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AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
   AMA
Medicine, nursing, and the health sciences
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  • Images
Information on manuscript preparation, including visual representations of electronic reference citations
  • Varies
  • Daily

Books@Ovid
   Ovid

Medicine, pharmacology and health sciences
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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
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Customizable patient education documents in English and Spanish

  • Latest edition

  • New documents added quarterly
Clinical Pharmacology
   Gold Standard Multimedia
Medicine and health sciences
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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
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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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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
   Micromedex
Medicine and health sciences
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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.
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  • Daily
MD Consult
   Elsevier
Medicine and health sciences
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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.
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Merck Index
   Merck and Co.
  Registration Required
Biology, chemisty, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy
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Index to 10,000 monographs desribing significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances, searchable by text, properties, and structures. Organic Name Reactions and Supplementary Tables included.
Micromedex Health Care Series
    Micromedex
Medicine and health sciences
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  • Images
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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

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STAT!Ref
    Teton Data Systems
Medicine and health sciences
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40+ electronic books on health-related topics
  • Latest editions

  • Varies by title
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