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Greenblatt: Information Guide for Online Resources: Audience

Educators and Students

A collage of digital images of human anatomy and DNA helices.

The Visible Human Project

A digital images dataset of complete human male and female cadavers in MRI, CT, and anatomical models.

  • Discipline:  Anatomy
  • Media Type: Images of sectioned male and female cadavers, MRI, and CT
  • Quality: High resolution images
  • Peer Reviews: Yes
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: Yes, after agreement is signed and approved
  • Access: Requires signed license agreement

An example of the categories available through the Public Health Images Library, including influenza, natural disasters, and everyday activities.

Public Health Images Library: CDC

Offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures; presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary 
  • Type of Media: Photographs, Illustrations or Videos
  • Media Quality: High quality images - can download large or small image size; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes, copyrighted images and must ask permission to use 
  • Access: Images are labeled, either public access or copyright protected

A collection of screenshots on a grey background displaying still images from videos showing parts of inner human anatomy such as the inside of a foot, abdomen muscles, and hip bones.

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy

Shows dissections of real, unembalmed human bodies with their natural texture and mobility

  • Type of Media: Videos
  • Media Quality: Videos have excellent content but low quality video; not peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Limited--requires Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers

A part of the BioDigital website displaying the full title, The BioDigital Human: A Better Way to Understand Health and the Human Body. It also displays the BioDigital logo with links fro Developer, Education, and Business, and the Log In and Sign In buttons.

Biodigital Human

Provides students an experiential learning method, including the opportunity to repeat dissections, access detailed information about different parts of the body, and take quizzes

  • Discipline: Anatomy
  • Type of Media: 3D Models
  • Media Quality: Low quality; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Limited access without premium acocunt

A colorized CT image of a brain with the following overlay text: The Whole Brain Atlas, by Keith A. Johnson, M.D. and J. Alex Becker, Ph.D.

Harvard Whole Brain Atlas

An information resource for central nervous system imaging which integrates clinical information with magnetic resonance (MR), x-ray computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine images.

  • Discipline: Anatomy
  • Type of Media: Medical imaging
  • Media Quality: Small images; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: Yes, but only movie version
  • Access: Open access but must give credit for educational use

A collage of various dermatological disease photos including rashes, raised bumps, and tumors. Accompanied by the title LearnDerm by Visual Dx.

Learnderm by Visual Dx

An interactive learning environment that consists of 5 lessons covering the basic skin exam, lesion types, distribution and body location, configurations, and an introduction to disease variation

  • Discipline: Dermatology
  • Type of Media: Photographs
  • Media Quality: High quality; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: Only with subscription
  • Access: Open access for educational use; requires users to leave the copyright watermark intact and include the source reference

A histology slide of a virtual microscopy using Brainmaps-CASK_API. Slide has the legend "P255: CNS. Brain - infarct/acute/old."

Virtual Slides

Histology slides of pathological conditions from various organs

  • Discipline: Histology
  • Type of Media: Images
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Open acess

A red banner with white text that says Anatomy Atlases: An anatomy digital library - Curated by Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation

Comprehensive digital library of anatomy information for patients and providers using current, authoritative, trustworthy health information

  • Discipline: Histology
  • Type of Media: Illustrations and photographs
  • Media Quality: Dated and small; internally peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Images are copyrighted by open access; credit is required

A screenshot of a web browser open to a page titled Take Test: Biolucida demo quiz. A smaller web browser open in the lower-right hand corner with an image of a histology slide.

Iowa Virtual Slidebox

A tool for teaching histology and pathology with virtual slides; includes over 1,000 high resolution virtual slides; produced with NLM grant funds

  • Discipline: Histology
  • Type of Media: Histology slides: normal and pathological
  • Media Quality: High resolution images; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable:  No
  • Access: Open consent required for non-educational uses

A video thumbnail showing a physician checking a patient's leg with the word "Play" under the image.

Access Medicine: Multimedia

A collection of examination and procedural videos, patient safety modules, audio files, and animations that focus on fundamental medical concepts drawn from Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Animations, videos and photographs
  • Media Quality: accurate content, low quality medical illustrations; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; off campus sign in required

A photo of a doctor performing a physical exam on an older patient, with a banner under it titled "Bates' Physical Examination Videos."

Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Videos
  • Media Quality: Good; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; off campus sign in required

A screenshot of the JoVE website, showing links to various medically-related topics on the right, and an open slideshow on the left showing the article "Application of Granger Causality Analysis of the Directed Functional Connection in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment."

JoVE: Journal of Visualized Experiments

A journal that publishes high quality, highly engaging scientific video demonstrations on experiments in biology, neuroscience, medicine, immunology and infection, and bioengineering

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Videos
  • Media Quality: High; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes, but only published article
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; off campus sign in required

The logo for Films on Demand, showing a red arrow pointing at the words "On Demand" which are in a red oval.

Films on Demand

Provides faculty and students with the most essential video titles for their field of study

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Videos and some e-learning modules
  • Media Quality: Low quality videos but reliable sources; slightly out of date; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: No 
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; off campus access sign in required

A logo that says "UpToDate" in green text.

UptoDate: Graphics Section of Summary

An evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource; provides a summary of the most recent medical information for evidence-based recommendations that are proven to improve patient care and quality

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
  • Media Quality: Usually high quality but may vary by article; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; Not available off campus

A screenshot of the Wikimedia Commons page of Gray's Anatomy plates, showing three slides. The first slide shows the inside of a cell, the second showing the process of mitotic division, and the third showing a human ovum.

Gray's Anatomy plates

Plate's from Gray's anatomy books

  • Discipline: Anatomy
  • Type of Media: Illustrations and diagrams
  • Media Quality: Low resolution; not peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable:  
  • Access: Free media repository; all illustrations and diagrams are in the public domain

The cover image of Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 7th Edition by Klaus Wolff, Richard A. Johnson, and Arturo P. Saavedra. Published by McGraw Hill Education. It shows six images of various skin disorders including rashes and carcinoma.

Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology

A "field guide" for the recognition of skin disorders and their management accompanied by over 900 color photographs illustrating skin diseases, skin manifestation of internal diseases, infections, tumors, and incidental skin findings

  • Discipline: Dermatology
  • Type of Media: Photographs
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes 
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; off campus sign in required

A banner for The Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo with an image of a developing embryo over several stages.

The Multidimensional Human Embryo

Human embryo specimens representing 10 stages of development were imaged by magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) to produce three-dimensional image data sets; a complete set of coronal, sagittal, and axial images were produced from each image data set; each embryo was optically photographed under a low-power microscope

  • Discipline: Anatomy-Embryology
  • Type of Media: Photographs, videos, and medial imaging
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Open access but only available for educational use

A screen capture of Open-I: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine. It shows popular searches such as cancer, toxicity, and pneumonia, with thumbnails showing images, graphs, and slides from the searches.

Open-i: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine

Provides access to over 3.7 million images from about 1.2 million PubMed Central® articles; 7,470 chest x-rays with 3,955 radiology reports; 67,517 images from NLM History of Medicine collection; and 2,064 orthopedic illustrations.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary 
  • Type of Media: Medical imaging, diagrams, videos, and photographs
  • Media Quality: High; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Some images are open access; each image has a license

A banner for NIH Image Gallery Pro along with the NIH logo, the National Institutes of Health title, 267 followers, 26 following, and a button that shows that you can follow the gallery as well as email them.

NIH Image Gallery

Multiple albums of NIH Photos on various topics

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
  • Media Quality: High quality and available at different sizes; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable:  Yes
  • Access: Open access

Researchers

A banner for The Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo with an image of a developing embryo over several stages.

The Multidimensional Human Embryo

Human embryo specimens representing 10 stages of development were imaged by magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) to produce three-dimensional image data sets; a complete set of coronal, sagittal, and axial images were produced from each image data set; each embryo was optically photographed under a low-power microscope

  • Discipline: Anatomy-Embryology
  • Type of Media: Photographs, videos, and medial imaging
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Open access but only available for educational use

A screenshot of the Wikimedia Commons page of Gray's Anatomy plates, showing three slides. The first slide shows the inside of a cell, the second showing the process of mitotic division, and the third showing a human ovum.

Gray's Anatomy plates

Plate's from Gray's anatomy books

  • Discipline: Anatomy
  • Type of Media: Illustrations and diagrams
  • Media Quality: Low resolution; not peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable:  
  • Access: Free media repository; all illustrations and diagrams are in the public domain

A screen capture of Open-I: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine. It shows popular searches such as cancer, toxicity, and pneumonia, with thumbnails showing images, graphs, and slides from the searches.

Open-i: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine

Provides access to over 3.7 million images from about 1.2 million PubMed Central® articles; 7,470 chest x-rays with 3,955 radiology reports; 67,517 images from NLM History of Medicine collection; and 2,064 orthopedic illustrations.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary 
  • Type of Media: Medical imaging, diagrams, videos, and photographs
  • Media Quality: High; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Some images are open access; each image has a license

A banner for NIH Image Gallery Pro along with the NIH logo, the National Institutes of Health title, 267 followers, 26 following, and a button that shows that you can follow the gallery as well as email them.

NIH Image Gallery

Multiple albums of NIH Photos on various topics

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
  • Media Quality: High quality and available at different sizes; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable:  Yes
  • Access: Open access

A screenshot of the image repository with the title "Open-Access Medical Image Repositories." It has a list of sites that list and/or host multiple collections of data, such as The Cancer Imaging Archive.

Aylward Open Access Medical Image Repositories

Medical imaging database repository

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Medical imaging
  • Media Quality: Varying; Most images peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: Some images downloadable
  • Access: Open access but may have to submit email address

An example of the categories available through the Public Health Images Library, including influenza, natural disasters, and everyday activities.

Public Health Images Library: CDC

Offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures; presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary 
  • Type of Media: Photographs, Illustrations or Videos
  • Media Quality: High quality images - can download large or small image size; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes, copyrighted images and must ask permission to use 
  • Access: Images are labeled, either public access or copyright protected

Health Care Providers

The cover image of Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 7th Edition by Klaus Wolff, Richard A. Johnson, and Arturo P. Saavedra. Published by McGraw Hill Education. It shows six images of various skin disorders including rashes and carcinoma.

Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology

A "field guide" for the recognition of skin disorders and their management accompanied by over 900 color photographs illustrating skin diseases, skin manifestation of internal diseases, infections, tumors, and incidental skin findings

  • Discipline: Dermatology
  • Type of Media: Photographs
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes 
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; off campus sign in required

A banner for The Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo with an image of a developing embryo over several stages.

The Multidimensional Human Embryo

Human embryo specimens representing 10 stages of development were imaged by magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) to produce three-dimensional image data sets; a complete set of coronal, sagittal, and axial images were produced from each image data set; each embryo was optically photographed under a low-power microscope

  • Discipline: Anatomy-Embryology
  • Type of Media: Photographs, videos, and medial imaging
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Open access but only available for educational use

A screen capture of Open-I: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine. It shows popular searches such as cancer, toxicity, and pneumonia, with thumbnails showing images, graphs, and slides from the searches.

Open-i: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine

Provides access to over 3.7 million images from about 1.2 million PubMed Central® articles; 7,470 chest x-rays with 3,955 radiology reports; 67,517 images from NLM History of Medicine collection; and 2,064 orthopedic illustrations.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary 
  • Type of Media: Medical imaging, diagrams, videos, and photographs
  • Media Quality: High; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Some images are open access; each image has a license

A banner for NIH Image Gallery Pro along with the NIH logo, the National Institutes of Health title, 267 followers, 26 following, and a button that shows that you can follow the gallery as well as email them.

NIH Image Gallery

Multiple albums of NIH Photos on various topics

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
  • Media Quality: High quality and available at different sizes; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable:  Yes
  • Access: Open access

A banner with the NIH logo that says National Cancer Institute: Visuals Online

National Cancer Institute Images Online

Provides a range of photographs and illustrations from biomedical, science, and patient-care related illustrations and images to portraits of present and past directors and the staff of the National Cancer Institute

  • Discipline: Oncology
  • Type of Media: Illustrations, photographs, diagrams, and videos
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Open access

A logo that says "UpToDate" in green text.

UptoDate: Graphics Section of Summary

An evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource; provides a summary of the most recent medical information for evidence-based recommendations that are proven to improve patient care and quality

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
  • Media Quality: Usually high quality but may vary by article; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Access provided by the Greenblatt Library; Not available off campus

An example of the categories available through the Public Health Images Library, including influenza, natural disasters, and everyday activities.

Public Health Images Library: CDC

Offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures; presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary 
  • Type of Media: Photographs, Illustrations or Videos
  • Media Quality: High quality images - can download large or small image size; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes, copyrighted images and must ask permission to use 
  • Access: Images are labeled, either public access or copyright protected

Patient Education/Public

The banner and logo for MedlinePlus showing a blue and green cross with a large "M" in the middle of it, and the words "MedlinePlus: Trusted Health Information for You."

MedlinePlus Videos and Tutorials

Includes information about diseases, conditions and wellness issues patients can understand. Health videos on topics such as anatomy, body systems and surgical procedures

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and videos 
  • Media Quality: High
  • Peer Reviewed: Yes 
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: No
  • Access: Open

A banner with the logo for NIH and NLM and the title "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).

Images from the History of Medicine

Provides online access to images from the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s historical collections, including fine art, photographs, engravings, and posters that illustrate the social and historical aspects of medicine dating from the 15th to 21st century

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • Type of Media: Fine art, photographs, illustrations
  • Media Quality: High; Peer reviewed
  • Searchable: No
  • Downloadable: Yes
  • Access: Open access

An example of the categories available through the Public Health Images Library, including influenza, natural disasters, and everyday activities.

Public Health Images Library: CDC

Offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures; presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.

  • Discipline: Multidisciplinary 
  • Type of Media: Photographs, Illustrations or Videos
  • Media Quality: High quality images - can download large or small image size; peer reviewed
  • Searchable: Yes
  • Downloadable: Yes, copyrighted images and must ask permission to use 
  • Access: Images are labeled, either public access or copyright protected