Medicine Subject Guide
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Online Journals
Online Books
Clinical Databases
Study Guides
A sample of the online journals available in medicine include:
- American Journal of Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- BMJ. British Medical Journal
- JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association
- Lancet
- New England Journal of Medicine
To locate all online journals available to you, search your local library.
A sample of the online books available in medicine include:
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 - Maxine A. Papadakis
Publication Date: 2022
Goldman's Cecil Medicine - Lee Goldman
Publication Date: 2020
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine - Dan L. Longo
Publication Date: 2022
Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine - Sylvia C. McKean
Publication Date: 2017
Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination - Henry M. Seidela
Publication Date: 2019
Textbook of Physical Diagnosis: History and Examination- Mark H. Swartz
Publication Date: 2021
The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
Publication Date: 2020
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.
- AccessMedicine
This innovative online resource provides students, residents, clinicians and all health professionals with access to more than 60 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to download content to a mobile device. Check out the full suite of Access databases available to VA staff.
- ClinicalKey
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.
Clinical Key includes First Consult and Procedures Consult. - 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)
- Pubmed
PubMed provides over 23 million citations for biomedical literature, including MEDLINE, life science journals and ebooks.
- 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 - VisualDX
VisualDx is an visual-based differential diagnosis tool designed for the point of care. Search by disease or quickly build a differential based on chief complaint, medication, or travel finding. Includes more than 40,000 images and 2,700 diseases across general medicine.
Please check with your local library for additional databases in your subject area.