Resource Guides: Pathways Research: Clinical Care

Best Bet Databases

PubMed
Public access database to citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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UpToDate
UpToDate is a comprehensive clinical information resource specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice.
AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill
Collection of core textbooks in medicine and basic sciences

PsychINFO (1967-present)
Citations with abstracts to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
PsychINFO (1806-1966)
Citations with abstracts to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
Sage Research Methods
A collection of text and video resources to help develop research methods

Resource	What it Does	Compatible Devices	Download Instructions	Clinical Rotation Requirement
DynaMed	Clinically organized summaries of medical topics, includes Calculators, and images		Instructions	SOM GSN
UpToDate	Clinically organized narratives of medical topics		Instructions	SOM GSN
Lexidrug	Comprehensive drug resource		Instructions	SOM GSN
VisualDX	Diagnostic decision support tool to diagnosis visually identifiable diseases		Instructions	SOM GSN
AHRQ USPSTF Prevention TaskForce (ePSS)	US Preventive Task Force evidence regarding screening and prevention		Instructions	SOM GSN
Epocrates	Free app with option to purchase additional content (purchases not required)		Instructions	GSN
5MinuteConsult	Point of care resource for clinical support and decision making		Instructions	GSN
Access App	McGraw-Hill's Access app for AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, AccessAnesthesiology for quick reference, videos, figures, tables, podcasts, infographics, textbooks and more		Instructions