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This resource provides evidence-based information on herbs, botanicals, vitamins, and other supplements. Topics covered include traditional and proven uses, potential benefits, possible adverse effects, and interactions with other herbs or medicines.
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Academic OneFile provides peer-reviewed abstracts and articles from journals and reference sources covering sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
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Academic Search Elite provides a broad array of citations and abstracts from academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals.
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Alternate Name(s) AVON
The AVON (Academic Video Online) is a collection of over 71,000 titles on a wide range of subjects including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. The package includes a blend of educational and feature films.
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Alternate Name(s) Anesthesiology, Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine, Medicine
AccessAnesthesiology includes anesthesiology textbooks, procedural videos, quick reference guides, tables and charts; drug monographs, and tools for resident education and certification/re-certification in pain management, critical care, and perioperative medicine.
  • OHSU credentials or network access required
Find information on emergency department procedures, including books, videos, images, and drug information in this resource.
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AccessMedicine provides information on basic sciences and medicine, including the Lange Current Diagnosis and Treatment series, Harrison's, and Goodman and Gilman's.

For mobile access:
  1. Create a Free MyAccess Profile
  2. Download the free AccessMedicine by Unbound Medicine app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
  3. Log into MyAccess while on your phone. This will update the app with content from AccessMedicine.
  4. Open AccessMedicine app and enjoy access to Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Fitspatrick's Clinical Dermatology Atlas, Diagnosaurus, and Quick Guide to Diagnostics Tests.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Includes surgery books, videos, a surgical atlas, drug information, quick reference, and board reviews.
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    Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy is a series of anatomy lessons on video presented by Robert Acland. Dr. Acland who was a professor of surgery in the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Videos are of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colors and presents moving structures - muscles, tendons, and joints - making the same movements that they make in life.
    Includes research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety. Evidence-based practice, preventive services, practice guidelines, patient & consumer information, policy information, funding, research tools & data and relevant news are included.
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    Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage includes citations from journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
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    Full-text articles from international journals and reports, focusing on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
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    Alternate Name(s) ACP Journal Club
    Full-text reviews of clinically-relevant articles from the medical literature with content from American College of Physicians and Cochrane Collaboration.
    Includes both public and private sources of hospital information such as Medicare claims data (MedPAR and OPPS), hospital cost reports, and other files obtained from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This database is free to OHSU users for educational purposes ONLY.
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    Citations, abstracts and some full text published in Association for Computing Machinery periodicals and proceedings. Selected works published by affiliated organizations are also included.

    B

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    The Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking contains the critical information needed to obtain a meaningful health history, conduct a thorough physical exam, and interpret the findings quickly and accurately. Locate answers fast and review step-by-step techniques and possible findings using the distinctive two-column format, optimized for both smartphones and tablets.

    For mobile access:
    1. Download the free UCentral app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    2. Access Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination via the OHSU Library
    3. Click on the Mobile link at the top toolbar of the resulting page. First time users can register for an account. Once you register, you can log in to use mobile or to personalize your web experience.
    4. Using the login information you created when you registered, login to the app on your device.
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    Modules showing step-by-step examinations with rationales for the clinician's actions and discussions of health history taking, interviewing, and describing findings. Graphics illustrate key components of anatomy and physiology.
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    Alternate Name(s) BMC
    Includes many scientific and medical journals available to all. The OHSU Library has a Supporting Membership with BioMed Central. All OHSU authors will receive a 15% discount on article processing charges if they submit the article from on-campus or via the BioMed Central link above if working off-site.
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    Alternate Name(s) Best Practice Clinical Evidence

    This point of care tool provides information on thousands of diagnoses and diagnostic tests as well as diagnostic and treatment guidelines. Patient leaflets are also included.

    For mobile access with these easy steps

    1. Make sure your device is connected to your institutions' wifi. If you're off-campus/outside of the institutional IP range, be sure to access Best Practice via your institution's referral URL or library portal.
    2. Download the free BMJ Best Practice app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    3. Create an account
    4. Start searching!
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    BMJ Case Reports is a peer-reviewed collection of case articles and reports from many countries in all disciplines that healthcare professionals, researchers, and others can use to easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions.
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    This collection provides periodicals focusing on topics in economics. Additionally, this database includes videos from Forbes.com that contain business news coverage and interviews with CEO's.
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    Business, management, economic, banking, finance, accounting and much more; includes citations, abstracts and some full text.

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    Alternate Name(s) CGP
    The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. It mainly supplies bibliographic information.
    CCRIS provides historical information from the years 1985 - 2011. It is no longer updated. Contains carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition data from the National Cancer Institute.
    Information to enable first responders, first receivers, other healthcare providers, and planners to plan for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of mass-casualty incidents involving chemicals.
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    Alternate Name(s) nursing skills research
    Access limited to 12 users at a time.
    Citations, abstracts and some full text for nursing & allied health journals. Coverage dates back to 1981.
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    Alternate Name(s) Nursing
    Clinical Skills is an evidence-based database of 1,700+ nursing skills and procedures. The content is updated regularly to reflect changes in practice. The competence-based learning modules support Quality and Safety Education for Nurses competencies.
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    ClinicalKey is a clinical decision-making support tool, which includes clinical overviews, drug monographs, clinical calculators, procedure videos, as well as access to full text journals and over 1,000 ebooks.

    For mobile access:

    1. Set up a Personal Account
    2. Request Remote Access
    3. Download the free ClinicalKey app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    4. At the Choose Role screen, select ClinicalKey
    5. Launch the app and log in with your Personal Account credentials
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    Alternate Name(s) Procedures Consult, Clinical Skills, Nursing

    ClinicalKey for Nursing is a clinical reference platform that includes content from evidence-based nursing monographs, books, journals, practice guidelines, and core measures with nursing recommendations as well as Procedures Consult and Clinical Skills topics. This resources provides information to support nursing care in areas such as administering medication, managing nurse policy, monitoring for complications, and providing patient education.

    For mobile access:

    1. Set up a Personal Account
    2. Request Remote Access
    3. Download the free ClinicalKey app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    4. At the Choose Role screen, select ClinicalKey for Nursing
    5. Launch the app and log in with your Personal Account credentials
    Registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    ClinMicro Now from Wiley and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) offers searchable, full-text access to three titles: Manual of Clinical Microbiology; Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook; and Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Alternate Name(s) CENTRAL
    Clinical trials identified by the Cochrane Group including conference proceedings and database searching.
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    Topic reviews of the evidence-based medical literature providing authoritative information. Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.
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    A source for evidence based healthcare information. Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
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    A collection of more journals focused on all aspects of the communications field: key subjects covered include advertising and public relations, linguistics, and literature.
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    Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
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    Content includes journals and consumer computer titles on computers, electronics, internet, telecommunications, computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics and software. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
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    This eBook collection includes resources in bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, epidemiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and toxicology.

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    Information about marketed drugs, including medication information in a standardized, comprehensive, up-to-date format. Includes labeling as found in medication package inserts.
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    Alternate Name(s) DARE

    DARE is a full text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals between 1994 and March 2015. DARE contains structured abstracts of systematic reviews from around the world. Its records cover topics such as diagnosis, prevention, rehabilitation, screening, and treatment. DARE includes bi-directional links with Ovid MEDLINE and Ovid Full text.


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    Davis’s Drug Guide delivers comprehensive and practical information on over 5,000 trade name and generic drugs. This up-to-date resource contains everything you need to provide premium care to patients including information on dosing and administration, safety, interactions, and patient teaching. Contains integrated calculators, including a link directly from a drug monograph to a built-in dosing calculator.

    For mobile access:

    1. Download the free UCentral app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    2. Access Davis' Drug Guide via the OHSU Library
    3. Click on the Mobile link at the top toolbar of the resulting page. First time users can register for an account. Once you register, you can log in to use mobile or to personalize your web experience.
    4. Using the login information you created when you registered, login to the app on your device.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Discovery and access to research as found in grants, publications, citations, clinical trials and patents information.
    Systematic evidence-based reviews of the comparative effectiveness and safety of drugs in many widely used drug classes.
    Drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. Information includes lists by drug category, top dispensed prescriptions, common drug names, generic names and relevant resources. On December 12, 2022, PubChem will serve as NLM's single source for chemical information. NLM is retiring ChemIDplus and the Drug Information Portal. The link above redirects to more information about this transition.
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    Alternate Name(s) DynaMedex

    Dynamedex is a new product/tool from EBSCO that unites the content and functionality of Dynamed and Micromedex into a single seamless interface.

    For mobile access:

    1. Make sure your device is connected to your institutions' wifi. If you're off-campus/outside of the institutional IP range, be sure to access Best Practice via your institution's referral URL or library portal.
    2. Download the free DynaMedx APP from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    3. Create an account and start searching
    • OHSU credentials or network access required

    This point of care tool provides information on thousands of diagnoses and diagnostic tests as well as diagnostic and treatment guidelines. Patient leaflets are also included.

    For mobile access:

    1. Make sure your device is connected to your institutions' wifi. If you're off-campus/outside of the institutional IP range, be sure to access Best Practice via your institution's referral URL or library portal.
    2. Download the free DynaMed Plus App from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    3. Create an account and start searching

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    Several databases covering health, general information, business and education. Citations, abstracts and some full text available. 4/20/2010 - If you are running Mac OSX 10.4 or higher and use Firefox as your browser, you will need to download a free PDF plugin in order to view PDFs.

    For mobile access:

      The EBSCO Mobile App is available for iOS and Android devices from the iTunes App store and Google Play.

    1. Download from the Google Play Store or Apple Store
    2. A video tutorial is available here
    Alternate Name(s) EGT
    A publicly available web-based repository of evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Its purpose is to provide physicians, nurses, other clinical specialties, and members of the healthcare community with up-to-date clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care. Includes evidence-based guidance developed by nationally and internationally recognized medical organizations and medical specialty societies.
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    Periodicals and reports from the U.S. Department of Education. Provides citations, abstracts and some full-text.
    Embase
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Embase contains 32 million+ citations in biomedical literature, including 2900+ journals not covered in Medline and conference abstracts. Due to licensing restrictions, searches in Embase have to be facilitated by a librarian. For an Embase search, please contact the Library at: https://libraryanswers.ohsu.edu/ or schedule an appointment with Andrew Hamilton at: https://librarycalendar.ohsu.edu/appointments/andrewhamilton
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    Information on environmentally-related inquiries with coverage relevant journals and reference sources. Coverage includes environmental issues and policies.
    Complete reports and technology assessments from the Evidence Based Practice Centers (EPC) on topics relevant to clinical, social science/behavioral, economic, and other health care organization and delivery issues — specifically those that are common, expensive, and/or significant for the Medicare and Medicaid populations.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Alternate Name(s) Education Resources Information Center
    Includes citations, abstracts and some full text to educational literature and resources.
    Ethnomed contains medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups, including patient education handouts in multiple languages.
    Alternate Name(s) Evidence Updates

    EvidenceAlerts is a continuously updated repository of current best evidence from research to support evidence-based clinical decisions. All articles from 122 premier clinical journals are pre-rated for quality by highly trained research staff, then rated for clinical relevance and interest by at least 3 members of a worldwide panel of practicing physicians.


    To use this resource, register for an account here


    Please be sure to select Oregon Health and Science University from the alphabetical PubMed Outside Tool Institution dropdown menu. This will allow you to access full text materials available through the library.

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    Provides information on U.S. private foundations and the grants they offer. This database can be searched by specific foundation or by grant opportunity. Links are available to foundation websites, IRS filings and philanthropy news.

    By clicking on the link above, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of the license agreement.

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    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    A cross-searching platform that allows access to all Gale content. Includes databases covering health, general information, business and education.
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    Provides access to multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include arts and humanities, biography and genealogy, business and industries, general and consumer interests, government and political science, health and medicine, law, science and technology, and social sciences.
    Consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions.
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    Covers the following aspects of human health and disease: communicable diseases, tropical diseases, parasitic diseases and parasitology, human nutrition, community and public health, as well as medicine and poisonous plants.
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    Focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. It allows users to navigate issue, organization, and country portals and provides news, video, primary source documents, interactive maps, and refereed case studies in research categories such as energy systems, healthcare, food, and green collar jobs.
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    Search Google Scholar and link directly to OHSU holdings on campus and remotely.

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    Alternate Name(s) The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
    Free to all, this tool is used for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level.
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    Alternate Name(s) Medications and Mother's Milk MedsMilk
    This reference includes information about the transfer of various medications into human milk, and the use of radiopharmaceuticals, the use of chemotherapeutic agents, and vaccines in breastfeeding mothers. Medications and Mother's Milk has data on more than 1,300 drugs, syndromes, vaccines, herbals, and many other substances.
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    Derived from Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, this popular reference delivers fast, to-the-point guidance on the clinical problems seen in everyday practice. This title focuses on diagnosis and therapy with an emphasis on patient care. It offers high-yield coverage of etiology, signs and symptoms, physical examination, laboratory findings, and practice guidelines.

    For mobile access:

    1. Download the free UCentral app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    2. Access Harrison's Manual of Medicine via the OHSU Library
    3. Click on the Mobile link at the top toolbar of the resulting page. First time users can register for an account. Once you register, you can log in to use mobile or to personalize your web experience.
    4. Using the login information you created when you registered, login to the app on your device.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Full text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
    HERO is a free database of scientific studies and other references used to develop the EPA's risk assessments. Content is aimed at understanding the health and environmental effects of pollutants and chemicals.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Provides integrated access to medical, statistical, health, and related information.

    Although this resource is no longer active, following the link provides the user with information about similar databases and tips to locate Health Services Resource information in other databases, like PubMed.


    A searchable database that contained information about some of the research datasets and instruments/indices employed in health services search and the behavioral and social sciences.


    NOTICE: NLM discontinued this product on September 14, 2021.

    Although this resource is no longer active, following the link provides the user with information about similar databases and tips to locate Health Services Resource information in other databases, like PubMed.


    Provided information about all health services research and public health projects.
    NOTICE: NLM discontinued this product on September 14, 2021.
    This site is produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and provides links to reliable health information.

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    iCite is a tool to access a dashboard of bibliometrics for papers associated with a portfolio. Users type in a PubMed query or upload the PubMed IDs of articles of interest.
    IndexCat™ is a database containing the bibliographic citations of all five printed series of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office; with direct access to the NLM online catalog, LocatorPlus. It also contains eTK for citations to medieval Latin texts and eVK2 for medieval English texts.
    Alternate Name(s) ICTRP
    Clinical trial information and data from clinical trials in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.

    J

    • OHSU credentials or network access required

    The Johns Hopkins ABX Guide features evidenced-based information on the treatment of infectious diseases to help make decisions at the point of care. This comprehensive mobile resource organizes details of diagnosis; drug indications, dosing, pharmacokinetics, side effects and interactions; pathogens; management; and vaccines into easily accessible, quick-read entries.

    For mobile access:

    1. Download the free UCentral app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    2. Access Johns Hopkins ABX Guide via the OHSU Library
    3. Click on the Mobile link at the top toolbar of the resulting page. First time users can register for an account. Once you register, you can log in to use mobile or to personalize your web experience.
    4. Using the login information you created when you registered, login to the app on your device.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    JoVE, or the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is a peer reviewed, scientific video journal that aims to address the challenges of poor reproducibility and the time and labor intensive nature of learning new experimental techniques. Set up an account from the page linked above by clicking on "Sign Up". Verify your account via the email they send, and then either access the mobile site or download the app by searching for 'JoVE' in the Apple app store or on Google Play.

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    Information on drugs and lactation for the healthcare practitioner and nursing mother. Includes information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, the American Academy of Pediatrics category indicating the level of compatibility of the drug with breastfeeding, and alternate drugs to consider.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    This drug information resource is made up of multiple pharmacotherapy databases. Includes information on drugs, drug Interaction, drug allergy, drug therapy duplication, dose checking, diagnosis and disease management, formulary services, patient education and clinical support tools.
    OHSU online public access catalog of resources. Also includes Oregon National Primate Research Center catalog of resources.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
    Alternate Name(s) LISTA
    LISTA indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
    LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 128,568 (and growing) relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved access. Some articles contain full text links that may redirect the user to other databases.
    • OHSU credentials or network access required
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    LWW Health Library - Medical Education allows users to access and search essential texts easily and provides rich, interactive multimedia ancillary content like procedural videos, images, real-life case studies, and quiz banks tailored by specialty.

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    Alternate Name(s) AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, AccessEmergency

    A resource containing access to multiple McGraw Hill databases, including AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, AccessEmergency


    Valuable Information About AccessMedicine Database on the McGraw Hill Homepage: AccessMedicine provides information on basic sciences and medicine, including the Lange Current Diagnosis and Treatment series, Harrison's, and Goodman and Gilman's.

    For mobile access:
    1. Create a Free MyAccess Profile
    2. Download the free AccessMedicine by Unbound Medicine app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    3. Log into MyAccess while on your phone. This will update the app with content from AccessMedicine.
    4. Open AccessMedicine app and enjoy access to Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Fitspatrick's Clinical Dermatology Atlas, Diagnosaurus, and Quick Guide to Diagnostics Tests.
      This vocabulary look-up aid is designed to help quickly locate descriptors of possible interest and to show the hierarchy in which these descriptors appear for MEDLINE searching.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
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      Alternate Name(s) Medic Latina
      A unique collection of medical research and scientific journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers, MedicLatina contains a complete table of contents and PDF full text for peer-reviewed medical journals in the Spanish language.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
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      Alternate Name(s) MEDLINE
      Ovid Medline is an interface for searching only Medline content the leading source for biomedical scholarly literature and research.
      MedlinePlus provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions for consumers and practitioners.
      Alternate Name(s) HealthReach
      Formerly known as HealthReach, this resource provides multilingual, multicultural public health information for those working with or providing care to individuals with limited English proficiency.
      Also offers access to quality health information to individuals for whom English is not their primary language.
      Browseable by language or by health topic.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Alternate Name(s) Thieme MedOne Education

      Thieme MedOne Education provides access to Thieme’s collection of medical textbooks covering anatomy, basic sciences, clinical sciences and radiology. To use the MedOne App, you will need a MedOne username and password. After the initial app installation and set-up, you will need to go to settings and sign-in.

      For mobile access:

      1. Download the free MedOne app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
      2. Create an account on the MedOne Education website by accessing it through the OHSU Library
      3. Click on the Home Access at the upper right corner of the resulting page. First time users must register for an account. Once you register, you can log in to use mobile or to personalize your web experience.
      4. Using the login information you created when you registered, login to the app on your device.
      MedPix® is a database integrating images and textual information. The content material is organized by disease location (organ system), pathology category, patient profiles, and by image classification and caption. Currently, the MedPix® website can be used to browse the cases.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Published by the Buros Center for Testing, this resource provides the standard tools used to identify commercially available assessment tests. Tests in Print provides a comprehensive bibliography of available tests, while Mental Measurements Yearbook provides reviews of tests. Not all tests listed in Test in Print will be covered in Mental Measurements Yearbook. Tests in Print does not include all known tests either. The publishers intentionally omit research and proprietary instruments.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required

      Micromedex is a collection of many different drug databases, including Martindale, the Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR), DRUGDEX, DISEASEDEX, POISONDEX, and several alternative medicine databases. Drugs can be searched by trade name, generic name, or “street” name. Information on drug indication, dosage, drug interaction and side effects and poison control information can be found in Micromedex. It covers all FDA approved medications as well as a database of alternative medicines.

      For mobile access:

      1. Download the free Micromedex app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
      2. Access Micromedex via the OHSU Library
      3. Click on the Download Center link in the upper right hand corner of the resulting page
      4. Follow the instructions found on the resulting page. Passwords needed to access the various apps included in the OHSU Library's Micromedex subscription are included here.
      This resources provides structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation.

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      National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) fleet of databases on genes and genomics.
      Literature (research reports, books, articles, and audiovisuals) on both physical and mental disability and rehabilitation produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Alternate Name(s) Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
      The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database provides evidence-based information about natural therapies, and includes tools for quickly checking interactions, nutrient depletion, and more.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Search selected full-text articles from 525 U.S. and international newspapers.
      Information about NIH grant and fellowship programs, research contracts, and research training opportunities as well as a searchable biomedical database of federally-supported proposed research.
      Alternate Name(s) RePORTER
      A tool that allows users to search a repository of both intramural and extramural NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Alternate Name(s) Nursing

      This evidence-based point-of-care resource includes continuously updated information, based on the best available evidence in nursing, allied health, and biomedical literature, written specifically for nurses to help answer clinical questions. Includes multimedia (e.g. videos and images), nursing management topics, care plans, leadership and management continuing education modules, additional skills, and more. It also contains cultural competencies, patient education, drug information, and reference books, guidelines, core measures, legal cases, and research instruments.

      For mobile access:

      NOTE: If you have the Nursing Reference Center app installed on your device, you must uninstall it before installing the Nursing Reference Center Plus app.

      1. Download the free Nursing Reference Center Plus App from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
      2. Access Nursing Reference Center Plus via the OHSU Library.
      3. Click on the NRC Plus Mobile App Access link from Nursing Reference Center Plus at the bottom of the page and enter your email address. An authentication key will be emailed to you.
      4. Open the Nursing Reference Center Plus email from your device.

      Within 24 hours, tap on the link in the email to authenticate the app.

      Note: If the app is not authenticated after 24 hours, you will need to request a new authentication key.

      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This resource brings together important titles from Gale and Macmillan and nursing-specific texts from Delmar. Additionally, relevant journal results from top publications in the field and animated depictions of the human anatomy complements the core reference texts. Provides authoritative information written in accessible language for students completing research papers and class assignments as they learn how to care for and treat patients.

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      Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This encyclopedia includes more than 450 articles covering all aspects of genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and related technologies for the student and the researcher.
      An occupational safety and health resource directory sponsored by the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at OHSU. Includes links to hundreds of occupational safety and health resources focusing on day-to-day workplace issues.

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      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Alternate Name(s) PCO
      Pediatric Care Online provides point-of-care quick references, Red Book Online, Bright Futures which offers health supervision guidelines for well-child visits, videos of the 13 Pediatric Procedural Skills, patient education handouts, and other tools.
      NOTICE: The POPLINE website was retired on September 1, 2019. Please see the retirement announcement for more information.
      The contents of this database prior to 2001 is also available through PubMed (journal citations), LOCATORplus, (monographs) and the NLM Gateway (meeting abstracts).
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This resource is a collection of academic journals and magazines for professional educators.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This resource is a collection of psychiatric resources from American Psychiatric Association Publishing including books, journals, and multimedia on psychiatry, mental health and behavioral science.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Provides access to journals covering a wide range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Provides access to abstracts, citations, articles, books and dissertations in the psychological, social and behavioral sciences. Includes all American Psychological Association journals.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Provides access to psychological measures, scales, surveys, and other instruments for the behavioral and social sciences.
      Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules and a chemical structure similarity search tool.
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      Alternate Name(s) MEDLINE
      Provides access to the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on medicine, nursing, dentistry and pre-clinical sciences. Links to full-text articles when available.

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      The REDCap Shared Library is a repository for REDCap data collection instruments and forms that can be downloaded and used by researchers at REDCap partner institutions. Curated instruments have been approved for inclusion by the REDCap Library Oversight Committee (REDLOC) after review for research relevance, accuracy in function and coding, and copyright issues.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Provides access to sports medicine and rehabilitation journals, covering topics such as orthopedics, physiology, nutrition, sports exercise and physical therapy.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Religion & Philosophy Collection™ provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With more more than 300 full text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is a great tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
      Searchable database of research projects, publications and patents resulting from NIH funding.
      Also provides access to research supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      SAGE Business Cases is a collection of more than 3,000 business cases from over 100 countries. Subjects include entrepreneurship, accounting, healthcare management, leadership, social enterprise, and more.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
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      Since 1969, Sanford Guide has been a leader in point-of-care recommendations for the treatment of infectious diseases. Content can be accessed through iPhone, iPad, Android devices, on the web, and in print. Widely used by pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, and nurses, Sanford Guide improves patient care by providing carefully curated recommendations based on the latest evidence. Our editorial process is wholly independent from outside corporate influence, and is focused on ensuring that content is accessible, concise, and reliable.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Provides access to scientific, technical and health journals and eBooks.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Provides access to the Chemical Abstracts database including journal articles, national and international patents and data about substances and reactions.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      SciVal uses Scopus data to help researchers, labs, and departments understand the impact of their work. It includes features to visualize research performance of groups or individuals, benchmark against peers for review, promotion or funding applications, identify and develop opportunities for collaboration and strategic partnerships, discover and analyze emerging research trends, and create customized research impact reports.

      Using SSO to log into SciVal
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
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      Citation and abstract database of peer-reviewed literature that can be used by researchers to determine the impact of specific authors, articles/documents and journals.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This resource covers the metabolic and molecular underpinnings, pathophysiology and treatment of inherited diseases. It is based on the book 'Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease'.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Database of sociological research. Covers sub-disciplines and related subject areas including social work, substance abuse, social policy, social psychology and related health topics.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This site provides access to journals and conference proceedings on optics and photonics research.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This resource provides citations and articles in the areas of sport, recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine and physical fitness.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      This database includes reproducible laboratory protocols in the life and biomedical sciences. The content is based on the Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine and Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology book series.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Alternate Name(s) Stahls
      Stahl Online provides access to the complete, up-to-date set of Stahl books in neuropsychopharmacology.

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      Teaching Physician is a web-based platform that provides point-of-need instruction for preceptors through videos, tips, FAQs, and links to in-depth information on precepting topics. See below for access information.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Alternate Name(s) Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
      Published by the Buros Center for Testing, this resource provides the standard tools used to identify commercially available assessment tests. Tests in Print provides a comprehensive bibliography of available tests, while Mental Measurements Yearbook provides reviews of tests. Not all tests listed in Test in Print will be covered in Mental Measurements Yearbook. Tests in Print does not include all known tests either. The publishers intentionally omit research and proprietary instruments.
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      The Native Health Database contains bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. The database provides information for the benefit, use, and education of organizations and individuals with an interest in health-related issues, programs, and initiatives regarding North American Indigenous peoples.

      Alternate Name(s) USPSTF Formerly AHRQ ePSS

      The Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS) is an application designed to help primary care clinicians identify clinical preventive services that are appropriate for their patients. Use the tool to search and browse U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on the web or on your mobile device.


      For mobile access:
      1. Download the free app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
      2. The Prevention TaskForce is a free application and does not require an account
      3. Click on the green install button at the resulting page.
      4. Browse by topic, create bookmarks, and search for patient recommendations using the tabs at the bottom of the application

      NOTICE: As part of a broader NLM reorganization, most of NLM's toxicology information services have been integrated into other NLM products and services. More detail provided at the link above.
      Trip is a clinical search engine of evidence-based content designed to support clinical practice and care. It includes research evidence and other content types including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.

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      • OHSU credentials or network access required

      Provides evidence-based answers to commonly asked questions in clinical practice. Designed to provide concise information needed at the point of care.

      For mobile access:

      1. Download the free mobile app from the Apple App Store or Google Play
      2. Access UpToDate via the OHSU Library
      3. Click on the Log In/Register link on the resulting page. First time users can register for an account to use on a mobile device or to use the CME feature.
      4. Once you register, you can login to the app using the UpToDate username and password you created from step #3 above.

      PLEASE NOTE: You will occasionally be asked to re-verify your affiliation with OHSU. You will need to use your UpToDate username and password.

      The Test & Measures Collection from the University of South Florida Libraries (USF) is a small bespoke collection of instruments, curated by USF librarians, that can be difficult to find elsewhere. Indexed in this database are instruments, questionnaires, surveys, or tests that are contained in various books. Use this resource as a starting point for identifying instruments to look up via Library Search or in other instrument databases like PsycTESTS

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      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Alternate Name(s) Visual DX

      Differential diagnosis tool with images and point of care information to aid in the identification of visually identifiable diseases.

      For mobile access:

      1. Launch VisualDx at your institution and click "VisualDx Mobile" on the right-hand side.
      2. Click "Create a Personal VisualDx Account" and fill out the form as instructed.
      3. Once you have a username and password, you can download the free VisualDx Mobile app on your mobile device from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
      4. Launch the VisualDx app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
      Database of trade and industry-related periodicals.

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      Alternate Name(s) Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
      After February 28, 2023 NLM will discontinue WISER and its standalone apps for phone and PC. Follow the link to the homepage for a list of similar resources for Hazmat or Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear information.

      Provides information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression guidance.

      New / Trial Databases

      The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
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      LWW Health Library - Medical Education allows users to access and search essential texts easily and provides rich, interactive multimedia ancillary content like procedural videos, images, real-life case studies, and quiz banks tailored by specialty.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
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      Alternate Name(s) Medic Latina
      A unique collection of medical research and scientific journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers, MedicLatina contains a complete table of contents and PDF full text for peer-reviewed medical journals in the Spanish language.
      • OHSU credentials or network access required
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      Since 1969, Sanford Guide has been a leader in point-of-care recommendations for the treatment of infectious diseases. Content can be accessed through iPhone, iPad, Android devices, on the web, and in print. Widely used by pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, and nurses, Sanford Guide improves patient care by providing carefully curated recommendations based on the latest evidence. Our editorial process is wholly independent from outside corporate influence, and is focused on ensuring that content is accessible, concise, and reliable.
      New

      The Native Health Database contains bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. The database provides information for the benefit, use, and education of organizations and individuals with an interest in health-related issues, programs, and initiatives regarding North American Indigenous peoples.

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