NEOMED Library: Clinical Clerkship Resources: Library Resources for Clerkships

Library Services & Resources for Clerkship Students

Commonly Used Databases

This is a selected list of the databases commonly used on the NEOMED campus. Additional databases are available to the campus community. Browse the A-Z list to see both NEOMED and OhioLINK databases.

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Basic science & clinical medicine textbooks, clinical tools, and case studies. Online access to over 60 current medical texts.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1107829~S0.
AccessPharmacy This link opens in a new window
Current full text textbooks and monographs, NAPLEX review materials, diagnostic test information, calculators, and clinical cases. Unlimited users.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1116401~S0
Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new window
This is a video guide to performing clinical physical examinations, drawn from the textbook Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination.

Catalog entry url: http://www.crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1134484~S0
CINAHL Plus with Full-Text This link opens in a new window
Covers nursing and allied health. Indexes journals, books, conference proceedings, and other resources. Provides full text for over 770 journals. 1937-present.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Covers evidence-based medicine. Six databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(CDSR); Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE); Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR); Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA); and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (EED). Updated as new reviews are published or revised.

URL to catalog entry: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1121228~S0
Essential Evidence Plus (EEP) This link opens in a new window
A portal for evidence-based medicine. Includes POEMS (Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters), current evidence based clinical guidelines, calculators, dermatology images and other EBM tools.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/search/o49777481
Lexi-Comp Online This link opens in a new window
Lexi-Comp enables users to quickly locate information on a complete range of topics, including pediatric, adult, and geriatric dosing and guidelines, I.V. compatibility, patient education, international drugs, infectious diseases, pregnancy and lactation, and more.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1110407~S0
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
A consumer health resource with over 800 diseases & conditions. The site is mirrored in Spanish and also contains drug & supplement information, a medical dictionary, and media tools such as images and videos.
Micromedex This link opens in a new window
Over 30 separate databases. Includes Trissell's IV Compatibility, the RED Book, POISINDEX, and Alternative Medicine resources. Provides patients with complete, easy-to-understand patient education handouts.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1118274~S0
Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window
Provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. It contains various databases: Foods, herbs & supplements; Health & wellness; Comparative effectiveness; Medical conditions; Genomics & proteomics; Environment & global health; Brand names. Interactions checker and continuing education are also available.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1134814~S0
PharmacyLibrary This link opens in a new window
Current pharmacy textbooks, case studies, and an interactive Naplex review. Also includes active learning exercises for faculty use.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1121239~S0
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Over 5600 biomedical journals with links to full text. 1940s-present.

Direct link to catalog entry for PubMed: NEOLINK entry
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
UpToDate covers over 10,000 clinical topics in over 20 medical specialties and includes links to fulltext articles, drugs & drug interaction databases, and medical calculators.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database that indexes scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. It also contains cited references, as well as the number of times that each article has been cited.

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1239558

How Do I Pronounce that Drug Name?

At the beginning of the Lexi-Drug drug monographs, you can press the pronounciation button to listen how the generic name of a drug is pronounced.

Lexicomp Online
Lexi-Comp enables users to quickly locate information on a complete range of topics, including pediatric, adult, and geriatric dosing and guidelines, I.V. compatibility, patient education, international drugs, infectious diseases, pregnancy and lactation, and more.

Receive InfoPOEMS in your e-mail

Students can create an Essential Evidence Plus profile and receive daily POEMs in your email. See the attachment for instructions. Contact the library reference desk if you have questions (refdesk@neomed.edu). In each e-mail you will receive information about a new journal article that has been evaluated and summarized by a healthcare provider.

Essential Evidence Plus Personal Profile Instructions
Instructions for creating an Essential Evidence Plus profile to receive daily POEM's in your email.

Study Aids

Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11e
Available via Access Medicine. Please log out of AccessMedicine when finished.
More Clerkship Related Library Books

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
**Clinical Prep under Quick Reference : Bridge the gap between course work and actual patient care experiences
**Hospital Corner - Board Review and procedure videos

Catalog entry url: http://crusher.neomed.edu/record=b1107829~S0.

Clinical Clerkship Resources

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Library Services & Resources for Clerkship Students

Commonly Used Databases

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Contact Your Librarian for Help w/ Your Research

Need Help With an Assignment?

Library Services & Resources for Clerkship Students

Commonly Used Databases

How Do I Pronounce that Drug Name?

Receive InfoPOEMS in your e-mail

Study Aids