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All Medical Databases Listed A-Z:

5 Minute Consult A point-of-care clinical decision support tool for healthcare professionals. Contains over 2,000 disease and condition topics, over 200 procedure videos, patient handouts, and drug monographs.
Access Medicine Accessible to PA and Pharmacy students/faculty only. The latest eBook editions of selected medical titles in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology, neurology and more. Includes examination and lecture videos, anatomy tours, and other media too.
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy This 3-D anatomy atlas includes real video of new cadavers, and the tissues retain the color, texture, and movements of the living body. The resource also includes practice exams and a glossary.
AHA Ebook Collection A collection of 14 ebooks from the American Heart Association on various emergency healthcare topics (eg. CPR, ECC, ACLS, etc.)
Bates’ Visual Guide Copy and paste this URL (clinicalcontext.lww.com/en/batesvisualguide) into your browser. Bates’ Visual Guide delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. The site features more than 8 hours of video content.

BioDigital Create a FREE account to explore and dissect the human body in 3D. Drag to move aroun, zoom in and out, peel back layers, and learn detailed, scholarly, information about various parts. Has been called the "Google Maps for the human body."

ClinicalKey Complete full text of leading journals and medical textbooks, including Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Neurology, and more specialties. Contains nearly one million images, including tables, graphics, and illustrations. To download PDF files, you must register for a free account using your MBKU email.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials.
Cochrane Library Provides a gateway to clinical practice guidelines which meet strict criteria; publishes summaries of the guidelines using a standardized template.
ERIC The world’s largest source of educational abstracts and journal articles.
Health Library - Pharmacy The pharmacy module includes textbooks, audio & video, cases, self-assessment, and clinical skills information.
JAMAevidence This resource focuses on evidence-based medicine, and includes textbooks, education guides, a glossary, worksheets, and critical appraisal forms.
Lexidrug Lexidrug is a collection of clinical databases and clinical decision support tools that act as a medical library. Includes information on drugs, diseases, toxicology, patient education, and I.V. compatibility.
MEDLINE Complete This full-text database provides access to over 2,500 biomedical and health journals.
MedlinePlus A consumer health information website from the National Library of Medicine.
Micromedex A comprehensive drug database, includes interactions, comparisons, calculators, NeoFax Pediatrics, and access to the RED BOOK Online.
OVID Online access to vision and medical journals and images. No passwords. For a complete list of available titles, click the Journals tab.
PA Core Education The Core book collection has over 35 fundamental texts, covering key areas of study—anatomical sciences, pathology, and biochemistry. Also included are over 600 cases—allowing students to review for exam or utilize for presentation prep. Q&A covers 4,800 questions to reinforce learned content and help with PANCE preparation.
PA Exam Prep Accessible to PA students/faculty only. To create a new FREE account, click "sign up" in the upper right corner. Provides PA students test preparation for PANCE and PANRE certification. Students can work in practice mode, timed exam, or a test that simulates the official test and its conditions.
PA Rotations/Specialties This module contains cases, ebooks, and self-assessment resources for PA rotations within Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
Primal Pictures 3D Atlas Includes detailed multi-layer images of all areas of the human body. Also includes MRI images, slides, and short videos of common muscle movements. Unlimited Users.
Procedures Consult Procedures Consult has been absorbed by ClinicalKey. These videos cover Emergency Medicine and offer video instruction on various medical procedures. Topics include anesthesia, orthopaedics, and family medicine.
PubMed A service of the National Library of Medicine with over 36 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to 1948. Includes links to full-text articles.
Sanford Guide Web edition of the Sanford Guide. Covers clinical information on the treatment of infectious diseases and anti-infective drugs.
SciFinder SciFinder is a database of chemical and bibliographic information. Users can use their account to search for journal articles and patents as well as chemical structures and reactions. (If you have not already registered for a SciFinder account, click the SciFinder – New User Registration link below).
SciFinder - New User Registration Click to create a new user SciFinder account when using SciFinder for the first time.
UpToDate An evidence-based resource for medical information at the point of care. Includes patient info, a "What's New" section, practice changing updates (PCUs), calculators, and drug interactions. To use the mobile app, go to UpToDate through the library website and create an account. Then, go to your device's App Store and download the UpToDate App. Open the app and log in to the account you just created, and you will have free access to the app.

Research Article Databases:

ClinicalKey
Complete full text of leading journals and medical textbooks, including Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Neurology, and more specialties. Contains nearly one million images, including tables, graphics, and illustrations. To download PDF files, you must register for a free account using your MBKU email.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials.
Cochrane Library
Provides a gateway to clinical practice guidelines which meet strict criteria; publishes summaries of the guidelines using a standardized template.
ERIC
The world’s largest source of educational abstracts and journal articles.
Lexidrug
Lexidrug is a collection of clinical databases and clinical decision support tools that act as a medical library. Includes information on drugs, diseases, toxicology, patient education, and I.V. compatibility.
MEDLINE Complete
This full-text database provides access to over 2,500 biomedical and health journals.
OVID
Online access to vision and medical journals and images. No passwords. For a complete list of available titles, click the Journals tab.
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine with over 36 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to 1948. Includes links to full-text articles.
SciFinder
SciFinder is a database of chemical and bibliographic information. Users can use their account to search for journal articles and patents as well as chemical structures and reactions. (If you have not already registered for a SciFinder account, click the SciFinder – New User Registration link below).
SciFinder - New User Registration
Click to create a new user SciFinder account when using SciFinder for the first time.

Patient Care & Handouts Databases:

5 Minute Consult
A point-of-care clinical decision support tool for healthcare professionals. Contains over 2,000 disease and condition topics, over 200 procedure videos, patient handouts, and drug monographs.
Access Medicine
Accessible to PA and Pharmacy students/faculty only. The latest eBook editions of selected medical titles in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology, neurology and more. Includes examination and lecture videos, anatomy tours, and other media too.
ClinicalKey
Complete full text of leading journals and medical textbooks, including Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Neurology, and more specialties. Contains nearly one million images, including tables, graphics, and illustrations. To download PDF files, you must register for a free account using your MBKU email.

Cochrane Clinical Answers
Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs) provide a readable, digestible, clinically-focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane Reviews. They are designed to be actionable and to inform point-of-care decision-making. Each CCA contains a clinical question, a short answer, and data for the outcomes from the Cochrane Review deemed most relevant to practising healthcare professionals, our target audience.

MedlinePlus
A consumer health information website from the National Library of Medicine.
Natural Medicines
An authoritative resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.
UpToDate
An evidence-based resource for medical information at the point of care. Includes patient info, a "What's New" section, practice changing updates (PCUs), calculators, and drug interactions. To use the mobile app, go to UpToDate through the library website and create an account. Then, go to your device's App Store and download the UpToDate App. Open the app and log in to the account you just created, and you will have free access to the app.

Drug Databases:

Clinical Pharmacology
This drug reference database is powered by ClinicalKey and has a similar interface. Features include Drug Identifiers, Drug Interaction Reports, and ToxED.
Facts and Comparisons
A drug information resource that includes comparison tables, a drug search by disease/symptom, clinical calculators, and drug reference information such as don't crush/chew and boxed warnings.
Lexidrug
Lexidrug is a collection of clinical databases and clinical decision support tools that act as a medical library. Includes information on drugs, diseases, toxicology, patient education, and I.V. compatibility.
Micromedex
A comprehensive drug database, includes interactions, comparisons, calculators, NeoFax Pediatrics, and access to the RED BOOK Online.
Natural Medicines
An authoritative resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.
Sanford Guide
Web edition of the Sanford Guide. Covers clinical information on the treatment of infectious diseases and anti-infective drugs.

Specific areas for drug or pharmacy-related needs (e.g. lactation, package inserts, immunizations, etc.):

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Anatomy & Video Databases:

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
This 3-D anatomy atlas includes real video of new cadavers, and the tissues retain the color, texture, and movements of the living body. The resource also includes practice exams and a glossary.
Bates’ Visual Guide
Copy and paste this URL (clinicalcontext.lww.com/en/batesvisualguide) into your browser. Bates’ Visual Guide delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. The site features more than 8 hours of video content.

BioDigital
Create a FREE account to explore and dissect the human body in 3D. Drag to move aroun, zoom in and out, peel back layers, and learn detailed, scholarly, information about various parts. Has been called the "Google Maps for the human body."

Primal Pictures 3D Atlas
Includes detailed multi-layer images of all areas of the human body. Also includes MRI images, slides, and short videos of common muscle movements. Unlimited Users.
Procedures Consult
Procedures Consult has been absorbed by ClinicalKey. These videos cover Emergency Medicine and offer video instruction on various medical procedures. Topics include anesthesia, orthopaedics, and family medicine.

EBook Collection Databases:

Access Medicine
Accessible to PA and Pharmacy students/faculty only. The latest eBook editions of selected medical titles in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology, neurology and more. Includes examination and lecture videos, anatomy tours, and other media too.
AHA Ebook Collection
A collection of 14 ebooks from the American Heart Association on various emergency healthcare topics (eg. CPR, ECC, ACLS, etc.)
ClinicalKey
Complete full text of leading journals and medical textbooks, including Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Neurology, and more specialties. Contains nearly one million images, including tables, graphics, and illustrations. To download PDF files, you must register for a free account using your MBKU email.
JAMAevidence
This resource focuses on evidence-based medicine, and includes textbooks, education guides, a glossary, worksheets, and critical appraisal forms.
PA Core Education
The Core book collection has over 35 fundamental texts, covering key areas of study—anatomical sciences, pathology, and biochemistry. Also included are over 600 cases—allowing students to review for exam or utilize for presentation prep. Q&A covers 4,800 questions to reinforce learned content and help with PANCE preparation.
PA Rotations/Specialties
This module contains cases, ebooks, and self-assessment resources for PA rotations within Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
R2 Digital Library
A collection of health science e-books, fully searchable and categorized by subject. Includes books in optometry, ophthalmology, and pharmacy.

For more ebooks, go to the eTextbooks tab on the left side.

PANCE Prep Databases:

PA Exam Prep
Accessible to PA students/faculty only. To create a new FREE account, click "sign up" in the upper right corner. Provides PA students test preparation for PANCE and PANRE certification. Students can work in practice mode, timed exam, or a test that simulates the official test and its conditions.
PA Core Education
The Core book collection has over 35 fundamental texts, covering key areas of study—anatomical sciences, pathology, and biochemistry. Also included are over 600 cases—allowing students to review for exam or utilize for presentation prep. Q&A covers 4,800 questions to reinforce learned content and help with PANCE preparation.

For eBooks to prep for the PANCE, search for "PANCE" in MBKU Discovery on the library website or the box in the upper right corner on this page. Also see the PANCE Prep section of this guide.

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