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Library Research Guide for Medicine


Books
*  Pegasus Catalog: Books and other items available at the UCSB Libraries
*  MELVYL Catalog: Books and other items available at any of the UC campuses' libraries
E-Books
*  Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray
*  ATSDR's Toxicological Profiles [UCSB!]
*  BIOSCIENCEnetBASE [UCSB!]
*  CogNet Library (MIT)  [UCSB!]
*  Combined Chemical Dictionary- includes Dictionary of Drugs and Dictionary of Natural Products  [UCSB!]
*  Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) Monographs  [UCSB!]
*  Merck Index  [UCSB!]
*  Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
*  Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
*  Merck Veterinary Manual
*  National Library of Medicine Electronic Bookshelf
*  NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE  [UCSB!]
Article Indexes and Databases
*  PubMed Biomedical database (1966-present).
*  Academic Search Complete   Multidisciplinary database (varies; most coverage is 1986-present).
*  Biological Sciences  Biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology, agriculture, and veterinary medicine (1982-present).
*  BIOSIS Previews  Comprehensive life sciences database (1926-present).
*  PsycInfo    Psychology, the behavioral sciences, and related disciplines (1840-present).
*  Toxline  Toxicology including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens (current year plus last 5 years).
*  Web of Science   Citation index (1945-present).


E-Journals [UCSB!]
*  Search by title
*  Subject list: Health Sciences

Dissertations
*  Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts) [UCSB!] Indexes dissertations from 1861 to the present from over 1,000 universities. Full text access to dissertations from all UC campuses 1997 to the present.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
*  American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia SEL Ref Desk RC81.A2 A497 2003
*  Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution SEL Ref QP 34.5.M24 2005
*  Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development SEL Ref QP 84 .C26 1998
*  Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology SEL Ref R 121.J86 2002
*  Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs SEL Ref RM 316.M555 2002
*  Encyclopedia of AIDS SEL Ref RA 644.A25 E5276 2001
*  Encyclopedia of Biostatistics SEL Ref RA 409.E53 2005
*  Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects SEL Ref RB 155.5 W96 2000
*  Encyclopedia of Health and Aging SEL Ref RA 777.6.E534 2007
*  Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior SEL Ref R 726.5.E53 2004
*  Encyclopedia of Human Biology SEL Ref QP 11.E53 1997
*  Encyclopedia of the Human Brain SEL Ref QP 376.E586 2002
*  Encyclopedia of Immunology SEL Ref QR 180.4.E53 1998
*  Encyclopedia of Life Sciences  SEL Ref QH 302.5.E53 2002
*  Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology SEL Ref RA 418.E354 2004
*  Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences SEL Ref RC 344.E52 2003
*  Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Good Health SEL Ref RA 784.R646 2003
*  Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders SEL Ref RC 552.E18 C37 2006
*  Encyclopedia of Public Health SEL Ref RA 423.E53 2002
*  Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Pharmacology SEL Ref RM 301.65.E53 2004
*  Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine SEL Ref R 733.G34 2005
*  Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine SEL Ref RC 41.G35 2006
*  Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology SEL Ref QR 180.4 C78 2003
*  Stedman’s Medical Dictionary SEL Ref Desk R 121.A53 2002
*  Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering SEL Ref R 856.A3 W55 2006
*  Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine SEL Ref QH 506.W535 2002
Handbooks and Manuals
*  AMA Manual of Style SEL Ref R 119.A533 2007
*  Comprehensive Toxicology SEL Ref RA 1199.C648 1997
*  Goodman and Gilman’s the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics SEL Ref RM 300.G644 2006
*  Gray’s Anatomy SEL Ref QM 23.2 G73 1995
*  Handbook of Psychophysiology SEL Ref QP 360.P7515 2000
*  Handbook of Obesity SEL Ref RC 628.H29 1998
*  Handbook of VitaminsSEL Ref QP 771.H35 2007
*  Harrison’s Manual of Medicine  via Netlibrary
*  Hormones, Brain and Behavior SEL Ref QP 356.45.H433 2002
*  Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry SEL Ref RC 454.C637 2005
* Merck Index   
* Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy SEL Ref Desk RC55 .M4
*  Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease SEL Ref RC 627.8.M47 2001
*  Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs SEL Ref RM 302.5.S52
*  Oxford Companion to the Body SEL Ref QM 7.O96 2001
*  Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine SEL Ref R 121.O884 2001
*  PDR: Physician’s Desk Reference SEL Ref Desk RS 75.P5 2007
*  PDR for Nonprescription Drugs SEL Ref Desk RM 671.A1.P48 2007
*  Red Book SEL Ref HD 9666.2.D7 2004
*  Sexually Transmitted Diseases SEL Ref RC 200.S49 1999
Related Guides
*  Medicine Subject Page
*  Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Subject Page
*  Internet Resources in Medicine
*  Internet Resources in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
*  Internet Resources in Biotechnology



Last updated: June 2008
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