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Taber’s 21 brings meanings to life in words, images, and sounds.
Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition publishes February 2009 in print, electronic, web, and mobile formats.
Philadelphia, PA, February 4, 2009: The 21st Edition of Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, published by F.A. Davis Company, breaks new ground by defining the language and practice of health care in words, images, and sounds. For nearly 70 years, health care students, educators, and practitioners have been turning to Taber’s. Now they can turn to Taber’s 21 in print, electronic, web, and mobile formats.
“In today’s technology-driven world, students and clinicians expect to be able to retrieve the information they need when and where they need it,” said Robert H. Craven, Jr., President of F.A. Davis Company. “Taber’s 21 responds with the Taber’sPlus DVD, DavisPlus resources on the web, and free one-year subscriptions to Taber’s Mobile and Taber’s Online. Now, our customers will be able to access the authoritative content of Taber’s in the medium of their choice.”
Taber’s 21 is today’s most comprehensive health science dictionary. Under the editorial direction of Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting editors and consultants representing every branch of health care, work with the Taber’s in-house editorial staff to ensure that the content is current, comprehensive, and concise.
Readers will find cyclopedic entries, more than 60,000 reader-friendly definitions, detailed illustrations, patient care statements, appendices with nursing and allied health-specific resources, and so much more.
Every print copy of Taber’s 21 features the brand-new Taber’sPlus DVD. This bonus resource is a multi-media toolkit that offers a wealth of interactive learning experiences, practical clinical tools, and links to versatile electronic resources, all designed to help users expand their knowledge of health care. Users will be able to Explore though Sight and Sound more than 1,000 images and hundreds of terms with definitions and pronunciations; listen to clear pronunciations for 30,000 terms with Taber’s Audio; engage their minds with Brain Teasers; and take a Taber’s World Tour to discover everything the dictionary has to offer.
The Taber’sPlus DVD is also the link to FREE one-year subscriptions to web and mobile access to all of the content of the print version. Taber’s Online, powered by Unbound Medicine®, provides web-based access from a desktop or laptop computer. Taber’s Mobile powered by Skyscape®, puts the power of Taber’s on a PDA, SmartPhone, BlackBerry, or iPhone/iPod Touch.
Taber’s 21 has new teaching resources for instructors and learning tools for students available on the DavisPlus website at http://davisplus.fadavis.com, F.A. Davis’s online source for educational materials. When instructors adopt Taber’s 21 for their classes, they can also tap into a 1,100-question test bank, a scavenger hunt, and an image bank. Students and clinicians have password-free access to animations, videos, and Taber’s Word-of-the Day.
Taber’s 21 is available in multiple media formats to meet multiple needs. Taber’s 21 and many of F.A. Davis’s most popular textbooks are also available in special money-saving packages.
Print Versions
Thumb-indexed +
Taber’sPlus DVD
$41.95 (US) | $53.50 (CAN)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1559-5
Non thumb-indexed +
Taber’sPlus DVD
$37.95 (US) | $48.50 (CAN)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1560-1
Desktop and Laptop Version
Electronic Version 4.0
on DVD
Mac and PC Compatible
$59.95 (US) | $76.50 (CAN)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1945-6 |
Mobile & Web Versions
Taber’s Mobile
powered by Skyscape®
Downloadable Version
$49.95 (US) | $63.50 (CAN)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2230-2
Taber’s Mobile and Web
powered by Unbound Medicine®
CD-ROM Version
$49.95 (US) | $63.50 (CAN)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2190-9
Taber’s Mobile and Web
powered by Unbound Medicine®
Downloadable version
$49.95 (US) | $63.50 (CAN)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2229-6
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Downloadable versions available at www.fadavis.com
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