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Our databases contain a wide variety of medical information resources: journal articles, statistics, images, government information, and more. Browse the alphabetical list of database titles or search for terms that appear in the database descriptions. Click here to see which ones are mobile-compatible.Major Databases
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"physicians" Databases
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29 under physicians"
1. ACP's PIER--Physician's Information and Education Resource (STAT!Ref -- TexShare)
- Provider: Teton Data Systems
- Contents: e-books , full text , handbook , patient education , websites
- Access Levels: Licensed , On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User
- Descriptions: Web-based, evidence-based guidance tool to improve clinical care. Disease topics are selected by the American College of Physicians (ACP), based on prevalence in clinical settings. Evidence for all diseases is evaluated; credibility of the evidence is displayed with a rating. Subcategories for each disease are: Prevention, Non-drug Therapy, Screening, Drug Therapy, Diagnosis, Patient Education, Consultation for Diagnosis, Consultation for Management, Hospitalization, Follow-up. PIER includes AHFS DI® Essentials, with drug information monographs drawn from evidence-based guidelines in the full AHFS DI® database; distills information on prescription and key over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in a structured outline format.
- Keywords: clinical evidence | drugs | evidence-based medicine | internal medicine | physicians | point-of-care
2. American Association of Poison Control Centers
- Provider: American Association of Poison Control Centers
- Contents: links , maps , news , practice guidelines , statistics
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: This organization provides links to state poison control centers-- of which Texas has several covering its regional areas-- as well as poisoning prevention information and the Association's annual reports. The annual reports, which are posted dating back to 1999, are a source of statistical information. Customized, more in-depth data can be requested via an online form, for a fee. Poison centers offer free, private, confidential medical advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can reach your local poison center by calling 1-800-222-1222.
- Keywords: chemicals | consumer health | data | emergency medicine | physicians | public health | safety | toxins
- Provider: Online Journals of Ophthalmology
- Contents: atlas , brief records , images , indexing , mobile access , open access , podcast , videos
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: This atlas consists of images and some media files contributed mostly by German and U.S. ophthalmologists, each accompanied by brief text comments. The database aims to be a comprehensive atlas of ophthalmic diseases and disorders and ophthalmic signs/symptoms of other systemic diseases. Arranged alphabetically in folder format, with a .pdf guide to using the database. Select English, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic or Portuguese language. Contact information supplied for obtaining scientific or educational use permission, and images can be purchased if commercial use is intended. Submitted contributions welcome; an editorial staff will review them. An iPhone application is also available (see link from home page.) Endorsed by the International Council of Ophthalmology.
- Keywords: diagnosis | infection | medical coding | medical imaging | neurology | ophthalmology | pathology | physicians | scientist | Spanish | student | surgery | syndrome
4. Cancer Portals (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
- Provider: American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Contents: abstracts , CME , government documents , links , links to full text , partial full text , partial open access , practice guidelines , research funding opportunities , videos
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: "Cancer Portals is a resource for physicians to discover the latest findings in various areas of cancer research through scientific abstracts, videos, links and other materials." Free access to some articles, marked "Educational," is included. "Cancer research is at the core of the ASCO mission, and the Society, in cooperation with federal agencies, other professional societies, and researchers in academia and the community, actively conducts activities to facilitate the advancement of cancer research at all levels of cancer care." See the Research Resources tab of this site for links to further information on various initiatives with ASCO participation. A rich and well-organized resource for the oncologist.
- Keywords: cancer | clinical trials | federal agencies | grants | oncology | open access | physicians | portal | research
- Provider: BioMed Central
- Contents: articles , free , full text , open access
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Licensed , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: The Cases Database provides a sophisticated search interface for all the case reports published in BioMed Central journals. This is a continuously-updated, open-access resource.
- Keywords: case studies | clinical | clinical evidence | medicine | multidisciplinary | open access | physicians | point-of-care | student
6. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- Provider: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, National Institute for Health Research, UK
- Contents: abstracts , full text , government documents , open access , search engine
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: This organization produces DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects) and provides content to the Cochrane Library. A search at this site (updated daily) draws evidence-based healthcare information from DARE, the National Health Service's Economic Evaluation Database (EED), and the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) database. CRD provides systematic reviews, economic evaluations and health technology assessments on your topic of interest.
- Keywords: database | decision support | evidence-based | evidence-based medicine | healthcare | medicine | physicians
7. CHEMM: Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management
- Provider: National Library of Medicine/DHHS
- Contents: free , full text , practice guidelines , quick reference
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: CHEMM enables first responders & other healthcare providers and planners to plan for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of mass-casualty incidents involving accidental or terrorist chemical releases. CHEMM is downloadable, so it can be available when the Internet is inaccessible. It provides evidence-based information and guidance on a wide variety of topics, including quick chemical identification, acute patient care guidelines, and initial event activities.
- Keywords: biohazard | chemicals | clinical practice guidelines | decision support | disaster | emergency medicine | evidence-based medicine | hospitals | open access | physicians | public health | toxicology | toxins | U.S. Government
8. Diagnosaurus
- Provider: McGraw-Hill
- Contents: brief records , links to full text
- Access Levels: Licensed , On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User
- Descriptions: Diagnosaurus is a tool that links the user to information in texts within AccessMedicine's collection in order to assist with the formation of differential diagnoses on over a thousand diseases and disorders.
- Keywords: decision support | diagnosis | physicians
9. DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern
- Provider: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Contents: free
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: Sections of this CDC website include: Parasites and Health, Diagnostic Procedures, and the Parasite Image Library. Includes information of interest to consumers as well as health professionals.
- Keywords: consumer health | life cycle | open access | parasitology | pathogenesis | physicians | public health
10. Environmental Health and Toxicology (Specialized Information Services)
- Provider: National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
- Contents: free , full text , government documents , links , open access , reference , research tools , websites
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: This is a very functional portal page to U.S. Government agencies' websites dealing with drugs and chemicals, environmental health and hazards, emergency response, and toxicology resources. Direct links to ToxNet and to ToxNet's databases are provided, and information resource filters for public, research and other professional uses can be activated before entering a search.
- Keywords: biohazard | biomedical research | chemicals | consumer health | emergency medicine | environmental | federal agencies | gateway | lactation | pharmaceutical | physicians | point-of-care | portal | radiation | research | scientist | toxicology | toxins | tutorial | U.S. Government | workplace
- Provider: Duke University Medical Center
- Contents: free , glossary of terms , images , open access , reference
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: The Eye Pathologist is a web-based instructional database on the anatomy and pathology of the eye, a teaching and reference tool for medical students and professionals. This database contains more than 4,000 images and deals with more than 5,000 diseases affecting vision and the eye. It also includes links to a glossary of over 6,000 definitions. For the present, the database is free, although complete utilization of all features does require a free registration. Note: Mac users should use the FireFox browser with this database.
- Keywords: education | eye | genetics | microbiology | open access | ophthalmology | parasitology | pathogenesis | physicians | student | syndrome
12. Federal Register
- Provider: US Government Printing Office and US National Archives and Records Administration
- Contents: free , full text , government documents , reference
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Frequently requested materials from the Federal Register include grant information and Relative Value Units (RVU), also known as the Unique Physician Fee Schedule.
- Keywords: federal agencies | government | law | medicare/medicaid | office practice | open access | physicians
13. Frontiers
- Provider: Frontiers Media S.A.
- Contents: career and jobs , directory , e-books , free , full text , interactive , open access , partial open access , tables of contents , videos
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: Frontiers is an expanding, open-access collection of scientific and medical titles, among them thirteen e-journals. Frontiers is notable for its democratic system of peer review, the details of which can be examined under the "About" section. Authors whose articles are accepted and who demonstrably cannot bear the cost of publication can apply to the Frontiers Research Foundation for a grant, to partially or completely waive author fees. More than 800 videos, mainly lectures, on a wide variety of scientific topics are also posted here, in a keyword-searchable interface. A selection of downloadable e-books can also be previewed on the site and purchased for a reasonable fee. The Frontiers site also features a people search, an image bank, an international conference/events schedule, a blog platform, and a jobs board. Authors, editors and reviewers come from prestigious institutions worldwide, many of them from the Texas Medical Center. Free registration required for full participation.
- Keywords: Baylor | blog | cardiology | cell biology | clinical studies | collaborative | endocrinology | genetics | immunology | life sciences | microbiology | networking | neurology | neuroscience | peer review | pharmacology | physicians | physiology | psychiatry | psychology | research | reviews | science | scientist | technology | video | workforce
14. MD Consult
- Provider: Elsevier
- Contents: abstracts , CME , e-books , full text , indexing , patient education , practice guidelines , reference , textbooks
- Access Levels: Licensed , On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User
- Descriptions: MD Consult is a large collection of clinical point-of-care resources. Includes full-text access to more than 50 medical reference books on a variety of specialties, including a separate Cardiology Collection; access to a large journal collection with 35 Clinics of North America titles; drug information from Gold Standard; more than 1,000 practice guidelines; and thousands of customizable patient education handouts. MD Consult also offers free personal accounts for users under this subscription, and the ability to participate in CME activities. Once you create a personal account, mobile access is available for most devices. MD Consult is available to all Educational-level users.
- Keywords: clinical | diagnosis | drugs | internal medicine | medicine | mobile access | PDA access | pharmaceutical | physicians | point-of-care
- Provider: EBSCO -- TexShare
- Contents: abstracts , full text , indexing , Spanish language interface
- Access Levels: Licensed , On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User
- Descriptions: Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative medicine journals, providing full text in Spanish to peer-reviewed medical journals. A wide range of topics is covered, including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology. Publications covered in this database include Revista Medica del IMSS, Revista Mexicana de Patologia Clinica, Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Archivos de Neurociencias, Revista Biomedica, Veterinaria Mexico, and Salud Publica de Mexico.
- Keywords: journal | Latin America | medicine | peer review | physicians | research | scientist | Spanish
16. Medline (EBSCO)
- Provider: EBSCO -- TexShare
- Contents: abstracts , citations , index , indexing , links to full text , research tools
- Access Levels: Licensed , On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User
- Descriptions: This bibliographic database provides information from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, and the pre-clinical sciences. It is the electronic counterpart of Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index.
- Keywords: allied health | dentistry | health sciences | life sciences | medicine | pharmacology | physicians | science | scientist | veterinary medicine
17. Medline (PubMed)
- Provider: National Library of Medicine
- Contents: abstracts , free , index , indexing , links to full text , research tools
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: Bibliographic database providing information from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, and the pre-clinical sciences; the electronic counterpart of Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index. PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
- Keywords: allied health | dentistry | journal | life sciences | medicine | nursing | open access | pharmacology | physicians | science | scientist | veterinary medicine
18. Medscape
- Provider: WebMD
- Contents: CME , free , full text , patient education
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: Original, professional medical content, including review articles, journal commentary, expert columns, patient education articles, book reviews, and more than 850 online CME activities. MedScape now offers free download of drug information for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This includes dosage, interactions and adverse effects and cost across more than 6,000 generics and brands, OTCs, herbals and supplements, as well as information for pregnant or lactating women. Note: MedScape, except for Medscape Reference, requires free registration.
- Keywords: consumer health | mobile access | open access | PDA access | physicians | reviews
19. Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, The
- Provider: Merck & Co., Inc.
- Contents: audio , free , handbook , images , indexing , manual , text , videos
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: Standard text in the field of diagnosis and therapy, freely available on the Internet.
- Keywords: diagnosis | open access | physicians
20. MerckMedicus
- Provider: Merck & Co., Inc.
- Contents: abstracts , audio , CME , dictionary , free , full text , images , patient education , podcast , quick reference , reference , textbooks , videos
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: From the mission statement: "MerckMedicus is an advertising-free medical portal designed specifically for U.S. healthcare providers. MerckMedicus provides breaking medical news, a wide variety of scientific learning resources, and cutting-edge diagnostic tools, all with no access fees. Merck launched MerckMedicus in 2001 as part of its century-long commitment to providing unbiased health information as a public service to consumers and health care professionals..." With a few exceptions, free registration is required for access to the resources provided here, which include full text content from books and journals, and audio files.
- Keywords: anatomy | clinical | healthcare | internal medicine | medicine | mobile access | open access | PDA access | periodicals | physicians | portal
21. New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
- Provider: Massachusetts Medical Society
- Contents: full text
- Access Levels: On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: Full-text access is to the full range of issues, from the journal's inauguration in 1812 (as the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery) to the present. Browse, search, or search for articles within a specialty. Access to the years 1812-1989 was purchased in 2011 thanks to the support of the Brown Foundation, the John P. McGovern Foundation and Friends of The TMC Library.
- Keywords: American history | diagnosis | healthcare policy | history | history of medicine | internal medicine | journal | peer review | physicians | student
22. OHSAH MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)
- Provider: OHSAH (Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC)
- Contents: chemical compounds , free , full text , monographs , quick reference
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: This MSDS resource in British Columbia, CA contains approximately 10,000 MSDS records in .pdf format and also includes a .pdf user guide.
- Keywords: chemicals | data | emergency medicine | physicians | point-of-care | toxins
23. OVID Medline
- Provider: OVID
- Contents: abstracts , citations , index , indexing , research tools
- Access Levels: Licensed , On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User
- Descriptions: Bibliographic database providing information from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, and the pre-clinical sciences; the electronic counterpart of Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index.
- Keywords: allied health | dentistry | health sciences | life sciences | nursing | pharmacology | physicians | science | scientist | veterinary medicine
24. PDQ (Physician Data Query) Cancer Database
- Provider: National Cancer Institute
- Contents: dictionary , free , full text , links , open access , patient education , reference , statistics , websites
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: PDQ contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of more than 4,000 open and 15,000 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, genetic counseling professionals, and organizations that provide cancer care. Also included: a dictionary of cancer terms and a drug dictionary.
- Keywords: alternative medicine | cancer | clinical trials | open access | physicians | reviews
25. PracticeUpdate
- Provider: Elsevier
- Contents: abstracts , articles , CME , free , full text , interactive , links to full text , mobile access , news , quick reference , summaries
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: PracticeUpdate incorporates the former OncologyStat! with other modules on Primary Care, Eye Care, Cardiology, Dermatology and Urology. This resource requires free registration and creation of a brief user profile, which enables content feeds via email according to user interests. There is an editorial board for each discipline. Features for which one can opt in or out by discipline include conference coverage, editors' picks, CME alerts and breaking news.
- Keywords: cancer | cardiology | clinical trials | conference | database | decision support | dermatology | drugs | evidence-based medicine | eye | healthcare policy | mobile access | multidisciplinary | oncology | open access | ophthalmology | physicians | urology
- Provider: National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
- Contents: abstracts , bibliographic records , citations , free , index , research tools , search engine
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: At this PubMed page aimed at the clinician, special search filtering helps the user find citations to clinical studies, systematic reviews or medical genetics studies.
- Keywords: clinical studies | clinical trials | evidence-based medicine | genetics | physicians | systematic reviews
27. QuantiaMD
- Provider: Quantia Communications, Inc.
- Contents: audio , CME , free , interactive , mobile access , reference
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: QuantiaMD is a CME and information-sharing site for physicians. View CME presentations, Expert Practice Series in various specialties and other expert presentations; qualified clinicians may share in discussions with colleagues. Requires free registration.
- Keywords: cancer | cardiology | care | collaborative | decision support | diagnosis | endocrinology | ethics | evidence-based medicine | geriatrics | infectious disease | mental health | multidisciplinary | neurology | oncology | physicians | point-of-care | psychiatry
- Provider: Teton Data Systems
- Contents: e-books , full text , handbook , reference , tables of contents , textbooks
- Access Levels: Licensed , On-Site Visitor , TMC Academic User
- Descriptions:
Stat!Ref is a cross-searchable reference database of core full-text medical, pharmacology and nursing books, drug information from AHFS, ACP's PIER, and general tools like the ICD 9, Stedman's and the National Guideline Clearinghouse. This subscription for educational institutions, provided via the Texas State Library, includes the latest editions of more than 80 standard, respected titles.
An additional feature available to you in Stat!Ref is the Evidence Alerts feed. To register to receive these alerts, which can be customized according to your interests and delivered at selectable regular intervals, you will need to create a My STAT!Ref “Preferences” account. To do this,
- Access STAT!Ref
- Go to “Preferences” (located just under the search box)
- Sign up for preferences
- Select disciplines and a time interval.
Stat!Ref provides Mobile Access for IPhone, IPad,Blackberry and Android. See http://www.statref.com/products/srMobile.html for details. You can activate mobile access via your "Preferences" account. Once in your individual account, click "Temporary Log-in Account," and follow directions. Please note that at present, mobile access must be renewed every 90 days. Once your mobile account is established, you will not need to log in with TMC Library to use mobile Stat!Ref. For a video tutorial on setting up mobile access, see this link
- Keywords: books | clinical | communicable diseases | decision support | evidence-based | evidence-based medicine | genetics | ICD-9 | infectious disease | internal medicine | medical coding | medicine | multidisciplinary | nursing | office practice | pediatrics | pharmacology | physicians | surgery
29. Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR)
- Provider: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Contents: abstracts , archive , charts and graphs , citations , free , full text , research tools
- Access Levels: Fee-Based Member , Free , Non-Registered TMC User , On-Site Visitor , Online Visitor , Open Access , TMC Academic User , TMC Non-Academic User
- Descriptions: This project under development from the AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) is "a tool for the extraction and management of data for systematic review or meta-analysis. It is also an open and searchable archive of systematic reviews and their data." Free registration is required in order to post data or comment on others' projects, but completed projects and accompanying data sets are open-access via Creative Commons licensing. For contributors to the repository, a link to a training site is available from the SRDR home page. For all users, click "Help and Training" above the site's search box.
- Keywords: collaborative | creative commons | data | data analysis | decision support | evidence-based medicine | federal agencies | multidisciplinary | open access | physicians | quality | scientist | statistical | systematic reviews | tutorial
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