Databases
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A database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation. Eponymous names are supplemented by full personal names to assist in differentiating similar syndromes. Users may browse an alphabetical list or search by keyword (all fields), major feature, syndrome name or synonym, MeSH term, OMIM number, etc. Knowledgeable users may submit additional entries for eventual inclusion. Syndrome descriptions include links to matching OMIM entries.
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JAMAevidence McGraw-Hill, TRIAL ENDED 15.MAR.2013.JAMAevidence assists users in identifying the best available evidence. It provides access to textbooks: The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis (2009), and A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (2008), and Care at the Close of Life : Evidence and Experience (2011) as well as useful tools: education guides, glossary, calculators, worksheets, question wizards, weekly RSS feed of featured JAMA articles, compiled clinical scenarios, podcasts, and user-level customization features.
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"Using Internet technology, it is designed to help you follow the development of information and media, and attitudes about them, from the beginning of records to the present. Containing annotated references to discoveries, developments of a social, scientific, theoretical or technological nature, as well as references to physical books, documents, artifacts, art works, and to websites and other digital media, it arranges, both chronologically and thematically, selected historical examples and recent developments of the methods used to record, distribute, exchange, organize, store, and search information"--Website.
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Provides evidence-based nursing information prepared by expert reviewers at Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). It includes several databases: Best Practice Information Sheets, Consumer Information Sheets, Evidence Summaries, Recommended Practices, Systematic Review Protocols, Systematic Reviews, and Technical Reports.
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Journal abbreviation sources (JAS) Iowa State UnivA categorized registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated publication titles. Selected library catalogs providing abbreviated title searching have also been included.
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Journal citation reports Thomson
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Journal watch 1987-, Mass Med Soc
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UpToDate: A point-of-care clinical
information resource containing succinct and aggressively updated
clinical topic reviews.PubMed@Stanford
link that provides fulltext access to Lane's resources. Includes the
MEDLINE database, which contains coverage of over 5000 journals and
more than 16 million citations for biomedical articles, including,
but not limited to, clinical trials, systematic reviews, case
reports, and clinical practice guidelines.
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A drug information resource containing:
American Hospital Formulary System (AHFS), drug formulary for Lucile
Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) and Stanford Hospital &
Clinics (SHC), Lexi-Drugs (adverse reactions, dosage and
administration, mechanism of action, storage, use, and administration
information), Lexi-Calc, Lexi-ID, Lexi-I.V. Compatibility (King
Guide), Lexi-Interact, and Lexi-PALS.Cumulative
Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) contains
coverage of nursing and allied health literature. A specialized PubMed search geared
towards helping clinicians quickly access systematic reviews. A knowledge database that provides access to
topic reviews based on over 6000 clinically relevant articles. Provides critical assessments of systematic
reviews compiled from a variety of medical journals.Selects from the biomedical literature
original studies and systematic reviews that are immediately
clinically relevant and then summarizes these articles in an enhanced
abstract with expert commentary.Multidisciplinary
coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social
sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international
proceedings coverage for over 120,000 conferences. Includes cited
reference searching, citation maps, and an analyze tool.Multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000
high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and
humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage for over
120,000 conferences. Includes cited reference searching, citation
maps, and an analyze tool.Features
systematic reviews that summarize the effects of interventions and
makes a determination whether the intervention is efficacious or not.
Cochrane reviews are created through a strict process of compiling
and analyzing data from multiple randomized control trials to ensure
comprehensiveness and reliability.Provides
systematic coverage of the psychological literature from the 1800s to
the present through articles, book chapters and dissertations.A decision support tool that includes
guidelines, articles, text books and drug information.Lane provides access to over 5,000 eBooks
many of which provide helpful background material that will prepare
you to better tackle primary literature. Features
topic reviews that include a synthesis of the biomedical literature
and specific patient care recommendations. Provides
reviews of treatments for over 250 conditions that summarize the
related available evidence from systematic reviews, clinical trials,
observational studies and clinical practice guidelines.PIER (Physicians' Information and Education
Resource) is a Web-based decision-support tool designed for rapid
point-of-care delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based guidance for
primary care physicians.Cochrane
Central registry of Controlled Trials (CCTR) provides access to
300,000 controlled trials that have been identified the Cochrane
Collaboration. A major drug resource
providing information organized by drug types, diseases, acute care,
toxicology and alternative medicines. Provides
drug information targeted for patients. A
drug database organized by generic name, trade name and drug class.LPCH / Stanford Hospital Formulary A goldmine of trusted consumer health
information from the world's largest medical library Provides patient handouts from the American
Academy of Family Physician Access
to the Stanford Health Library for patients. A
continually updating drug monograph.