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Anatomy & Physiology Research Guide

Databases: Links to databases indexing magazine, journal and newspaper articles

Biology Research Databases for articles from research journals and popular magazines on biology topics, including anatomy and physiology
Medicine Research Databases For articles on health-related topics.
Newspaper Research Databases For newspaper articles on current issues in Biology and Health.
Biology Journals in the C.O.D. Library
Biology Journals full-text in databases

Library Catalogs: Books, videos and other audiovisuals

COD Library Catalog Items in the COD Library Collection only.
Illinet Online Materials in 65 Illinois libraries.
WorldCat Materials in 9,000 libraries worldwide.

Anatomy Models and Microscope Slides on Reserve

Bring your Library card and check out models and slides from the Circulation Desk for a 2-hour loan.

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Reference Works: Find backgound information, illustrations and data

Anatomy Practice (Electronic Resource): the Undergraduate Edition of A.D.A.M. Practice Practical. Reference QP 34.5 .I6 1999
Atlas of Human Anatomy. Reference QM 25 .A798 2001
Encyclopedia of Hormones. 3 vols. Reference QP 901 .H7 E6 2003
Encyclopedia of Reproduction. 4 vols. Reference QP 251 .E48125 1998
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain. 4 vols. Reference QP 376 .E59 2002
Gray's Anatomy: the Anatomical Basis of Medicine and Surgery. Reference QM 23.2 .G73 1995
Human Body on File: Anatomy. 2 vols. Reference QM25 .H85 1996
Human Body on File: Physiology. Reference QP 41 .H93 1996
McMinn's Color Atlas of Human Anatomy. 5th ed. Reference QM 25 .M23 2003
Oxford Companion to the Body. Reference QM 7.O96 2001
World of Anatomy and Physiology. 2 vols. Reference QP 11 .W67 2002

Internet Science Sites: Major science gateways

Scirus
Comprehensive search engine for science-specific topics. Results cite Science Web sites and provide abstracts from Medline, Science Direct, U.S. Patent office documents and more.
http://www.scirus.com
Science.gov
The gateway to government science information. Provides access to over 47 million pages of government science information from 30 databases and 1700 websites, many part of the "deep web" that is inaccesible to search engines.
http://www.science.gov
HighWire Press
A division of the Stanford University Libraries, this is the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world. Search for PubMed articles, access the contents of 780 HighWire hosted journals, and find listings in other free and pay-for-view sources.
http://highwire.stanford.edu

Internet Anatomy & Physiology Sites

Anatomist Project: Interactive Atlases
2-D and 3-D views (with labeling available) and movies of many parts of the human anatomy.
http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
BBC: Interactive Body
Basic information on parts of the body that challenges you to assemble various organs, bones and muscles in the right places, and tests your nervous system and senses. Requires Flash 5.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml
The E-Skeletons Project
Learn the bones, morphology, origin and insertion points of muscles, and joint articulation. Comparisons to gorilla, baboon, and orangutan skeltons can be made for comparative anatomy. Includes self-tests to check understanding of material.
http://www.eskeletons.org
LUMEN: Loyola University Medical Center Gross Anatomy Tutorial
Illustrated tutorial with self-quizzes to help students learn human anatomy. Many more web-based links are listed under "Anatomy on the Internet."
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/GA.html
LUMEN: Loyola University Medical Center Zoomified Histology
Examples and explanations using hundreds of slides to illustrate 22 topics in histology. Includes lab practical sel-quiz feature. Be sure to look at links to other websites under "Histology on the Internet."
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/histo_frames.html
Understanding the Immune System
A self-study primer that illustrates and explains the immune system, the complex network of specialized cells and organs that distinguishes between self and foreign molecules inside the body.
http://rex.nci.nih.gov/behindthenews/uis/uisframe.htm
The Virtual Body
English and Spanish guide to the anatomy of the body.
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
Whole Brain Atlas
From Harvard Medical School, images and identification of the parts of the normal brain and brains affected by disease or stroke.
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
The Virtual Library: Biosciences
Extensive list of links to valuable websites in many areas of the biological sciences.
http://www.vlib.org/Biosciences.html
Yahoo's Index of Biological Links
Search for information by biological subject categories or by keyword.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/

Citing sources: MLA, APA and CBE (Biology) formats

The Library's Citing Sources Guide
MLA and APA styles with links to helpful websites and a citation formatting program
http://www.cod.edu/library/research/Citenet.htm
CBE Format
How to format in a biology-specific style.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

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