Use a Reference source for background information, to get an overview of a topic; define terms, theories, and persons in the field; and provide you with further readings on each subject. Using a reference resource in your research is especially useful at the beginning of a project, when it can help you focus your activities.
Provides background information on a wide variety of diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy and biology. Available as an online electronic resource (eBook) or in print in the reference stacks on the 1st floor of the library under call number RC41 .M34 2011.
A comprehensive medical resource site from the National Library of Medicine/NIH, featuring a full-text encyclopedia, medical dictionaries, videos, links to external organizations, directories of doctors and hospitals, consumer health libraries, publications, and clinical research study data.
We have many encyclopdias, handbooks and other reference works--many of them electronic-- that can provide you with valuable background information. Please use OneSearch search below.
