SOM Library: Physician Assistant Program: Databases

Drug Information

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Offers a complete suite of renowned clinical, educational, and USMLE prep content from leading books and references.
AccessPharmacy This link opens in a new window AccessPharmacy has e-books and drug information, including titles on pharmacotherapy and pharmacogenomics.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database offering electronic textbooks, journals, First Consult, Procedure Videos, medical and surgical videos, and millions of images.
Merck Index This link opens in a new window
A classic source of information on chemicals, drugs, and biological. Contains over 11,500 monographs, including historic records not available in print.
MICROMEDEX This link opens in a new window
Information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine, plus access to "Red Book."
REPROTOX - NOTE: Click on "Login" then click on green button on right that reads "Sign In With IP" This link opens in a new window
A database that contains information on the potentially harmful effects of environmental exposure to chemicals and physical agents on human pregnancy, reproduction, and development. NOTE: Click on "Login" then click on green button on right that reads "Sign In With IP" and then you will be searching.
Drug Information Portal This link opens in a new window Provides a gateway to current and accurate drug information from NLM and to other key government agencies.
DailyMed This link opens in a new window The official distribution mechanism for the latest electronic drug label information approved by the FDA.
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) This link opens in a new window Covers pharmaceutical topics from over 750 journals.

Remote Access

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Accessing Library E-Resources video

Remote Access FAQ

To lookup your USC Network Credentials (i.e. Blackboard, Main Campus email, etc), go to Manage User Account. There you'll find options to claim your account, or reset password, etc.

Databases

PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 24 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text articles from PubMed Central or publisher web sites.
OVID Medline This link opens in a new window
OVID searches MEDLINE in a structured manner. Provices access to full-text journals.
Embase This link opens in a new window Embase is a comprehensive source for biomedical literature (36 + million records) from peer reviewed journals and conference abstracts.
CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Ultimate is a full-text database for nursing and allied health research. It offers full-text access to a substantial portion of the most frequently cited journals in the CINAHL index, surpassing other databases. Providing 1,781 active full-text journals, this database covers over 50 nursing specialties. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more.

Web of Science
- Use this database to sort your results by Citations - highest first.
Databases - SOM Library

Tutorials

SOM Library Tutorials

A variety of self-paced tutorials are available to assist you with navigating databases.

Evidence-Based Practice

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane systematic reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. In addition to Cochrane reviews, the Cochrane Library provides other sources of reliable information, from other systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials.

Evidence-Based Medicine Resources
From the USC SOM Library

Finding Fulltext

E-Journals This link opens in a new window
Search for journals by title or ISSN. Includes electronic content from the SOM Library as well as from Thomas Cooper Library.