Medical Library Resources

What: PrepSTEP contains practice tests, tutorials, e-books, articles, and flashcards on subjects such as computer skills, career preparation, and college success. Also featured are test preparation materials for the GRE, CLEP, TEOFL, LSAT, MCAT, among others.

Where: Access via browser 

• PrepSTEP for Colleges and Universities

What: Pubmed is a biomedical literature search engine providing citations and links to full-text articles from Pubmed Central, publisher websites, and the FAU collection. 

Where: Access through browser or app.

• Browser: Pubmed
• Browser: PICO form 
• App: iOS | Android

How: 

• Videos: PubMed/Medline Literature Search Demo
• MyNCBI: As an NCBI database, Pubmed users can create and use a MyNCBI account.
  • Save Searches. Create email notifications. Create and share collections. Document previous 6 months of search activity. and more! 
    • Register for an NCBI account
    • Learn how to use My NCBI

Features: 

• Books, cases, clinical trials, dictionaries, EBM, guidelines,  journals, mobile app, PICO
• Clinical Queries, Single Citation Matcher, MeSH [controlled vocabulary] 
• Email Alerts: MyNCBI provides search alerts

What: SpringerLink provides access to scholarly journals in business, law, medicine, humanities, science, and social science disciplines. Also, includes some e-books published by Springer.

Where: Access via browser. 

• SpringerLink

What: Thieme MedOne Education is a medical education and research resource providing textbooks, images, and media. 

Where: Access via browser. 

• Thieme MedOne Education

Features: 

• Books, images

What: Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

Where: Access via browser. 

• TRIP

Features:

• Books, cases, clinical trials, diagnostic tests, EBM, guidelines, images, journals, multimedia, patient education, PICO
• Email alerts: for searches. 

For education purposes only, UptoDate access is limited to College of Medicine students, nursing students, and a designated subset of College of Medicine clinical faculty. Medical residents should access UptoDate via the healthcare systems where they engage in clinical training. Unfortunately, access to affiliate faculty  and faculty outside of the designated subset cannot be extended at this time due to licensing restraints.

What: UpToDate is a clinical decision support tool providing evidence based point of care topics & recommendations based on peer-reviewed medical literature. UpToDates is used as an education tool by core faculty, residents, and students at FAU. 

Where: Access through browser or app.

• Browser: UpToDate
• App: iOS | Android
• Register & Off-campus renewal: Register and Re-verification Instructions

Video: 

• UpToDate Anywhere Account Creation and Re Verification. 

Features: 

• Drug information, calculators, Lexicomp drug interactions.
• Patient education: available in Arabic, English, Spanish. 

Because of vendor licenses and budget, the COM Library cannot extend UpToDate access to Clinical Affiliates at this time but can offer the following resources via alternative Library resources: 

• Drug Information: AccessMedine, AccessPediatrics, ClinicalKey
• Calculators: ClinicalKey, JAMAevidence, 
• Drug Interactions/information: AccessMedicine, AccessPediatrics, ClinicalKey, 
• Patient Education: AccessMedicine, AccessPediatrics, ClinicalKey

What: Web of Science is a citation database for research offering access to Endnote Web Basic, a reference management system. 

Where: Access via browser. 

•  Web of Science

How: Click here for additional support material. 

• Videos:
  • Web of Science Literature Search Demo
  • Web of Science (On Demand Tutorial/Workshop)
• Citation Management:  
  • EndNote Web Basic Reference Management- Accessing Instructions

Features: 

• Books, gray literature, journals
• Endnote
• Email alerts: for searches