Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles
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Helpful Online Resources
Dictionaries, Terminology, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
AF Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Searchable, growing database of more than 5 million English acronyms and initialisms
The Phrase Finder http://www.phrases.org.uk/ Meanings and origins of phrases, sayings, clichés, and quotes
Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/ Powerful online dictionary that draws on multiple general and technical dictionaries, plus online thesaurus, language translators, and more
Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/bibliog/white.html
Full online access to the “White Book,” which describes a range of technical, mathematical, and biomedical terms. Provided by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology MedBioWorld http://www.medbioworld.com/ Contains links to medical journals, associations, and databases, including general dictionaries, reference tools, medical glossaries, bioscience glossaries, and computer science glossaries National Human Genome Research Institute’s Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm Audio guide to the pronunciation, definition, and description of genetic terms and concepts, in English and Spanish
Literature Searches Research Medical Library
https://www3.mdanderson.org/library/services/literature_searching.html MD Anderson staff can request a literature search by a medical librarian. Library Databases https://www3.mdanderson.org/library/databases/index.html Search PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science or other databases for the latest literature.
U.S. National Libra ry of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/ Explanation of the MeSH system and how it is maintained and updated, plus a link to the MeSH Browser, an easy way to find and verify MeSH terms
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