What: First Aid Forward is a USMLE study prep database offering three textbooks: First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, First Aid Clinical Algorithms for the USMLE Step 2 CK, and First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 2 CK. Subjects provide quizzes, algorithms, and patterns for areas from Cardiovascular to Renal. Please note that features of this product integrate with Boards and Beyond which the Libraries does not provide access to. 

Where: Access via browser.

• First Aid Forward Step 2

How: 

• . Register & Off-campus renewal: Register and Re-verification Instructions

Features: 

• USMLE text books, cases, quizzes

What: Use this Google Scholar link to see full-text options via Find it @ FAU.
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

Where: Access via browser.

• Google Scholar

Features:

• Journals
• Email Alerts: for search term(s)

What: Guide for finding grants & funders, grant writing support, Library resources, and more.

Where:  Click here to access the Grants and grant writing guide. 

What: Library resources to support: clinical teaching and/or integration of clinical concepts within foundational science courses; case-based teaching and/or interactive learning; and student self-assessment and USMLE preparation.

Where: Click the following link to access: Instructional Resources for College of Medicine Course & Clerkship Directors

Features: Clinical teachings & concepts, Case-based teaching & Interactive Teaching. 

What: ILL is a department that provides article delivery and short-term loans to the FAU Community from a vast network of libraries and document suppliers on a local, state, national, and international basis.

Where: Click here for the ILL Department Home Page. 

How: Click here for additional support material. 

• Tutorials:
  • Print: Creating an Account and placing Requests (medical specific.) 
  • Video (Youtube): Creating an Account and placing Requests.

What: An online resource for the teaching, learning, and application of evidence-based medicine, JAMAevidence helps students and clinicians identify, appraise, and use the best available evidence to assess health problems and the outcomes of health care.

Where: Access via browser. 

• JAMAevidence

Features: Books, Calculators, Educational Guides/ Slide sets, JAMAedidence Glossary, Learning Tools: Worksheets, Audio resources and Podcasts

What: Provides publisher-neutral data, statistics, and citation metrics about scholarly research, as well as a journal’s role within and influence upon the global research community. Includes access to the Journal Impact Factor™ (JIF).

Where: Access via browser. 

• Journal Citation Reports

Features: 

• Manuscript matching

What: Guide created by the FAU Libraries' Scholarly Communication Services with resources to understand and find Research & Journal Impact Factors. 

Guide: Click here to see the Journal and Research Impact guide. 

Features: Altmetrics, Bibliometrics, Books, Impact Factors. 

What: JAGS is the go-to journal for clinical aging research providing a diverse, interprofessional community of healthcare professionals with the latest insights on geriatrics education, clinical practice, and public policy—all supporting the high-quality, person-centered care essential to our well-being as we age. 

Where: 

• Direct link: Wiley Online Library Database Model 2021
• Browse the Library Primo Catalog

What: JAMA reports on the progress in clinical medicine research and developments in other areas related to medicine.

Where: 

• Direct link: Jamanetwork.com
• Browse the Library Primo Catalog 

Specialties: 

• JAMA Dermatology 
• JAMA Internal Medicine 
• JAMA Neurology 
• JAMA Ophthalmology 
• JAMA Otolaryngology- head & neck surgery
• JAMA Pediatrics 
• JAMA Psychiatry 
• JAMA Surgery