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A sample of the online journals available in infectious diseases include:

• AIDS
• Current Opinion in Microbiology
• Drug Resistance Updates
• The Lancet Infectious Diseases
• Reviews in Medical Virology
• Trends in Microbiology

To locate all online journals available to you, search your local library.

A sample of the online books available in infectious diseases include:

To locate all online books available to you, search your local library.

• 5 Minute Consult

  5 Minute Consult is a point-of-care tool providing information to quickly guide clinicians in diagnosis, treatment, and management of 2,000+ clinical topics. It includes algorithms to decide on lab tests and/or procedures. Also included are videos to help PT staff demonstrate for patients, and customizable patient education handouts.

• APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology

  More than 300 infection prevention experts have completed a text that serves as one of the most valuable tools for infection preventionists throughout the world, the APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology. The 1,700-page document, now in its 4th edition, has been completely revised and is now available, offering a concise information resource containing more than 120 expanded and enhanced chapters.

• Clinical Key

  This clinical search engine includes access to full text books, journals, guidelines and multimedia. Contains Elsevier published content of 521 journals, 900+ clinical texts, procedure videos and much more.

• Cochrane Library
  The Cochrane Library is a systematic reviews resource and includes the following:
• Cochrane Clinical Answers
• Cochrane Library - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
• Cochrane Library - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
• NEJM Resident 360

  NEJM Resident 360 is a website and discussion platform for residents featuring rotation prep materials, educational and interactive tools, and a Resident Lounge with professional growth and discussion opportunities.

• Pubmed

  PubMed provides over 23 million citations for biomedical literature, including MEDLINE, life science journals and ebooks.

• Sanford Guide

  Focused, evidence-based treatment recommendations for bacterial, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic and viral infections with comprehensive anti-infective drug information, immunization recommendations, prophylactic antimicrobial therapy and comparative tabular data. Fully searchable content and browse-able disease topic outlines, updated regularly.

• Trip Database

  The Trip Database searches curated content from vetted evidence-based sources, such as Cochrane, AHRQ, BMJ Best Practice, and federal agencies, to deliver top-tier, evidence-based healthcare information. Results are sorted into evidence-based pyramid categories for quick identification of guidelines, synopses, systematic reviews, and more.

• UpToDate (use if on the VA computer network)

  UpToDate is a guided evidence-based, clinical decision-making solution with dynamic and interactive algorithms as well as lab monographs. 
  For remote access use https://www.uptodate.com with your UTD username/password. Tip Sheet for CME/Remote Access Registration

Please check with your local library for additional databases in your subject area.