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| Research Databases | |
| Health Reference Center | This database indexes a variety of medical and consumer health periodicals and provides the full text of several of the most important medical journals, as well as some basic medical reference books. |
| Medline | Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline is the premier database for in-depth medical research. It does not include full text articles. |
| Access Science | Access Science is an online science and technology encyclopedia that covers a variety of medical topics. |
| General Databases | |
| Selected Reference Sources | |
| Encyclopedia of Human Biology | Ref QP 11 .E53 1991 |
| Stedman's Medical Dictionary | Ref R 121 .A53 1995 |
| Statistical Record of Health and Medicine | Ref RA 407.3 .S732 1995 |
| Oxford Medical Companion | Ref RC 41 .O84 1994 |
| Physician's Desk Reference | Ref RS 75 .P5 2000 |
| Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry | Ref RS 402 .C65 1990 | Access Science | online |
| Journal Databases | |
| Health Reference Center | This database indexes a variety of medical and consumer health periodicals and provides the full text of several of the most important medical journals, as well as some basic medical reference books. |
| Medline | Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline is the premier database for in-depth medical research. It does not include full text articles. |
| Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature | Covers 900 nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals, publications of the American Nursing Association, and the National League for Nursing. Does not include full text. |
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Medicine and Health Journals Journals marked SRR are located in the Science Reading Room | |
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| Medicine and Health Videos at James B. Duke Library | |
| The Secret of Life Video QH 442 .S42 1993 |
This 8-part series reveals how scientists' ability to decipher and manipulate human genes will transform medicine and perhaps the human race. It chronicles the scientific findings in molecular biology through tales of discovery, personal case studies and engaging histories. Using three-dimensional animation and special photographic techniques, the series reveals an unseen world and showcases how DNA, base pairs, genes, proteins, promoters and receptors work. |
| Women in Medicine Video R 692 .W65 1993 |
This program looks at the lives of women in today's medicine and talks to men and women physicians and educators about the impact of women doctors on the world of medical care and research. |
| Green Medicines Video SB 293 .G74 1995 |
This documentary follows scientists in various disciplines in their work, such as ethnobotanists working with herbal healers to learn about the traditional use of green medicines and pharmacologists bringing rain forest plants into the lab to find the chemical structure of active molecules. |
| Web Resources | |
| National Library of Medicine | |
| National Institutes of Health |
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