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Medical Images Available at JABSOM
Paid Resources through HSLIB
- AccessMedicineIncludes full medical textbooks, such as Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and the Lange Textbooks.
- ClinicalKeyContains nearly one million images from books and nearly three million images from journals
- MedscapeIncludes peer-reviewed clinical review articles covering virtually every known disease and condition; patient education articles; images collection.
Medical Flash Tutorial Resources
- How do I view Flash tutorials on my Computer?Install Adobe Flash Player
- GetBodySmartLearning resource that provides an animated and interactive examination of human anatomy and physiology.
- Winking SkullFree, interactive anatomy study aid produced by Thieme. Includes timed tests and large, printable illustrations. Registration is required to access some of the site’s features.
Medical Audio Resources
Medical Images on the Web
- Atlas of the BodyFrom the American Medical Association. Provides illustrations and text about the major systems of the body.
- Atlas of OphthalmologyEndorsed by the International Council of Ophthalmology. Users have permission to freely use the images, of which there are approximately 3,000.
- The Big Picture Book of VirusesFrom Tulane University, this site contains links to images stored on other Web Sites.
- DermAtlasHosted by Johns Hopkins University. More than 8,300 dermatological photographs and histological slides have been made available for teaching purposes.
- Duke University Medical Center Library Online Subject GuidesProvides links to medical image Web Sites. Free usage of images is allowed on some sites for educational purposes, while others require that you ask permission or pay user registration or fees.
- Google ImagesGoogle has billions of indexed images. It is up to the searcher to determine whether the images are copyrighted and to seek permission from the copyright holder.
- Hardin-MD AIDS, HIV/AIDS VirusFrom the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa.
- HEAL (Health Education Assets Library)HEAL is a national digital library funded by the National Science Foundation. Users must register to view and download records.
- Historical Anatomies on the Web from the National Library of MedicineA digital project from NLM. All images are in the public domain however, NLM does want users to acknowledge credit to the Library when using these materials.
- HON Media from Health on the NET FoundationActs as a search engine for locating medical images, it is not a repository of digital images.
- Karolinska InstitutetThis site contains links to other pages and sites on the Internet offering biomedically related multimedia material, mostly images (photos, illustrations, etc.). Occasionally, the material may be downloaded and used free of charge. Normally, however, the material is strictly copyrighted, and may be used only after first having obtained explicit permission by the rightful owner.
- National Eye InstituteThe files are not copyrighted but users are asked to credit the NEI or NIH.
- PEIR (Pathology Education Instructional Resource) Digital LibraryMade available by the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) Department of Pathology for use in medical education. Although access is unrestricted, images can only be used for nonprofit educational activities.
- Public Health Image Library from the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionSponsored by the National Center for Health Marketing, the National Center for Infectious Diseases, and the Information Resources Management Office.
- University of Nebraska Medical Center Medical Images on the WebA list of links to many medical image sites.
- Weill Cornell Medical Library Finding Images on the Web or in PrintLinks to many medical image sites. Many sites allow free use of the images for teaching and educational purposes, but you should always read the terms of use.
- Wellcome ImagesIncludes images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine. All content has been made available under a Creative Commons License, which allows users to copy, distribute and display the image, provided the source is fully attributed and it is used for non-commercial purposes.
- Yale School of Medicine: Diagnostic RadiologyLinks to thematic materials, including radiology sites, and teaching file and image sites.
- The Visible Human ProjectThe Visible Human Project is a complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representation of the normal male and female human bodies.
- The Whole Brain Atlas
Medical Images via Subscription
- Springer ImagesSpringer Images is a growing collection of scientific images that spans the scientific, technical and medical fields, including high-quality clinical images from images.MD. The collection currently contains over 2.8 million images, including nearly 300,000 free images.
- VisualDXVisualDx is a web-based clinical decision support system proven to enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety.
Videos from Journals
- JOVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, PubMed-indexed video journal. Our mission is to increase the productivity of scientific research. Available from Pubmed Central.
- JAMA MultimediaArticle and author videos with weekly JAMA Reports
- NEJM MultimediaVideos and images in Clinical Medicine

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