Library Guides: Medicine: Home

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PubMed
Provides access to citations and full text articles from the biomedical literature (medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, and the preclinical sciences). PubMed includes MEDLINE (mid 1960s-present), OLDMEDLINE (1950-1965), in-process citations (not yet indexed).
MEDLINE (Ovid)
MEDLINE is the United States National Library of Medicine's (NLM) bibliographic database providing information from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, and the pre-clinical sciences. It is also a primary source of information from the international literature on biomedicine, including the following topics as they relate to biomedicine and health care: Biology, environmental science, marine biology, plant and animal science, biophysics, and chemistry.
AccessMedicine
AccessMedicine is an online resource that contains the latest editions of clinical medicine texts, such as Harrisons Online, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Online, and Schwartzs Principles of Surgery Online. It also offers the Lange Basic Science and Lange Current Clinical Science Series for on-going study, review, and reference. In addition, it has the USMLEasy self-assessment tool, a drug index, an image index, the differential diagnosis tool Diagnosaurus, Current Practice Guidelines, diagnostic tests, and patient education information.
Cochrane Library
Includes full text of the regularly-updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. The reviews are presented in two types: Complete reviews - regularly-updated Cochrane Reviews, prepared and maintained by Collaborative Review Groups; and Protocols - protocols for reviews currently being prepared (all include an expected date of completion). Protocols are the background, objectives and methods of reviews in preparation.
UpToDate Online
UpToDate is a practical clinical reference comprised of thousands of original topic reviews which address a specific clinical issue and provide detailed recommendations. UpToDate performs a continuous review of over 270 journals and other resources.
E-Journals database
Find journals and magazines that are available online.

Medical Collection in the Library

Biomedical Resources in the Library

The online and print collections of the Library encompass all areas of the medical & health sciences and related basic biological sciences, with emphasis given to current and emerging areas of biomedical research, teaching, and patient care at the University of Chicago.

See the Collection Policy Statements for Medicine, the Biological Sciences, and Nursing for more detail.

Support for Clinicians

Clinical Librarian Service

The Clinical Librarian Service at the University of Chicago equips clinical teams with evidence-based research and enhances access to information to support informed decision-making in patient care. As part of this service, the clinical librarian conducts literature searches to identify resources to answer patient care and/or clinical decision- making questions.

The clinical librarian is embedded within five teams in adult and pediatric general medicine, participating in patient rounds and morning reports to deliver this service in real time. Outside of rounding, the clinical librarian service is available to all specialties within UCMC via email or consultation. The clinical librarian will provide 3-6 articles to answer your question within 48 business hours.

Example Questions:

The clinical librarian answers questions related to therapy, diagnosis, prognosis, etiology, guidelines, and any additional areas related to clinical care.

Is there evidence-based screening for pancreatic cancer in patients with chronic pancreatitis?
What are the incidence, timeline, and risk factors associated with IVIG-related hemolysis?
What are the best imaging studies to visualize kidney stones?
What is the risk of developing EPS (extrapyramidal symptoms) from first generation antipsychotics (prochlorperazine) versus second generation (olanzapine)?

When possible, please provide HIPAA compliant clinical context to aid in answering your questions.