Online Reference
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Dorland's Illustrated
Medical Dictionary, 30th Edition
To search and browse the full contents of this classic comprehensive and
up-to-date medical dictionary enter a term or select an initial letter from
the alphabet. Terms are listed within ranges of words, just like on a
dictionary page. Click the range of words where your term would appear.
- Instructions for Authors
When preparing a
research paper or manuscript, you may need
what a journal's particulars are
for submitting an
article. Use this
link to locate the journal's instructions for submission. Choose from over
3,500 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to
"primary sources" - that is, to publishers and organizations with
editorial responsibilities for the titles.
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to
Biomedical Journals
Authors must also follow the instructions to
authors in the journal as to
what topics
are suitable for
that journal and the types of papers that may be submitted
- Physicians Guide to the Internet
Here you will find a number of links that will lead you to starting points
from which to begin your topical search.
- AMA Style Guide for Citing Electronic
Sources (A)
A synopsis highlighting the main points the American Medical Association
Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors when considering
publishing an article.
- AMA Style Guide for Citing Electronic
Sources (B)
This is a guide to the most frequently used entries from the American
Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th ed., 1998.
- APA Style Guide for Citing Electronic Sources
write in “APA style,” they do not mean writing style. They are referring
to the editorial style that many of the social and behavioral sciences have
adopted to present written material in the field.
- (Son) of Citation Machine

The primary goal of this site is to make it easy
for students and researchers to cite their information sources using any of
four major style guides by simply following the four-step instructions.
- Multilanguage
/
English medical terms
On this page you will have to choose your look-up language. After your
selection, you can call the alphabetical list of medical terms or the
glossary in the language you have selected.
- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, Second Edition
The Guide has become an established reference source for clinicians needing
evidence-based recommendations on preventive services; for managers and
payers seeking information on preventive care; and for students, trainees,
and researchers interested in both the process and substance of preventive
service guidelines.
- Government
Health Statistics (FedStats)
The gateway to government health
statistics from over 100 federal agencies.
- A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine,
2004
A comprehensive physical
examination and clinical education site designed and assembled with an eye
towards clinical relevance.
- Cost of Living Calculator (COL) compares COL for U.S. cities
Leave it to a realty company to provide a full array of information and
calculators providing the particulars of cost of living comparisons.
- Foreign Currency
Converter
The Universal
Currency Converter ®, the world's most
popular currency tool, allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange
rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute currency
rates. Just follow the simple directions.
- Roget Thesaurus
Search the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus
- Internet Hoaxes
and Myths
This web site by Vmyths helps you to stay on top of computer virus
hysteria while they refuse antivirus ads.
- Internet
Urban Legends Reference
Here you can search through their many categorized topics, ranging from
automobiles to weddings as Internet hoaxes, rumors, urban legends and urban myths are debunked.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Information for International Travel
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) have
created this one-stop site for all specific information a traveler may need
whether your travel is to be domestic or international.
- American
Hospital Directory
The American Hospital Directory
provides online data for over 6,000 hospitals. The section linked to here is
FREE though more detailed information about
hospitals is available to subscribers.
- Webster's
Dictionary
Based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate®
Dictionary, Tenth Edition. The online dictionary includes the main A-Z
listing of the Collegiate Dictionary, as well as the Abbreviations, Foreign
Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names sections of
that book. It also includes 1,000 illustrations and 25 tables.
- Medical Dictionary
Drawing on the expertise of more than seventy specialist physicians at MedicineNet.com,
this up-to-the-minute dictionary provides definitions of over 8,000 medical
terms.
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition
Celebrating its 100th year, The Merck Manual continues to cover
all the subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine as well as
detailed information on pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology,
dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and a number of
special subjects. The 18th edition will be published in October, 2006.
- The Merck Manual of
Geriatrics, 3rd edition
Think of this as an interdisciplinary textbook that reflects the optimal
approach to geriatric care.
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The data in the weekly MMWR
are provisional, based on weekly reports
to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) by state health departments.
- AT&T Free Phone Directory
Find a business, person, toll-free number, or reverse lookup all at this
site provided by AT&T. You may also map out directions and find area
codes on these pages.
- United States Postal
Service
This United States Postal
Service tool helps you locate a zip code for an address, business, or city or
town. Post office locations, postal calculation, and package tracking
are some additional features that make this comprehensive site a snap to
use!
- Acronyms Server
You can search here for acronyms and for words used in acronyms
- Acronym Finder
Search a database of more than 3 million abbreviations and
acronyms.
- InfoPlease Almanacs
Presented in an A to Z keyword index of their general, entertainment, and
sports almanacs. Or, you may search the almanacs,
encyclopedia, or dictionary.
- ENCYCLOpedia.com
Encyclopedia.com gives you credible answers from published reference works – all in one place including 49 encyclopedias and 73 dictionaries and thesauruses.
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