Medicine (General)

The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making believes that optimal medical decisions require fully informed patients who participate fully in a shared decision-making process, rather than delegating decisions to their doctors.

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Online version of standard internal medicine textbook.

current, 17th edition

The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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PIER is evidence-based clinical guidance presented electronically in a unique layered and telegraphic format. It is designed for rapid access to clinical information at the point of care. PIER includes recommendations based on all levels of medical evidence including RCTs, cohort and observational studies, case reports, and expert opinion

Current. Updated monthly.

Provides online full-text access to over 40,000 books in all subject areas published by Springer, one of the world's largest academic publishers. Includes all books published by Springer in English, French, Italian, and Spanish from 2005 to the present, plus most books published from 1996-2004 and selected books published before 1996, under the following imprints: Apress, Birkhauser, Copernicus Books, Humana Press, Physica-Verlag, Plenum US, Springer, Springer-Verlag, Steinkopff, and TELOS. Includes books from 38 different book series as well as books published independent of any series.

Books can be viewed and printed chapter by chapter in PDF at no charge. In addition, personal copies of some titles can be purchased for $24.95 each through a service offered by Springer called MyCopy. The MyCopy offer is currently valid for over 20,000 Springer eBooks. Books are new soft cover editions with a color cover and black and white book content.  To be eligible for the MyCopy service, books must be:

• Fewer than 1,200 pages
• Single titles (not part of a multi-volume set)
• Published 2005 or later
• English language

 

Offers tools to help physicians apply evidence-based medicine (EBM) to the clinical setting. Includes searchable textbook chapters, calculators, education guides, worksheets, and podcasts.

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Combines three citation indexes--Arts & Humanities, Science Expanded, and Social Sciences--which permit searching for articles that cite a known author or work, as well as searching by subject, author, journal, and author address. Covers 12,000+ journals.

1900 - (1900 - for Social Sciences; 1975 - for Arts & Humanities, 1900 - for Science)

MD Consult is a comprehensive collection of medical information including MEDLINE, full-text reference books, practice guidelines, drug information and patient education handouts.

NORD’s Rare Disease Database provides over 1200 plain-language reports on rare diseases, describing symptoms, causes, and therapies. Each report includes a list of support groups and patient organizations for patients and families, and a bibliography of scholarly articles for medical professionals.

Current editions.

AccessMedicine offers a complete suite of clinical and educational content from leading books, including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ED. Updated daily by world-renowned physicians and expanded continuously, AccessMedicine is designed for direct access to the information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, case management decisions, conducting research, medical education, or self-assessment and board review.