HSL Library Guides: BMS 6633 Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Systems: Databases

Quick Pick Databases

A selection of some of the most commonly referenced Databases from the Health Sciences Library.

PubMed
- comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
- Includes Links to Full-Text Articles where available.
DynaMed
- Evidence-Based Clinical Information on 3,000+ Topics.
- Evidence is evaluated using two systems: Levels of Evidence & GRADE.
- Includes: Point-of-Care Tools, ICD-9 Codes & Patient Information.
Epocrates
- 3,300+ Brand-Name & Generic Prescription Drugs and 600+ Alternative Medicines.
- Includes: Prescribing Information, Pill Pictures & Identifier, and Drug - Herbal Interaction Tool.
Lexicomp Online
- A Comprehensive, Point-of-Care, Drug Information Database.
UpToDate
- An Evidence-Based, Clinical Decision Support Resource.
- Created by Physicians to assist in making the best decisions at the Point-of-Care.
EndNote
- Bibliographic & Reference management software for organizing References, Files, & PDFs.
- Bibliography & Figure List creation and management.
- Supports Multiple Languages.

Epocrates App
- Epocrates provides drug information, interaction check, pill ID, clinical practice guidelines, formulary, athenaText, tables, and calculators.
- Epocrates Plus provides access to all the free content plus disease information, alternative medicine, ICD-10 and CPT codes, infectious disease treatment, and labs.
- Epocrates Plus is available to medical students only. Please contact Raney Collins for more information.
UpToDate App
- The mobile App version of the UpToDate database; an evidence-based, clinical-decision support resource.
DynaMed App
- Mobile access to DynaMed's content featuring Offline content access and Topic bookmarking & notations.
- For installation instructions, see the M1 Technology Guide.
EndNote App
- App version of the EndNote Citation Management system.
- Syncs with user's EndNote Web account.

A short list of Health Sciences Library provided Databases for the BMS 6633 module.

AccessMedicine
- Instant answers to Clinical questions.
- Clinical Case Files & Self-Assessment questions.
- E-Textbooks: Harrison's Online, Hurst's The Heart, Principles of Critical Care, and the Lange Series Textbooks.
JAMAevidence
- Provides Tools for understanding & applying Medical Literature and making Clinical Diagnosis.
- Includes: The User's Guide to Medical Literature, and The Rational Clinical Examination.
Lexicomp Online
- A Comprehensive, Point-of-Care, Drug Information Database.
Merck Manual
- Resource for the Diagnosis & Treatment of Medical Conditions.
PDR.net
- Weekly updates of FDA-approved Drug information and alerts
- Provides drug look-up and comparisons, interaction checkers, pill identifiers, and more
- Available as an app
Treatment Guidelines from the Medical Letter
- Prescribing Recommendations for treatment of major indications.
- First-Choice and Alternative Drug Recommendations.
- Comparative assessment of drug effectiveness, safety, & cost.
Web of Science
- Citation Database of 10,000+ High-Impact Journals.

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