Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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Both prescription and over-the-counter medications. Highly credible resource which includes side effects, precautions, dosage levels, etc.
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary Online database
Taber’s Dictionary is another premier reliable source for students and professionals in medical, nursing, allied health, and other healthcare areas. Also an excellent source for other disciplines. Published since 1940, the print edition is quite popular with medical & nursing students due to its physical size (fits in white coat pocket). This online version includes audio pronunciation of terms.
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Stedman's Medical Dictionary Online database
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary is another premier reliable source for students and professionals in medical, nursing, allied health, and other healthcare areas. Also an excellent source for other disciplines. Published since 1833, it is organized by main term, and then subdivided. This online version includes audio pronunciation of terms.
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Dictionary of Nursing Online databaseResource URL: Dictionary of Nursing
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Dictionary of Communication Disorders Online databaseResource URL: Dictionary of Communication Disorders
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Comprehensive Dictionary of Audiology, Illustrated Online databaseResource URL: Comprehensive Dictionary of Audiology, Illustrated
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Dictionary of Audiology Online databaseResource URL: Dictionary of Audiology
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Concise Medical Dictionary Online database
Published by Oxford, includes some illustrations. Easy to understand for lay people and professionals alike.
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Birds of the World Online database
Birds of the World is a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology (Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds, Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive and Bird Families of the World) into one rich and colorful hub where you can find comprehensive, authoritative information on more than 10,720 species accounts.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online database
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.
Resource URL: Oxford English Dictionary