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All published resources have their own copyright guidelines. Always check copyright statements.
Background Radiological Resources
- Musculoskeletal Imaging, 2nd ed. (2015) in ClinicalKeyExamples:
Ch. 6 Normal Shoulder
Ch. 10 Normal Elbow
Ch. 13 Normal Wrist
Ch. 19 Normal Pelvis & Hip
Ch. 24 Normal Knee
Ch. 30 Normal Ankle and Foot
Ch. 116 Normal Variants
Medical Images
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new windowMedical titles, images and videos, case files, diagnostic tools, and drug database.
- Anatomy.tv This link opens in a new windowPrimal Pictures Anatomy.tv provides a 3D atlas of human anatomy, a 3D real-time interactive tool through which you can layer and remove organ systems, and several other helpful modules, including an imaging module and a quizzing module.
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowEvidence based search that provides health care professionals with point-of-care answers.
- VisualDx This link opens in a new windowDatabase of dermatologic, infectious, and drug-induced diseases.
- MedlinePlus.govMedlinePlus.gov includes encyclopedic images as well as video that can be used in student papers. Proper citation should be followed. To obtain copyright information on all images within MedlinePlus, visit https://medlineplus.gov/copyright.html.
- MedPixMedPix is a newer resource from the National Library of Medicine. The collection includes image and patient data pertinent to various disciplines and is targeted to practicing and student healthcare practitioners. Images can be searched by disease category, organ system, and patient profile. Includes CEs and quizzes. Contributed content may be copyrighted by the original author/contributor.
How Do I Cite...?
Citing an image found in an ebook.
In Vancouver Style:
Example:
The Urbana atlas of pathology [Internet]. Urbana (IL): University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign; c1994-1997. Image No. 034, Left ventricular hypertrophy, heart; [cited 2006 Nov 15]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://www.med.uiuc.edu/PathAtlasf/CVAtlas034.html
Citing an image found in an image database like VisualDX or AnatomyTV.
Caption below image: "Image source: VisualDX"
Citation at end of presentation/paper:
AnatomyTV [Internet]. London: Informa PLC, Primal Pictures. Copyright 2016 - . [Image], Neurovasculature of the spinal cord: anterior aspect; [cited 20 July 2016]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://anatomy.tv/GotoView.aspx?productname=interactivespine2014&modelID=-1&mediaID=9518282&structureID=-1&mediaTypeID=4&productID=452.
Medpix [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). [date unknown] - . [Image], Acute ischemic stroke: Hyperacture stroke, left-sided paresis and hemineglect; [cited 20 July 2016]; [about 1 screen]. Available from https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/case?id=88854bc4-688b-4f39-acdf-4b534bdb2596.
Science Images (Other)
- FigureSearchFigureSearch, developed at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, is a new biomedical figure search and summarization system that mines journal articles for images and makes them available through a search engine. Proper citation should be followed. Written permission should be obtained to utilize these figures for publication.
- OPENi Biomedical Image Search EngineNational Library of Medicine service that locates images (including charts, graphs, clinical images, etc.) found in PMC (PubMed Central) open access articles and selected biomedical image collections. Search with keywords or with image file ("Query by Image" option in upper right).
- Science.govFinds science images, including animal and plant, weather and space, and earth and sun images and more. Collections searched are from the National Biological Information Infrastructure Library of Images from the Environment, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Image eXchange, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Photo Library. Images are freely available and the citation of this source is requested.
- Wellcome Images SearchMany of the images in this database are available to use for free. Terms & conditions here: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/page/Services.html