Selected Internet Resources
"The Virtual Reference Desk"
Links to dictionaries, directories, almanacs, and other reference sources on
the web
Directories
American Board of Medical Specialties (Certified
physicians - free online registration required))
American Hospital Directory
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of State Medical Board Executive
Directors (State Medical Board Links)
FREIDA (Information
about Residency programs)
HospitalWeb
Medical School Faculty Online
Directory
NY State Office of the Professions (Licensing information)
• Online
license verification
• License
Requirements and Application Forms
Physician Select Database
Medical Dictionaries
AIDSinfo Glossary
DermPath Tutor -
Dictionary (Department of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine)
Glossary of Genetic Terms (National
Human Genome Research Institute)
Spellex Medical and Pharmaceutical
Online Spelling Verification
Stedman's
Medical Dictionary (StatRef)
General Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Encyclopedias
Dictionary.com (Online dictionary
and link to online thesaurus)
Michigan Electronic Library
- Dictionaries, Thesauri, & Glossaries
Michigan Electronic
Library - Encyclopedias
OneLook Dictionaries (Searches hundreds
of dictionaries)
The Language Center (Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus)
yourDictionary.com
Citation/Documentation Styles
National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation. Supplement: Internet Formats
OWL -
Using American Psychological Association (APA)Format (Online Writing Lab,
Purdue University)
OWL - Using
Modern Language Association (MLA) Format (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University)
Uniform
Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (Vancouver
Style)
Writers Handbook
- Documentation Styles - Includes APA, Chicago, MLA, and more (University
of Wisconsin, Madison)
Quick Facts and Statistics
CIA - The World Factbook
Facts, Figures,
Events - Links to almanacs and more (Syracuse University)
Fast Facts - Links to almanacs,
factbooks, statistics, etc.
Information Please Almanac - Almanacs,
atlases, dictionaries, and encyclopedias
Internet Public
Library - Biographies (University of Michigan School of Information)
Ready Reference and Quick
Facts - From Almanacs to Zip codes (Librarians Index to the Internet)
Telephone
Directories (Librarians Index to the Internet)
