The Human Body! In 3-D! On your computer screen! Explore Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy

Want to live your best Ms. Frizzle (or Futurama) life and explore the human body in all its glory, but from the comfort of your computer screen? Have we got the database for you! 

Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy is an innovative way to explore virtual 3-D dissections and immerse yourself in interactive research in the classroom or at home. 

This database not only lets you view each structure of the human anatomy in full detail, but it also offers a level of interactivity that you simply can't get with static videos. The human body (inside and out!) comes to life as you zoom, rotate, and look at connections within interactive 3-D models. Body systems, organs, and structures also have related reference articles as well.

Let's see what it can do.

Say you wanted to learn more about the skeletal system. You can select the System section and then use the filters on the left side of that page to limit your search by body system or body region and then dive deeper into your research.

You can also select “Browse Activities” at the top of the page to look through various sessions that walk you through body systems and let you manipulate body parts. When you click on specific body parts, a panel will be displayed on the right side of the page giving you detailed information like definitions and body functions.

In that same panel, you even have access to a citation for the academic reference article—how easy is that if you need to use it for an assignment? (Answer: Easy!)

Logging in from home is simple-- use the link from the library's Articles, Journals, and Databases box on the library homepage (G for Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy) and log in using your Durham Tech username and password, the same one you would use for Sakai or Self-Service.

Try out Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy today and ace your next anatomy quiz!