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NEUROSCIENCE: Find Background Information

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General Reference Collections

Credo Reference
Search 500+ reference works in all disciplines.
Oxford Reference Online
Fully-indexed, extensively linked, up to date, and cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Selected Online Reference Materials

Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences by Robert B. Daroff (Editor-In-Chief); Michael J. Aminoff (Editor-In-Chief)
Publication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience by Larry R. Squire (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 0080450466
Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain by Vilanayur S. Ramachandran (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: Science Ref q QP376 .E59 2002
ISBN: 0122272102
Publication Date: 2002
Brain Mapping by Arthur W. Toga (Editor-In-Chief)
Publication Date: 2015

Medical Reference

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 by American Psychiatric Association Staff; Carolyn Kernberger
Call Number: Science Ref RC455.2.C4 D54 2013
ISBN: 9780890425541
Publication Date: 2013
Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice by Susan Standring
Call Number: Science Ref f QM23.2 .G73 2005
ISBN: 0443071683
Publication Date: 2004