Find Databases

5 Minute Consult

Proxy Required
Evidence-based monographs on diseases, drugs, procedures, and laboratory tests. Includes patient handouts on drugs, aftercare, and physical therapy exercises. Combines access to all contents of the "5 Minute Consult" book series.

More Info

ACC CardioSource Plus

Proxy Required
Free registration is required to access all content.
1. Use this link to go to USC Libraries' subscription to Cardiosource Plus for Institutions.
2. After logging in with your USC NetID and password, you will be prompted to log in to the ACC.org website.
3. Users that have an existing personal ACC.org account can login with their existing credentials and access the modules.
If you have not previously made an account, use the “Create Free Account” command under the login form to make a personal username and password.
4. After signing in with your personal ACC.org account, you will see the courses currently included in this subscription and can launch the course.

All users MUST login with their USC NetID via the Ovid interface before logging in to their personal ACC.org account, in order to access the materials licensed by the USC Libraries.

More Info

AccessAnesthesiology

Proxy Required
Textbooks, study tools, guidelines, cases, drug information, multimedia (videos, animations, images). Focus on anesthesiology, pain management, critical care, and perioperative medicine. Some features require a free MyAccess profile.

More Info

AccessMedicine

Proxy Required
Provides access to a wide range of medical textbooks, board review books and clinical support books. In addition, there are self-assessment modules with case studies and multiple choice questions. Good for study and review of basic medical topics.

More Info

AccessPediatrics

Proxy Required
Textbooks, handbooks, cases, drug information, study tools, board review, multimedia (videos, animations, images). Focus on pediatrics and neonatology. Some features require a free MyAccess profile.

More Info

AccessSurgery

Proxy Required
Textbooks, handbooks, cases, drug information, study tools, board review, multimedia (videos and images). Focus on surgery, orthopedics, critical care, and trauma. Some features require a free MyAccess profile.

More Info

Government resource including broad coverage of: health topics, Evidence-based Practice Center reports, US government programs, research tools, data and statistics, grants, consumer health.

More Info

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics report of aging statistics organized into six subject areas: population, economics, health status, health risks and behavior, health care, and environment.

More Info

Alt HealthWatch

Proxy Required
Includes academic journal and magazine articles, reports, association and consumer proceedings, and book excerpts covering alternative and complementary therapies, including homeopathy, herbalism, nutrition, and traditional Chinese medicine from 1990 to the present.

More Info

The mission of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is "Advancing the Practice and Securing the Future". ASA offers members the education, research and practice management tools they need to serve their patients and their profession.

More Info

Comprehensive public collection of high quality, peer-reviewed hematologic images presented in digital and case-based format, useful for reference or instruction. Includes atlas and reference cases.

More Info

Free online collection of five anatomical atlases, including detailed drawings and photos of human body tissues, bones, and organs.

More Info

Annual Reviews

Proxy Required
Provides comprehensive, in-depth review articles on topics ranging from basic sciences to the clinical sciences. These reviews are best used as introductions to new research topics.

More Info

Bandolier collects good quality evidence under a variety of different headings. They search for systematic reviews of treatments, of evidence about diagnosis, epidemiology or health economics, and abstract it.

More Info

Brief and structured evidence appraisal and summaries specific to emergency medicine.

More Info

A suite of peer-reviewed, open-access journals in all areas of the biological sciences, includes titles such as BMC Biology, BMC Medicine, Malaria and BMC Infectious Disease. Good for finding high-quality, open-access literature on a variety of topics.

More Info

BMJ Best Practice

Proxy Required
Evidence-based overviews of medical topics, continually updated. Includes calculators and patient handouts. Create personal account to claim CME credits.

More Info

Exam Prep for Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing, Medical, and Dentistry.

Use your @usc.edu e-mail address and register as a Nurse/Advance Practice Nurse or Medical Student to gain access.

More Info

Books@Ovid

Proxy Required
eBook collection with access to over 800 major medical and allied health texts and handbooks.

More Info

Data from state-wide telephone based health survey. Topics include health, housing, access to care, employment, insurance, food environment, etc. Access requires free AskCHIS account.

More Info

This is the CDC's main site, with links to a myriad of popular topics, publications, and research tools. Provides access to complete information about the agency and its various components, as well as funding, statistics and publications.

More Info

ClinicalKey

Proxy Required
Online collection of ebooks, journals, guidelines, patient education handouts, drug monographs, images, and videos focusing on clinical health care. Includes MEDLINE full-text.

More Info

Registry and results database; includes information about publicly & privately funded studies including; completed & ongoing trials, research design, results, and contact information.

More Info

Cochrane Library

Proxy Required
Collection of databases aimed at gathering and summarizing health research.

More Info

Search for approved United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) medical devices. Results include links to device summary information, manufacturer, approval date, user instructions, and other consumer information.

More Info

Diagnosaurus

Proxy Required
Allows searching of over 1000 differential diagnoses by symptoms, diseases and organ systems. Link from Diagnosaurus directly into other books within AccessMedicine.

More Info

Access to over 39,000 eBook titles including biomedical science and medicine, pharmacology, neuroscience, psychology, social sciences and more.

More Info

Embase

Proxy Required
Embase provides access to over more than 29 million citations for biomedical articles and conference proceedings. This version has been customized for USC users to find the full-text of articles from library holdings.

More Info

This organization approves and regulates human and veterinary medicines in the European Union (EU). Find detailed information on approved drugs, news about the EMA, and information on how drugs are tested and regulated in the EU.

More Info

Search for protocol and results information on interventional clinical trials conducted in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA); and those conducted outside the EU / EEA that are linked to European paediatric-medicine development.

More Info

Exam Master Online

Proxy Required
Provides timed practice tests for the NAPLEX, USMLE, PANCE, NBDE, and other health sciences licensure tests. Tracks progress and allows for user created exams using its questions bank. Requires individual registration with an USC e-mail address. This is good for self-testing.

More Info

Information about and created for the staff of the Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, 1887-1999. Includes photographs, documents, publications, training films, audio recordings, blueprints, and administrative records.

More Info

Provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.

More Info

GIDEON

Proxy Required
Database for diagnosing infectious diseases. Includes differential diagnosis tool, current information on disease outbreaks, and epidemiological data.

More Info

Global Health

Proxy Required
Searches the literature on global and public health issues. This is one of the most comprehensive databases for global and public health. Good for information on public health issues and policies.

More Info

Summaries of guidelines and recommendations from United Kingdom governmental agencies and European and global professional groups. Includes links to full-text of guidelines. Registration is not required to access guidelines.

More Info