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The Health Sciences Library at Allegheny General

Electronic Resources

A list of ejournals is available to authorized users

 

Books@OVID

Provides access to the latest editions of the following titles:  Cardiac Nursing;  Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice;  Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide;  Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests;  and Plumer's Principles and Practice of Intravenous Therapy.   To access the books, click on the Continue button, then on Books@OVID.

Community of Science
Provides access to funding opportunities and expertise database.
Community of Science user guide and FAQ  

Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals

Fulltext with updates.  Available to AGH users only

Harrison's Online
The online version of Harrison's Internal Medicine. Click on Subscriber Log-In to start session

Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

A searchable online version.  Available to AGH users only.

MD Consult

A collection of electronic information resources designed to meet the clinical content needs of physicians and other health care professionals. MD Consult integrates a collection of medical reference books, medical journals, Medline, drug information, practice guidelines, educational handouts, and an online continuing medical education center.

Micromedex
Clinical database with information on FDA approved and investigational drugs, alternative medications, toxicology, reproductive risk of exposure to chemicals and medications, and monographs on chronic diseases.

Black Box Warnings 

This information presents a SUMMARY of Black Box data from product information labeling and does not address additional warnings, precautions, or other important safety data in the product insert. Patient care decisions SHOULD NOT be made without reviewing the most recent product information insert, which may be obtained from the manufacturer. This table may not be complete as it was prepared using product information from package inserts. It is periodically updated with supplemental information from FDA safety alerts, the FDA labeling announcements, and new drug approvals.

StatREF
Provides access to 18 medical texts covering the areas of pharmacology, dermatology, orthopedics, internal medicine, pediatrics, diagnosis, psychiatry, toxicology, family medicine, geriatrics, intensive care, immunology, emergency medicine, physiology, alternative medicine, surgery, urology, and obstetrics.  Also includes access to PIER: The Physicians' Information and Education Resource.
Use this resource to find authoritative, evidence-based guidance to improve clinical care.

Up To Date
Up To Date is a comprehensive evidence-based clinical information resource.. It is designed to get physicians the concise, practical answers they need when they need them the most - at the point of care.  Up To Date enables physicians to access the most current information within their specialty; recognize the clinical manifestations of a wide variety of disorders and describe current options for diagnosis, management, and therapy, including the efficacy, doses, and interactions of individual drugs; and identify optimal screening and prevention strategies.