Medicine: Books & eBooks
Looking for a known book?
1. If you already know the book that you are looking for, there are some short video guides on the Library's Self-Help pages to help you.
There is also a separate guide on the Library's search tool Library Search | Ketu
Looking for a book on the shelf?
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This guide explains how to find a book on the shelf using the Call Number from the record on Library Search e.g. WB102 EX65 2011 |
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eBooks
The Library's collection of e-books is always growing. Benefits of e-books include:
- Instant/anytime access
- They can be downloaded (for a specified period of time) or read online
- The entire text is serachable and 'sticky notes' can be added
- A percentage of the publication can be printed/saved
- The e-book URL is permanent so you go back to a publication instantly
eBooks sampler
- Mind the Gap: a handbook of clinical signs on black and brown skinSecond year medical student Malone Mukwende has been working with Senior Lecturer in Diversity and Medical Education Margot Turner and Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills Peter Tamony, as part of a student-staff partnership project looking at clinical teaching on black and brown skins. Published June 2020
Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th Edition by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781259584732Publication Date: 2017
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) by ISBN: 9781259644047Publication Date: 2018
Other Reference eBooks
Concise Medical Dictionary by Publication Date: 2015
Statistical Methods in Healthcare by Publication Date: 2012
Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases by Publication Date: 2004
The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine by Publication Date: 2001
LWW Health Library
The LWW Health Library platform provides authoritative texts, multimedia resources, and teaching & learning tools for medical education and the health professions. Users have access to texts, cases, self-assessment tools, procedure videos and audio files covering specialist subject collections: Basic Sciences (e.g. Anatomy, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Physiology), Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Exercise Science, Neurology, Oncology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pathology, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
Springer Reference Collection
SpringerReference delivers access to the all Live Springer Reference Works, continuously updated, and covering all areas of STM research. You will have access to more than 190 peer-reviewed titles (including those that are currently in production) that remain leading edge and comprehensive.
Need more books? Try our Interloan service
If you need a book that is not available via the University of Otago Library, you can request a free copy (from libraries in Australasia) using the Interloan service (a book from beyond Australasia incurs a charge, but the Library will ask you first!):
- Interloan serviceThe Interloan service enables library users to search for items, create requests for items not held in the University of Otago Library, and monitor the progress of those requests.
ULANZ Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement
University Libraries of Australia and New Zealand (ULANZ) is a borrowing scheme that allows staff and students of Australian and New Zealand universities* to borrow in person from any other participating university library.
ULANZ allows borrowing in person by registered users.
*EXCEPT for The University of Auckland.