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What: First Aid Forward is a USMLE study prep database offering three textbooks: First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, First Aid Cases for the USMLE Step 1, and First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 1. Subjects provide quizzes and cases for areas from Biochemistry to Respiratory. Please note that features of this product integrate with Boards and Beyond which the Libraries does not provide access to.
Where: Access via browser.
How:
Steps to Sign in the first time:
- From the First Aid Forward sign-in page, enter your FAU email when prompted to be directed to the product's second sign-in page.
- First time users click the "send magic link." This will generate an email containing a link to the product.
- After clicking the magic link within your email, navigate to the upper right corner to click the user icon to the right of your name.
- Use the drop down to select "my account."
- To set up your account, click "Edit" for the password and security question fields (first time users may notice these fields are pre-populated with "shielded values" but this does not correlate to a complete account set-up.)
- Scroll down to click "Save."
Steps for Returning Users:
- From the First Aid Forward sign-in page, enter your FAU email when prompted to be directed to the product's second sign-in page.
- Use the bottom sign-in option to enter your password and click "Sign in"
Connecting to First Aid Forward Step 2:
- Users should make sure they are signed out of the Step 1 product page before registering for Step 2. Clicking the Step 2 resource link while still signed into Step 1 will only reopen the Step 1 resource.
- After clicking the Step 2 link, enter your FAU email in the first sign-in page.
- On the second sign-in page, click "send magic link" to generate the product email.
- After clicking on the product link, you will be able to access First Aid Forward Step 2.
- Use the drop down in the upper right page to toggle between Step 1 and Step 2 resources.
Features:
- USMLE text books, cases, quizzes
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.
How:
Steps to Sign in the first time:
- From the First Aid Forward sign-in page, enter your FAU email when prompted to be directed to the product's second sign-in page.
- First time users click the "send magic link." This will generate an email containing a link to the product.
- After clicking the magic link within your email, navigate to the upper right corner to click the user icon to the right of your name.
- Use the drop down to select "my account."
- To set up your account, click "Edit" for the password and security question fields (first time users may notice these fields are pre-populated with "shielded values" but this does not correlate to a complete account set-up.)
- Scroll down to click "Save."
Steps for Returning Users:
- From the First Aid Forward sign-in page, enter your FAU email when prompted to be directed to the product's second sign-in page.
- Use the bottom sign-in option to enter your password and click "Sign in"
Connecting to First Aid Forward Step 1:
- Users should make sure they are signed out of the Step 2 product page before registering for Step 1. Clicking the Step 1 resource link while still signed into Step 2 will only reopen the Step 2 resource.
- After clicking the Step 1 link, enter your FAU email in the first sign-in page.
- On the second sign-in page, click "send magic link" to generate the product email.
- After clicking on the product link, you will be able to access First Aid Forward Step 1.
- Use the drop down in the upper right page to toggle between Step 1 and Step 2 resources.
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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
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
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