Category Archives: Basic Health Sciences

Anatomy.TV: September Resource of the Month

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Update:  Anatomy.TV is no longer provided by STAT!Ref.  See the Databases & Resources page for more information.

Provided by STAT!Ref, Anatomy.TV is advertised as “the world’s most detailed 3D model of human anatomy online.”

Using Anantomy.TV, you can

  • zoom, rotate, and peel away layers
  • watch live-action movies and animations
  • view MRI images, x-rays, clinical slides, and dissection videos
  • use images and videos in your presentations and patient handouts
  • read explanatory text, take quizzes, and answer multiple choice questions

Components of Anatomy.TV include:

  • Interactive Head and Neck
  • Interactive Shoulder
  • Interactive Spine
  • Interactive Hip
  • Interactive Thorax and Abdomen
  • Interactive Pelvis and Perineum
  • Interactive Knee
  • Interactive Foot
  • Interactive Hand
  • Interactive Functional Anatomy

A tutorial on using Anatomy.TV is located here.

Access Anatomy.TV via the “Databases & Resources” page.

*Please note: Remote access requires a UAB Blazer ID and password.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the InfoDesk, give us a call, or send us an email or chat.


PubMed Single Citation Matcher: June Resource of the Month

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Use PubMed’s Single Citation Matcher to:

  • verify a citation
  • find a specific or known article
  • find an volume or issue of a journal
  • generate a bibliography of an author’s works

Sometimes, just a few significant words from the title will find the article you need. Enter as little or as much information as you know, such as:

  • journal name, volume, or issue number
  • date
  • page numbers
  • words in the title
  • author(s) name

Access the Single Citation Matcher under “PubMed Services” in the left column on the PubMed home page.

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If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the InfoDesk, give us a call, or send us an email or chat.

Current Protocols: April Resource of the Month

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The Current Protocols series from Wiley InterScience consists of step-by-step instruction manuals for basic to advanced laboratory procedures and protocols. Titles in the Current Protocols series are updated each quarter to ensure that they are always up-to-date and contain the newest information available. Each title is written and peer-reviewed by experts in the respective fields.
Features of Current Protocols include:

  • annotations pointing to special considerations, tips, and optional procedures
  • alternate and support protocols to accommodate differences in equipment and intended results
  • a list of materials needed for each protocol
  • tables and figures to clarify complex procedures

Current Protocols titles available from LHL are:

Access Current Protocols from the Databases & Resources page.

Also of possible interest: Nature Protocols: Recipes for Researchers, including the interactive “Protocols Network”which creates a forum for researchers to upload and comment on protocols.

*Please note: Remote access requires a UAB Blazer ID and password.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the InfoDesk, give us a call, or send us an email or chat.

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