Useful Information and Links
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 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 Cochrane Library | The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration. |
| The Macquarie dictionary | General Australian dictionary |
| Internet Journals and Grand Rounds | |
| V Shiuvey and J Finer, Massachusetts Eye Infirmary - a great series of case histories unfolded. | |
| A Peer-reviewed Web Journal | |
| An on-line picture diagnostic site for eye disease. Numerous cases in a Q&A format. | |
| Review of Optometry | This is an interesting site for text book information on eye diseases. |
| 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
| Patient Support Groups |
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Macular Degeneration Network |
| Vision Science |
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ANU Centre for Visual Sciences CIE |
| Optical Industry | |
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Spectacle Lenses
Equipment |
Contact Lenses |
| Government |
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Medicare |
| Other Links | |
| Online Museum and Encyclopedia of Visual Aids. | |
| Medlink | MedLink Neurology features clinical summaries covering the entire spectrum of clinical neurology. |
| British Optical Association Museum |
| Reference Databases and Styleguides | |
| Comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from Medline, life science journals and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites | |
| Scopus | Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. |
| Oxford University Press Styleguide Manual | |
| Scientific Writing Guide | University of Sydney Scientific Writing Guide |
