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.
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• 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.
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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).
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• Deciphering Medspeak
  Medical terminology made understandable for consumers. From the Medical Library Association (MLA).
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.