Research Guides: Medical Student Core Resources: Core Resources

This page contains core resources for medical information, shortlisted by topic or format, largely made available by the Library. These include: Medical Dictionaries; Cases; eBooks; Journal Articles; Clinical Guidelines; Conditions and Therapies; Differential Diagnosis; Drugs; Patient Education; and Physical Examination. Evidence-based resources are also identified along with links to resource pages about systematic reviews and self-assessment. For a complete listing of 14 primary and 32 secondary core resources, please see the All Core Resources box below.

All Core Resources

Use this Excel sheet to see more about 14 primary library resources and 32 secondary library resources, not all of which are linked in this guide.

Core Resources

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Medical Subject Areas
Search best-bet databases, ebooks, and websites by discipline, including foundational sciences and clinical sciences. Also contains resources for other disciplines such as health policy, statistics, public health, rural health, and more.
Point of Care
Find more resources on: clinical guidelines; drug information; evidence-based medicine; labs, tests, and calculators; patient education; and physical examination and diagnosis.

Three Key Resources

These three resources will be key to your study in the next two years.

AccessMedicine
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Provides access to information necessary to complete evaluations, diagnoses, and case management decisions, as well as for pursuing research, medical education, self-assessments, and board reviews.
ClinicalKey
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Full text access to selected medical texts, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts, and CME materials.
PubMed
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PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Evidence-Based Resources

Critically Appraised Resources
Top Quality of Evidence (Graded and Non-Graded)
Experimental and Observational Studies
Middle Quality of Evidence
Background Information and Expert Opinion
Bottom Quality of Evidence

Core Text

Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Bickley LS
Publication Date: 2016

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