Looking for graphics to enhance educational material for health sciences classes and presentations? HSLS has numerous options to assist you.
Online Resources available through HSLS:
• Images.MD: the online encyclopedia of medical images compiles over 70,000 high-quality internal medicine images, all derived from Current Medicine Group LLC’s series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by detailed and informative text written by over 2,000 contributing experts.
• AccessMedicine: includes a search limit to quickly locate and download images, audio, and video.
• An@tomy.tv: an online multimedia tool that includes 3-D human anatomy images based on the Primal CD-Rom titles. Topics include interactive graphics of the hand and knee.
CD ROMs available through the Computer and Media Center (CMC) at Falk Library:
• The Medical Images Library: features over 12,000 photo clip art images illustrating a wide array of diseases, medical treatments, and healthcare practices.
• D.I.G.-IT!: features 3D illustrated images, along with animated files. The images have been categorized within directories for all areas of the body.
• MedArt-A&P: provides 2D and 3D anatomical drawings and diagrams for use in presentations.
Free Online Resources
• Wellcome Images: contains both medical and non-medical graphics, however clinical images are only available to registered users; registration is free.
• HEAL: a free registration is required to access the media.
• Images from the History of Medicine: is produced by the National Library of Medicine. Works digitized include prints, lithographs, engravings, etchings, woodcarvings, and paintings.
• HONmedia: is a unique repository of over 6,800 medical images and videos, pertaining to 1,700 topics and themes compiled by the Health on the Net Foundation.
• Whole Brain Atlas: includes still pictures and multimedia files of the brain.
• DermAtlas: from Johns Hopkins University; users can search by categories, diagnoses, or body site.
• Public Health Image Library: from the CDC; provides high quality images of people, places, and science related to the public’s health.
For further information about using images, visit the CMC or call 412-648-9109.
(Note: The use of these graphics may be protected by copyright rules and regulations for ascribing credit. Please check the individual software or Web site for details.)
~ Fran Yarger