History of Medicine
Welcome! This is a selective guide of tools to help you do research in the History of Medicine.
QCAT
QCAT
- QCAT is the Queen's University Library's online catalogue. QCAT provides access to all the records of the books, journals, software and government documents in the library.
- If you want to learn comprehensive QCAT search techniques that allow you to locate resources in an efficient manner, check out the QCAT Online Tutorial. The QCAT online tutorial was designed to enable Phase I medical students the opportunity for self-directed learning. It is highly recommended that you complete the entire tutorial. However, the sequence in which you work through the various sections if flexible since each one was designed as a stand-alone unit. Once you are confident with your QCAT skills, take the opportunity to apply them by finding information for your Heroes & Villains Assignment.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedia
Dictionaries & Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Medical Biography
WZ13 .D554 2007 - Located in Bracken Library Reference.
A Dictionary of the History of Medicine
WZ13 .S443d 1999 - Located in Bracken Library Reference.
Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine
WZ13 .E565 1993 - Located in Bracken Library Reference.
Other Resources
Other Resources
History of Medicine: a Scandalously Short Introduction - J. Duffin
WZ40 .D857h 1999
Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine - R. Porter
WZ40 .C178 1996
Milestones in Health and Medicine - A.S. Harding
WZ40 .H263m 2000
Morton's Medical Bibliography - J.M Norman
ZWB100 .G242m 1991 - Located in Bracken Library Reference
Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901 - 2000 - L.S. Sherby
AS911 .N9 .W628 2002 - Located in Bracken Library Reference
The Four Seasons of Human Life : Four Anonymous Engravings from the Trent Collection / edited with translation and full commentary by H.F.J. Horstmanshoff
WZ294 .F773 2002 - Located in Bracken Library Folios
Interactive Companion CD located at Bracken Library Reference
Research Indexes & Databases
Article Indexes
Bibliography of the History of Medicine
1965 - 1993; Shelved by title; Located in Bracken Library Reference (Lower Level)
Index Medicus
1879-2002; Shelved by title; Located in Bracken Library Reference (Lower Level)
Research Databases
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RefWorks
RefWorks
RefWorks is a bibliographic management tool that will allow you to create a personal database to organize and manage your bibliographical references.You can import and store citations from online databases and catalogues and then easily generate bibliographies based on your personal collection of references.
As RefWorks is web-based, there is no software to download, and you can access your account from any location where you have an internet connection.
Web Sites
Web Sites
National Library of Medicine - History of Medicine
National Library of Medicine - Medicine in the Americas
National Library of Medicine - Turning the Pages
British Library Online Gallery - Turning the Pages
National Library of Medicine - Images from the History of Medicine
McGill University - Osler Library of the History of Medicine
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine