Selected Websites

Veterinary Organisations

North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE)
The NAVLE is a requirement for licensure to practice veterinary medicine in all licensing jurisdictions in North America. The site includes sample multiple choice questions. Other useful publications include:

Mosby's Review Questions and Answers for Veterinary Boards
Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NAVLE 2009
Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NAVLE interactive exam practice CD-ROM 2009

AVA Online - official website of the Australian Veterinary Association.Membership information and conference details, information for Vets on important animal health issues. Some parts of the site are accessible by AVA members only.

AVMA Online -Website of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Information on AVMA policies, veterinary organisations, education, veterinary news. Also information for pet owners.

British Veterinary Association

Canadian Veterinary Medical Association

Commonwealth Veterinary Association - membership of the CVA is open to National Veterinary Associations of Commonwealth member countries.

Federation of Veterinarians in Europe - an umbrella organisation of more than 30 European Veterinary Organisations

New Zealand Veterinary Association

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - the regulatory body for the veterinary profession in the United Kingdom. The site gives information about the organisation, news, membership,education, careers and library.Includes an online guide to professional conduct (click on publications).

Veterinary Council of New Zealand - manages the registration of Veterinarians, promotes standard, hears complaints, and has disciplinary powers.  The site includes the Code of Professional Conduct (click on Publications)

Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) - UK - responsible for the authorising and controlling the manufacture and availability of veterinary medicines.

Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria - the Board registers veterinary practioners, investigates complaints.

World Veterinary Association

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Veterinary Resources - General

Martindale's Virtual Veterinary Center - U.S. site with information on courses (including online courses), textbooks, databases, links to useful sites, research

Institute For Animal Health UK - Virus pages - information on viruses,  links to virology websites.  Also, the
Foot and Mouth Disease Homepage - up-to-date information on foot and mouth disease, links to other foot and mouth disease websites.

Animal Health Australia - information on national animal health services, animal disease surveillance, emergency animal disease preparedness.

AUSVETPLAN - The Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan. Manuals outlining technical  responses to emergency disease outbreaks coordinated at a national level.

Department of Primary Industries - Vic - information on animal health and welfare, and animals and livestock.

Department of Sustainability and Environment - Vic - Information under Plants and Animals on native animals and pest animals.

Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program - Sponsored by the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians this site provides information on internships and residency in veterinary hospitals and universities in the United States including application information.

Science Portal - from the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Technology this site gives information on specific research fields, research grants and programs, policy, research organizations, and Australian directories and databases.

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Conferences

VetAgenda - a database of veterinary conferences, congresses and courses throughout the world.

World Veterinary Association - List of Events and Conferences

International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS) - conference proceedings available online. Includes World Buiatrics Congress Proceedings 2004 on, and American Association of Equine Practitioners Proceedings 1997 on. Look under Library for proceedings after login. Need to register on IVIS.

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Journal Information/Instructions to Authors/Abbreviations

PubMed Journal Database Browser for journals indexed in PubMed and Medline

Journal Abbreviation Sources - registry of internet resources that lists or provides access to the full title of journal abbreviations.

MedBioWorld - instructions to authors, journal tables of contents and journal information in veterinary science, life sciences and medicine.

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Legal Information

Commonwealth

Australian Legal Information Institute - free internet access to Australian legal materials including federal and state legislation, subject databases and an index to Australian law on the Internet.

LawSearch Online - Provides access to Commonwealth Bills and Acts and other Legislation. This site is progressively being replaced by ComLaw

Victorian

Parliamentary Documents Home Page -Provides access to Victorian Parliamentary documents for the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.

Victorian Acts/Regulations include:

Veterinary Practice Act 1997
Prevention of Cruielty to Animals Act 1986 and amendments
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992 and amendments
Domestic (Feral and Nuisance) Animals Act 1994 and amendments
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 and amendments
Animals Legislation (Animal Welfare) Act 2003

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Documenting and Citing Information

Citing Electronic References - a University of Melbourne Library guide

Citing Information - The University of Melbourne Library. Includes information on citations and citation styles, reference lists/bibliographies, using Endnote (a bibliographic management system used for managing your references).

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources - University of Alberta Libraries

Online! Citation Styles - Bedford/St.Martins - information on citation styles for online resources

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Internet searching

Intute: Health and Life Sciences - Veterinary - an internet search service to find animal health internet resources (formerly known as VetGate) as well as resources in Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health, Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Bioresearch, and Natural history.

Scirus (Elsevier Science) - an internet search service that searches for scientific information on the web, and also in journal sources.

BUBL - Catalogue of internet resources including veterinary science (under 600 Technology then 630 Agriculture and related technologies).

Searching the Internet - a useful guide produced by the University of Melbourne library to searching the Internet.

Google Scholar - for searching scholarly literature including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Guide to Google Scholar

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