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| General Reference
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| Acronym Finder |
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| Acronym Search Engine |
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| Acronyms for Health Information |
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| AcronymSearch |
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| American Heritage Dictionary |
has 70,000 audio pronunciations |
| Bartlett's Familiar Quotations |
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| Biomedical Acronym/Definition Database |
This database was constructed in a purely automated manner, using a set of heuristics to identify acronyms/
abbreviations and their definitions within MEDLINE records. Currently, it is the world's largest and most comprehensive
catalog of biomedical acronyms and abbreviations, containing approximately 206,000 out of an estimated 224,000
unique acronyms within MEDLINE. |
| Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia |
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| CIA World Factbook |
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| College & University Home Pages |
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| Community Assistance Directory |
Directory of all charitable organizations in Bexar County. Also known as the "Blue Book" |
| Cost-of-living Calculator |
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| Federal Register |
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| Handbook of Texas Online |
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| Information Please |
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| MapQuest |
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| Merriam-Webster Dictionary |
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| Mind: The Meetings Index |
Searchable database of future conferences, congresses, meetings, and symposia |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook |
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| OneLook Dictionaries |
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| Online Conversion |
Convert just about anything to anything else.
Over 5,000 units, and 30,000 conversions. |
| Peterson's Online |
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| ROGET'S Internet Thesaurus |
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States |
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| Test Locator |
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| Texas Information and Referral Network |
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| Texas Legislature Online |
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| Thomas Register of American Manufacturers |
registration required |
| TRAIL (Texas Records and Information Locator) |
TRAIL searches and locates information from over 180 Texas state agency web servers. |
| United States Government Manual |
2000-2001 |
| United States Postal Service |
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| USP Drug Information Update |
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| World Clock |
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| World Time Zone |
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| WWWebster Dictionary |
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| Your Dictionary |
portal to foreign language dictionaries |
| Patent Sites
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| Delphion Patent Server |
Delphion, a paid subscription product, provides patent collections & searching options to see inside the world's important patent databases. Delphion hosts the Derwent World Patents Index®. Derwent gives patent titles and abstracts written in English using descriptive, industry-specific terms as well as the ability to view only one record per invention, eliminating the duplication created by multiple patent publications. |
| Free Patents Online |
Free patent searching of US and European patents, PDF downloading, accounts that allow the organization of documents and searches, notification service and RSS feeds of new patents and published applications. |
| Google Patent Search |
Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s through those issued in the middle of 2006. Google Patents doesn't currently include patent applications, international patents, or U.S. patents issued over the last few months, but we look forward to expanding our coverage in the future. (Free) |
| SCOPUS |
SCOPUS is an abstracts database of more than 27 million records from over 14,000 peer reviewed titles in the medical, scientific, technical, and social science literature. Full-text patent information is also included. More than 60% of the journal titles are from countries other than the United States and include both journals that are unique to MEDLINE and journals that are unique to EMBASE, the European biomedical database that is particularly strong in drug information. SCOPUS was developed using a “user-centered design” based on collaboration among 21 institutions and 300 researchers worldwide. Available to UTHSCSA students, faculty and staff who have registered with the Library and have set a PIN. |
| United States Patent Information |
Search Patents and Published Applications online. |
| Statistics
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| Administration on Aging |
Statistical Information on Older Persons |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Web site provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues. |
| Fedstats: |
One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics |
| Hospital Compare |
The Hospital Compare Website from the US Department of Health and Human Services collects statistics on quality of care at hospitals across the country. Since its launch in 2005, more than 4,000 hospitals have submitted comparable data measures for treatment of heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia. Nearly 1,500 hospitals are also reporting data on prevention of surgical site infections. |
| National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) |
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| National Practitioner Data Bank |
Provides statistics on malpractice-related activities. The data bank is a for-fee service, but the annual reports are free and provide a breakdown by state and/or profession. |
| NCHS |
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| NCHS - Deaths |
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| NCHS - Health United States |
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States |
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| Texas Academic Library Statistics |
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| US Census Bureau |
Here's a link for quick lookup of 1990 Census information (the short form data) by census tract within Bexar County. Or try this one for an easy way to generate a map of your tract. |
| Student Resources
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| APGO Residency Directory |
The Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) is a non-profit, membership-based organization for women's health educators. Password Protected: Obtain this code by contacting the Information Desk Staff. |
| DermIS |
A comprehensive online dermatology information service for healthcare professionals and patients. Contains information about specific conditions as well as an adult and pediatric atlas. |
| ERES: Electronic Reserves |
You can look up a course page by listing courses by department, by instructor's last name, or use ERes QuickSearch. |
| HIPAA Training |
Online training modules for Level 1 and Level 3 are available. |
| Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education, The |
This popular web resource includes over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items for self-assessment that demonstrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings associated with human disease conditions. |
| Lab Training Library |
Multimedia library of training and education for the clinical laboratory.
For off campus access use this web address: http://www.medtraining.org. Users must set up an account using a lab code. Obtain this code by contacting the Information Desk staff.
Lab Training Library will only work with Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher and MS Windows Media Player, 6.4 or higher. It only works on the PC platform, not Macintosh |
| Library Resources for USMLE Step 1 |
The Library put together a list of reference books and other electronic resources for First year Medical Students studying for Step 1, please check the library's catalog for other materials as well as current status of these items. |
| Microsoft CEA Agreement for Students |
The HSC has a volume licensing agreement for several Microsoft products, which allows students, faculty, and staff to purchase these products for $5 per CD (some titles include several CDs). Students must fill out the Student EULA found on this page and take it (and their student ID) to the Bookstore when making their first purchase under this agreement. |
| MS1 CIC Clinical Thinking Track Assignment Instructions |
Tip sheet in PDF format |
| NetAnatomy |
NetAnatomy.com is a work in progress that is being designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, allied health, and nursing students. NetAnatomy will also serve as a place to review anatomy after one’s initial exposure to the subject, e.g. students beginning a clinical rotation, USMLE (National Board) preparation, etc. |
| Radiologic Anatomy |
Interactive program covering the fundamentals of normal radiology. |
| South Texas Clinical Resources |
This collection of clinical resources was collected by the Ad Hoc Committee for Access to Quality Clinical Information on the Internet, made up of employees of the Health Science Center, University Health System, and VA Hospital. |
| STAT!Ref |
Stat!Ref Electronic Medical Library provides quick access to a number of full-text medical reference books covering the areas of diagnosis and treatment in a variety of medical specialties, such as Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardiology, and Surgery. Texts on coding, drug information, and abbreviations and acronyms are also available. |
| SUMSearch |
SUMSearch is an Internet search engine for medical knowledge developed at the UT Health Science Center by Dr. Robert Badgett. It selects the best resources among several full-text books and biomedical databases for the question, formats the question for each resource, and makes additional searches based on results. Use of the search engine is available to all. |
| Web for Students (Inside UTHSCSA) |
Secure access to student information such as: Academic Calendars and Class Schedules; Course Catalog; Student Records (includes grades, transcripts, and holds, such as parking, fees due, etc.); and Financial Aid information. Note: After you log into inside.uthscsa (using your NT username and password), look in the Portal Menu (at the left) for "Student Admin". |
| WebMail |
Access to the UTHSCSA student e-mail accounts. |
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