Guide to Resources for Radiologic Imaging Sciences Students

This guide provides a summary of the information resources (print, electronic and web-based) that are available through the Luria Library and online.

Books

ou may perform a search in using a set of keywords or subjects (or any of several other criteria if needed). Here are some examples of terms for a keyword or subject search:

Biophysics
Diagnostic imaging

Diagnosis, Ultrasonic
Ethics, medical
Nuclear medicine

Pediatric radiology
Radiography

Radiography, Medical
Radiology
Radiology, Medical
Technology, Radiologic
Ultrasonics

Ultrasonics in medicine 

Ultrasonic waves

Search catalog for radiology titles or imaging titles or for medical ethics

Reference Books

There are many medical reference books and these specifically for radiology:

Dorland's radiology/oncology word book  R 616.07 R477d    
Stedman's radiology words: includes nuclear medicine & other imaging. R 616.07 S812s
Glossary of maxillofacial radiology R 617.607572 S333g

Periodicals

You may find information in magazine and journal articles. Articles may be found in either in print, electronic or online versions of periodicals.

Current issues journals held by the library may be found shelved in the Periodicals section.

The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology
Applied radiology
Radiologic technology

 

Electronic databases:
To search electronic databases for articles, these databases will be particularly helpful:

ProQuest Medical Science Database
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Database

CINAHL

 

Comprehensive access to specific magazines and journals online can be found at the library webpage list called: A-Z List of Journals

Search by journal title or browse by subject area

E-books

The library has a large collection of full-text online books. Your search in our catalog may offer you ebooks or they can be found through a link to netLibrary (you will need your pipeline user name and password to use eBooks from off-campus)

 

Websites of interest:

FDA Center for Devices and Radiologic Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources: www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
Martindale's Radiology Guide  http://www.martindalecenter.com/MedicalRad.html

National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements http://www.ncrponline.org/ 

National Institutes of Health Diagnostic Radiology Department http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/drd/

National Medical Library Diagnostic Imaging http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diagnosticimaging.html

Visible Human Project http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

 

Organizations:

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists 

American Society of Radiologic Technologists 

California Society of Radiologic Technologists       

Health Occupations Students of America http://www.hosa.org   

Radiological Society of North America

Radcareers http://www.radcareers.com

 

Please ask, call, email or IM a librarian for assistance if you do not find the information you need through this guide.