Databases
Databases and Other Resources
Resource Title |
Annotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| yourDictionary.com |
Includes links to a number of language-learning courses. Access is freely available to all. |
Dictionaries |
| WorldCat® |
A free version of the WorldCat global library catalog, WorldCat.org lets you easily search the collections of many libraries at once for an item and then locate it in a library near you. Access is freely available to all. |
General Sites |
| WorldCat Local |
Search for resources owned by the Lamar Soutter Library, other regional libraries, or libraries worldwide. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users. |
General Sites |
| WorldCat (FirstSearch) |
Check other libraries nationally and internationally for books, journals, audiovisuals and electronic media. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
General Sites |
 World Health Report |
Each year the report combines an expert assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries, with a focus on a specific subject. Access is freely available to all. |
Public Health |
 World Health Organization (WHO) |
WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Access is freely available to all. |
Public Health |
| World Digital Library |
Makes available on the Internet significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. A project of UNESCO and the Library of Congress. Access is freely available to all. |
General Sites |
| Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus | Access is freely available to all. | Dictionaries |
| WordReference Dictionaries | Access is freely available to all. | Dictionaries |
| Worcester Telegram & Gazette Online |
Online edition of the Worcester, Massachusetts newspaper. A personal subscription is required to access all content. Access is freely available to all. |
Newspapers |
| Wikipedia | Access is freely available to all. | Encyclopedias |
| Whole Brain Atlas, The |
An information resource for central nervous system imaging that integrates clinical information with magnetic resonance (MR), x-ray computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine images. Access is freely available to all. |
Brain |
| Who Named It? |
A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, surveying medical phenomena named for a person. Access is freely available to all. |
Biography |
| Webopedia |
Free online dictionary for words, phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer and Internet technology. Access is freely available to all. |
Dictionaries |
| WebCASPAR |
Access to a large body of statistical data resources for science and engineering (S&E) at U.S. academic institutions. Also provides information on non-S&E fields and higher education in general. Access is freely available to all. |
Statistics |
| Water Resources Abstracts (Selected) |
Database of bibliographic citations and other resources published by the U.S. Geological survey. Access is freely available to all. |
Environmental Health |
| Washington Times, The |
Available from LexisNexis® Academic. Coverage begins in July 1989. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
Newspapers |
| Washington Post, The |
Available from LexisNexis® Academic. Coverage begins in January 1977. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
Newspapers |
| Visual Dictionary Online | Access is freely available to all. | Dictionaries |
| Visible Human Project®, The |
Complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies, from the National Library of Medicine. Access is freely available to all. |
Anatomy |
| Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library |
Offers free online access to reliable nursing research and evidence-based knowledge. Access is freely available to all. |
Nursing |
| USMLE Easy |
From McGraw-Hill. Thousands of online questions covering all the disciplines and organ systems covered on the USMLE exam. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
Education |
| USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference | Access is freely available to all. | Nutritional Sciences |
 UpToDate: Off-campus/CME/Mobile |
UpToDate is a comprehensive clinical information resource specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice. This link gives access to CME. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
General Sites |
 UpToDate |
UpToDate is a comprehensive clinical information resource specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
General Sites |