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Virtual Reference Tools

• Merriam-Webster OnLine with pronunciation
• OneLook Dictionaries  http://www.onelook.com
• Acronym Finder  http://www.mtnds.com/af/
• The On-line Medical Dictionary from CancerWEB; hyperlinked terms 
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary    18th Edition
• MedlinePlus' Dictionary
• Bartlett's Quotation's http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
• Glossary of Biochemistry and Microbiology   http://db.portlandpress.com/glick/search.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica Online full-text access via Hamilton Library

• Librarians Index to the Internet from the LIbrary of California
• Internet Public Library University of Michigan School of Information
• LibrarySpot 

• AMA or Vancouver Style--Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals-- "Vancouver Convention"
  Use this format for medical journal submssions  
• APA Format
• Using APA: American Psychological Association referencing style helpful two-page summary with examples.
• American Psychological Association Format from the University of Illinois Writer's Workshop
• Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition), Purdue University
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the AmericanPsychological Association  http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
• Writer's Handbook APA Documentation Style from the University of Wisconsin
• EndNote Bibliographic Software--Tutorials
  • Endnote Interactive Tutorial , version 4 but still useful, created by Lynn Tabata, Ed Admin, College of Education, UH Manoa
  • Learning Endnote 6: A Quick Guide to Getting Started created by Lynn Tabata, Ed Admin, College of Education, UH Manoa
• Searching UH Voyager with EndNote
  • UH Voyager Connection File
• ScienceDirect Import Filter
• EndNote Tipsheets from Niles 
• Yale Medical Library All Things EndNote

• How to Read a Paper, Series from British Medical Journal
  Includes full text articles such as "Statistics for the Non-Statistician," "Assessing the Methodological Quality of
  Published Papers," etc.
• Keeping Current Keeping Sane Workshop from Dartmouth Library

Statistics/Epidemiology

• Statistics at Square One by T D V Swinscow,  9th ed., 1997
• Epidemiology for the Uninitiated, 4th ed.
• Electronic Statistics Textbook from StatsSoft

• Writing a literature review
  • How to Write a Literature Review, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Review of Literature, Writing Center, University of Wisconsin
  • Writing a Literature Review, University of New England
  • Writing a Literature Review in the Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Toronto
  • Writing, Tips for Literature Searches, some concise advice from Rehab~NetWest
  • Writing a Review Article for Psychological Bulletin, by Daryl J. Bem, Cornell University; includes many points relevant to writing any kind of literature review
• Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences Medical College of Ohio
• Online Technical Writing Course Guide from Austin Community College--

recommended by University of  Illinois Writing Workshop.  Includes information on abstract writing, technical report writing, oral presentations, etc.
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and ScienceStudents  

• A Poster Worth a Thousand Words: How to Design Effective Poster Session Displays. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 93(8):865-866 (1993).
• Creating a Poster Using MS PowerPoint from Laura Larsson, University of Washington 

• Oral Presentations from Online Technical Writing Course Guide 
• Effective Presentations, Jeff Radel, University of Kansas Medical Center

• Finding Health Information Online from the University of Washington, Health Sciences Library, Janet G. Schnall, MS, AHIP
• Navigating the Web: Using Search Tools and Evaluating Resources  from the University of Washington, Health Sciences Library, Janet G. Schnall, MS, AHIP and Emily Hull, MLS.  An excellent tutorial.
• Bare Bones 101 - a tutorial created by Ellen Chamberlain, Head Librarian at the University of South Carolina

Beaufort campus
• Finding Information on the Internet; a tutorial from University of California at Berkeley
• Guide to the Internet for Medical Practitioners from BMJ
• Knowledge Management in Health Services from Univ. of Washington
• PC Webopedia online search engine and encyclopedia re computer technology

MEDLINE Tutorials

• OVID Interactive Tutorial from Duke University Medical Center Library  
• PubMed Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, interactivel
• Links to PubMed MEDLINE factsheets, tutorials, worksheets from the National Library of Medicine
• Evidence-based Medicine Tutorial from Miner Library University of Rochester Medical Center

• Cochrane Library electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving

     care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels
     Access via Hamilton Library 
     Access via Hawaii Medical LIbrary
• Hawaii Medical Library links  excellent links to a range of Evidence Based Medicine sites
• Miner Library University of Rochester 
• See additional links on this site from Evidence Based Medicine Workshop

• Search for  e-mail addresses http://www.switchboard.com/
• Univ.of Hawaii Faculty-Staff Directory
• National Institutes of Health Directory of Personnel  find addresses postal and e-mail
• US Dept of Health and Human Services Directory

Web-based Bookmark Managers

• Free web-based services allowing you to save your bookmarks and access them from wherever you are.
• MyBookmarks http://www.mybookmarks.com/
• myHq http://www.myhq.com/