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Subject Resources: Clinical Medicine

Databases
	ABMS Certified Doctor Registration required
	AccessMedicine eBook collection of over 50 titles including Harrison's online, Hurst's the Heart, and Lange clinical and basic science texts.
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
	AccessPharmacy A comprehensive resource for pharmacy education
		Access Pharmacy - McGraw-Hill See More Info for access information.
	AccessSurgery A comprehensive resource for surgery education, contains textbooks and videos.
		AccessSurgery - McGraw-Hill See More Info for access information.
	ACP PIER Physician's Information and Education Resource (PIER)
		Stat!Ref
	ACP Pier on PDA ACP's Physician's Information and Education Resource (PIER) monthly updates
		Stat!Ref
	AIM DocFinder - Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
	AMA Physician Select
	CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
	Clinical Evidence Evidence-based evaluations of interventions for common clinical conditions
		BMJ Publishing Group
	Clinical Medicine NetPrints A repository of non-peer reviewed original research in clinical medicine and health
			Last 30 days
	Clinical Reference System Patient Handouts. Requires a USC username and password for access.
	ClinicalTrials.gov Registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world
	Current Contents Connect Up-to-date coverage of research-level journals in all fields.
			current
	Doctor's Guide: Congress Resource Center
	EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text
	EBM Reviews- ACP Journal Club
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	1991-present
	EBM Reviews- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) Critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals.
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text
	Epocrates Online Premium Database of clinical and formulary information
		ePocrates
	Essential Evidence Plus Formerly called InfoRetriever with InfoPOEMS
	Essential Evidence Plus on PDA Formerly called InfoRetriever with InfoPOEMS
	Eurekah Bioscience Collection A Comprehensive Resource in Bioscience and Biomedicine from over 200 Landes Bioscience books
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Exam Master Online Sample exams for USMLE step 1, 2, and 3, and Certification review.
	Faculty of 1000 Biology Highlights and reviews selected recent articles in the biosciences.
		BioMed Central
	Faculty of 1000 Medicine Designed to help clinicians keep abreast of the most important new research
		BioMed Central
	GeneTests
	GIDEON Diagnostic tool for infectious diseases.
		GIDEON
	Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
		Ovid	1985-present
	Health Sciences Multi-eBook Search Search the content of Health Sciences eBook collections in a single query
		WebFeat Express
	HealthSTAR( Ovid )
		Ovid	1966-present
	Images.MD Collection of downloadable medical images
	Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide Decision support tool for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases
	Lab Tests Online
	Lexi-Comp ONLINE
	MD Consult
		MD Consult Full Clinics Series
	MEDLINE In-Process through OvidSP Contains recent records waiting to be indexed and loaded into MEDLINE.
	MEDLINE (OvidSP) With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
		Ovid	1950-present
	Micromedex Pharmacology information. May only be used for educational purposes by health sciences faculty, students and staff.
		See More Info for access information.
	National Guideline Clearinghouse Evidence-based Practice Guidelines
	National Organization for Rare Disorders and Orphan Drugs Databases
	NCME TV
		See More Info for access information.
	NLM Gateway from the National Library of Medicine Search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
	OvidSP at USC (Includes MEDLINE and other databases)
	Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
	PubMed@USC With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
			1966 to date.
	Science Citation Index Expanded Citation database for the sciences
			1900 to present
	TrialsCentral
	UpToDate Comprehensive, current, succinct evidence-based resource covering multiple medical specialties. Onsite access only.
		UpToDate See More Info for access information.
	USC Experts Directory
	Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases.
			1900-present
eBooks
	5 Minute Clinical Consult 2007
		Books@Ovid
	5 Minute Clinical Consult 2008
		Stat!Ref
	5 Minute Pediatric Consult 4th ed. (2005)
		Books@Ovid
	5 Minute Pediatric Consult 5th ed. (2008)
		Books@Ovid
	Abeloff's Clinical Oncology
		MD Consult
	AccessMedicine eBook collection of over 50 titles including Harrison's online, Hurst's the Heart, and Lange clinical and basic science texts.
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
	AccessPharmacy A comprehensive resource for pharmacy education
		Access Pharmacy - McGraw-Hill See More Info for access information.
	AccessSurgery A comprehensive resource for surgery education, contains textbooks and videos.
		AccessSurgery - McGraw-Hill See More Info for access information.
	ACP Medicine Online Continues WebMD Scientific American Medicine
	Anatomy of the Human Body (Gray's Anatomy-1918 edition)
	Bonica's Management of Pain
		Books@Ovid
	Books@Ovid Access to 300+ major texts and handbooks in primary care, nursing, pharmacology, and internal medicine.
		Books@Ovid
	Cecil Medicine
		MD Consult
	Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project
	Clinical Evidence Evidence-based evaluations of interventions for common clinical conditions
		BMJ Publishing Group
	Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Clinical Practice Guidelines Each Guideline reflects the state of the knowledge, current at the time of its release, on effective and appropriate care.
	Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine
		MD Consult
	Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services : Put Prevention into Practice
	Clinician's Pocket Reference Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
	Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
		Stat!Ref
	Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Current Year Only
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
	Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2008 Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2008
		Access Pharmacy - McGraw-Hill
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill See More Info for access information
	DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination
		Stat!Ref
	DrugPoints System
		Stat!Ref	CURRENT YEAR ONLY
	Ebrary Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes
	Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine
		Wiley Reference Works
	Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Pink Book)
		See More Info for access information.
	Eurekah Bioscience Collection A Comprehensive Resource in Bioscience and Biomedicine from over 200 Landes Bioscience books
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2009 Ferri's clinical advisor 2009: instant diagnosis and treatment
		MD Consult
	Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
		See More Info for access information.
	Handbook of EEG Interpretation
		R2 Library
	Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Harrison's Online
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill See More Info for access information
		Access Pharmacy - McGraw-Hill
	Health Sciences Multi-eBook Search Search the content of Health Sciences eBook collections in a single query
		WebFeat Express
	Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT) AHRQ guidelines, NIH conferences and workshops, HIV/AIDS Technical Information and more
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice
		MD Consult
	Henrys Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods
		MD Consult
	Internal Medicine
		Stat!Ref
	International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
	Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension
		Books@Ovid
	Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine
		Books@Ovid
	Litt's Drug Eruption Reference Manual : including drug interactions
		Stat!Ref
	Manual of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests
		Books@Ovid
	MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
	Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
		Stat!Ref
		OTHER See More Info for access information
	Merck Manual of Medical Information Merck Manual of Medical Information - Second Home Edition
		OTHER See More Info for access information.
	Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary Includes audio pronunciation
	Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice
		MD Consult
	Musculoskeletal Imaging Companion
		R2 Library
		Books@Ovid
	National Academies Press Full text of books published since 1994
			1994-present
	Osler Medical Handbook
		MD Consult
	Pathophysiology of Disease An Introduction to Clinical Medicine
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
		Access Pharmacy - McGraw-Hill
	Patient History : Evidence-Based Approach
		Stat!Ref
	Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient
		MD Consult
	Practice of Geriatrics
		MD Consult
	Primary Care Medicine Recommendations office evaluation and management of the adult patient
		Books@Ovid
	Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice
		MD Consult
	Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease : pathophysiology, diagnosis, management
		MD Consult
	STAT!Ref subscription A Online texts, including 5-Minute Clinical Consult, DrugPoints system, Merck Manual, and MedCalc calculator
		Stat!Ref See More Info for access information.
	Textbook of Clinical Neurology
		MD Consult
	Textbook of Family Medicine
		MD Consult
	Textbook of Primary Care Medicine
		MD Consult
	Thieme Electronic Book Library : TEBL
		Thieme Electronic Books Library
	Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (adult treatment panel III) Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults by the NCEP
	Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
		Books@Ovid
	Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials Basic concepts, methodologies, and applications in clinical trials
		Wiley Reference Works
	Yale University School Of Medicine Heart Book
Web Sites
	American Academy of Family Physicians: How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae
	American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
	American College of Physicians (ACP)
	American College of Physicians: Career Resource Center
	American Medical Association (AMA)
	Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination Streaming video which demonstrates physical examination skills
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
	Clinical Calculator and Formulas
	CLIPP: Computer-Assisted Learning in Pediatrics Program See More Info for registration information
	Current Awareness Web Sites
	DXplain Diagnostic Software
	eMedicine
	Epocrates Medical Calculators
		ePocrates
	Flash-Med Review Medical review questions
	HIPAA Regulations From the US DHHS Office for Civil Rights
	Image Challenge Test your diagnostic and visual skills.
	Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
	International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
	Los Angeles County Medical Association
	MedCalc 3000 From the main Stat!Ref menu, select Resources tab at top of page.
		Stat!Ref See More Info for access information.
	National Guideline Clearinghouse Evidence-based Practice Guidelines
	National Medical Associations and Societies
	NeedyMeds Patient assistance programs for no cost prescription medications
	Neurological Eye Simulator
	NIH Videocasting Videocasts of seminars, lectures and special events at the National Institutes of Health
	Office of Rare Diseases
	The Public's Health
	Science Daily
	U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
	University of Virginia Physical Examination Videos
	USC Keck School of Medicine
	USC PDA Resources Page
	USC School of Medicine Research and Scientific Affairs
	WebMD
	WikiHealthCare A Joint Commission Sponsored Forum
	WWW Clinical Information from the Medical College of Wisconsin
eJournals
	ACP Journal Club
		Single Journals	Vol. 130, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1999)-present
	Acta Oto-Laryngologica. Supplement Acta oto-laryngologica. Supplementum
		Informaworld	Vol. 5, suppl. 3 (1923)-present
	Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 87, suppl. 424 (Oct. 1998)-present
	Alcoholism : Clinical and Experimental Research
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 24, no. 1 (Jan. 2000)-v. 29, no. 12 (Dec. 2005)
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 21, no. 1 (Feb. 1997)-present
	Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1987)-present
	American Journal of Medicine
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 98, no. 1 (Jan. 1995)-present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1946)-v. 97, no. 6 (Dec. 1994)
	American Journal of the Medical Sciences Some older issues are not listed.
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 3 (May. 1828)-present
	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
		Highwire Press	Vol. 58, no. 1 (Jan. 1998)-present
	American Medical News Abstracts and selected articles only.
		American Medical Association Journals See More Info for access information.	(July 1995)-present
	Annals of Internal Medicine
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 118, no. 1 (Jan. 1993)-v. 142, no. 1 (Jan. 4, 2005)
		Highwire Press	Vol. 118, no. 1 (Jan. 1993) -present
	Annals of Medicine (Helsinki)
		Informaworld	Vol. 29, no. 1 (1997)-present
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 28, no. 1 (Feb. 1996)-v. 33, no. 9 (Dec. 2001)
	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 837 (Dec. 1997)-v. 977 (Nov. 2002)
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Dec. 1879)-present
	Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
		MetaPress-Miscellaneous publishers	Vol. 91. no. 1 (Jan. 1997)-v. 95, no. 8 (Dec. 2001)
		IngentaConnect	Vol. 91. no. 1 (Jan. 1997)-v. 95, no. 8 (Dec. 2001)
		IngentaConnect	Vol. 96, no. 1 (Jan. 2002)-present
	Annual Review of Medicine Comprehensive reviews of topics in medicine
		Annual Reviews	Vol. 1 (Feb. 1950)-present
	Archives of Family Medicine
		Highwire Press	Vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1998)-v. 9, no. 10 (Nov./Dec. 2000)
	Archives of Internal Medicine (1960)
		Highwire Press	Vol. 158, no. 1 (Jan. 1998)-present
	BMC Medicine
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1 (2003)-present
	BMJ : British Medical Journal articles and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health
		Highwire Press	Vol. 308, no. 6920 (Jan. 1994)-present
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 306, no. 6869 (Jan. 1993)-v. 329, no. 7480 (Dec. 2004)
	British Journal of Infection Control
		Sage Publications	Vol. 5, no. 1 (Feb. 2004)-present
	British Journal of Sports Medicine International journal featuring the latest advances in research and clinical practice in sports medicine
		Highwire Press	Vol. 32, no. 1 (Mar. 1998)-present
	British Medical Bulletin
		IngentaConnect	Vol. 57, no. 1 (Mar. 2001)-present
		Highwire Press	Vol. 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-present
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-v. 64, no. 1 (Dec. 2002)
	Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
		Extenza	Vol. 65, no. 1 (Mar. 2001)-present
	Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
		PubMed Central See More Info for access information.	Vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan, 1930)-v. 69, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1993)
	Canadian Medical Association Journal
		PubMed Central	Vol. 1. no. 1 (Jan. 1911)-v. 133, no. 4 (Aug. 1985)
	Chinese Medical Journal Published in Beijing
			Vol. 113, no. 1 (Jan. 2000)-present
	Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)
			Vol. 59, no. 1 (Jan. 1997)-v. 60 no. 6 (Dec. 1997) & v. 64, no.1 (Jan. 2001)-v. 65, no. 12 (Dec. 2002)
	Chronic Illness
		Sage Publications	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 2005)-present
	Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
			Vol. 68, no. 5 (May 2001)-present
	Clinical and Investigative Medicine
		Directory of Open Access Journals	Vol. 28, no. 1 (Feb. 2005)-present
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 19, no. 4 (Aug. 1996)-v. 27, no .6 (Dec. 2004)
	Clinical Cancer Research
		Highwire Press	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1995)-present
	Clinical Chemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics. Publishes contributions in the field of laboratory medicine
		Highwire Press	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1955)-present
	Clinical Investigator
		Springer-Verlag	Vol. 70, no. 1 (Jan. 1992)-v. 72, no. 12 (Dec. 1994)
	Clinical Medicine & Research
		Highwire Press	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 2003)-present
	Clinical Medicine (London, England)
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2001)-v. 4, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2004)
		IngentaConnect	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2001)-present
	Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine : CPEM
		MD Consult	Vol. 2, no. 1 (Mar. 2001)-present
	Clinical Practice Guidelines (CMAJ)
		Highwire Press	1997-present
	Clinical Science (London, England : 1979)
		Portland Press Electronic Journals	Vol. 94, no. 5 (May 1998)-present
	Clinical Teacher
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 2004)-present
	Clinical Therapeutics
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 17, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1995)-present
	Clinical Trials (London, England) Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials.
		Sage Publications	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 2004)-present
	Clinics in Family Practice
		MD Consult Full Clinics Series	Vol. 2, no. 1 (Mar. 2000)-v. 7, no. 4 (Dec. 2005)
	CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 148, no. 1 (Jan. 1993)-v. 171, no. 12 (Dec. 2004)
		Highwire Press	Vol. 156, no. 1 (Jan. 1997)-present
		MD Consult	Vol. 164, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)-present
		PubMed Central	Vol. 133, no. 5 (Sept. 1985)-present
	Consensus statements / NIH Consensus Development Conference Historical Consensus Development Program Statements
			1990-1992
	Controlled Clinical Trials
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 16, no. 1 (Feb. 1995)-v. 25, no. 6 (Dec. 2004)
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (May. 1980)-v. 15, no. 6 (Dec. 1994)
	Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Current Year Only
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
	Current Medical Research and Opinion
		IngentaConnect	Vol. 16, no. 1 (Feb. 2000)-present
		OTHER	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1972)-present
	Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1998)-v. 2, no. 6 (Nov. 1999)
	Current Opinion in Oncology
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1991)-present
	Current Therapeutic Research
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 56, no. 1 (Jan. 1995)-present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 52, no. 1 (July 1992)-v. 55, no. 12 (Dec. 1994)
	Danish Medical Bulletin
		Directory of Open Access Journals	Vol. 51, no. 1 (Feb. 2004)-present
	Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
		Thieme-Connect	Vol. 125, no. 17 (2000)-present
	Disease-a-Month
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 41, no. 1 (Jan. 1995)-present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 6 (June 1955)-v. 40, no. 12 (Dec. 1994)
	Effective Clinical Practice
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug./Sept. 1998)-v. 5, no. 3 (May/June 2002)
	Ethnicity & Disease
		Single Journals See More Info for access information.	Vol. 15, no. 1 (Winter 2005)-present
	European Journal of Clinical Investigation
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 26, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-v. 32, no. 11 (Nov. 2002)
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 26, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-present
	Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics
		Karger Online	Vol. 15, No. 1 (Apr. 1998)-Vol. 18, No. 4 (2001)
	Experimental Biology and Medicine
		Highwire Press	Vol. 226, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)-present