Virtual Reference Desk - Reference Tools

 All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources - Registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations.

Biomedical Acronym Resolver - Abbreviations and acronyms used within Medline. University of Texas Southwestern.

MediLexicon - Dictionary of 165,000+ medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations. Plus medical news and searches for the medical, pharmaceutical or healthcare professional.

Who Named it? - A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, medical phenomena named for a person with a biography of that person.

Computational Tools, Scientific Tables

The Medical Algorithms Project -A Medical Algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare. More than 5100 algorithms, organized into 45 chapters, are available as spreadsheets which can be opened in your browser (IE4.1+, Netscape 7.1+). Algorithm documentation is available online in a separate window, so pop-ups must be enabled. In addition to the online spreadsheets 40 algorithms are now available online as web-based forms. Developed by the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine.

Medical Tools, Calculators & Scores - Medic8® is a leading UK medical portal for healthcare professionals and consumers around the world.

OnlineConversion.com - "Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions."

 Life Science Tables - Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, University of Copenhagen - Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Pennsylvania State University.

Copyright, Writing & Publication Aids

Copyright & Fair Use - Stanford University Libraries

How to Cite Electronic Sources - Library of Congress

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences - Mulford Library, Medical College of Ohio

NLM Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation; Supplement: Internet Formats

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals - International Committee of Biomedical Journal Editors

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Translation Tools

Merriam-Webster Online - Merriam-Webster Dictionaries and Thesaurus. Includes audio pronunciation guides.

Translation Sources - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University

Wikipedia - The free encyclopedia.

Psychological Tests, Scales, Questionnaires

Psychological Research on the Net - John H. Krantz, PhD, Hanover College.

Psychology on the Web: Online Tests - Douglas Degelman, PhD, Department of Psychology, Vanguard University of Southern California.

Test Reviews Online - Buros Center for Testing, publisher of Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print. Free information on 4,000 commercially available tests. 2,000+ have been critically reviewed by the Buros Institute; reviews may be purchased for $15 per test title.

Quality Measures, Quality of Life Tools

Australian Centre on Quality of Life

Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database - Mapi Research Institute & Mapi
Research Trust, Lyon, France.

QualityCheck - "comprehensive guide to the more than 15,000 Joint Commission-acredited health care organizations and programs throughout the United States." JCAHO.

QualityTools - "clearinghouse for practical, ready-to-use tools for measuring and improving the quality of health care." Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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