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Subject Specific Databases

AccessMedicine  Full-text

Sixty medical textbooks, including Harrison’s Online, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine. Also includes patient education handouts.

Login necessary to access (accessible only by users with Arcadia University credentials): If you are a STUDENT, go here for the Password. If you are FACULTY/STAFF, go here for the Password.

EBM Reviews

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) reviews of articles on many topics. This resource searches multiple sources simultaneously:

  • ACP Journal Club
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
  • Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
  • Cochrane Methodology Register
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • NHS Economic Evaluation Database

Journals@Ovid Full Text  Some full-text, 1980s - present

Scholarly articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. Developed by an international network of researchers, health care professionals and institutions.

MDConsult  Full-text, 1995 – present

80 medical journals and 50 medical reference books. Also includes patient handouts and practice guidelines.

PubMed  Some full-text, 1950s – present

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950’s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals, including links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Web of Science  citations only, 1989 - present

Includes

  • Science Citation Index
  • Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index

The premier database for literature searches in many fields. Includes citations and abstractions from 23,000 journals.

YourJournals@Ovid  Full-text, 1985-present

Scholarly articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. Developed by an international network of researchers, healthcare professionals and institutions.

General/Related Databases

Academic Search Premier  Some full-text, 1970s – present

More than 4,500 journals on all different subjects: psychology, business, education, chemistry, and more.

Academic Search Premier Tutorial

OMNISelect  Full-text, 1980s - present

Contains all the same journals as Wilson Select Plus, but with a different search interface. 2,700 journals from many fields, including: business, education, social sciences, science.

ScienceDirect  Some full-text

Scholarly articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. A product of the publisher Elsevier.

WorldCat

WorldCat contains over 54 million records for books and other materials found in libraries across the U.S. and worldwide.

Physician Assistant Journals

A list of select Physician Assistant journals and passwords for the few that need them.

Physician Assistant E-Books

Harrison’s Online

Login necessary to access (accessible only by users with Arcadia University credentials): If you are a STUDENT, go here for the Password. If you are FACULTY/STAFF, go here for the Password.

“Expert guidance in patient care from the world’s leading internal medicine text. With special emphasis on approach to the patient, differential diagnosis, state-of-the-art treatment, and disease prevention.”

Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2010

Login necessary to access (accessible only by users with Arcadia University credentials): If you are a STUDENT, go here for the Password. If you are FACULTY/STAFF, go here for the Password.

“Instant access to the most up-to-date diagnosis and treatment of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders.”

Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 9e

Login necessary to access (accessible only by users with Arcadia University credentials): If you are a STUDENT, go here for the Password. If you are FACULTY/STAFF, go here for the Password.

“An essential resource for the latest techniques providing quick access to all topics in surgery.”

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine

Login necessary to access (accessible only by users with Arcadia University credentials): If you are a STUDENT, go here for the Password. If you are FACULTY/STAFF, go here for the Password.

“This premier online source, developed in conjunction with American College of Emergency Physicians, facilitates fast, accurate diagnosis and treatment of all conditions encountered in emergency medicine practice.”

Physician Assistant Websites

Doctor’s Guide

News and full-text case studies.

Medical Encyclopedia

“Articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries”

Medscape

Provides “clinicians and other healthcare professionals with the most timely comprehensive and relevant clinical information.”

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Full-text of the print work.

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