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Medical Reference Books

Merck Index
Info on chemicals, drugs and biologicals.
Comprehensive Physiology
NCBI Bookshelf
Free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare
CDC FastStats
The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance
Dictionary of Medical Terms
Biological Atlases
human, mouse etc and brain, body etc
Encyclopedia of Drug Metabolism and Interactions
Find preclinical and clinical aspects of drug metabolism and interactions, including toxicological, regulatory and marketing information.

Medical Databases

PubMed
Definitive citation database for research in medicine and biosciences.

Other Databases To Try

Web of Science
Indexes high-impact science, social science, engineering, and art & humanities research journals.
Scopus
F1000 Prime
Highlights and evaluates most interesting papers published in biosciences and medicine based on recommendations of top researchers.
PsycArticles
Full-text articles in psychology and related fields.
Cochrane Library
Evidence medicine resource includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessment Database, NHS Economic Evaluation Database.

Interested in Medical Devices?

FDA's Establishment & Device Listing
Online and current Medical Device Registry. Lists who makes what.
FDA's Medical Device website
Medical Device Market Place
2017 print edition in library. Lists who makes what.
Medical Device Register
Ceased in 2013. Print edition available. Lists who makes what. Current is online as FDA's Establishment Registration & Device Listing
Medical Materials Database
Mechanical, physical and biological response properties of implantable cardiovascular and orthopedic medical devices.
Visible Human Project
Digital image dataset of complete human male and female cadavers in MRI, CT and anatomical modes. (Note: this is a dataset that needs to be downloaded for free.) List of Projects based on the Visible Human Project Dataset

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