Extra Resources
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Referencing guide:
- Phrasebank to help with essays
Free notes and textbooks:
Grammar checker:
Grammarly (available as a browser extension)
Money financing for students:
Others:
New Scientist (print and online magazine)
BBC iPlayer science and nature documentaries
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WEBSITES TO AID STUDIES
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Science and maths:
LibreTexts: biology, chemistry, physics, maths, engineering, and medicine
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HELP WITH RESEARCH
Databases:
- PubMed
- MEDLINE (by National Library of Medicine)
- Participate in actual research: Zooniverse- citizen science
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- Top multi-disciplinary journal in the field: Nature
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Pharmacology sites:
- Pharmgkb
- Check which drugs are in trial
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TEXTBOOKS FOR PHARMACOLOGY AND RELATED
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- Katzung's Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 16th edition by Todd Vanderah, PhD
- The Top 100 Drugs: Clinical Pharmacology and Practical Prescribing by Andrew Hitchings, Daniel Burrage, Dagan Lonsdale and Emma Baker​​
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TEXTBOOKS
Biology:
- Campbell & Reece
- Molecular biology and genetics: Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th edition
- Molecular Cell Biology by Lodish et al
- Anatomy and physiology: Marieb
- Principles of Animal Physiology by Moyes and Schulte
- Animal Physiology by Hill, Wyse, and Anderson
- Developmental Biology by Barresi and Gilbert
- Cancer: The Biology of Cancer by Robert A. Weinberg
Biochemistry:
- Medical Biochemistry by N. Mallikarjuna Rao
Neuroscience:
- Purves et. al
- Kandel
Immunology:
- Immunobiology, 5th edition The Immune System in
Health and Disease
Genetics:
- Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics and Genomics by Turnpenny & Ellard
- Lewin’s Genes by Krebs, Goldstein, and Kilpatrick
- Human Molecular Genetics by Strachan and Read
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CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS
Physical chemistry:
- Atkins Physical Chemistry (latest edition)
- Solid State Chemistry (Fourth Edition) by Lesley Smart and Elaine Moore
Organic chemistry:
- Jonathan Clayden Organic Chemistry (latest edition)
Inorganic chemistry:
- Atkins Physical Chemistry (latest edition)
- Housecroft Inorganic Chemistry (latest edition)
- Electronic Structure (Basic Theory and Practical Methods) by Richard M. Martin
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- Amoeba Sisters (biology related)
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- Khan Academy (all STEM based)
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- Royal Society (range of science videos)
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- patrickJMT (maths)
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- Tyler DeWitt (general chemistry)
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- Stanford Medicine (wellness)
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PHYSICS
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Resources:
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
Textbooks:
​- University Physics by Young and Freedman
- Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
- Introduction to Elementary Particles by Griffiths
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths
- Modern Quantum Mechanics (Third Edition) by J. J. Sakurai and Jim Napolitano
​- Introductory Statistical Mechanics by Bowley & Sanchez​
- Statistical Mechanics: A Survival Guide by Glazer & Wark
- Electricity and Magnetism by Morin and Purcell​
- Concepts in Thermal Physics by Blundell and Blundell
- Introduction to Solid State Physics by Mittel & McEuen​
- Solid State Physics by Ashcroft and Mermin
- Space, Time, and Geometry by Sean M.
- Density Functional Theory by David S. Sholl and Janice A. Steckel
- The Physics of Semiconductors: An Introduction Including Nanophysics and Applications by Marius Grundmann
MATHS
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Textbooks:
- Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers by Riley Benson and Hobson
- Mathematics for Natural Scientists 1 and 2 by Lev Kantorovich
- Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Kreyszig
- Thomas's Calculus by George B. Thomas
- Mathematical Methods for Science students by G Stephenson
- Contemporary Abstract Algebra by Joseph A. Gallian
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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND RELATED
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Resources:
- W3Schools (has tutorials for HTML/ CSS/ Javascript, Python, Java, and many other languages)
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