Among the many databases available at PCOM Library, our librarians recommend the following as strong starting points for our patrons.
Quick Evidence
- ClinicalKey
Tool that searches across textbooks, journals, medical and surgical videos, customizable patient handouts, and images across multiple medical specialties.
- Cochrane LibraryContains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
- DynaMedProvides evidence-based, clinically-organized summaries based on reviews of over 500 core clinical journals and systematic review databases.
Diagnostic Evidence
- Isabel: Diagnostic Decision SupportEnables a clinician to enter a patient's signs and symptoms and instantly receive back a list of likely diagnoses to consider.
- VisualDx
Combines high-quality, peer-reviewed medical images and concise, actionable information to support the accurate recognition and management of disease.
Integrative Medicine
- Alt-HealthWatchFocuses on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
- Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED)Relevant references to articles from around 512 journals, the majority of which are in English and are not indexed by any other biomedical sources.
- Natural Medicines
Provides detailed and high quality, evidence-based monographs about complementary and alternative therapies. Formerly Natural Standards.
Core Databases
- Clinical Pharmacologya complete, easy-to-use, point-of-care drug information resource that contains valuable reports on drug use, comparisons, drug reactions, and adverse reactions.
- Health Business EliteComprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management. Topics covered include hospital management, hospital administration, marketing, human resources, computer technology, facilities management and insurance.
- Lexicomp Onlinea robust drug information database of pharmacologic and clinical information.
- APA PsycINFOcontains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines.
- PubMedincludes over 22 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.
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