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GUIDE TO REFERENCE IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH www.alastore.ala.org ALA Editions purchases fund advocacy, awareness, and accreditation programs for library professionals worldwide. www.alastore.ala.org GUIDE TO REFERENCE IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH CHRISTA MODSCHIEDLER and DENISE BEAUBIEN BENNETT, Editors AN IMPRINT OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CHICAGO • 2014 www.alastore.ala.org © 2014 by the American Library Association Printed in the United States of America 18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 Extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of the information in this book; however, the publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. ISBNs: 978-0-8389-1221-8 (paper); 978-0-8389-1982-8 (PDF); 978-0-8389-1983-5 (ePub); 978-0-8389-1984-2 (Kindle). For more information on digital formats, visit the ALA Store at alastore.ala.org and select eEditions. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Control Number: 014005002. 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This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48- 1992 (Permanence of Paper). www.alastore.ala.org CONTENTS FOREWORD XI CONTRIBUTORS XV EDITORS’ GUIDE XVII 1 Medicine 1 Guides 2 Bibliography 5 Library catalogs 14 Classifi cation 16 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 21 Encyclopedias 33 Dictionaries 49 Directories 65 Handbooks 76 Style manuals 88 Histories 92 Biography 108 Statistics 114 Medical illustration and images 131 Quotations 136 Internet resources 137 2 Bioethics 146 Guides 146 v www.alastore.ala.org CONTENTS Bibliography 147 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 147 Encyclopedias 149 Dictionaries 149 Handbooks 150 Histories 155 Internet resources 155 3 Consumer Health 162 Guides 166 Encyclopedias 176 Dictionaries 186 Directories 187 Handbooks 188 Internet resources 190 4 Dentistry 201 Guides 201 Bibliography 201 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 202 Classifi cation 203 Encyclopedias 204 Dictionaries 204 Directories 206 Handbooks 207 Histories 210 Biography 211 Atlases 211 Internet resources 212 5 Health Care 214 Guides 214 Bibliography 216 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 217 Encyclopedias 220 Dictionaries 221 vi www.alastore.ala.org CONTENTS Directories 222 Handbooks 224 Histories 228 Statistics 228 Internet resources 234 6 International and Global Health 243 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 244 Dictionaries 245 Handbooks 246 Histories 248 Statistics 249 Internet resources 254 7 Medical Jurisprudence 259 Guides 259 Bibliography 259 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 260 Encyclopedias 261 Dictionaries 266 Handbooks 267 Statistics 273 Internet resources 273 8 Nursing 278 Bibliography 278 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 280 Encyclopedias 282 Dictionaries 284 Thesauruses 288 Directories 288 Handbooks 289 Histories 295 Biography 297 Statistics 298 Internet resources 298 vii www.alastore.ala.org CONTENTS 9 Nutrition 300 Guides 300 Bibliography 301 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 301 Encyclopedias 304 Dictionaries 306 Handbooks 308 Tables 315 Internet resources 315 10 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences 318 Guides 319 Bibliography 320 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 321 Encyclopedias 324 Dictionaries 326 Thesauruses 329 Directories 329 Handbooks 329 Dispensatories and pharmacopoeias 346 Histories 349 Internet resources 353 11 Psychiatry 356 Guides 356 Bibliography 357 Classifi cation 358 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 359 Dictionaries 360 Directories 364 Handbooks 364 Histories 375 Treatises 378 Statistics 378 Internet resources 379 viii www.alastore.ala.org CONTENTS 12 Public Health 381 Guides 383 Bibliography 385 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 386 Encyclopedias 394 Dictionaries 397 Directories 399 Histories 399 Statistics 401 Internet resources 406 13 Toxicology 416 Guides 416 Indexes; Abstract journals; Databases 416 Encyclopedias 422 Dictionaries 423 Directories 424 Handbooks 425 Internet resources 430 INDEX 433 ix www.alastore.ala.org FOREWORD The American Library Association has long been a source for authoritative bibliographies of the reference literature for practicing librarians, library educators, and reference service trainers. ALA’s Guide to Reference Books was printed in eleven editions over nearly a century, and was succeeded in 2009 by the online Guide to Reference (www.guidetoreference.org). The Guide to Reference segments, drawn from the online Guide, continue that tradition with expertly compiled, discipline-specifi c, annotated bibli- ographies of reference works and serve as snapshots of the evolving con- tent of the Guide. Although intended for use largely in North American libraries serv- ing institutions of higher education, the segments will also be valuable to public and school librarians, independent researchers, publishers and book dealers, as well as librarians outside North America, for tasks such as identifying sources that will answer questions, directing researchers, creating local instructional materials, educating and training LIS stu- dents and reference staff, and inventorying and developing reference collections. These guides provide a usably comprehensive, rather than exhaustive, repertory of sources as the foundation for reference and information services in today’s higher education settings. They include works that can most usefully satisfy the vast majority of demands made on a reference service, while not altogether excluding “exotic” or little- known works that will meet only the unusual need. In addition to providing classifi ed annotated bibliographies, topical sections include editors’ guides that orient readers to each discipline, its scope and concerns, and the types of sources commonly consulted. 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