A widespread compilation of directories for locating national and international research centers and organizations, physicians in the United States, hospitals, medical organizations, and various telephone books and search resources, such the reverse phone directory, the reverse email directory, zip code directories, driving directions, government and press information, and company profiles.
A comprehensive dictionary
of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
373,000+ definitions.
Format: Website
Provides links to a host of dictionary sites.
Format: Website
Provider: Auburn University Libraries
Contains full-text articles from Encyclopedia Britannica and Britannica Book of the Year (world events since 1993). Includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, articles of current interest, featured biographies, links to quality web sites ("Britannica Internet Guide"), the year in review, and more. Truncation symbol: *
Format: Database
Provider: Encyclopedia Britannica
The largest one-volume and up-to-the minute general encyclopedia available. Also available in print: Ref.7 AG5 C72
Format: Database
Provider: Bartleby.com
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
A comprehensive and authoritative source of the vocabulary of medicine.
Format: Book
W13 En36d
Provided by the Administrative Panel on Human Subjects in Medical Research, Stanford University.
Format: Website
Provider: Stanford University
Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic Diseases
Names of syndromes and eponymous diseases which occur frequently in medical literature.
Format: Book
WB15 J11i
Resources include dictionaries, thesauri, translators, quotations, calculators, biographies, maps, and much more.
Format: Website
MediLexicon contains searches, information, news and resources for the medical, pharmaceutical and healthcare professional. A resource with access to a medical dictionary based on Stedman's, ICD9 codes, medical abbreviations, hospital equipment and directories of hospitals.
Format: Website
Provider: mediLexicon
The Dictionary, available from MEDLINEplus, contains definitions for 60,000 words and phrases used by health care professionals. A Medical Encyclopedia is also available.
Format: Website
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary
Up-to-date information concerning health and healthcare terminology.
Format: Book
WY13 M85
Contains the full-text of the 20-volume second edition of the
OED (except for the bibliography), the three additions published between 1993 and 1997, and quarterly releases of work in progress from the revision of the
OED. The
Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.
Format: Book
Provider: Oxford University Press
Use of this resource is restricted to Duke faculty, staff, and students.
Searchable version of Roget's International Thesaurus.
Format: Website
MLA's list of prescription shorthand and its translation.
Format: Website
Provider: Medical Library Association
Basic search feature retrieves the full-text resource; vailable through Anatomy TV. This resource is also available in: Ref.2 W13 En36s
Format: Book
Provider: StatRef
Links to various dictionaries.
Format: Website
