Best Places to Start
Begin Your Research:
- MEDLINE (Ovid)Health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information. Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Coverage: 1946 - Present including PubMed citations, daily updates, and corrections. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and searchable via the Ovid interface. Ovid MEDLINE Tutorials
- PubMedHealth sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information. Interface incorporates Himmelfarb Library's search filters to support evidence-based practice. Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed Tutorials
- Trip DatabaseMedical search engine with emphasis on evidence based practice (EBP) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier.
- CINAHL Plus with Full TextNursing and allied health research including nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. Encompasses nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and seventeen allied health disciplines. Provides full-text access to 300+ titles, plus full-text linking to Himmelfarb's complete full-text collection. Coverage: 1976 - Present. Produced by EBSCO Publishing.
Systematic Review Databases
To learn more about what a systematic review is, please visit Himmelfarb's Study Design 101 Tutorial.
To search for systematic reviews in PubMed, access PubMed via Himmelfarb Library. Run your search and select "Systematic Reviews".
- Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsSystematic reviews in health care and health policy prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. Systematic reviews use Cochrane's methodology and seek to identify, appraise and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a specific research question. Coverage: Current. Produced by the Cochrane Collaboration.
- Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic ReviewsSystematic reviews in the areas of education, criminal justice and social welfare.
Practice Guidelines
- PubMedUse the filters and select "practice guidelines" to refine your search.
- MEDLINE (Ovid)Use the "Limits" tools and select practice guidelines to refine your search
Point-of-Care
Point-of-Care Databases
The following databases provides healthcare professionals brief informative point-of-care information based on evidence based medicine. (Provides differential diagnosis for each record)
- ClinicalKey - Clinical Overviews Clinical information tool searches extensive full-text holdings for clinical answers in journal articles, books, and videos. Searchable by keyword as well as disease, finding, procedure or drug.
- DynaMed Evidence-based, point-of-care information resource includes drug and disease information. Developed by systematically and objectively surveying emergent scientific literature and clinical practice guidelines; relevant information is captured, appraised, and synthesized rapidly via multiple daily updates. Published by EBSCO. Access: switch to DynaMed Decisions via tab at the top of the screen.
- epocrates+ Evidence-based resource providing disease and drug information. Disease information uses step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Disease information in epocrates+ is produced by the BMJ Publishing Group and the drug information is produced by Epocrates Inc.
- Lexidrug Clinical drug information with integrated access to multiple drug databases plus access to Trissel's IV Compatibility, drug interaction checker, drug I.D., patient education, calculators, and additional clinical tools. Includes access to adult, pediatric and neonatal drug information, pharmacogenomics, lab tests and diagnostic procedures, toxicology, and drug allergy and idiosyncratic reactions.
PA Journal Filters
Add the following to database searches to narrow results to articles in select PA journals. Please note, these filters have not been validated and should not be relied upon in the conduct of systematic reviews.
PubMed
("J Physician Assist Educ"[Journal] OR "JAAPA"[Journal] OR "J Am Acad Physician Assist"[Journal] OR "PA J"[Journal])
Scopus
(SRCTITLE ( "Journal of Physician Assistant Education" ) OR SRCTITLE ( "JAAPA" ) )
Drug Information
- ClinicalKey: Drug MonographsClinical information allows you to search by keyword as well as disease, finding, procedure or drug name.
- LexidrugClinical drug information with integrated access to multiple drug databases plus access to Trissel's IV Compatibility, drug interaction checker, drug I.D., patient education, calculators, and additional clinical tools. Includes access to adult, pediatric and neonatal drug information, pharmacogenomics, lab tests and diagnostic procedures, toxicology, and drug allergy and idiosyncratic reactions.
- NatMed ProNatural medicines information designed to support evidence-based alternative therapy decision-making includes 1,400+ natural ingredient and alternative therapy monographs, and 185,000+ commercial products. Searchable by scientific, common or brand name; includes interactive tools for safety, effectiveness, and interactions. Produced by Therapeutic Research Center.
- epocrates+ DrugsDrug monograph description, includes drug interactions, adverse reaction, pill image and online dosing calculator
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine GuideGW Himmelfarb Research Guide on CAM resources and links.
