E-Texts for the Health Sciences

Current Protocols in Cell Biology

This online manual contains detailed descriptions of standard laboratory methods used by researchers in cellular biology. Examples of these protocols include: cell cycle analysis, digital electrophoresis analysis, immunoblotting and immunodetection, and protein phosphorylation.

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

This online manual contains detailed descriptions of standard laboratory methods used by researchers in molecular biology. Examples of these protocols include: In situ hybridization, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), protein expression, and YAC libraries.

Harrison's Online

Consists of the latest ed. of the basic text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, sections on clinical trials, updates (and their related references, including abstracts) related to the text and an online pretests section. Also included is an online forum where interested participants can post messages, read, or join any discussion threads.

MD Consult

Full text access to selected medical texts, such as Cecil Textbook of Medicine and Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts, and CME materials.

The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy, 17th ed.

Presents treatment options for a broad spectrum of medical disorders. Discussions include etiology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis, symptoms and signs, laboratory findings, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

The Merck manual of geriatrics

Discusses physiologic changes of normal aging and the clinical aspects of caring for the elderly patient. Also covers cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, genitourinary and gynecologic, hematologic, musculoskeletal, metabolic and endocrine, neurologic, psychiatric, skin, eye, and ear, nose and throat disorders as well as infectious diseases, in the elderly.

The Merck manual of medical information, Home ed.

Covers human diseases and disorders. Includes discussion of prescription and over-the-counter medications, including use and interactions. Also has information on anatomy, physiology, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment options.

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary

Minnesota health profiles

Includes county profiles and profiles for the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Duluth, Edina, and Richfield; and a single profile for the State of Minnesota. Contains statistics on population, births, deaths, motor vehicle injuries, immunization, diseases, suicide, homicide, long term care facility utilization and behavior risk factors.

National Academies Press

Provides access to the full text of hundreds of books including those from the Insitute of Medicine.

NCBI Bookshelf

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), in cooperation with authors and publishers, provides access to the full text of basic science and clinical books.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Provides detailed information on hundreds of inherited diseases.

The Prokaryotes

A reference work on the biology of bacteria.

Stat!Ref

Full-text access to selected medical and drug textbooks including current editions of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, Current Ob/Gyn Diagnosis & Treatment, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV), and Schwartz's Principles of Surgery.