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Books@Ovid
   Ovid

Medicine, pharmacology and health sciences
  • Text
  • Images
30+ electronic books on various health related topics
  • Latest editions

  • Varies by title
CareNotes System
    Micromedex
Medicine and health sciences
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  • Images
  • Links

Customizable patient education documents in English and Spanish

  • Latest edition

  • New documents added quarterly
Clinical Pharmacology
   Gold Standard Multimedia
Medicine and health sciences
  • Text
Up-to-date, peer-reviewed information on all U.S. prescription, over-the- counter, new and investigational drugs, as well as off-label uses and dosage, herbal supplements, and nutritional information
  • Latest edition

  • Daily
Evidence Based Medical Reviews
   Ovid
Medicine and health sciences
  • Citations
  • Abstracts
  • Text

Multifile database allowing simultaneous searching of the 4 EBMR databases:

ACP Journal Club; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects.

  • 1991 -

  • Varies
Facts & Comparisons 4.0
    Facts and Comparisons
Medicine and health sciences
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A variety of tools and resources describing drugs, natural products, therapies and patient information
  • Latest editions

  • Daily
FIRST Consult
   Elsevier
Medicine and health sciences
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  • Images
Findings from journals and health references organized into a highly accessible format for point-of-care use via the desktop or handhelds, with tools for differential diagnosis, evaluation and management of medical conditions, patient education and procedure skills review.
  • Varies

  • Daily
Health and Psychosocial
Instruments

   Ovid
Health and psychosocial studies
  • Citations
  • Abstracts
Wide variety of evaluation and measurement tools
  • 1985+

  • Quarterly
Healthcare Series Online
   Micromedex
Medicine and health sciences
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  • Images
  • Links

Comparative drug summaries, drug interaction capabilities; multi-level therapeutic class tree; drug identification images; critical emergency, acute care, and disease data; customizable patient education materials; alternative medicine information

  • Latest edition

  • Daily

International Journal of
Pharmaceutical Compounding

   IJPC

Medicine and health sciences
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Contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, medical devices, and dietary supplements.
  • Latest edition

  • Annual update plus two supplements per year
Lexi-Comp ONLINE
   Lexi-Comp
Medicine, pharmacy, nursing and dentistry
  • Records
A system of 13 integrated drug information databases providing point-of-care drug and clinical information through the following modules: interactions, drug identifcation, patient care, calculations, IV compatibility and web search.
  • Varies

  • Daily
MDConsult
   Elsevier
Medicine and health sciences
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  • Images
A family of online medical information sites serving medical professionals' content needs, integrating books, practice guidelines, patient education materials, drug information and peer-reviewed journals from 50+ publishers, medical societies, and government agencies.
  • Varies

  • Daily
Micromedex
    Micromedex
Medicine and health sciences
  • Text
  • Images
  • Links

CareNotes System: customizable patient education documents in English and Spanish


Healthcare Series Online: Comparative drug summaries, drug interactions; therapeutic class trees; drug identification images; emergency, acute care, and disease data; patient education materials; alternative medicine information

  • Latest edition

  • Quarterly









  • Latest edition

  • Daily





STAT!Ref
    Teton Data Systems
Medicine and health sciences
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  • Images
Electronic books on health-related topics
  • Latest editions

  • Varies by title




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