The library subscribes to these pay-for sites that you can search for information
X-Rays/Lasers in Medicine
Books
To locate books on X-Rays/Lasers in Medicine, use the following subject headings:
- Lasers in medicine
- X-Rays
- Radiography, Medical
- Radiography, Medical - History
- Radiography, Medical - Instruments
- Radiology, Medical
Reference Books at Central Library
- Equipment for diagnostic radiography (616.075 FOR )
- People, probes and pulses: medical applications of physics (616.075 BAR)
- Lasers in medicine and dentistry: diagnostics and treatment, 4-5 November 1996, Beijing, China (610.28 LAS)
When using the encyclopedias that follow, remember to look in the index to locate all relevant entries.
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (503 MCG)
- World Book (031 WOR)
Premium websites
The following websites are available via the library web site.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
- Don't forget to also look under radiography for information on X-rays.
- Use various formats of X-ray (eg. Xray, X-ray or x ray) if you are not locating appropriate information using the search function, as it changes from database to database.
- Access Science
- The easiest and most direct way to locate information on Xrays or lasers in Access Science is to use the browse/explore option. Select the alphabetical option. Alternatively, the search function can be used but this produces a greater number of hits, which then have to be waded through to locate the appropriate article.
- Credo Reference
- Provides brief dictionary and encyclopedia definitions of terms. Use their "see" references to locate information on a similar topic.
- Ebscohost
- Use the any of the following terms (or a combination of) to locate articles on Ebschost "Lasers in medicine", "Radiography", "Imaging systems" and "X-rays". Remember to select the full text option.
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- Use the search function to locate information on X-rays and lasers. Embedded links will take you to related articles. Don't forget to explore the relevant web sites and articles provided.
- INNZ - Index New Zealand
- Provides an index to articles published in New Zealand serials. Christchurch City Libraries may or may not hold the magazines in which these can be found.
- Newtext - Magazines and Newspapers
- Provides full text to articles found in selected New Zealand Newspapers and Magazines.
- Oxford Reference Online
- Brief dictionary definitions of terms from a variety of cross discipline dictionaries.
- World Book Online
- Find out how X-rays are produced, characteristics of X-rays, and their uses. Likewise, discover how a laser works, how they are used, kinds of lasers and their history.
Web sites
Use Christchurch City Libraries' Internet Gateway to find further information on X-Rays/Lasers in Medicine.
Internet Gateway > Health > Comprehensive health sites
Hints:
- To quickly locate information on the X-Rays or lasers use the web sites search function.
- Remember to use each web sites "Related terms/information" and/or "Links" to locate additional information.
The Basics of MRI- by Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D, Rochester Institute of Technology
- The Basics of NMR
- by Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D, Rochester Institute of Technology
- How Stuff Works - Lasers
- How Stuff Works - X-Rays
- RadiologyInfo
- Designed to answer questions related to radiologic procedures and therapies available. From the Radiological Society of North America
- X-Ray
- Provides illustrations, definitions of the procedures, indication of the risks involved and other information in easy to understand language. From the Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia
To locate the latest developments in the areas of lasers in medicine and X-Rays, try a keyword search in the various web sites listed under "Health News", or follow the path listed below.
Find Info/Internet > Internet Gateway > Health > Health News
