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AGRICOLA
Includes animal science.
   
BIOSIS Previews through Ovid
   
CancerLit through Ovid
   
Chemical Abstracts through SciFinder Scholar
   
EMBASE: Geriatrics and Gerontology
   
Faculty of 1000
Highlights and reviews selected recent articles in the biosciences.
   
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) through Ovid
   
Journal Citation Reports (SCI JCR)
   
Journals@Ovid Full Text
   
MEDLINE through Ovid
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Contains recent records waiting to be indexed and loaded into MEDLINE.
   
Web of Science: ISI Citation Indexes
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UMI's Online Dissertation Service
BOOKS
    
Big Picture Book of Viruses
    
Developmental Biology. 6th ed.
    
Genes and Disease
    
HELIX
Search the Health Sciences Libraries' online catalog for book, journal, and multimedia holdings.
    
Immunobiology
    
National Academy Press
Full text of all books published since 1994
    
NIST Chemistry WebBook
    
Online Biology Book
   
Stat!Ref
31 online texts, including USPDI and Merck Manual
    
Yale University School Of Medicine Heart Book
 Textbooks
    
Anatomy of the Human Body (Gray's Anatomy-1918 edition)
    
Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney
   
Fundamental Immunology (through Books@Ovid)
   
Harrison's Online
    
Medical Microbiology, 4th Edition
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NCBI Handbook
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Acronym Finder
    
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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InteliHealth Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
    
MedTerms Medical Dictionary
    
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
   
Stedman's Medical Dictionary (through Stat!Ref)
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AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
   
Britannica Online
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Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy: A Functional Approach: Companion to Histology and Neuroanatomy
    
Atlas of the Body from the AMA
    
Atlases of the Brain (University of Utah)
    
Human Anatomy Online
    
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation
    
Interactive Atlases Digital Anatomist Project
    
Whole Brain Atlas
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Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
    
Vancouver Style: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
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ACS LabGuide
    
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Clinical Laboratory Reference (CLR)
    
Fisher Scientific Catalogs
    
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Animal Welfare Information Center
    
AWIC Tips for Searching for Alternatives to Animal Research and Testing
    
Biological Biochemical Image Database
    
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Tox Town
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The Biology Project: An Interactive Online Resource for Learning Biology
    
Biomedical Journal Title Search
    
ChemFinder
    
Chemicool Periodic Table of Elements
    
Delphion Intellectual Property Network
   
DXplain
Diagnostic Software User Guide (PDF)
    
GeneTests-GeneClinics
    
Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
    
MSDSonline (Material Safety Data Sheets)
    
NCBI/NLM Journal Browser (Abbreviations)
    
Net Anatomy
    
Neurological Eye Simulator
    
Structure of the Human Body
    
Virtual Body
    
Visible Embryo
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