Online Textbooks
- Frontera: Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
from MD Consult - DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine from MD Consult
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review from NCBI Bookshelf
- Harrison's Good internal medicine textbook
- MD Consult: All book MD Consult has approximate 40 books available in medicine and related fields.
- eMedicine.com Internet site with background information on diseases and conditions. Requires free registration. Part of Medscape.
- Paralysis Resource Center Not a textbook, but a good source for online information about paralysis. Also includes reliable information for patients.
Databases
- PubMed Biomedical literature; 1948+
Use PubMed's Single Citation Matcher to search for full-text of a specific article. - CINAHL Nursing and allied health literature; 1981+
- PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database; contains rated abstracts for RCTs, practice guidelines and systematic reviews
- Cochrane Library Systematic reviews, clinical trials and economic evaluations
- Trip Database
Evidence based search engine that searches a variety of sources and includes articles, guidelines, and systematic reviews. - National Guideline Clearinghouse Searchable practice guidelines from various associations, states and governments.
- Web of Science Literature from Science Citation Index (1900+), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956+) and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975+). Also includes cited reference searching.
- Other databases List of other databases available from the Medical Center Library. Includes drug, consumer health, basic sciences and more.
Drug Information
- Clinical Pharmacology drug information, drug interactions, product identification, and alternative medicines
- Micromedex drug information, drug interactions, product identification, acute diseases, and CareNotes
- Custom ID diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases at DUMC
- ePocrates
- Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Information for Patients
Looking for quality information for patients? Try MedlinePlus!
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MedlinePlus provides reliable and trustworthy information for patients. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.
- UpToDate for Patients Freely available
- MD Consult patient handouts Customizable handouts in English and Spanish via MD Consult
- CareNotes Handouts from Micromedex
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