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Textbooks | Dictionaries | Encyclopaedias | Journal information (Title abbreviations - Impact factors / instructions to authors) | Disease classification | Pharmacopeias and chemical dictionaries | Directories (Australia - United States) | Hippocratic oath | Medical calculators, scores and algorithms
Textbook Collections
**See the NEW E-Books page for individual titles.**
MD Consult has a collection of 50+ medical titles.
Taylor and Francis Online eBook Library
The Taylor and Francis Online eBook Library is a collection of 600 titles covering the areas of psychology, psychotherapy & Jung, education practice, education theory, health & society, and medicine & pharmacology.
StatRef
StatRef is a collection of 30+ medical sciences texts and other resources.
NCBI Bookshelf
A collection of free online books provided by the US National Center for Biotechnology Information. Subject coverage is wide ranging, from clinical medicine to genetics.
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Please note that the complete Library holdings of online textbooks and e-journals are also available through the Library Catalogue.
Some resources are only available to current University of Sydney staff and students.
Dictionaries
MEDLINEplus Medical Dictionary.
On-line Medical Dictionary
Created by Dr Graham Dark the dictionary contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It also includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, and some history.
Encyclopaedias
ADAM Medical Encyclopedia
ADAM is available through the NLM MEDLINEplus site. It has health topics arranged alphabetically as well as by categories.
Journal information
Title abbreviations
NCBI Journals Search
Search by journal abbreviation.
List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus (PDF file)
Includes journal abbreviations.
Instructions to authors / Impact factors / Who has cited what?
Instructions to Authors
From Ramon H. Mulford Library, Medical College of Ohio. This site links to Journal Pages with Guidelines or Instructions to Authors.
Search the database Journal Citation Reports from the Web of Knowledge Portal to locate a journal impact factor by title or subject area.
Search Web of Science from the Web of Knowledge Portal to establish how many times a paper has been cited and who has cited it.
Disease classification
International Classification of Diseases
ICD-10 version
Pharmacopeias, chemical dictionaries & drug information
Australian prescription products guide
Drug information: a guide for Pharmacists
Goodman & Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics
Katzung's Basic & clinical pharmacology
MIMS
Australia's most comprehensive and authoritative pharmaceutical database. MIMS is available to staff and students of the University. Password access is required for home access.
Rxlist
RxList was founded and is maintained by Neil Sandow, Pharm.D. an American Pharmacist. Search by generic or brand name, drug names, keywords, imprint codes, medical terminology or NDC code search. The site contains also information on alternative medicine (western herbs, homeopathics, and Chinese herbal remedies). Drug FAQs/Patient monographs section allows search for information on more than 4,500 popular drugs. The site incorporates the Taber's medical encyclopedia with more than 53,000 definitions.
Medline Plus
Drugs, supplements and herbal Information. Includes the USP(United States Pharmacopeia) a guide to over 9,000 prescription and over the counter medications provided in the USP DI and Advice for Patient.
Directories
Australia
Medical Directory of Australia - CDROM access on PC Med 23 in the Medical Library and a copy (2003) is on the shelf in the Medical Library at R 610.9 14
The Directory consists of a number of sections. One section contains details about almost every doctor practicing in Australia, while others include a comprehensive list of hospitals and a list of Associations and Organisations.
United States
HospitalWeb
Links to U.S. Hospitals on the Web.
U.S. National Library of Medicine(NLM) Medlineplus sites:
Doctors
American Hospital Directory
Organisations
DIRLINE Directory of US Information Resources onLINE
Another NLM site DIRLINE focuses primarily on health and biomedical information resources ie.government agencies, professional societies, support groups, academic and research institutions, and research facilities. Records contain resource names, addresses, phone numbers, and descriptions of services, publications, and holdings, the majority of which are in the US.
Hippocratic oath
Text of the oath (classic version)
Hippocratic oath (classic and modern versions)
Medical calculators, scores and algorithms
Medic.com medical tools, calculators & scores
This site includes calculators such as Body Mass Index Calculator,
Bradycardia Treatment Algorithm, GI Bleed Complication Risk, Kilograms to Pounds, Myocardial Infarction Probability (Goldman), Nephrology Calculators, Predicted Peak Expiratory Flow, Pregnancy Calculator, Trauma Score Calculator and Chart.
Scores include the Geriatric Depression Scale (Koenig), Glasgow Coma Scale, NIH Stroke Scale, TWEAK Alcoholism Score, Trauma Score Survival Probability and others.
The Medical Algorithm project
A Medical Algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare. In this site over 2550 algorithms have been collected. You will need MS Excel to view the tables.