Health References

Dictionaries, General References, Writing Helps

Dictionaries

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary (Intelihealth.com)

MedTerms Medical Dictionary (written for the general public)

Online dictionaries, thesauri, grammars

Columbia Encyclopedia and Gazetteer, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations, Gray's Anatomy, and writing guides (Bartleby.com)

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Medical Transcription Desk
Medical and surgical terms, medical dictionaries, links to medical sites, drug references, lab manuals and radiology terms.

ICD 10 codes

Unified Medical Language System (National Library of Medicine)

Acronyms

General References

Refdesk.com

LibrarySpot.com

IPL2: Internet Public Library 2

Writing Helps

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
• References format

Journal Abbreviations
Use this when the journal you are writing for wants journal abbreviations; enter the first couple words of the journal name in the 'for' box.

Writing Research Papers (Purdue University)
Also has other writing links and style guides for APA and MLA

APA Style Resources