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Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and key reference sources are useful in defining your terms and concepts, understanding key words and obtaining an overview of the area you are researching.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Key Reference Books
Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism by ISBN: 9781305627857Publication Date: 7th ed. 2017eBook & print.
Complete Food and Nutrition Companion by Call Number: 613.2 SAXISBN: 9781740668415Publication Date: 2012
The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition by ISBN: 9781284197839Publication Date: 3rd ed. 2020
Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged (4th ed.) [e-version] by ISBN: 9781420059724Publication Date: 2008
Modern nutrition in health and disease (11th ed.) [e-version] by ISBN: 9781469828312Publication Date: 2014
Oxford Textbook of Medicine by
Advances in biomedical sciences, the broader context of health and disease, patients and their expectations, and access to medical knowledge are some of the key areas examined in detail among the 30 sections of the book. Sections include introductory sections on patients and their treatment, background to medicine, cell biology, and immunological mechanisms, as well as more subject-specific sections such as infectious diseases, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disorders, rheumatology, and the kidney, as well as many more.
ISBN: 9780198746690Publication Date: 6th ed. 2020
Drug guides
- Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) This link opens in a new windowCovers Drug information, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
- MIMS Online This link opens in a new windowAustralia's most comprehensive and authoritative pharmaceutical database.
Description: MIMS Online provides access to information on over 3,000 prescription and non-prescription drugs. Both abbreviated and full product information is presented, including dosage, adverse reactions, and drug interactions, as well as PBS data, price, use in sport, and much more.
ECU has a single user licence, providing for one simultaneous user access.