Bio 3651: Med-Prep (formerly EM-STAR): Library Tips

1. Campus libraries
   • Becker Medical Library [http://becker.wustl.edu] WU School of Medicine; phone 362-7085
   • Libraries Home Page [http://library.wustl.edu]
2. Vocabulary
   • MeSH Database
   • Medical Dictionary, from Medline Plus; Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary; Medilexicon for abbreviations
3. Quick Links at http://becker.wustl.edu - a few will only work at the medical campus; most will work for all WU users
   • Clinical Evidence - summarizes latest research
   • Cochrane Library - includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
   • EBM - Evidence Based Medicine links
   • MD Consult - click on Open Generic Account button
     40 online reference books, searchable; an interface with Medline plus additional fulltext links; other features, e.g., patient handouts might be useful when you are really new to a subject
   • Medline Plus - a search engine from the NLM and NIH
   • Stat!Ref - searchable online textbooks
   • Ovid: For access go to a Danforth campus library or Becker Medical Library. Staff will enter their username/password; occasionally Becker staff will issue a 1-day pass.
     Medline; Books@Ovid: Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics and Washington Manual of Surgery; Journals@Ovid Full Text
   • PIER, Physicians' Information and Education Resource, "evidence-based guidance to improve clinical care" from American College of Physicians. To access, go to Clinical Pharmacology and click on "Resource Center"
   • PubMed: freely available
     Boolean operators need to be entered in uppercase
     If you retrieve too much, try Clinical Queries filters
     Fulltext icons usually work; we have access to additional fulltext also.
   • EMBASE - seems to be working on both Danforth and medical campus currently; searches Medline (1966+) plus EMBASE (1974+), with duplicate records between the two databases removed; EMBASE is more international in scope than Medline and is especially know for its coverage of drugs and pharmacology.
   • CINAHL, 1982+; journals and publications in nursing and allied health; restricted to 8 concurrent users; may be Medical Campus only although it has worked for me on the Danforth campus.
4. Other sources
   • Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations . 3rd ed. Walker, H.K.; Hall, W.D.; Hurst, J.W., editors Stoneham (MA): Butterworth Publishers; c1990. Freely available from NCBI books.
   • Users' Guide to the Medical Literature; a manual for evidence-based clinical practice (AMA) - click Access UGI button. Users' Guide to the Medical Literature: Online Guide [9 page pdf]
   • http://www.bestbets.org
   • Evidence Based Emergency Medicine at the New York Academy of Medicine
   • Search "critically appraised topics" in your favorite search engines for lists done at other universities
   • Some Medical Search Engines
5. Fulltext journals:
   NOTE: Search by the title of the journal, NOT the author or title of the article. Then click on journal site and locate the article.
   1. Becker Medical Library Catalog
   2. Search "journal title" or "journal title online" in the Library Catalog of Danforth Campus Libraries OR use Electronic Journals list
6. Laboratory Medicine Sites
   Laboratory Tests that Detect Cancer - cancer detection and prevention tests that are considered to be alternative or less toxic than standard conventional tests, from the Cancer Cure Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education in alternative cancer therapies
   Consumer Laboratory Testing Information Page - frequently asked questions about the most common laboratory tests from American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
   Genetic Testing - question-and-answer page about testing to identify changes in a person's genes, chromosomes, or proteins maintained by the National Library of Medicine
   Guide to Clinical Laboratory Testing - information on more than 2,000 diverse medical laboratory tests and test combinations; each test entry is comprised of a brief methodological description together with an in-depth and concise discussion of clinical significance and test utilization; from ARUP Laboratories, a national reference laboratory owned by the University of Utah
   Interpretation of Lab Test Profiles - about the interpretation of abnormal reference values of many biochemical and hematological tests, from Edward O. Uthman, adjunct professor of pathology, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
   KidsHealth for Parents: Doctors & Hospitals: Medical Tests & Exams - information in English and Spanish about children from before birth through adolescence; one section includes up-to-date, easy-to-read articles with information on medical tests and exams; from the Nemours Foundation
   Lab & Diagnostic Tests(eCureMe) - laboratory and diagnostic tests; includes test sample types, normal values, purposes of testing, and clinical implications; owned by a group of practicing health care professionals
   Lab Tests Online - one of the best collections of resources on lab testing from a collaboration of professional laboratory societies
   Laboratory Testing - interpretations of medical reports, particularly laboratory tests and surgical pathology reports, explanations of commonly used terms and an organized and comprehensive overview of diseases with references to medical literature; from a group of pathologists
   Screening and Testing to Detect Cancer - information on screening and testing methods for the detection of many types of cancer from the National Cancer Institute