(updated May 2013)
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ONLINE MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARIES
WordReference
English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary (with audio pronunciation - US)
Cambridge
English
Dictionary (now
with US and GB audio pronuciation and with
IPA phonetic script-GB)
For help
with the symbols: phonemic
chart or BBC
chart with audio
[scroll
down to “Listen to the sounds of English”]
The Free
Dictionary (dictionary and
encyclopaedia with British and American audio pronunciation)
One
Look Dictionary Search (a
single engine that searches multiple general and specialised
dictionaries)
PRONUNCIATION
A
free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation (UK
English, currently contains 131638 entries )
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Using English
for Academic Purposes (UEfAP) - A Guide for Students in Higher
Education
CONCORDANCER
BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES
Learn
English – British Council (“Quick
Grammar” for explanations and exercises)
BBC Worldservice
- Learning English
Online
interactive grammar tutorials and exercises
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/index.html
http://www.better-english.com/grammar.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/freeexercises.htm
http://www.lextutor.ca/ (Called “The Compleat Lexical Tutor", this was created by a Canadian university. It focuses on vocabulary with sections to learn new vocabulary and test your knowledge. Suitable for all levels. Start from “Tutorial”)
Online oral
drills and practice from Quality time ESL (QualityTime-ESL
podcasts are recordings aimed at helping people who have learned the
basic grammar and vocabulary but still feel "blocked" when
trying to speak English...)
Real English®
Original
videos & interactive lessons, an English teacher always present
to help you, and a Community of teachers & students learning
together.
ONLINE LISTENING AND VIDEO
BBC Worldservice
– Listen to “Health Check”
BBC - Radio 4 –
Listen to the radio programme “Case Notes” (click on
“listen again”). You can also read the full transcript
of the programme while listening (right click on “full
programme transcript” to open in a new window) - Full
transcripts are available for all programmes down to “Antiobiotics”
in the list of “Previous Programmes” in the right
navigation bar.
BBC News –
Watch “Windpipe transplant breakthrough” (19 Nov 2008)
NHS Choices –
Choose from over 600 short videos (approx. 2-4 mins) on a variety of
health topics. Click on the “CC” (left of the volume
control) to visualise the subtitles and on “Show transcript”
(bottom left, under “Credits”to
view the full transcript in a window below the video.
WebMD Health
Videos A-Z
Medical
Dictionary for
professionals (a
bit slow to load but worth the wait!)
here
Pronunciation
guide is here
Online Medical
dictionary - Mondofacto
Webster's New
World Medical Dictionary (for consumers)
One Look
Dictionary (a single engine that searches multiple general and
specialised online dictionaries).”More than 5 million words in
more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook®
search engine”.
MEDLINE plus
Medical Dictionary
MEDLINE plus
Medical Encyclopedia
Audio
pronunciation of medical terms (Talking dictionaries)
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/resources/pronunciations/index/a.html (US English)
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GEN504 (US English, organised by body system)
http://www.howjsay.com/ (UK English, general vocabulary and some medical terms)
Medical
vocabulary practice
FACT
SHEETS AND NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT HEALTH AND MEDICINE:PATIENT.CO.UK (Comprehensive health information as provided by GPs and nurses – HONCode certified)
http://www.patient.co.uk/pils.asp
EMEDICINE - Patient education (Consumer health- HONCode certified)
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/health-topics/article_em.htm
BUPA HEALTH
http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/asp/your_health/factsheets
http://www.bupa.co.nz/healthInformation.aspx
NHS CHOICES – Hundreds of conditions explained
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pages/BodyMap.aspx?Index=A
HOW STUFF WORKS – MEDICINE CHANNEL
home: http://health.howstuffworks.com/
modern medicine: http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/modern
diseases: http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions
medical tests & treatment: http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/tests-treatment
surgeries & procedures: http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/surgeries-procedures
UP-TO-DATE (a subscription resource for physicians but with some free content)
http://www.uptodate.com/home/uptodate-benefits-patients
NEW SCIENTIST
http://www.newscientist.com/section/health
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
PROFESSIONAL
TEXTS:EMEDICINE – Click on “Show all” to view the whole article. Where the article is divided into sections and subsections, (Overview, Presentation, Differential diagnoses, Workup, etc; Overview –> Background, Anatomy, Pathophysiology, etc), click on “show all” for each section and subsection.
** Or try the old version of emedicine (articles all on one page) HERE
UPTODATE - Sample Topics in All Specialties
http://www.uptodate.com/home/clinicians/sample_topics.html
THE MERCK MANUAL
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm
FREE MEDICAL JOURNALS
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
PUBMED CENTRAL JOURNALS – FULL LIST OF FREE JOURNALS
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/fprender.fcgi?cmd=full_view
THE LANCET
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
STUDENT BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
http://www.student.bmj.com/
(the
new version since Jan 2009) (Look at “Clinical review”
and “Research explained” under
“Education”)
http://archive.student.bmj.com/search/archive.php
(the
archive)
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
PUBMED
FOR BIOMEDICAL LITERATURE SEARCHES
PubMed
comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature
from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may
include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher
web sites.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
**
Make sure you look at the PubMed Quick Start Guide and PubMed
Tutorials under “Using PubMed”
** Watch a short
tutorial from Dartmouth College, BASIC MEDLINE SEARCH TUTORIAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=ANfmmScaZ3A&gl=US
E-JOURNALS – BIBLIOTECHE DI ATENEO -UNIVERSITA' DI TRIESTE
http://www.biblio.units.it/ncp
http://140.105.147.200/Riviste/Catalogo.asp
** Link to EZProxy to access the University Library journals from home (student credentials needed):