site contains information, numerous images and a keyword search engine. http://www.stlukeseye.com/Conditions/ This site is a web-based, instructional tool on the anatomy and pathology of the eye. - It is designed for use by a wide range of health professionals from first-year medical students to ophthalmic pathologists. The site includes a database of more than 3,500 eye diseases with over 3,000 high quality images and a glossary of 5,000 linked definitions. Registrationisrequired, but is free of charge. http://www.eyepathologist.com/ This site provides clear, concise information on more than 50 common eye diseases. The site is well illustrated and has a keyword search engine. The text has been prepared by U.S. optometrists and is hosted by the U.S. journal Review of Optometry. Editorial policy is unclear. http://legacy.revoptom.com/handbook/hbhome.htm ICEH is a WHO Collaborating Center for the Prevention of Blindness, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The organization helps the Vision 2020 global initiative to reduce avoidable blindness, with a particular emphasis on low income countries. The site includes information on the Center and its research, teaching and information services. It contains links to fulltext books, journals, and teaching tools. https://www.iceh.org.uk/display/WEB/Home This site is one of the subject pages of the "Diseases and Disorders" gateway. It contains an extensive list of links organized by disease subject categories and subcategories. http://www.mic.stacken.kth.se/Diseases/C11.html The site provides free access to the world's resources for vision loss, vision-impairment, blindness, low vision aids and low vision rehabilitation services. The site also provides information on media, computer and Internet access for visually impaired patients. http://www.lowvision.org/ This chapter of the Merck Manual provides useful clinical information on eye injuries and disorders, plus links to related topics in the Manual. The site includes a keyword search engine. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec09.html This site provides a large on-line collection of photographs of eye disease. Users can download all images free of charge, for use in lectures and publications. http://www.eyeatlas.com/ OptoNews Africa is a non-governmental, non-profit initiative to improve visual and eye health in Africa. The site includes the free newsletter OptoNews, which contains optometric information and education for eye health workers throughout Africa. OptoNews also has an email discussion list. http://www.onanetwork.org/ ORBIS is a nonprofit, global development organization whose mission is to eliminate avoidable blindness in developing countries. The organization emphasizes capacity building for local eye health partners to prevent and treat avoidable blindness. The site describes Orbis’ numerous programs throughout the world including the Cyber-Site – Orbis Telemedicine resource and numerous other educational courses. http://www.orbis.org/ This PubMed search will identify all eye related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22eye%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20eye%5BText%20Word%5D%29 This site is for doctors who are taking specialist exams in ophthalmology (Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists). It is organized into various sections: ophthalmic examination, diagnosis, surgical training, ophthalmic radiography, ophthalmic trials and guidelines, systematic eye diseases, and ophthalmic history. The educational resources include teaching files, test materials, and case studies with a series of sample questions and answers in Oxford Eye Page. These are useful resources for medical students, educators and health care professionals in the field of ophthalmology and vision science. The site also includes ophthalmic images and videos. http://www.mrcophth.com/chua1.html The Atlas is a database of images about eye diseases, produced by the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. It is intended for ophthalmologists, general physicians, and medical students. The Atlas can be searched in threeways: anatomy, primary care and specific topic. http://www.nyee.edu/digitalatlas.html A U.S. based non-government organization, Unite for Sight works to develop sustainable solutions to eye care needs in the underserved population within the United States and developing countries. The organization emphasizes health education and disease prevention. The site contains links to brochures in English and French to educate international communities about health and disease, including trachoma, river blindness, glaucoma, diabetes, malaria, and yellow fever. These brochures are also distributed by Unite For Sight volunteers in countries throughout the world. http://www.uniteforsight.org/ Vision 2020 e-resource is an online collection of comprehensive resources for eye care programs around the world – to help assess, plan, implement and manage high quality, efficient, and sustainable eye care programs. It contains Resource Bank, Site-forum, Site-news and Links sections. Funded by the International Eye Foundation (U.S.), the site is maintained by the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, India. http://www.v2020eresource.org/ Vision 2020 e-resource is an online collection of comprehensive resources for eye care programs around the world – to help assess, plan, implement and manage high quality, efficient, and sustainable eye care programs. It contains Resource Bank, Site-forum, Site-news and Links sections. Funded by the International Eye Foundation (U.S.), the site is maintained by the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, India. http://www.v2020eresource.org/ Help us to improve Essential Health Links. Please send your comments and suggestions to: eh-links@healthnet.org