Subject: Medical CD-ROMs

From: [email-masked] (Bruce C McKenzie)
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 22:29:49 GMT

Filename: Medical CD-ROMs
Author:   [email-masked] (Bruce C McKenzie)
Version:  1.1 (03.11.94)

About This Document
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   This document is a list of available CD-ROMs with a medical/ health theme.
Mention of a particular supplier does not constitute endorsement. If you
can add to the list, or provide details on content, platform, cost etc-
please email me. Contributions are annonymous unless you specificaly ask to
be identified. Prices in US dollars or pound sterling, and may not be
current. Where there is a pricing alternative, that for an individual (cf
institution or network) is given. ³PC² does not distinguish between DOS or
Windows requirements: check with the supplier.

   Note that I cannot supply information on any CD further than that given
here.

   If anyone is prepared to store the latest copy of this document on their
mail server or ftp archive, let me know.

Copyright Notice
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   Copyright 1994 by Bruce C McKenzie. Permission is granted to transmit and
store this document electronically or otherwise, PROVIDING THAT IT REMAINS
UNEDITED. Any errors are unintentional, and any expenses or inconveniences
incurred as a consequence of their interpretation are not the
responsibility of the author.

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Version History
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   1.0 (01.10.94)

MEDICAL CD-ROMs
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1
Title: Body Works 3.0
Content: "An adventure in anatomy (tm)"
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 45.00 pounds/ $69.95
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864/ Software Marketing Corporation, Phoenix
602.893.3377
Comment:

2
Title: PharmAssit 
Content: "The Family Guide to Health and Medicine (tm)"
Platform: PC
Cost: $69.95
Supplier: Software Marketing Corporation, Phoenix 602.893.3377
Comment:

3
Title: Mayo Clinic Family Pharmacist CD-ROM
Content:
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: $99.95
Supplier: IVI Publishing 1-800-278-5533
Comment:

4
Title: Dr Schueler's Home Medical Advisor Pro
Content:
Platform: PC
Cost: $69.95
Supplier: Pixel Perfect, Merrit Island 407 779 0310
Comment:

5
Title: Family Doctor 3
Content:
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 39.00 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

6
Title: Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
Content:
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Cost:
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7
Title: Mayo Clinic: The Total Heart
Content:
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 32.00 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

8
Title: The Ultimate Human Body
Content:
Platform: PC
Cost: $79.95
Supplier: Dorling Kindersley
Comment: Demo on September issue of MacWorld ³Movie² CD-ROM; better than
HyperCard!

9
Title: Baby File- Conception to Birth
Content: Laypersons guide to pregnancy
Platform: Mac
Cost: 36.80 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

10
Title: Katy Smith Fat Burning System
Content:
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 32.00 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

11
Title: LifeSaver
Content: multimedia firstaid course
Platform: Mac
Cost: 49.00 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

12
Title: Pill Book
Content:
Platform: PC
Cost: 29.00 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

13
Title: Harrision's Principles of Internal Medicine 
Content: 1994 edition of the book
Platform:
Cost: "in press"
Supplier:  McGraw-Hill 
Comment:

14
Title: The Merck Manual
Content:
Platform:
Cost:
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15
Title: Scientific American Medicine
Content: Full text, DISCOTEST patient management problems for CME credit
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 265 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

15
Title: Oxford Textbook of Medicine
Content: Text of, no tables/ figures
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 299 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment: ³We have the OTM on CD (1st CD edition I think) and its hopeless:
text only and the search routines are terrible: I gave up on it and went
back to the hardback edition (anon)².

16
Title: British Medical Journal
Content: Past 5 years articles from BMJ + citations back to 1966
Platform: PC
Cost: 140 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: A copy can be viewed in the BMA Library, London.

17
Title: A.D.A.M
Content:
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18
Title: Doctor's Book of Home Remedies
Content:
Platform:
Cost: 24.95 pounds
Supplier: Devron, 081-953 1133
Comment:

19
Title: Anatomist CD
Content:
Platform: Mac
Cost: 185 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

20
Title: Prescription Drugs- A Pharmacists Guide
Content: Side effects, mode of action etc in lay-language
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 53 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

21
Title: Vital Signs: The Good Health Resource
Content: Tutorials, illustrated ailments library for laypeople
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 55 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

22
Title: 3D Body Adventure
Content:
Platform: PC
Cost: 43.80 pounds
Supplier: CD Direct 0800 317864
Comment:

23
Title: Living Body - An Atlas
Content: For school kids
Platform: PC
Cost: 195.00 pounds
Supplier: CD-ROM Xpress, 081-518 4151
Comment:

24
Title: Aids Compact Library (MacMillan)
Content: AIDS research + treatment; journal articles; abstracts
Platform: PC
Cost: 395 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

25
Title: AIDSLINE
Content: AIDS research + treatment; journal articles; abstracts
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 430 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

26
Title: AFP Journal (1985-1992)
Content: American Family Physician articles, other journal abstracts
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 235 pounds
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

27
Title: AIDS Textbooks
Content:
Platform: PC
Cost: 165 pounds
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

28
Title: American Heart Association Compact Library
Content: Full text of the 5 AHA journals
Platform: PC
Cost: 320 pounds
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

29
Title: Anatomy and Anesthesia of the Mandibular Nerve
Content: Osteology; dissection; clinic; a quiz
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 217 pounds
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

30
Title: Annals of Internal Medicine
Content: Full text of articles from last 5 years in the Annals
Platform: PC
Cost: 140 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

31
Title: BIOETHICSLINE Plus
Content: NLM teaches ethics by citation
Platform: PC
Cost: 634 pounds annual subscription
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment: Updated fortnightly

32
Title: British Pharmocopeia 
Content: Full text of this publication
Platform: PC
Cost: 1500 pounds annual subscription
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment: Annual updates

33
Title: Cancer CD
Content: Cancer literature abstracts from 1984 onward
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 1,195 pounds annual subscription
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment: Quarterly updates

34
Title: CancerLit
Content: Cancer literature abstracts from US National Cancer Institute
Platform: PC
Cost: 793 pounds annual subscription
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment: Quarterly updates

35
Title: Cardiology MEDLINE  
Content: MEDLINE cardiology citations and abstracts from the last 5 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 165 pounds annual updates
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

36
Title: American Journal of Public Health
Content: Full text of the last 5 years articles
Platform: PC
Cost: 140 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

37
Title: CD-Derma Vol 1: General Dermatology
Content: Image-based diagnostic aid
Platform: PC
Cost: 275 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

38
Title: Clinical Rheumatology
Content: Images with sound annotations
Platform: PC
Cost: 213 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

40
Title: Etiology of Cancer
Content: Enviromental and genetic carcinogenesis
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 213 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

41
Title: Excerpta Medica: Cardiology
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

42
Title: Excerpta Medica: Anaesthesiology
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

43
Title: Excerpta Medica: Immunology and AIDS
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

44
Title: Excerpta Medica: Gastroenterology
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

45
Title: Excerpta Medica: Neurosciences
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

46
Title: Excerpta Medica: Nephrology
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

47
Title: Excerpta Medica: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

48
Title: Excerpta Medica: Pathology
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

49
Title: Excerpta Medica: Psychiatry
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

50
Title: Excerpta Medica: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

51
Title: Excerpta Medica: Drugs and Pharmacology
Content: Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
Platform: PC or Mac
Cost: 1083 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: 1989 to date

52
Title: Family Practice Library
Content: AFP, NEJM, Mosby Year Books and Pediatrics on Disc
Platform: PC
Cost: 670 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

53
Title: Heart, The Engine of Life
Content: Animated tutorial for laypeople
Platform: PC
Cost: 66 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

54
Title: Herbalist
Content:
Platform: PC
Cost: 65 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

55
Title: Internal Medicine
Content: Full text of NEJM, JAMA, Ann. Intern. Med., Lancet, BMJ
Platform: PC
Cost: 270 pound
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

56
Title: Journal of the American Medical Association
Content: Full text of last 5 years from JAMA, citations back to 1966
Platform: PC
Cost: 205 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

57
Title: Justis Environmental Health
Content: Legislation and guidelines
Platform: PC
Cost: 600 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

58
Title: The Lancet
Content: Full text of the last 5 years + citations back to 1966
Platform: PC
Cost: 140 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes tables

59
Title: MEDLINE STANDARD
Content: MEDLINE database from NLM 1966 to date, MeSH thesaurus
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 1792 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

60
Title: MEDLINE EXPRESS
Content: MEDLINE database from NLM 1966 to date, MeSH thesaurus
Platform: PC
Cost: 1792 pounds 
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: Allows cross-disk searches

61
Title: MEDLINE PROFESSIONAL
Content: Clinical medicine selection from MEDLINE database, MeSH thesaurus
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 358 pounds annual
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

62
Title: Meyler¹s Side Effects of Drugs Database
Content: Full text from the 2-book series of the same name
Platform: PC
Cost: 833 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

63
Title: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Content: Full text of the last 5 years articles
Platform: PC
Cost: 140 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

64
Title: Mosby Year Book: Medicine
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

65
Title: Mosby Year Book: Family Practice 
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

66
Title: Mosby Year Book: Pediatrics
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

67
Title: Mosby Year Book: Neonatal and Perinatal  
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

68
Title: Mosby Year Book: Dermatology
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

69
Title: Mosby Year Book: Diagnostic Radiology
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

70
Title: Mosby Year Book: Drug Therapy
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

71
Title: Mosby Year Book: Emergency Medicine
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

72
Title: Mosby Year Book: Sports Medicine
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

73
Title: Mosby Year Book: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

74
Title: Mosby Year Book: Psychology and Applied Mental Health
Content: Most recent 3 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: includes search software

75
Title: New England Journal of Medicine (MacMillan)
Content: Most recent 5 years, plus citations back to 1966
Platform: PC
Cost: 140 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600

76
Title: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Content: Most recent 9 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

77
Title: Pediatric Library
Content: Pediat. on Disc, Ped. Rev. Educ. Prog. & Red Book, PID, Mosby YB 
Platform: PC
Cost: 670 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

78
Title: Pediatric Review and Red Book
Content: Last 8 years of Ped. Rev. Educ. Prog. & Red Book
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

79
Title: Pediatrics on Disc
Content: Last 8 years of J Am Acad Ped
Platform: PC
Cost: 200 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

80
Title: The Physicians Medline
Content: 150 core journals from NLM¹s MEDLINE, last 4 years
Platform: PC
Cost: 140 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment: 

81
Title: Textbook of Dermatology
Content: Full text and illustrations from the book
Platform: PC
Cost: 275 pounds
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

82
Title: Viral Hepatitis Compact Library
Content: Clinical aspects, Knowledge Base, full text articles, citations
Platform: PC
Cost: 140
Supplier: Cambridge CD-ROM, +44 449 677600
Comment:

83
Title: Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
Content: 6 CD set with multimedia case presentations in Orthopaedics
Platform:
Cost:
Supplier: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgerons
Comment:

84
Title: Orthopaedic Knowledge Update
Content: Full text & images from Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 1-4
Platform:
Cost:
Supplier: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgerons
Comment:

85
Title: Instructional Course Lectures
Content: Text & images from the Instructional Course Lectures series
Platform:
Cost:
Supplier: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgerons
Comment:

86
Title: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Content: text and some images of this medical journal 1984-1990
Platform:
Cost:
Supplier: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgerons
Comment:

87
Title: American Journal of Sports Medicine
Content: text and some images of this medical journal 1984-1990
Platform:
Cost:
Supplier: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgerons
Comment:

88
Title: Introduction to Orthopaedics
Content: training for drug reps in orthopaedic surgery
Platform:
Cost:
Supplier: Howmedica (orthopaedic division of Pfizer)
Comment:

89
Title: ACAI Annual Meeting
Content: transcripts + slides from Am College of Allergy & Immunology
Platform: Mac or PC
Cost: 196 pounds
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

90
Title: Clinical Rheumatology
Content:
Platform: PC
Cost:
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

91
Title: Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolus
Content:
Platform: Mac
Cost: 152 pounds
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

92
Title: Hospital Collection
Content: MEDLINE standard; CINAHL; HealthPLAN-CD; CancerLIT; BIOETHICSLINE
Platform: 
Cost:
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

93
Title: IARCancer Disc
Content:
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Cost:
Supplier: Microinfo Ltd CD-ROM Division, 0420 86848 (Hampshire UK)
Comment:

94
Title: Basic Ophthalmology
Content: 
Platform: Mac
Cost:
Supplier:
Comment: Anyone interested, contact Michael Bertschy, Programmer Analyst,
Educational Resources Group, Dept. of Ophthalmology, The University of
Iowa, South 256 Westlawn, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA % 319-335-8758, fax 319-
335-7193, e-mail [email-masked]

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