Beyond Google: Finding,
Filtering, and Managing
Clinical Information
Bob Cupryk, MLS
Pam Hargwood, MLIS
NRSA Post Doctoral Fellowship-Family Medicine
February 2, 2010
UMDNJ RWJ Library: More
than books and journals!
The Virtual RWJ Library
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http://libraries.umdnj.edu/rwjlbweb
Electronic Journals
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A-Z listing of all electronic journals is
found on our website at
http://sfx.umdnj.edu/cgi-bin/index.cgi
Links provided in databases from the
citation to the full text
Electronic Books
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American Academy of Family Physicians: AAFP Conditions A to Z, 2008
(STAT!Ref)
Barker: Principles of Ambulatory Medicine, 7th ed., 2007 (Books@Ovid)
Dambro: Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 14th ed., 2006 (STAT!Ref) or
(Books@OVID)
Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2008: Instant Diagnosis & Treatment, 10th ed.,
2008 (MD Consult)
Fiebach: Barker, Burton, and Zieve’s principles of ambulatory medicine, 7th ed.,
2007 (Books@Ovid)
Gonzales: Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care, 2008 (AccessMedicine)
Goroll: Primary Care Medicine, 5th ed., 2006 (Books@Ovid)
Goroll: Primary Care Medicine Recommendations, 2002 (Books@Ovid)
Noble: Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed., 2001 (MD Consult)
Rakel: Textbook of Family Practice, 7th ed., 2007 (MD Consult)
Singleton: Primary Care, 1st ed., 1999 (Books@Ovid)
South-Paul: Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine, 2nd ed.,
2008(AccessMedicine)
Taylor: Family Medicine Principles and Practice, 6th ed., 2003 (STAT!Ref)
Taylor: Manual of Family Practice, 2nd ed., 2002 (Books@Ovid)
Zuber: Atlas of Primary Care Procedures, 2003 (Books@Ovid)
Multimedia Collections
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Anatomy TV
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ImagesMD
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Online 3D model of human anatomy
70,000 high-quality images spanning all of
internal medicine . Licensed for use in
presentations
Bates Guide to Physical Exam
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18 chapters, streaming video
Databases
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More than 80 databases listed on our
website!
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Covering medicine, nursing, psychology,
biology, business, consumer health, social
sciences, education, to name a few
What’s a resident to do?
MEDLINE
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OvidSP Medline
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PubMed
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Advanced tab (build your search step by step)
Basic tab (natural language – google like)
Both interfaces provide links to full-text
(FindIt@UMDNJ)
Pubmed Link From UMDNJ Library site links to fulltext (FindIt@UMDNJ)
MD Consult
Seamless linking
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When searching MEDLINE and other databases look for the FindIt@UMDNJ
button
Allows you to locate and, where possible, link to full-text articles regardless of the provider
or source. You no longer have to search in a database and then separately check the
UMDNJ Libraries holdings information.
If article is not available electronically, provides a link to request article
Point of Care Clinical Tools
Point of Care Tools
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Cochrane Library
DynaMed
Essential Evidence Plus
FirstConsult
Access Medicine
PDAs
Resources for your PDA
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Access Medicine (parts of product)
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DynaMed
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Select “Download for PDA” from top of each
information page
Access Medicine DEMO
Click on “About Us” at top of screen
DynaMed Flash Facts
Essential Evidence Plus
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Select “Download EE+ for PDA” from EE+
homepage
Screen Shots of EE+ on PDA
Subject Toolkits
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Toolkits: Quick guide to e-resources
available through our library on a
particular subject
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Examples: Family Practice, Evidence Based
Medicine, Drug Information
Prefer Google?
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Try Google Scholar for clinical searches
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Search engine for scholarly information
Links to articles, books, theses, abstracts,
and technical reports
Library search option to find local libraries
that own text
Want more information?
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http://scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html
Still stuck, can’t find the information
you are looking for???