Oxford Medical Handbooks Online
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Background information
A collection of handbooks, each providing an overview of a subject area
within medicine: the basic information needed at the start of a medical
career.
Readership: Medical students and junior doctors (residents in US) will
use these titles as study/revision aids, and as reference tools when
working on wards.
Size online: 60 pocket handbooks
Free content: Free abstracts available on a title and chapter level
Updates: Text is not updated; each title is replaced when a new edition
comes out. New titles are launched throughout the year.
Publication cycle: 3 years between editions (on average)
Launched online 2009. Initial print pub date: 1985 (Oxford Handbook of
Clinical Medicine) The full text of books available via
www.oxfordmedicine.com. Content is cross-searchable via the medical
platform for all Oxford medical content
Fully enabled, XML, COUNTER compliant, Open URL, DOI, citation export,
pdf, email, social networking, My Work area (save content & searches,
annotate), QR codes (print and pdf versions of content pages)
Images & figures can be downloaded into PowerPoint;
Links to primary sources mentioned in the references;
Links to recommended websites;
Some titles available as Apps for IPhone, IPad, and Blackberry
Home Page of Oxford Medicine Online
1. Browse: Specialty, Career stage, Series Browsing, Quick &
Advanced Searches; Search within my specialty
2. Latest news with rss feed
3. Monthly articles with links to content (archives available in the
About section)
Oxford Medical Handbooks Online
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4. Recently added titles (bottom of the page)
5. About
a. Browse all titles in your subscription
b. What’s New Guide and Migration Pack, online tutorial
c. RSS
d. Frequently Asked Questions
e. Current Series included in the portal, link to OMHO, Other
resources of interest and PASSit
6. What’s New – updates (new content added)
7. Subscriber services
a. account management, accessibility, MARC records, FAQ
b. complete title list
c. promotional materials, link to live demos, help
8. Contact Us
9. Take a tour – PowerPoint & PDF site demos
10.Help – use menu on left to immediately click for guidance on
specific functions
11.Sign in – private work area
Browse OMHO
1. See the full list of titles in a OMHO series, by clicking the name of
the collection.
2. Featured books
a. Scroll across the editors’ choice carousel
b. Scroll down, below the featured books, to see the title list.
3. Full text access icon provided (left hand side)
4. Refine search result list:
a. by recently published
b. by specialty
c. by career stage
d. by series
e. publication year
5. Search within results box
Quick Search:
1. chlamydia trachomatis
narrow down to OMHO
Search/browse trail
Oxford Medical Handbooks Online
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a. Change the drop-down box to show books / chapters.
(The search result should now give 1book for “chlamydia
trachomatis ” in Oxford Handbook of Genitourinary Medicine,
HIV, and Sexual Health)
Re-order/ change view of results list by:
a. Items per page
b. Sort by
c. Starting with
d. Views (3 options: Title, First lines of abstract, Full
abstract)
Access the chapter (Chlamydia trachomatis infections)
Icons
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(right hand side):
Print (print-friendly format of html page).
Save
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Show: Useful resources (after chapter 55)
End matter: Index
Quick search:
1. high altitude :3 books/258 chapters
Narrow down by series to OMHO (67 chapters)
Search within: emergency dentistry (6 chapters)
2. lesion: 3,068 chapters
Search within my specialty: Forensic medicine:
(3 chapters (all belonging to OMHO))
Book contents page
Access: Oxford Handbook of Cardiology
1. Cover, abstract, publishing history, DOI, ISBN
Oxford Medical Handbooks Online
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2. See authors’ academic position, affiliation and web-page if available
3. Related content books, Subjects in Oxford Medicine Online, Oxford
Journals: latest research
4. Front matter:
- Contributors
-Symbols and abbreviations
5. End matter
-Index
-Clinical Trials
Full text page
Oxford Handbook of Cardiology
chapter 5: Coronary Artery Disease
(section on: Acute coronary syndrome
> provides the definition of the syndrome, how to manage the syndrome,
assessments needed, and a list of conditions which mimic the pain caused
by the syndrome, all in 500 words)
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One chapter per html page. Can be viewed as pdf
Save, email, cite, bookmark & share, change contrast and font size
Annotate parts of the text
Search within: diet
(chapter 2: Drugs for the heart; jump to chapter 18:
Practical procedures)
Advanced Search
1. Restrict search to series, keywords, index, bibliography, author
name etc.
Example of Advanced search
1. series: OMHO x Figure caption : eczema
(Oxford Handbook of Medical Dermatology,
ch: Eczema and lichen planus)
2. DOI : ‘10.1093/med/9780199234073.001.0001
(Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence)
3. Abstract: transplantation
Oxford Medical Handbooks Online
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4. Series: OMHO; Full text: perioperative care of the elderly
Anaesthesia for the elderly
Show: Further reading: Murray D, Dodds C (2004). Perioperative
care of the elderly. Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical
Care and Pain, 4, 193–196.