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[bclover]

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In previous threads this was touched on a bit, but I wanted to revisit - particularly as another year has just concluded, and some of us are preparing to order our books for our 1st year.

So, what do you think? Is the vet consult access something you actually use? I am particularly asking in regard to anatomy and histology texts (for now).

Thanks

 

[CookieBear]

We used Wheater's for histology (and another source that our professor and past students have prepared), and Evans+Millers for dog anatomy. I bought the three books new, but never even realized there's info online for 'em?

(I also like the Dog Anatomy coloring book. Not as technical as the other books, but nicely illustrated big pictures of stuff).

 

[StealthDog]

I bought the Vet Consult versions of Small Animal Surgery and Small Animal Internal Medicine and I love them. I tend to work on assignments more at school than at home, but of course my giant textbooks all live at home. It's great to have access to the texts anywhere, and it's really handy to be able to search for a term across both texts.

Two thumbs up from me 🙂

 

[Electrophile]

I honestly didn't do of the online access, but...we used Dellman's Textbook of Veterinary Histology (our professor is one of the main editors and a chapter author). I don't know if it came with online access, but the CD-ROM with it was very cool! Lots of nice labeled full color pictures of the slides you can view side by side, which would have come in handy if I would have tried it out earlier on. I found histology the worst class of first year, so I wasn't a fan, but I guess it was okay.

For small animal anatomy, we used the standard Dissection of the Dog by Evans/de la Hunta (AKA: Miller's). It's not bad. We used The Clinical Dissection Guide for Large Animals for the horse and ox. It was also written by another professor and erm...yeah. I'll leave it at that. 🙄

Here's kind of a cool site that may or may not be helpful:

http://www.vin.com/AppUtil/Misc/BOOKREVIEW/Default.aspx?id=5343&pid=22

You can use the bar on the right side to browse reviews by subject.

 

[bclover]

duplicate - sorry!

 

[bclover]

I guess what I am really asking is the usefulness of the CD-ROM with these versions - as far as having it at your fingertips in a searchable format. Unfortunately I already own Dyce and have the book only, but was considering getting Evans Dissection of the Dog (aka little Miller) and Samuelson's Textbook of Veterinary Histology with them - just didn't know if I really would use them or if I am better served to spend the $12-14 on the next book, etc., etc.

 

[bclover]

Electrophile, thanks for the link.

CookieBear, what, exactly is the dog anatomy "coloring book" that you and other's have mentioned?

 

[alliecat44]

You'll DEFINITELY need little Miller's (Evans/Delahunta). The funny thing is that first semester, we all complained about what a crappy book it was...then we got this awful dissection guide for the horse our second semester and our appreciation for little Miller's went up about a hundred-fold!

I bought the new Wheater's and haven't even put the CD-ROM in my computer, much less logged on for the online thing. Hope that helps.

Good luck and have fun!

 

[ri23]

You'll DEFINITELY need little Miller's (Evans/Delahunta). The funny thing is that first semester, we all complained about what a crappy book it was...then we got this awful dissection guide for the horse our second semester and our appreciation for little Miller's went up about a hundred-fold!

I bought the new Wheater's and haven't even put the CD-ROM in my computer, much less logged on for the online thing. Hope that helps.

Good luck and have fun!

Same for me for Wheater's (though it is an amazing histology book - probably the best one you can get). Though for neuro I used the online access quite a bit. It probably depends on your study habits. It can definitely be useful, especially if you are going to be studying in school a lot or at libraries and you don't want to haul around your book.

 

[flokemahe]

In previous threads this was touched on a bit, but I wanted to revisit - particularly as another year has just concluded, and some of us are preparing to order our books for our 1st year.

So, what do you think? Is the vet consult access something you actually use? I am particularly asking in regard to anatomy and histology texts (for now).

Thanks

LOVE it. I got consult access for the Miller's anatomy of the dog(Evans), Textbook of Vet. Physiology (Cunningham), Veterinary Immunology (Tizzard), & Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease (McGavin). It is SO nice to have four huge textbooks with me on my laptop at all times. The best part is being able to search the whole textbook for a keyword instantly. You can also highlight & flag stuff. I didn't use the Immunology one all that much, but I used it for anatomy ALL the time. I rarely cracked the paper books. Plus, that way you can resell the textbooks you don't want to keep without losing access to the texts on your computer.

 

[rabbitry]

I'm glad to see that consult access is useful! I've bought two (dyce and mcgavin) already. i sorta got them both new for a fair bit less than you'd get the non consult versions. My strategy might not work for other folks on a timeline but I share with people who are interested by pm.

 

[CookieBear]

Electrophile, thanks for the link.

CookieBear, what, exactly is the dog anatomy "coloring book" that you and other's have mentioned?

Hey Electrophile, uhm, sorry I didn't see this before I left for home. I've got two atlas-type books at school. One is an Atlas by Spurgeon for the ... shoot, I think dog, not horse, and I also have a coloring anatomy book for both horse and dog I think.

Search for veterinary and atlas or veterinary and coloring on Amazon and I think they all come up. They are not in-depth with technical anatomy info that we are held responsible for, but they tend to have larger images with labeled figures that are easy/easier to follow for basics and sometimes a little beyond basics, but not much. If you like pictures, they are good. I like pics, and labels, and seeing the things as big as I can in a drawing because it helps me.

Sorry I can't give you more titles or authors... they're all on my shelf in KS, because this summer is about pharm and cooties (err, parasites)!

 

[bclover]

Hey Electrophile, uhm, sorry I didn't see this before I left for home. I've got two atlas-type books at school. One is an Atlas by Spurgeon for the ... shoot, I think dog, not horse, and I also have a coloring anatomy book for both horse and dog I think.

Search for veterinary and atlas or veterinary and coloring on Amazon and I think they all come up. They are not in-depth with technical anatomy info that we are held responsible for, but they tend to have larger images with labeled figures that are easy/easier to follow for basics and sometimes a little beyond basics, but not much. If you like pictures, they are good. I like pics, and labels, and seeing the things as big as I can in a drawing because it helps me.

Sorry I can't give you more titles or authors... they're all on my shelf in KS, because this summer is about pharm and cooties (err, parasites)!

CookieBear,

Thanks! I did find a few on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.