Useful Information
The internet provides access to a wide range of resources for learning in optometry and the vision sciences.
| Reference Material |
| Webvision Meta Directory University of Iowa Hardin Library Health Science Directory with a sub set directory in ophthalmology. Colour and Vision Database This web page provides an annotated library of standard data sets, which are relevant to colour and vision research and which can be easily downloaded. The Book of Visual Perception: A Web Book Peter K. Kaiser. York University - a graphical guide to visual perception. The On-Line Medical Dictionary OMD is a searchable dictionary created by Dr Graham Dark (no username or password required). The Australian Prescription Products Guide (alternative to MIMS) This guide is updated monthly and includes all OTC and prescription drugs. Must register to use it (no cost). Merck Manual General medical diagnosis and management, including ophthalmology (section 8). The Macquarie dictionary General Australian dictionary |
| Internet Journals and Grand Rounds |
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DJO Grand Rounds An on-line picture diagnostic site for eye disease. Numerous cases in a Q&A format. |
| Library Software |
| Brainstorm G Coppa and E Tancred. Mosby, St Louis 1992 A wonderful interactive program about the anatomy of the brain. A must for second year students. Located on the Library PowerMac (click the icon in the launcher, instruction in red library computer folder). |
| Illusions and Simulators |
| Toric Soft Lens Calculator Calculate the rotation of a contact lens on the eye. Richard G. Lindsay, Adrian S. Bruce and Michael Pianta Victorian College of Optometry 1996 Eye Simulation Page Simulates eye motion and demonstrates the effects of disabling one or more of the 12 eyes muscles and one or more of the 6 cranial nerves that control eye motion. Bee Eye Simulation View the world through the eyes of a honey bee. Colour Vision Simulation Images created with a photoshop plug in to simulate common colour vision defects. Online Colour Vision Test |
Useful Links
| Vision Science |
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ANU Centre for Visual Sciences |
| Optical Industry | |
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Spectacle Lenses
Equipment |
Contact Lenses Gelflex |
| Government |
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Health Insurance Commission |
| Other Links |
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Eyemax Eyecare Professional's resource |
| Vision Science Libraries |
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National Library of Medicine – PubMed Style Guides Reference Searching |


