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AccessMedicine provides a collection of full text books which are available to affiliates of KUSM-W while at the campus or with VPN or dial-up access. This collection includes the Lange Educational series on various subject categories. It also provides study questions the Lange Assessment Tool if you sign up for free password.

Brenner & Rector's The Kidney, 7th ed. Elsevier, 7th ed.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 10th ed. (Canale) Mosby, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Campbell's Urology, 8th ed. (Walsh) Elsevier, 2002.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Cancer Mortality Graphs & Maps
The atlas is a book of maps, text, tables, and figures showing the geographic patterns of cancer death rates throughout the United States from 1950-94 for more than 40 cancers. The atlas was prepared and published by the Cancer Institute (NCI). Featured are 254 color-coded maps that show the variations in cancer mortality rates during 1970-94 compared to those 1950-69.

CDC Guide to Community Preventive Services
Provides systematic reviews and evidence based recommendations for a number of topics.

Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 22nd ed. (Goldman) W.B. Saunders, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Clinical Dermatology, 4th ed. (Habif) Mosby, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 6th ed. (Habif) Mosby, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Clinical Oncology, 3rd ed. (Abeloff) Elsevier, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 4th ed. (Roberts) Elsevier, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Clinical Toxicology, 1st ed. (Ford) W.B. Saunders Co., 2001.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed, 2001-2004
The encyclopedia contains nearly 51,000 entries on a vast range of topics and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references. It is part of the Bartleby.com online books collection.

Columbia World of Quotations
The 65,000 essential quotations that constitute this authoritative collection represent the research of 154 experts. Entries from more than 5,000 authors and speakers are multiply classified into 6,500 subjects. It is part of the Bartleby.com online books collection.

Comprehensive Gynecology, 4th ed. (Stenchever) Mosby, 2001.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Conn’s Current Therapy 2005, 57th ed. (Rakel) Elsevier, 2005. Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 2nd ed. (DeLee) Elsevier, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1st ed. (Frontera) Hanley and Belfus, 2002.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Essentials of Radiology, 2nd ed. (Mettler) Elsevier, 2005.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Ferri's Best Test: A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, 1st ed. (Ferri) Mosby, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Ferri’s Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment, 2005 ed. (Ferri). Mosby, 2005.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

FreeBooks4Doctors
Provides links to more than 650 medical books. Free access.

Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 10th ed.
Full text of book is available in AccessMedicine to affiliates of KUSM-W while at the campus or with VPN or dial up access.

Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging, 4th ed.
Churchill Livingstone, 2001. Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (USPSTF)
The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2005: Recommendions of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, compiles abridged U.S.Preventive Services Task Force recommendations released from 2001 to 2004.

Handbook of Medical Psychiatry, 2nd ed. (Moore & Jefferson) Mosby, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers, 16th ed. (Johns Hopkins) Mosby, 2002.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (AccessMedicine)
Full text of book is available in AccessMedicine to affiliates of KUSM-W while at the campus or with VPN or dial up access.

Healthy People 2010.
Healthy People 2010 provides a framework for prevention for the Nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats. Healthy People is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 6th ed. (Braunwald) W.B. Saunders Co., 2001.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice, 4th ed. (Hoffman) Elsevier, 2005
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

HIV InSite Knowledge Base
The comprehensive, on-line textbook of HIV disease is available from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.

Hurst's The Heart, 11th ed. (Fuster)
Full text of book is available in AccessMedicine to affiliates of KUSM-W while at the campus or with VPN or dial up access.

Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed. (Cohen & Powderly) Elsevier, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Institute of Medicine Reports
See the National Academies Press. The National Academies Press publishes reports from the Institute of Medicine and other agencies. Among many relevant subject categories on the left side bar of the web site are: Medicine/Public Health, Food & Nutrition, Environmental Issues, Behavioral Science, Public Policy.

Integrative Medicine, 1st ed. (Rakel) Elsevier, 2003
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Kansas Primary Care Health Professional Underserved Areas Report

Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 7th ed. (Harris) Elsevier, 2005.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Krugman’s Infectious Diseases of Children, 11th ed. (Gershon) Mosby, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

MDConsult
An extensive online medical information service. It provides Web access to 49 medical reference books representing the various specialties, articles from over 71 journals, practice guidelines, drug information (GenRX), over 2,500 patient education handouts, CME, and daily medical updates customized to your specialty. This source is restricted to KU School of Medicine - Wichita affiliates. Call the Farha Medical Library (316-293-2629) to register for a password.

Medicine in Quotations
Containing over 3000 entries, Medicine in Quotations is a comprehensive collection of quotations published by the American College of Physicians. Quotations are organized by topic with subject and author indices.

Merck Manual of Geriatrics, 3rd edition, Updated
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics offers information to health professionals about the various aspects of medical care for elderly patients. All topics in this book are in the process of being updated. Updates will be issued every few months over the course of 18 months beginning in May 2005. Topics that have been updated are now dated in the bottom right corner.

Middleton’s Allegy: Principles and Practice, 6th ed. (Adkinson) Mosby, 2003
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of
KUSM-W.

Miller's Anesthesia, 6th ed. (Miller) Elsevier, 2005
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

National Academies Press (Institute of Medicine)
The National Academies Press publishes reports from the Institute of Medicine and other agencies. Among many relevant subject categories on the left side bar of the web site are: Medicine/Public Health, Food & Nutrition, Environmental Issues, Behavioral Science, Public Policy.

NCBI Bookshelf
The Bookshelf is a growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched directly by typing a concept into the textbox. Alternatively, the user may click on the book title of interest and scan the short table of contents or read the full contents.

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed. (Behrman) Elsevier, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Obstetrics - Normal and Problem Pregnancies, 4th ed. (Gabbe) Churchill Livingstone, 2002
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W

Operative Surgery Manual, 1st ed. (Khatri) Elsevier, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Ophthalmology, 2nd ed. (Yanoff) Mosby, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Osler Medical Handbook, 1st ed. (Cheng-Zaas) Johns Hopkins University, 2000.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, 4th ed. (Cummings) Mosby, 2005.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, 4th ed. (Park) Mosby, 2002
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient, 6th ed. (Ferri) Mosby, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Practice of Geriatrics, 3rd ed. (Duthie) W.B. Saunders Co., 1998
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 5th ed. (Mandell) Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2nd ed. (Long) Elsevier, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Psychiatric Secrets, 2nd ed. (Jacobson) Hanley and Belfus, 2001.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Reports of the Surgeon General
This Web contains official reports, conference and workshop reports, and proceedings from the Office of the Surgeon General.

Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th ed. (Kumar) Elsevier, 2005.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 5th ed. (Marx) Mosby, 2002.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 17th ed. (Townsend) Elsevier, 2004.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction, 3rd ed. (Browner) Elsevier, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Skeletal Trauma in Children, 3rd ed. (Green) Elsevier, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Sleisenger & Fortran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 7th ed. (Feldman) Elsevier, 2002.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Textbook of Clinical Neurology, 2nd ed. (Goetz) Elsevier, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Textbook of Family Practice, 6th ed. (Rakel) W.B. Saunders, 2002.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed. (Noble) Mosby, 2001.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 3rd ed. (Murray & Nadel) W.B. Saunders, 2000.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 6th ed. (Tintinalli)
Full text of book is available in AccessMedicine to affiliates of KUSM-W while at the campus or with VPN or dial up access.

Whonamedit.com
A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. The goal for the Web site is to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person. Eventually, this will include more than 15,000 eponyms and more than 6,000 persons.

Wilderness Medicine, 4th ed. (Auerbach) Mosby, 2001.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 10th ed. (Larsen) Elsevier, 2003.
Full text of book is available with username/password in MDConsult to affiliates of KUSM-W.

The World Factbook, 2003
The U.S. government’s complete geographical handbook, featuring 268 full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data. It is part of the Bartleby.com online book collection.

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