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Subject Resources: Medical Reference

Databases
	ABMS Certified Doctor Registration required
	Acronym Finder
	AIM DocFinder - Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
	All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources Categorized registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations
	AMA Physician Select
	Credo Reference (Xrefer)
	Directory of Health Organizations Online (DIRLINE)
	EBM Reviews - Cochrane Methodology Register
		Ovid
	EBM Reviews - NHS Economic Evaluation Database
		Ovid
	Epocrates Online Premium Database of clinical and formulary information
		ePocrates
	Faculty of 1000 Biology Highlights and reviews selected recent articles in the biosciences.
		BioMed Central
	Gale Virtual Reference Library Contains encyclopedias and reference books in a variety of subjects.
	Google Scholar Search engine for scholarly literature
		See More Info for access information.
	Health Hotlines: Toll-Free Numbers from the National Library of Medicine
	Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office. U.S. Army (IndexCat) Index of monographs, journal articles, dissertations, theses, pamphlets, and reports.
	ISI Journal Citation Reports
		ISI	1998--
	Journal Database from PubMed Enter MEDLINE abbreviation to find full title or enter the full title to find abbreviation.
	LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources.
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	MEDLINE (OvidSP) With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
		Ovid	1950-present
	MEDLINEplus Consumer health resources
	Mental Health Services Locator
	Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists ABMS : American Board of Medical Specialties
		See More Info for access information.
	OSHA/EPA Occupational Chemical Database
	OvidSP at USC (Includes MEDLINE and other databases)
	Peterson's Education and Career Center
	Primal Pictures Primal Pictures Interactive Anatomy
		Ovid
	PubMed@USC With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
			1966 to date.
	Science Citation Index Expanded Citation database for the sciences
			1900 to present
	ScienceDirect Access over 1,800 peer reviewed academic journals.
	Scirus (Elsevier) Scirus is Elsevier's science and engineering-focused free web search engine.
	USC Experts Directory
	Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases.
			1900-present
	WhoNamedIt.com The World's Most Comprehensive Database of Medical Eponyms
eBooks
	American Heritage Medical Dictionary
		Credo Reference
	American Hospital Directory
	Black's Medical Dictionary
		Credo Reference
	Black's Veterinary Dictionary
		Credo Reference
	Books@Ovid Access to 300+ major texts and handbooks in primary care, nursing, pharmacology, and internal medicine.
		Books@Ovid
	Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease
		Credo Reference
	Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing
		Credo Reference
	Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary Bilingual dictionary that covers Spanish and English words and expressions.
	Collins Dictionary of Medicine
		Credo Reference
	Credo Reference (Xrefer)
	Dictionary of Medical Terms
		Credo Reference
	Ebrary Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes
	eMedicine : Dermatology
	eMedicine : Pediatrics
	First Aid for the ABSITE First Aid for the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination
		Stat!Ref
	First Aid for the NBDE Part II First aid for the National Board Dental Exam
		Stat!Ref
	FreeBooks4Doctors Collection of over 500 titles
	Gale Virtual Reference Library Contains encyclopedias and reference books in a variety of subjects.
	Glossary of Terms and Symbols Used in Pharmacology
	Grant Application Writer's Handbook
		R2 Library
	Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Harrison's Online
		AccessMedicine - McGraw-Hill See More Info for access information
		Access Pharmacy - McGraw-Hill
	ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases)
	Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office. U.S. Army (IndexCat) Index of monographs, journal articles, dissertations, theses, pamphlets, and reports.
	International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
	International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) National Center for Health Statistics
	Jablonski's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
		Stat!Ref
		Credo Reference
	Martindale : The Complete Drug Reference
		Books@Ovid
		OTHER See More Info for access information
	Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, Surgery, and Other Specialties (eMedicine)
	Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary Includes audio pronunciation
	Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary
		Credo Reference
	Mosby's Emergency Dictionary
		Credo Reference
	Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages
	New Harvard Guide to Women's Health
		Credo Reference
	Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists ABMS : American Board of Medical Specialties
		See More Info for access information.
	R2 Library Collection of health sciences books
		R2 Library
	Royal Society of Medicine : Medicines
		Credo Reference
	Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia
		Credo Reference
	Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary
		Credo Reference
	Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
	STAT!Ref (StatRef) Online texts, including 5-Minute Clinical Consult, DrugPoints system, Merck Manual, and MedCalc calculator
		Stat!Ref See More Info for access information.
	Stedman's Medical Dictionary
		Stat!Ref See More Info for access information.
	Webster's New World Medical Dictionary Your guide to symptoms, diseases, treatments, pharmaceuticals, and more
		Credo Reference
	Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials Basic concepts, methodologies, and applications in clinical trials
		Wiley Reference Works
	World Directory of Medical Schools
	Writing And Publishing In Medicine
		R2 Library
Web Sites
	APA Format: Citing Your Sources
	Bandolier Glossary
	Best Hospitals
	Citation Machine Formats citations for you
	COI Toolkit Conflict of Interest Toolkit
	FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
	Genetics Home Reference
	Google Scholar Search engine for scholarly literature
		See More Info for access information.
	Human Anatomy Online
	ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases)
	Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
	International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
	International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) National Center for Health Statistics
	MEDLINEplus Consumer health resources
	My NCBI Tri-fold handout in PDF format for My NCBI tool
	Nobel e-Museum A virtual Nobel museum of science and culture describing work recognized by the Nobel Prizes.
	Ovid MEDLINE Tutorial
	Profiles in Science National Library of Medicine
	PubMed My NCBI Trifold handout in PDF format
	Recall.gov
	Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation. 1991 National Library of Medicine
	Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation. Internet Supplement. 2001 National Library of Medicine
	Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine Freedom to archive and reuse scholarly works on the Internet
	Scirus (Elsevier) Scirus is Elsevier's science and engineering-focused free web search engine.
	Scitopia
	VADLO Search engine for the life sciences
	Web of Science Training
eJournals
	Journal of the American Society for Information Science
		Wiley Interscience	Vol. 37, no. 1 (Jan. 1986) -- v. 51, no. 14 (Dec. 2000)
	Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Forum for new research in information transfer and communication processes
		Wiley Interscience	Vol. 52, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)--present
	Life Sciences (1973)
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 13, no. 1 (July 1, 1973)-present