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All of Jefferson's electronic books are included in ThomCat, our online catalog. ThomCat also includes many health-related books that are freely available on the Internet, such as the well-known Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.

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All subscriptions are accessible directly from campus computers, or via proxy server, unless otherwise noted. Off-campus access via proxy server requires a Jefferson Campus Key.

• Access Medicine
  50 core texts, including the highly-regarded Current Diagnosis & Treatment series, Harrison's Internal Medicine, and Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology.
  
  
• AccessSurgery
  8 surgical texts, including an atlas and Current Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment.
  
  
• Cancer Handbook
  Over 100 continuously updated peer-reviewed chapters provide scientific and clinical information on major areas of cancer biology and medicine.
  
  
• Harrison's Online
  The classic internal medicine textbook in online form, Harrison's Online adds database-style searchability, continuous updating, clinical trials related to internal medicine, pretests for review of topics, and selected Internet links for additional reference.
  
  
• Hurst's The Heart Online
  A searchable version of the primary cardiology textbook. The online version includes drug lists, an expanded set of images, selected Internet links, continuous updating, and current news in the field.
  
  
• MDConsult
  Access to articles from more than 40 clinical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, 3,500 patient education handouts, CME, daily medical updates, and the full text of over 50 renowned medical text books:
  
  
• Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease
  A fully searchable online version of The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, 8th Edition. Also includes new e-only content featuring seven new sections on cancer, a drug database, news updates and forum discussions.
  
  
• Psychiatry Online
  Texts in the field of psychiatry and human behavior, including the DSM-IV-TR. Some books are downloadable to PDA.
  
  
• R2 Library
  Textbooks in medicine, nursing and allied health.
  
  
• STAT!Ref
  Over 20 clinical references, searchable by keyword, or browsable by table of contents. Stedman's Medical Dictionary is included in the service, though not listed as a separate textbook.

Freely Available Books on the Internet: Health Resources

• Bookshelf (PubMed)
  Dozens of texts in medicine and biology are available in full text from the PubMed Bookshelf.
  
  
• Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care: Learning from System Demonstrations (Institute of Medicine, 2002)
  
  
• Healthy People 2010 (DHHS)
  Healthy People is the prevention agenda of the federal government. Leading health indicators are identified, as well as goals for prevention.
  
  
• Merck Manuals (Merck)
  • Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - 17th Edition
    The full edition for practitioners.
  • Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
    The "home edition" translates the information contained in the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy for the health consumer.
  • Merck Manual of Geriatrics
  • Merck Manual of Health & Aging
  
  
  
• PDR.net (PDR.net)
  PDR drug information, herbal medicine information and more is available (upon free registration) to U.S.-based MD's, DO's, NP's and PA's in full-time patient care practice. Limited services are also freely available to consumers.
  
  
• Taking Philadelphia's Temperature: Health Indicators for Healthy Philadelphia 2010 (PDF)
  This 49 page report by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health outlines how Philadelphia compares to U.S. health indicators and mortality statistics. It also looks at potential causes for any of the discrepancies.



• Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics (Duke University Medical Center)
  This 1996 edition by C.R. Wheeless includes both text and images, and has been reviewed by an editorial board of health professionals.

Freely Available Book Collections on the Internet: General Interest

• Bartleby.com (Bartleby)
  Dozens of general interest works are freely available, from Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" to a collection of Shakespeare's poetry. Of special interest are a classic edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th edition, 1918), and several current reference tools, such as dictionaries, writing aids and an encyclopedia.
  
  
• Electronic Text Center (Virginia)
  An online archive of thousands of SGML-encoded electronic texts.
  
  
• Google Books
  A growing catalog of thousands of books, both English and non-English. Books in the public domain may be downloaded. Books under copyright protection may be searched and Google provides information about whether they are available from Scott Memorial Library or local libraries.
  
  
• Internet Public Library Books Collection (IPL)
  An index to over 20,000 items, including full books, short texts, and non-English texts. Health and medical topics are included.
  
  
• National Academy Press
  "Read more than 2500 books online free" at The National Academies Press (NAP). The Press publishes the reports issued by the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, as well as over 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, health care and engineering.
  
  
• The On-Line Books Page (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
  A part of Penn's Digital Library initiative, this page is a catalog of thousands of electronic books and documents currently available via the Internet. Health and medical topics are included.
  
  
• Project Gutenberg (Boston Univ.)
  Free public access to novels and texts in English for reading or downloading.