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Healthy Santa Cruz County - Medical Atlases, Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Library Resources
- Find Books: Medical Encyclopedias
Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date medical encyclopedias. Click here to search the library catalog.
Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, medical encyclopedias, medical reference - Find Books: Medical Handbooks
Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date handbooks covering a wide variety of medical topics. Click here to search the library catalog.
Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, medical reference
Recommended Websites
- adam.com Medical Encyclopedia
Special features: Over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries; also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. From: MedlinePlus (NLM / NIH).
Browse related subjects: medical dictionary, medical encyclopedias, medical reference, recommended website - Deciphering Medspeak
Medical terminology made understandable for consumers. From the Medical Library Association (MLA).
Browse related subjects: medical dictionary, recommended website - Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
Special Features: Online version of the Twentieth Edition of this classic medical anatomy reference book; includes engravings. Provided by Bartleby.com.
Browse related subjects: anatomy, medical reference, recommended website - Human Anatomy Online
Special features: High-interest interactive exploration of 10 body systems from Intellimed.
Browse related subjects: anatomy, medical reference, recommended website - MedlinePlus: Medical Dictionary
Comprehensive medical dictionary, with spelling assistance, from MedlinePlus.
Browse related subjects: medical dictionary, medical reference, MedlinePlus, recommended website - MedTerms Medical Dictionary
Special features: Easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms. Quick access to hard-to-spell and often misspelled medical definitions through an extensive alphabetical listing. From MedicineNet.com.
Browse related subjects: medical dictionary, medical reference, recommended website - Merck Manuals Online Medical Library
Includes: Merck Manual's Second Home Edition, the world's best-selling home medical reference; The Merck Manual of Health & Aging, published in 2004; The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, 3rd Ed., and more. Registration is not required, and use is unlimited; the web publications are continuously updated to ensure that the information is as up-to-date as possible. From: Merck & Co.
Browse related subjects: children's health, general health information, medical reference, men's health, recommended website, senior health, women's health - Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary (27th Ed.)
Special features: Search for reliable medical terminology definitions by word, keyword, definition or wildcard. From Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
Browse related subjects: medical dictionary, medical reference, recommended website - The Virtual Body
Explore four major body systems from a 3-D perspective; available in Spanish. From ehc.com.
Browse related subjects: anatomy, medical reference, recommended website
Databases
- Gale Directory Library
Online reference that includes Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations, Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S., Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations, and National Directory of Non-Profit Organizations - Health and Wellness Resource Center
Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
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