• How to Determine the Quality of a Reference T. Graves, DVM UIUC; an editorial in Compendium from 2008

• Bringing up scientists in the art of critiquing research by Barbara Kuyper, BioScience, vol. 41 No. 4, 248-250 1991
  
  
• The value and caveats of case reports  A.H. Parks  Equine Veterinary Education (2009) 21 (2) 100-101.
  
  
• Editorial--Some People Use Data Like Drunks Use Lampposts: More for Support Than Ilumination  by T.  Buffington Compendium  2/1/2009  UT Students: go to ejournals list to get article
  
  
• Should You Trust Pet HealthCare Web sites? (See Client handout on judging Web sites at end of article  "Help clients think critically about Web sites" from Veterinary Economics January, 2008)
  

First Year Students:

Sign up for VIN, the Veterinary Information Network.  Accounts are free.  Must supply your .edu email address.  VIN is 41,000 member community as of Summer 2009.  About 10,000 are veterinary students: this has implications for message board posts.  Close to 100% of UT CVM veterinary students have accounts on VIN.  

     Anatomy

• Gross Anatomy: Carnivore Dissection from U. MN
  

• Virtual Cat Dissection- from Penn State, real images document dissection of a cat, showing external anatomy to the nervous system

• Anatomy Images for vet students collected by  Donald R Adams, Professor Emeritus, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State
  

• For ABLE (problem-based learning cases) orientation: Download the printable quick guide to finding articles, books, and journals at the bottom of the page: "Seven Steps to Get the Most out of UTK/Pendergrass Libraries".
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• EBVMA -- Evidence Based Veterinary Medical Association
  

• WikiVet (U.K.:A collaborative initiative between the UK Vetschools to develop a comprehensive on-line veterinary knowledge base.)

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Fourth Year Students:

The AAHA Associate's Survival Guide at SF756.4.V4 2005 includes resumes, cover letters, interviewing, negotiation, compensation, employment contracts.  Check out one of the Library's five copies when you begin to look for a job.  More employment assistance is available.

Externship, Residency, and Internships

Career & Employment Information and the Business of veterinary medicine

North American Veterinary Licensing Examination information & resources

More resources for all students: