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Medical Students Resource Guide

A library resource guide for students in Georgetown University's School of Medicine.

Biochemistry

Medical Biochemistry by John W. Baynes (Editor); Marek H. Dominiczak (Editor)
Access Note: Online Only

ISBN: 9780323834506

Publication Date: 2023

Required
Medical Biochemistry - an Essential Textbook by Sankhavaram R. Panini
ISBN: 9781626237445

Publication Date: 2021-01-04

Online Only
Required
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Access Note: PS 3555 U4 M53 2002

ISBN: 0312427735

This book is not available electronically
DML Reading Room
Required
Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry by David L. Nelson; Michael M. Cox
Access Note: Concurrent User(s): 7
Print Copy: Rothstein Reading Room QU 4 L523p 2021

ISBN: 9781319322342

Publication Date: 2021-01-04

Recommended

Medical Embryology

Langman's Medical Embryology by T. W. Sadler
ISBN: 9781975179960

Publication Date: 2023-02-08

Recommended
Developing Human, The by Keith L. Moore; T. V. N. Persaud; Mark G. Torchia
ISBN: 9780443116988

Publication Date: 2025

Recommended

Gross Anatomy

Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Arthur F. Dalley II; Anne M. R. Agur
ISBN: 9781975154066

Publication Date: 2022-03-03

Required
Grant's Dissector by Alan J. Detton
Access Note:
Print Copy: QS 130 A319 2025 Reference

ISBN: 9781975193669

Publication Date: 2024-03-12

Required
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy by Anne M. R. Agur; Arthur F. Dalley II
ISBN: 9781975193430

Publication Date: 2024-02-06

Call Number: QS 17 A284g 2017
(older edition in print)
Recommended
Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy: Classic Regional Approach by Frank H. Netter
ISBN: 9780323793735

Publication Date: 2022-04-11

8th Edition Online via ClinicalKey
Call Number: QM 25 .N46 2014
Learning Societies Collection (older edition)
Recommended
Rohen's Photographic Atlas of Anatomy by Johannes W. Rohen; Chihiro Yokochi; Elke Lutjen-Drecoll
Access Note:
Print Copy: Rothstein Reading Room QS 17 V653p 2021

ISBN: 9781975151348

Publication Date: 2021-04-15

Recommended
Gray's Anatomy for Students by Richard Drake; A. Wayne Vogl; Adam W. M. Mitchell
ISBN: 9780323934237

Publication Date: 2024

Call Number: QS 4 D762g 2020
(older edition in print)
Recommended

Histology

Junqueira's Basic Histology: Text and Atlas, Sixteenth Edition by Anthony L. Mescher
ISBN: 9781264930395

Publication Date: 2023-12-08

In Print and Online via AccessMedicine
Call Number: QS 504 H6725 2018 (DML Reading Room)
Online edition includes 230 Questions (Free personal AccessMedicine account required.)
Recommended
Histology and Cell Biology: Examination and Board Review, Fifth Edition by Douglas F. Paulsen
ISBN: 9781264269921

Publication Date: 2022-01-14

Online edition includes 672 Questions (Free personal AccessMedicine account required.)
Recommended

Medical Neuroscience

Neuroanatomy Atlas in Clinical Context by Duane E. Haines; Mary Alissa Willis
ISBN: 9781975197292

Publication Date: 2024-06-05

Required for M2s Only
Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld
Access Note: QM 451 B68 2021

ISBN: 9781605359625

Publication Date: 2021 (3rd Edition)

In Print Only
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Recommended
Gray's Anatomy for Students by Richard Drake; A. Wayne Vogl; Adam W. M. Mitchell
ISBN: 9780323934237

Publication Date: 2024

Recommended
Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience by David L. Felten; Michael K. O'Banion; Mary E. Maida
ISBN: 9780323756549

Publication Date: 2021-09-17

3rd Ed. In Print and 4th Ed. Online via ClinicalKey
Call Number: WL 17 F325n 2015
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Principles of Neural Science, Sixth Edition by Steven A. Siegelbaum; Eric R. Kandel; John D. Koester; Sarah H. Mack
ISBN: 9781259642234

Publication Date: 2021-03-29

6th Edition Online
Recommended
Fitzgerald's Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience by Estomih Mtui; Gregory Gruener; Peter Dockery
ISBN: 9780702079092

Publication Date: 2020-12-04

8th Edition Online and 7th Edition In Print
Call Number: QP 361 F533 2017
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Neuroscience by George J. Augustine et al. (Editors)
Access Note: QP 355.2 N487 2024

ISBN: 9780197616246

Publication Date: 2024

Recommended
Essential Neuroscience by Allan Siegel, Hreday N. Sapru
Access Note:
Print Copy: WL 102 S571e 2019 Rothstein Reading Room

ISBN: 9781496382405

Publication Date: 2018-09-19

Recommended

Physiology

Vanders Renal Physiology, Ninth Edition by Douglas C. Eaton; John Pooler
ISBN: 9781264278527

Publication Date: 2023-04-14

Online edition includes 59 Questions (Free personal AccessMedicine account required.)
Recommended
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology by John E. Hall; Michael E. Hall
ISBN: 9780443111013

Publication Date: 2025-07-11

QT 104 G992t 2016
Old Edition: DML Reading Room
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Berne and Levy Physiology by Bruce M. Koeppen; Bruce A. Stanton; Julianne M. Hall (Editor); Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban (Editor)
ISBN: 9780323847902

Publication Date: 2023-03-28

Recommended
West's Respiratory Physiology by John B. West
ISBN: 9781975139186

Publication Date: 2020-10-07

Call Number: WF 18.2 W518r 2016 (DML Reading Room)
Recommended
Netter's Essential Physiology by Susan Mulroney
ISBN: 9780443113635

Publication Date: 2025

Recommended

Evidence-Based Medicine

Studying a Study and Testing a Test by Richard K. Riegelman
ISBN: 9781975120894

Publication Date: 2020-10-07

7th Edition Online
Required
High-Yield Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health by Anthony N. Glaser
Access Note: WA 18.2 G548h 2014

ISBN: 9781451130171

Only In Print
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Essential Concepts in Clinical Research by Kenneth Schulz; David A. Grimes
ISBN: 9780702073946

Publication Date: 2018-10-03

Recommended

Nutrition and Patient Health

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy by Walter Willett; P. J. Skerrett (As told to)
Access Note: Concurrent User(s): 4
Print Copy: RA 784 W635 2017 Rothstein Reading Room

ISBN: 9781501164774

Publication Date: 2017-09-19

Recommended
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Medical Genetics

Thompson and Thompson Genetics in Medicine by Robert L. Nussbaum; Roderick R. McInnes; Huntington F. Willard
ISBN: 9780323547628

Publication Date: 2024

Required

Diagnostic Reasoning and Testing

Only EKG Book You'll Ever Need, The by Malcolm S. Thaler
ISBN: 9781975185831

Publication Date: 2022-06-30

In Print and Online via LWW Health Library
Call Number: WG 140 E5 2019
Older Edition: DML Reading Room
Required
Squire's Fundamentals of Radiology by Robert A. Novelline
Access Note: Concurrent User(s): 3
Print Copy: Rothstein Reading Room WN 180 N938s 2018

ISBN: 9780674275904

Publication Date: 2018-01-29

Supplemental

Cura Personalis (Clinical Skills)

Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Rainier P. Soriano
ISBN: 9781975218348

Publication Date: 2025-09-23

13th Edition Online and Older Edition In Print
Call Number: WB 205 B583b 2017
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Required
Smith's Patient Centered Interviewing: an Evidence-Based Method, Fourth Edition by Robert C. Smith; Auguste H. Fortin; Francesca C. Dwamena; Richard M. Frankel; Brenda L. Lepisto
Access Note:
Print Copy: Rothstein Reading Room WB 290 S659 2019

ISBN: 9781259644627

Publication Date: 2018-08-31

Required

Health Care Ethics

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas by Bernard Lo
Access Note:
Print Copy: Rothstein Reading Room WB 60 L795r 2019

ISBN: 9781975103545

Publication Date: 2019-03-20

Recommended
Practical Ethics for Students, Interns, and Residents by A. Derse and D. Schiedermayer
Access Note: W 19 D4385 2015

ISBN: 9781555720629

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Immunology

Immunology by David Male (Editor); R. Stokes Peebles (Editor); Victoria Male (Editor)
ISBN: 9780702078446

Publication Date: 2020

Required
Immunology for Medical Students by Matthew Buckland
ISBN: 9780702084348

Publication Date: 2025-10-24

Required
Immunology IV by Joseph A. Bellanti; Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez; George C. Tsokos
Access Note:
Print Copy: Georgetown Authors QW 504 I3653 2012

ISBN: 9780692011607

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Supplemental
Janeway's Immunobiology by Kenneth Murphy; Casey Weaver
Access Note: QW 504 J33i 2016

In Print Only
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Optional
Case Studies in Immunology by Raif S. Geha; Luigi Notarangelo
Access Note: WS 18.2 A247p 2016

ISBN: 9780815345121

Publication Date: 2016

Optional

Medical Microbiology

Medical Microbiology by Patrick R. Murray; Ken S. Rosenthal; Michael A. Pfaller
ISBN: 9780443261336

Publication Date: 2025-05-19

Supplemental
Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple by Mark Gladwin; William Trattler; C. Scott Mahan
Access Note: QR 67 G543 2023

ISBN: 9781935660453

Publication Date: 2023

In Print Only
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Recommended
Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Sixteenth Edition by Peter Chin-Hong; Warren E. Levinson; Elizabeth A. Joyce; Jesse Nussbaum; Brian Schwartz; Mehrdad Matloubian; Luis Rubio
ISBN: 9781265126001

Publication Date: 2024-02-16

Online and Older Edition In Print
(DML Reading Room)
Online edition includes 1,107 Questions (Free personal AccessMedicine account required.)
Supplemental

Pathology

Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease by Vinay Kumar (Editor); Abul K. Abbas (Editor); Jon C. Aster (Editor); Jayanta Debnath (Editor); Abhijit Das (Editor)
ISBN: 9780443264528

Publication Date: 2025-05-30

Online and older edition In Print Call Number: QZ 4 R6354 2014 (DML Reading Room)
Recommended

Patients, Populations, and Policy

Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts
ISBN: 9781595586919

Publication Date: 2011-06-14

Online only, via EBSCOhost
Required

8 concurrent users. If you receive a "not available" message upon login, please wait 10-15 minutes and try again.
Understanding Health Policy: a Clinical Approach, Eighth Edition by Thomas S. Bodenheimer; Kevin Grumbach; Rachel Willard-Grace
ISBN: 9781265905026

Publication Date: 2023-12-05

Online and Older Edition in Print
Call Number: WA 540 AA1 2016
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Pharmacology

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 15e by Todd W. Vanderah
Access Note:
Print Copy: QV 4 B311 2024 Rothstein Reading Room

ISBN: 9781260463309

Publication Date: 2023-12-01

Recommended
Principles of Pharmacology by David Golan; Joseph Loscalzo; Mark Namchuk
ISBN: 9781975220310

Publication Date: 2025-08-19

Recommended
Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th Edition by Laurence Brunton; Bjorn Knollmann
ISBN: 9781264258079

Publication Date: 2022-11-04

Online and In Print
Call Number: QV 4 G6532 2018
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Recommended

Psychiatry

Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry by Donald W. Black; Nancy C. Andreasen
ISBN: 9781615373192

Publication Date: 2020-05-04

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