Reference Books
The following call numbers represent where you can find popular reference or reserve books:
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
QV 13 Pharmacy
W 13 Medicine
WA 13 Public Health
WB 13 Medical Encyclopedias
WU 13 Dentistry
WY 13 Nursing
Directories
QV 22-22.1 Pharmacy
W 22-22.1 Health Professions
WA 22-22.1 Public Health
WB 22-22.1 Medicine
WU 22-22.1 Dentistry
WX 22-22.1 Hospitals
WY 22-22.1 Nursing
Drug Information
QV 738-738.1 Pharmacopoeias
QV 772 Non-Prescription Drugs
Ethics
QV 21 Pharmacy
W 50 Medical
WA 21 Public Health
WB 60 Bioethics, Clinical Ethics
WU 50 Dentistry
WY 85 Nursing
Laboratory Techniques
QY 25 Manuals
QY 39 Handbooks
Statistics
QV 16 Pharmacy
W 16 Health Professions
WA 16, WA 900 Public Health
WB 16 Medicine
WU 16 Dentistry
WX 16 Hospitals
WY 31 Nursing
Style Manuals/Writing Guides
WZ 345 APA, AMA
Terminology
QV 15 Pharmacy
W 15 Health Professions
WA 15 Nursing
WB 15 Medicine
WU 17 Dentistry
WY 16 Nursing
E-reference Collections
- AccessMedicine
- American Academy of Pediatrics Red Book Online Current AAP recommendations for diagnosing, treating and preventing infectious diseases in infants, children and adolescents.
- Credo Reference Includes dictionaries such as Dorland's, Mosby's, and Tabers.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook Provides reviews and information about commercially-available standardized tests in developmental psychology, behavioral assessment, neuropsychology and education.
- MD Consult
- Nursing Reference Center
- Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease (OMMBID) Information about genetic disorders and diseases as well as pathophysiology and treatment.
- Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection Includes medical and allied health dictionaries.
- SAGE Reference E-books
- Stat!Ref Online: Electronic Medical Library
Selected Dictionaries and Directories
- AMA Doctor Finder
- Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
- DIRLINE : Directory of Health Organizations Lists organizations willing to respond to public inquiries in their specialty areas, including toxicology, occupational health, and more.
- Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary
- Meeting Index
- Mosby’s Dental Dictionary
- Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professionals
- Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary
- Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Style Guides
Style guides are often located in reference and are for use in the library, please check record for more information.
AMA manual of style: a guide for authors and editors
Call Number: WZ345 A511 2007
ISBN/ISSN: 0195176332- Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers - Karen Patrias, Daniel L. Wendling
E-book 
Health professionals style manual - Shirley Fondiller, Barbara J. Nerone
Call Number: WZ39 F673h 2007
ISBN/ISSN: 0826102077
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: WZ345 P976 2001
ISBN/ISSN: 1557987912
5th ed.
Successful scientific writing: a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences - Janice R. Mathews, Robert W. Matthews
Call Number: WZ345 M439s 2008
ISBN/ISSN: 0521699274
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