Online Databases & Web Resources

Subscription Resources:

Blue Penguin

Test Prep for the USMLE Step 1 & Step 2 Exams: High Yield Questions with Detailed Explanations and Wikipedia Links.

MedlinePlus

A NLM website for consumers with information on hundreds of diseases and conditions, drug information, images, and medical dictionaries.

Ask the Library Assistant for ID and password

DynaMed

A clinical point-of-care resource containing more than 2,000 topic summaries.

Scientific & Medical Imagebase Trial

The Scientific & Medical ART (SMART) Imagebase is a collection of 20,000+ high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other health science topics.

SMART Imagebase users may download images for educational, non-commercial use in lectures, presentations, slide shows, web sites and more. Common types of visual presentations include PowerPoint shows, handouts, poster sessions, and interactive Flash animations.

Ask the Library Assistant for ID and password.

A.D.A.M. Anatomy Practice

An anatomy study resource with over 15,000 test questions that are accompanied by nearly 600 full color anatomical illustrations, cadaver images and radiographs. Anatomy students will need to request the User ID and password from their anatomy instructor.

American Journal of Medicine (2009-Current)
New England Journal of Medicine

Online Resources:

BioMed Central

An independent publishing house providing free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

Cancer.gov

The National Cancer Institute's website; contains a wide variety of cancer information resources.

LocatorPlus

The National Library of Medicine's catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals, as well as links to other medical research tools.

NLM Gateway

Access to National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, MedlinePlus, TOXLINE, and more.

PubMed

A biomedical database from the National Library of Medicine containing over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals.

Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library is a collection of evidence-based databases that bring together relevant research on the effectiveness of healthcare treatments and interventions. Includes: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.

MedicalStudent.com

"A digital library of authoritative medical information for the medical student and all students of medicine." This award winning resource is an organized list of sites that have been evaluated and that offer free, whole or in part, access to learning tools and information.