Resource Guide for Dentistry

ACP Journal Club summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine from over 120 clinical journals. Once a bimonthly stand-alone journal, ACP Journal Club is now a monthly feature of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Research staff and clinical editors rigorously assess the scientific merit of the medical literature as it is published and a worldwide panel of over 5000 physicians assesses the clinical relevance and newsworthiness of rigorous studies.

Need something special? This link takes you to a complete list of databases available through the Schusterman Library and Bird Health Sciences Library.

The AMA Manual of Style Online, contains everything medical and scientific researchers, writers, and editors need to produce well-organized, clear, readable, and authoritative manuscripts.

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes the full-text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration. To learn how to search the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, check out this interactive tutorial.

DynaMed Plus is an evidence-based clinical reference tool. Content is written by a world-class team of physicians and researchers who synthesize the evidence and provide objective analysis. DynaMed Plus topics are always based on clinical evidence and the content is updated multiple times each day to ensure physicians have the information they need to make decisions at the point of care. It includes robust features like overviews and recommendations, graphics and images, precise search results every time, expert reviewers, specialty content and mobile access. Includes differential diagnosis information.

Embase is a biomedical and pharmacological database containing bibliographic records with citations, abstracts, and indexing derived from biomedical articles in peer reviewed journals, in-press publications, and conference abstracts. Embase is especially strong in its coverage of drug and pharmaceutical research.

Facts and Comparisons is a collection of clinical databases and clinical decision support tools that provides users with an extensive drug information library.  Includes drug monographs for details on ingredients, use, dosing guidelines, warnings, interactions, etc.

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) integrates the best available evidence with clinical experience that allows clinicians to recommend, and their patients to make, informed choices consistent with their values. JAMAevidence helps decision makers identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care.

Natural Medicines is the most authoritative resource available on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.

Offers a 3D model online of human anatomy. The image can be dissected layer by layer, rotated to show all sides, and offers descriptions about parts.There are also quizzes, MRIs and videos.

PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. To learn how to search PubMed, check out this interactive tutorial.

REMM provides guidance for health care providers about clinical diagnosis and treatment of radiation injury. REMM was produced by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of Planning and Emergency Operations, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, with subject matter experts from the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many US and international consultants. 

TOXNET (TOXicology Data NETwork) was a group of databases covering chemicals and drugs, diseases and the environment, environmental health, occupational safety and health, poisoning, risk assessment and regulations, and toxicology. All the information in TOXNET has now been integrated into other National Library of Medicine sites, and this page details the various places where TOXNET's information now exists.

Clinical reference tool covering over 8,300 topics in 16 medical specialties. Topic reviews are written by expert clinicians and are updated regularly. Includes differential diagnosis information.

UpToDate Lexidrug for Dentistry provides reference information and screening tools to help answer prescribing, diagnosis, and treatment questions. Dental-specific pharmacology information on over 8,000 prescription drugs, OTCs and natural products, plus tools like a state-of-the-art lesion diagnosis aid and an unsurpassed drug interactions/drug allergy screener are also available through this resource. 

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Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Also examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. No full text, but comprehensive coverage.