This page provides access to medical, scientific, and general electronic books.  Click on (Info) next to the collection or title below to view a brief description of its contents. 

To search for e-books by title, author, or subject, use the Library Catalog and limit the Material Type to e-books. A browsable list of e-books is available on the Quick List page. Off-campus access to some e-books is limited to UNTHSC students, faculty, and staff members. 

AccessMedicine

An online source of biomedical information drawn from textbooks, drug guides, practice guidelines, patient education material, and health news.  Among the textbooks offered are Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Hurst's The Heart, and Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis Of Therapeutics.  Restricted to UNTHSC network accounts.

NCBI Bookshelf

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), in collaboration with authors and publishers, is adapting biomedical books for the web. The books may be accessed by:

• searching directly using any search term or phrase (as in searching PubMed); or
• linking from PubMed abstracts.

Each PubMed abstract has a "Books" button that displays a facsimile of the abstract, in which some phrases are hypertext links. These phrases are also found in the books available at NCBI. Clicking on a hyperlinked results in a list of books in which the phrase is found. In the future, more links will be made between the books and other types of information, such as gene and protein sequences and macromolecular structures.

FreeBooks4Doctors

FreeBooks4Doctors is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet. It is funded by AMEDEO Internet Services.   There are currently more than 600 books available on this site, searchable by title, specialty or language.

http://www.fb4d.com

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

The Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia database indexes more than 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually.  Restricted to UNTHSC network accounts.

Gray's Anatomy (from Bartleby.com - Great Books Online)  Freely accessible collection of basic reference tools such as dictionaries, thesauri, and usage guides; also offers important older fiction and non-fiction public domain works. Text available in HTML format.

Harrison's Online

Searchable, augmented online edition of Harrison 's Principles of Internal Medicine.  Updated often, includes patient information, color atlases, and links to relevant web sites. Search full-text or browse table of contents; text available in HTML format.  Restricted to UNTHSC network accounts.

The Internet Public Library (IPL) Books Collection

An online listing of approximately 20,000 books that are in the public domain; almost all works were published before 1923.  Includes most items from Project Gutenberg. Links out to host sites; variety of formats. Search or browse by author, title, or subject (Dewey Decimal System arrangement).

MDConsult

This is a searchable, full-text collection of 40 medical textbooks, practice guidelines, patient education handouts, drug information, CME, and news. Articles from more than 50 clinical journals are also included.   More than 1,000 clinical practice guidelines and 3,500 patient education handouts are also included.  Restricted to UNTHSC network accounts.

The National Academies Press (NAP)

National Academies Press publishes the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine , and the National Research Council. NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy. Searchable by title, words in the full text, or browse by category.                                                                                                 http://www.nap.edu

NetLibrary

More than 27,000 e-books are available for browsing and searching. TexShare's e-book collection includes titles from the world's leading business, technology, trade, reference, academic, and scholarly publishers. Search by title, author, keyword, publisher, publication date, or ISBN number. Patrons can only use the view option for online reading of e-books. While viewing a copy of an e-book no other patron can access the ebook but, if an ebook is inactive for 15 minutes, it will become available again for use. Please review the online tutorial at: http://www.oclc.org/netlibrary/demo. UNTHSC shares this collection with other libraries in Texas. Establishing a personal account allows you to keep lists of books and make notes.  Restricted to UNTHSC network accounts.

Online Books Page

This website facilitates access to books and journals that are freely readable over the Internet. It is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library.  Major parts of the site include:

• An index of thousands of online books.
• Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts.
• Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books.

Project Gutenberg

An online archive of approximately 10,000 books that are in the public domain. Generally well-known works from major authors such as Shakespeare, Poe, Lewis, Carroll, etc; almost all works were published before 1923.  Books available only as ASCII text for downloading to a local computer. Search or browse by author or title.

Psychiatry Online
PsychiatryOnline is a web-based portal that features DSM-IV-TR® and The American Journal of Psychiatry and a collection of psychiatric references from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.  Restricted to UNTHSC network accounts.

• References including DSM-IV-TR®, DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and its Treatment Companion, and the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
• Journals including The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services
• Textbooks including The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry
• Self-assessment tools for study, board certification and recertification review, and lifelong learning
• Clinical & research news from Psychiatric News

STAT!Ref

STAT!Ref is an electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more than 35 medical resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby's Drug Consult®, the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult, and more.  Restricted to UNTHSC network accounts.

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