Medical Library Resources

What: Video tutorials to help users: 

• Search for and connect to an FAU database (example used: ClinicalKey)
• Search google and validate within an article using OpenAthens. 

Where: Click here for FAU Libraries Created Video Tutorials 

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
  • 1 installation on a device of your choice. 
• 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: YouTube playlist offering videos on various topics. Videos are offered with closed captions. 

Where: Click here to access the Medical Library's YouTube playlist. 

What: Read your books online or offline, search across your full library, and create notes and highlights to help you study.

Where: Access through browser or app. 

• Browser: Vitalsource. 
• App: iOS | Android

How: Click here for VitalSource Support

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