HEALTH SCIENCES INFORMATION SOURCES

MIT Press, 1981

CONTENTS

PREFACE.....xxv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.....xxvii

REVIEW SOURCES.....xxix

SUBJECT GUIDE.....xxxv

1. SELECTION TOOLS.....1
Indexes to Book Reviews.....1
Basic Tools.....2
Booklists and Serial Union Lists.....3
- Other Subject Booklists.....5
Subject and Library Catalogs for Both Current and Retrospective Selection.....6
- General.....6
- Subject.....7

2. GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE.....9
General.....9
General--Medicine.....11
Dentistry.....13
Genetics.....13
Gerontology.....14
Health Services Administration.....14
Infectious Diseases.....14
Nursing.....15
Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....15
Psychiatry and Psychology.....15
Public Health.....16
Urogenital System.....17
Veterinary Medicine.....17

3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES.....18
Reference Tools.....18
General.....19
Allergy and Immunology.....22
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....22
Brain and Nervous System.....23
Cardiovascular System.....25
Dentistry.....25
Genetics.....26
Gerontology.....26
Health Services Administration.....27
Hematology.....28
Infectious Diseases.....29
Internal Medicine.....30
Nursing.....32
Nutrition.....33
Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....35
Orthopedics.....36
Pediatrics.....36
Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....37
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....40
Psychiatry and Psychology.....41
Public Health.....46
Radiology.....50
Urogenital System.....50
Veterinary Medicine.....51

4. ENCYCLOPEDIAS.....52
General.....52
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....55
Internal Medicine.....55
Nutrition.....56
Ophthalmology.....56
Pathology.....56
Pediatrics.....57
Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....57
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....59
Psychiatry and Psychology.....59
Public Health.....60
Radiology.....61
Respiratory System.....61
Urogenital System.....61
Veterinary Medicine.....61

5. DICTIONARIES.....63
Abbreviations and Acronyms.....63
- Subject.....63
Thesauri and Nomenclatures.....65
- General.....65
- Subject.....66
Drug Names......68
Multilingual.....68
- Bibliographies.....68
- English-French.....69
- English-German.....69
- English-Hebrew.....70
- English-Japanese.....70
- English-Russian.....70
- English-Spanish.....71
- More than Two Languages.....71
Spelling Dictionaries.....73
Subject Dictionaries.....74
- General.....74
- General-Medicine.....77
- Allergy and Immunology.....83
- Anatomy.....83
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....83
- Brain and Nervous System.....83
- Dentistry.....84
- Dermatology.....84
- Genetics.....84
- Health Services Administration.....85
- Infectious Diseases.....85
- Nursing.....86
- Nutrition.....87
- Ophthalmology.....88
- Otorhinolaryngology.....88
- Pathology.....89
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....89
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....90
- Public Health.....91
- Radiology.....92
- Respiratory System.....92
- Urogenital System .....92
- Veterinary Medicine.....93

6. HANDBOOKS.....94
Index.....94
General.....94
Allergy and Immunology.....97
Anatomy.....97
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....98
Brain and Nervous System.....99
Cardiovascular System.....102
Dentistry.....103
Dermatology.....104
Endocrinology.....104
Gastrointestinal System.....105
Genetics.....105
Gerontology.....106
Health Services Administration.....107
Hematology.....109
Infectious Diseases.....109
Internal Medicine.....111
Nursing.....115
Nutrition.....116
Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....118
Ophthalmology.....119
Orthopedics.....120
Otorhinolaryngology.....120
Pathology.....120
Pediatrics.....121
Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....123
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....127
Psychiatry and Psychology.....128
Public Health.....132
Radiology.....136
Respiratory System.....137
Urogenital System.....138
Veterinary Medicine.....138

7. TABLES, ALMANACS, DATABOOKS, STATISTICAL SOURCES.....140
Tables.....140
- SI Units.....140
- Other Tables.....140
Almanacs, Databooks.....141
- General.....141
- Nursing.....143
- Nutrition.....144
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....145
- Radiology.....146
- Other Subjects.....147
Statistical Sources.....148
- Guide to Sources of Statistical Information.....148
- Governmental Statistical Sources.....148
- Nongovernmental Statistical Sources.....151
- Commercial Medical Market Research Services.....153

8. MANUALS, LABORATORY MANUALS AND WORKBOOKS, AND SOURCE BOOKS.....154
Manuals.....154
- Style Manuals.....154
- General.....156
- Allergy and Immunology....157
- Anatomy.....157
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....158
- Brain and Nervous System.....160
- Cardiovascular System.....161
- Dentistry.....163
- Dermatology.....163
- Endocrinology.....164
- Gastrointestinal System.....165
- Genetics.....165
- Gerontology.....165
- Health Services Administration.....165
- Hematology.....166
- Infectious Diseases..... 167
- Internal Medicine.....168
- Nursing.....172
- Nutrition.....174
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....175
- Ophthalmology.....176
- Orthopedics.....176
- Pathology.....177
- Pediatrics.....178
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....179
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....180
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....181
- Public Health.....182
- Radiology.....183
- Respiratory System.....184
- Urogenital System.....185
- Veterinary Medicine.....186
Laboratory Manuals and Workbooks.....186
- General.....186
- Allergy and Immunology.....187
- Anatomy.....188
- Brain and Nervous System..... 188
- Cardiovascular System.....188
- Dentistry.....188
- Genetics.....188
- Hematology.....189
- Infectious Diseases.....190
- Internal Medicine.....192
- Nursing.....194
- Nutrition.....196
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....196
- Orthopedics.....196
- Pathology.....197
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....197
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....197
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....198
- Public Health.....198
- Radiology.....198
- Rheumatology.....198
- Urogenital System.....199
- Veterinary Medicine.....199
Source Books.....199
- General.....199
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....199
- Cardiovascular System.....200
- Genetics.....200
- Gerontology.....200
- Health Services Administration.....200
- Nursing.....201
- Nutrition.....201
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....202
- Otorhinolaryngology.....202
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....202
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....203
- Public Health.....203
- Rheumatology.....203

9. GUIDES.....205
General.....205
Allergy and Immunology.....207
Anatomy.....207
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....208
Brain and Nervous System.....209
Cardiovascular System.....210
Dentistry.....211
Dermatology.....212
Endocrinology.....212
Gastrointestinal System.....213
Genetics.....213
Gerontology.....214
Health Services Administration.....214
Hematology.....217
Infectious Diseases.....217
Internal Medicine.....218
Nursing.....221
Nutrition.....224
Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....225
Ophthalmology.....226
Orthopedics.....227
Otorhinolaryngology.....228
Pathology.....228
Pediatrics.....228
Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....229
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....231
Psychiatry and Psychology.....232
Public Health.....235
Radiology.....237
Respiratory System.....238
Rheumatology.....239
Urogenital System.....239
Veterinary Medicine.....241

10. ATLASES.....242
Anatomy.....242
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....246
Brain and Nervous System.....248
Cardiovascular System.....251
Dentistry.....253
Dermatology.....254
Gastrointestinal System.....255
Genetics.....258
Hematology.....260
Infectious Diseases.....262
Internal Medicine.....263
Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....264
Ophthalmology.....265
Orthopedics.....266
Otorhinolaryngology.....268
Pathology.....268
Pediatrics.....272
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....273
Public Health.....274
Radiology.....274
Rheumatology.....278
Urogenital System.....278
Veterinary Medicine.....280

11. DIRECTORIES, YEARBOOKS, BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES.....281
Directories.....281
- Biographical Sources.....281
- General.....281
- General--Medicine.....288
- General---Medical Education and Care.....291
- Anatomy.....294
- Brain and Nervous System.....294
- Dentistry.....294
- Genetics.....295
- Gerontology.....295
- Health Services Administration.....295
- Hematology.....297
- Infectious Diseases..... 297
- Internal Medicine.....297
- Nursing .....298
- Nutrition.....299
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....299
- Ophthalmology.....299
- Pathology.....300
- Pediatrics.....300
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....300
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....302
- Psychiatry and Psychology..... 303
- Public Health.....304
- Radiology.....307
- Urogenital System.....307
- Veterinary Medicine.....308
Yearbooks.....308
- General.....308
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery .....309
- Brain and Nervous System.....310
- Cardiovascular System.....310
- Dentistry..... 310
- Dermatology.....310
- Endocrinology.....311
- Health Services Administration.....311
- Hematology.....311
- Infectious Diseases .....311
- Internal Medicine.....311
- Nursing.....312
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....312
- Ophthalmology.....313
- Orthopedics.....313
- Otorhinolaryngology .....313
- Pathology.....313
- Pediatrics.....314
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....134
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....314
- Public Health.....314
- Radiology.....315
- Urogenital System.....315
- Veterinary Medicine.....315
Biographical Sources.....315
- General.....315
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....319
- Dentistry.....319
- Internal Medicine.....319
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....320
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....320
- Public Health.....321
- Veterinary Medicine.....321

12. HISTORY.....322
General.....322
Allergy and Immunology..... 329
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....329
Brain and Nervous System.....330
Cardiovascular System.....331
Dentistry.....331
Genetics.....332
Health Services Administration.....332
Infectious Diseases.....333
Internal Medicine.....334
Nursing.....335
Nutrition.....336
Ophthalmology.....337
Pathology.....337
Pediatrics.....337
Pharmacy and Pharmacology..... 337
Psychiatry and Psychology.....338
Public Health.....341
Radiology.....342
Respiratory System.....342
Urogenital System.....343
Veterinary Medicine.....343

13. IMPORTANT SERIES AND OTHER REVIEWS OF PROGRESS.....344
Guide to Series Publications.....344
Important Series.....344
- General.....344
- Allergy and Immunology.....346
- Anatomy.....347
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....348
- Brain and Nervous System.....349
- Cardiovascular System.....352
- Dentistry.....353
- Dermatology.....353
- Endocrinology.....353
- Gastrointestinal System.....355
- Genetics.....355
- Gerontology.....356
- Hematology.....356
- Infectious Diseases.....357
- Internal Medicine.....358
- Nursing.....359
- Nutrition.....359
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....360
- Ophthalmology.....361
- Orthopedics.....362
- Otorhinolaryngology.....362
- Pathology.....363
- Pediatrics.....364
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....365
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....367
- Public Health.....368
- Radiology.....370
- Respiratory System.....371
- Rheumatology.....371
- Urogenital System.....371
- Veterinary Medicine.....372
Other Reviews of Progress.....372
- Tools to Medical Reviews.....372
- Reviews.....373

14. TREATISES.....374
General.....374
Allergy and Immunology.....375
Anatomy.....376
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....377
Brain and Nervous System.....378
Cardiovascular System.....380
Dentistry.....380
Dermatology.....381
Endocrinology.....382
Gastrointestinal System.....382
Genetics.....382
Gerontology.....383
Hematology.....383
Infectious Diseases.....383
Nursing.....384
Nutrition.....385
Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....386
Ophthalmology.....387
Orthopedics.....388
Otorhinolaryngology.....388
Pathology.....388
Pediatrics.....389
Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....390
Psychiatry and Psychology.....390
Public Health.....391
Radiology.....392
Rheumatology.....392
Urogenital System.....392
Veterinary Medicine.....393

15. MONOGRAPHS.....394
General.....394
Allergy and Immunology.....398
Anatomy.....400
Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....401
Brain and Nervous System.....403
Cardiovascular System.....408
Dentistry.....414
Dermatology.....416
Endocrinology.....418
Gastrointestinal System.....420
Genetics.....423
Gerontology.....426
Health Services Administration.....427
Hematology.....429
Infectious Diseases.....432
Internal Medicine.....436
Nursing.....439
Nutrition.....449
Oncology and Nuclear Medicine .....451
Ophthalmology.....455
Orthopedics.....459
Otorhinolaryngology.....461
Pathology.....462
Pediatrics.....465
Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....473
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....476
Psychiatry and Psychology.....478
Public Health.....482
Radiology.....485
Respiratory System.....488
Rheumatology.....491
Urogenital System.....492
Veterinary Medicine.....497

16. ABSTRACTS AND INDEXES, AND CURRENT-AWARENESS SERVICES.....499
Abstracts and Indexes.....499
- Guides to Abstracts and Indexes.....499
- General.....500
- Subject Tools.....504
--- National Library of Medicine Recurring Bibliographies.....504
--- General--Medicine.....507
--- Allergy and Immunology.....508
--- Brain and Nervous System.....509
--- Dentistry.....509
--- Dermatology.....510
--- Endocrinology..... 510
--- Gastrointestinal System.....511
--- Genetics.....511
--- Health Services Administration..... 511
--- Infectious Diseases .....512
--- Internal Medicine.....513
--- Nursing.....513
--- Nutrition.....514
--- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....515
--- Ophthalmology.....515
--- Orthopedics.....516
--- Pharmacy and Pharmacology..... 516
--- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....517
--- Psychiatry and Psychology..... 517
--- Public Health.....519
--- Rheumatology.....521
--- Urogenital System.....522
--- Veterinary Medicine.....522
Current-Awareness Services.....522
- General.....522
- Subject.....522
- Information Services.....523

17. PERIODICALS..... 524
Reference Sources..... 524
Abbreviations.....525
Selective Titles.....526
- General.....526
- Allergy and Immunology..... 527
- Anatomy.....527
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery..... 527
- Brain and Nervous System..... 528
- Cardiovascular System.....528
- Dentistry.....528
- Dermatology.....529
- Endocrinology.....529
- Gastrointestinal System.....529
- Genetics.....529
- Gerontology.....529
- Health Services Administration.....529
- Hematology.....529
- History.....530
- Infectious Diseases.....530
- Internal Medicine.....530
- Nursing.....531
- Nutrition.....531
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....531
- Ophthalmology.....531
- Orthopedics.....532
- Otorhinolaryngology.....532
- Pathology.....532
- Pediatrics.....532
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....532
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....533
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....534
- Public Health.....534
- Radiology.....534
- Respiratory System.....534
- Rheumatology.....534
- Urogenital System.....534
- Veterinary Medicine.....535

18. TECHNICAL REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.....563
Technical Reports.....536
- General Reference Tools.....537
- Subject Reference Tools.....538
Government Documents.....539
- General Major Bibliographical Sources.....539
- Subject Bibliographical Sources.....542
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) Publications.....543

19. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, TRANSLATIONS, DISSERTATIONS, AND RESEARCH IN PROGRESS, PREPRINTS, AND REPRINTS.....544
Conference Proceedings.....544
- Calendars and Forthcoming Meetings .....544
--- General.....544
--- Subject.....545
- Published Proceedings.....545
--- Major Bibliographical Tools.....545
- Conference Publications.....547
--- General.....547
--- Allergy and Immunology.....549
--- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....549
--- Brain and Nervous System.....549
--- Endocrinology.....549
--- Gastrointestinal System.....550
--- Genetics.....550
--- Infectious Diseases.....550
--- Nursing.....551
--- Nutrition.....551
--- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....551
--- Orthopedics.....552
--- Pathology.....552
--- Pediatrics.....552
--- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....553
--- Psychiatry and Psychology.....553
Translations.....553
- General Sources.....553
- Abstracting and Indexing Sources.....555
- Cover-to-Cover Translations.....555
Dissertations and Research in Progress.....556
- Dissertations.....556
--- General Tools.....556
--- Subject Guides.....557
- Research in Progress.....558
--- General.....558
--- Subject.....561
Preprints.....562
Reprints.....563
- Reference Tools.....563
- Subject Tools.....563

20. CLASSIFICATIONS, STANDARDS, AND PATENTS.....565
Classifications.....565
- General.....565
- Dentistry.....566
- Health Services Administration .....566
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....566
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....567
- Veterinary Medicine.....567
Standards.....567
- Guides to Standards.....568
- Major Bibliographical Tools--General.....569
- Medical Standards.....570
--- General.....571
--- Anatomy.....571
--- Cardiovascular System.....572
--- Gastrointestinal System.....572
--- Health Services Administration.....572
--- Nursing.....573
--- Nutrition.....574
--- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....574
--- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....576
--- Public Health.....576
--- Radiology.....577
Patents.....578
- Indexes to US and International Patents.....579
- Sources about Patents.....579
- US Patents.....580
- International Patents.....581

21. TRADE LITERATURE.....583
Guide to Trade Literature.....583
Trade Reference Tools.....584
Sample Trade Periodicals.....585
Monographs.....586

22. NONPRINT MATERIALS.....587
General Reference Sources.....588
AV Equipment.....591
Microform Information Services.....592
Subject Sources.....592
- General.....592
- Anatomy.....595
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....595
- Brain and Nervous System..... 596
- Dentistry.....596
- Health Services Administration.....596
- Infectious Diseases.....596
- Nursing.....596
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....597
- Ophthalmology.....597
- Orthopedics.....598
- Pediatrics.....598
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....598
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....598
- Public Health.....599
- Urogenital System.....600

23. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND THEIR PUBLICATIONS.....601
Directories.....601
Society Publications.....603
- Guides.....603
Selective List of Professional Organizations.....603
- General.....603
- Allergy and Immunology.....605
- Anesthesiology and General Surgery.....605
- Brain and Nervous System.....606
- Cardiovascular System.....606
- Dentistry..... 606
- Dermatology.....606
- Endocrinology..... 606
- Gastrointestinal System.....607
- Gerontology.....607
- Health Services Administration.....607
- Hematology.....608
- Infectious Diseases.....608
- Internal Medicine.....608
- Nursing.....608
- Nutrition.....609
- Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.....609
- Ophthalmology.....610
- Orthopedics.....610
- Otorhinolaryngology.....610
- Pathology.....610
- Pediatrics.....610
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology.....610
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.....611
- Psychiatry and Psychology.....611
- Public Health.....612
- Radiology.....612
- Respiratory System.....612
- Rheumatology.....612
- Urogenital System.....613
- Veterinary Medicine.....613
- Other Organizations.....613

24. DATA BASES..... 614
Directory Sources .....614
Evaluation of Data Bases..... 614
National Library of Medicine.....614
- Brief Introduction of the National Library of Medicine.....615
- Computerized Literature Retrieval Services of the National Library of Medicine.....615
- Regional Medical Libraries.....616
- NLM Online Services Program Policy Statement.....619
- Data Bases Available on the Online Network.....620
- Tools for the Use of NLM Data Bases.....623
Selective Data Bases.....623

REFERENCE LIST.....633

TITLE INDEX.....653

AUTHOR INDEX.....725

AUTHOR INDEX TO REFERENCE LIST.....765