Reference Shelf - BML

The following are mainly health related reference tools that our staff have found valuable. Many other general reference tools are available through the UCSD Libraries' main Reference Shelf.

Please contact us if you have a specific question!

• Calculations, Codes, Conversions
  e.g., CPT, ICD-9, calculators, metric, constants, currency/exchange.
• Dictionaries & Abbreviations
  e.g. medical dictionaries, general dictionaries, acronyms
• Doctors and Hospitals
  includes sites for verifying credentials
• Grants and Funding
• Journal Related Links
  includes decoders for BBA and Mutation Research, links to free e-print archives
• Meetings
  sources for medical meetings, symposia, and conferences locally and elsewhere
• Phone Books and Other General Reference
• Publishing Related
  includes instructions for authors, publisher directories, booksellers, style guides
• Statistics
  health statistics sources - local, U.S., international
• A-Z list of the resources on the above pages

Other related Internet guides:

• Government information sources in health care
• Library catalogs beyond UCSD