Online Reference Sources for Psychology, Social Sciences and Health
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Online reference sources
A selection of online reference sources (mainly dictionaries and glossaries) follows.
For general reference sources (dictionaries, thesauri, etc.) see the Reference Services page.
Health & Medicine
- British National Formulary - prescription guidance
- Drug Tariff Online - UK prescription drug prices. Registration (free) required
- eMIMS (Monthly Index of Medical Specialties) - access available to GMC registered members, MIMS subscribers, or on a free 1 month trial basis to health care professionals and practitioners
- Health related reports : short and full titles - index of full titles for all UK health reports, white, and green papers. Just look up the popular name (e.g. "Acheson report") for the complete title
- Medi-lexicon - dictionary of medical and pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations
- Medline Plus Medical Dictionary - provided by the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health
- Medline Plus Medical Encyclopaedia - photographs, articles and illustrations of medical & health topics
- Online Dictionary of Mental Health
- Medline Plus: Medical Dictionary
Psychology
- AllPsych Psychology Dictionary
- Cognitive Science Dictionary - University of Alberta
- Forensic Psychology Dictionary
Social Sciences
- Glossary of Social Science Computer & Social Science Data Terms
- Social Science Dictionary
- Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences (Athabasca University)
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