Medical Explorations Program Resources
The following resources will be helpful in achieving the research component of the Medical Exploration Program. In addition to these resources, please stop by the reference desk for additional help with your research.
Major Health Issues for Tennesseeans:
In addition to Consumer Health Web Links and other resources, we include links to information on the top six Major Health Issues for Tennesseans on our Consumer & Patient Health Information Service page.
Medical Dictionaries
Start here to look up words you are not familiar with:
MedlinePlus Dictionary
MedlinePlus includes a medical encyclopedia and dictionary, in addition to extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs and health information.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Located in the StatRef electronic book collection, this is a comprehensive dictionary of medical terms.
Medical Terminology Course
An easy to use free resource on Medical Terminology, produced by Des Moines University.
Textbooks
Although textbooks are not considered primary sources of information, they can be useful in gaining an understanding of your topic.
Print Text Books
Online Catalog
Search the catalog for books owned by Preston Medical Library. Please note that we share the catalog with UT Main campus Library (Hodges) so not all the books you find will be located here. Look for the Preston Location.
Electronic Textbooks
Merck Publications
From this list of reference books available, select the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, a medical textbook for healthcare professionals. You will find chapters on all categories of diseases. This is a good place to start for overview of information.
StatRef
A collection of 39 medical textbook searchable by keyword. There are many good reference books in this collection.
MDConsult Books
This book collection includes 50 leading medical reference books which are searchable by keyword or you may browse through the table of contents. There are also over 50,000 high-quality searchable images.
UpToDate
This is essentially a quarterly updated textbook of expert opinion on over 7300 topics in 13 medical specialties. There are also many graphs and figures that are helpful in understanding your topic and links to the abstracts of articles which are cited in the text.
Medical Databases
PubMed
When searching for primary literature for your topic this is a great place to start. This database indexes all the major medical journals and there are links to our full text electronic version of the articles.
Tennessee Electronic Library
Use the Health Reference Center Academic database in this collection.
Dynamed
DynaMed is a clinical reference tool used by physicians while they are in the clinical setting. There are 3,000 reviewed medical topics which are updated regularly with evidence based information from 500 medical journals. There are links to the PubMed journal abstracts imbedded in the text, which makes this product especially useful.
Statistical and Demographic Information
Health Information Tennessee
This is a good source of health statistics for the state of Tennessee including information on birth, mortality, population, and health facilities.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Data and Statistics
Two resources of interest are located at this CDC Website. Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics and Faststats provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance.
US Census Bureau
A resource for demographic, ethnic and health information such as health insurance and disability.
Ethics Resources
AMA Medical Ethics
American Medical Association web site contains information on medical ethics topics including the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.
Electronic Journals on the Topics of Ethics
The following is a list of titles available through our Electronic journal collection
Bioethics
BMC Medical Ethics
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Hastings Center Report
HEC Forum
International Journal of Ethics
International Journal of Politics and Ethics
Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics
IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research
JONA'S healthcare law, ethics and regulation.
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Journal of Medical Ethics
Journal of Medical Humanities
Medical Ethics Advisor
Medical Humanities
Second Opinion
The Journal of Ethics
Theoretical Medicine & Bioethics
Style Guides
American Medical Association Style Guide
Simmons College has created this concise guide to the AMA citation formats. This web site will assist you in creating correct citations formats for articles, books, web sites etc.
PowerPoint Tutorials
If you need some help in creating your PowerPoint please feel free to come see one of the librarians, but if you prefer a tutorial, this is a good one!
Poster Preparation Tutorial
Please see the linked PowerPoint for tips on using PowerPoint to prepare posters.
Previous Medical Explorations Classes:
May 25, 2010
Quick Links
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Preston Medical Library & Learning Resource Center
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
UT Medical Center
1924 Alcoa Highway
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-6999
(865) 305-9525
Fax: (865) 305-9527
library@utmck.edu