Medical Research Links

Public Library of Science

The Public Library of Science is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. This site is now one of the world's largest access to scientific and medical journals which are available for free.

Pubmed Central archive of life sciences journals

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Medical Dictionaries

Dictionary of Cancer Terms

This is a resource from the National Cancer Institute with more than 6,000 terms related to cancer and medicine.

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (at Merck site)

Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Healthcare Consumers allows you to look up definitions for medical terms.

MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary (NIH)

This dictionary is a service of  the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

MedTerms Medical Dictionary (Medicine.net)

Definitions for difficult medical language in easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms.

Who Named It? (Medical Eponyms)

This is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. It attempts to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person.

Other Reference sources

Lab Tests Online

A public resource on clinical lab testing

Merck Manual

The Merck Manuals is a series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers.

Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine: Vital Signs (UCSD)

A comprehensive physical examination and clinical education site for medical students and other health care professionals, from the University of California in San Diego.