Subject Guides: Microbiology and Molecular Biology: MMBIO 463

Chemical and Life Science Librarian

Greg Nelson

Contact:

2313 HBLL
Provo, UT 84606
(801) 422-9066
greg_nelson@byu.edu

Subjects: Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences, Physical & Mathematical Sciences

Disease Information

Reference Sources

MEDLINE Plus This website is created and maintained by the NLM (National Library of Medicine). The Health Topics option has a list of over 600 topics that provide a variety of types of information about the topic. The information is written by professional health experts. There are full text information, references, and links to additional websites on each topic. This information will provide excellent background information along with much specific information for the topics included. More topics are being added each month.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences This link opens in a new window ELS is a comprehensive encyclopedia of all subjects in the life sciences. Each article is written by experts in the discipline of the biological subjects. About 20% of the articles are updated each year.

Databases of Clinical Information

UpToDate This link opens in a new window UpToDate covers more than 7,700 topics in 15 medical specialties and includes more than 80,000 pages of text, graphics, links to Medline abstracts, more than 260,000 references, and a drug database.
For educational use only.
Micromedex Healthcare Series This link opens in a new window Alternate title: Thomson Healthcare Academic Program. Micromedex provides a comprehensive knowledge base that will prepare you for success in clinical practice. This clinical knowledge solution offers a reliable, one-stop, easy-to-use resource for pinpointing clinical answers. Access to the following: AfterCare Instructions, AltCareDex, AltMedDex, AltMedDex Points, AltMedDex Protocols, AltMed-REAX for the Patient, CareNotes, ClinicalPoints, Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer, DISEASEDEX Emergency Medicine, DISEASEDEX General Medicine, DRUGDEX, DrugPoints, DRUG-REAX, Herbal Medicines, A Guide for HealthCare, IDENTIDEX, Index Nominum, IV INDEX, Lab Advisor, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), P&T QUIK Reports, PDR, POISINDEX, REPRORISK, TOMES, ToxPoints.

Journal Article Databases

MEDLINE (PUBMED) This link opens in a new window Alternate title: PubMed. MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains more than 25 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. MEDLINE includes literature published from 1966 to present, and selected coverage of literature prior to that period. Currently, citations from more than 5,200 worldwide journals in about 40 languages are added to Pub Med 7 days a week.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window The Web of Science Core Collection accesses the Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) databases, gathered from over 9,300 scholarly journals. Searches for records by topic, author, source title, author address, cited author, cited work, cited year can be performed separately or combined. Articles are linked to other articles of the same topic. Updated weekly 1974
Systematic downloading, redistribution to non-subscribers, and any commercial use expressly prohibited.
Embase This link opens in a new window Embase covers the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day and all articles are indexed in depth using Elsevier's Life Science thesaurus.
Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Contains topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals. The journal provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.

Books

Clinical Immunology by Robert R. Rich (Editor); Thomas A. Fleisher (Editor); William T. Shearer (Editor); Harry W. Schroeder; Anthony J. Frew (Editor); Cornelia M. Weyand (Editor)
Call Number: Online Ebook
ISBN: 9780323044042
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
Immune system disorders sourcebook
Call Number: Online Ebook
ISBN: 9780780814677
Publication Date: 2017
Immunology: Clinical case studies and disease pathophysiology by Warren Strober; Susan R. Gottesman
Call Number: Online Ebook
ISBN: 9781118966006
Publication Date: 2014-04-21
Diagnostic Criteria in Autoimmune Diseases by Yehuda Shoenfeld; Ricard Cervera (Editor); M. Eric Gershwin (Editor); Yehuda Shoenfeld (Editor)
Call Number: Online Ebook
ISBN: 9781603272858
Publication Date: 2010-06-08
Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease by N. Cary Engleberg; Victor DiRita (Editor); Michael Imperiale (Editor)
Call Number: QR 46 .M463 2022
ISBN: 9781975151485
Publication Date: 2021-12-18
Provides students with a thorough understanding of microbial agents and the pathophysiology of microbial diseases.
Biology of Immunologic Disease by Frank J. Dixon (Editor); David W. Fisher (Editor)
Call Number: RC 582 .B56 1983
ISBN: 0878931481
Publication Date: 1984-10-01
Immunological Diseases by Max Samter
Call Number: RC 582 .I469 1988 vol.1
ISBN: 0316769843
Publication Date: 1978-01-01

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