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eBooks on EBSCOhost

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This web site provides access to the full-text content of 4,274 e-books purchased by the USC Libraries from netLibrary.

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Find summaries of high-quality guidelines from state, federal, and international agencies. Requires free registration. Similar to National Guideline Clearinghouse.

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

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Embase

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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.

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Europe's primary nucleotide sequence resource. (Users in the U.S. users may prefer to use NCBI GenBank site for sequence retrieval). Also known as EMBL-Bank; constitutes Europe's primary nucleotide sequence resource.

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Searches across 39 molecular and literature database maintained by NCBI (the National Center for Biotechnology Information). Results are listed by database so a single search can lead to discover of different types of data. Good for a broad overview.

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ERIC (OCLC)

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The ERIC database is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education covering journal articles and reports including published and unpublished sources on education with some documents being full-text.

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Journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics covering 1974-2009. No longer updated.

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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.

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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.

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Exam Master Online

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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.

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A web-based PANCE/PANRE exam prep platform with timed and untimed practice modes and simulated test that replicates the official test and its conditions.
Instructions: For full access to this resource, you must create a PA EXAM PREP account. First time users should follow the link above to create a free PA EXAM PREP account. If you are a returning user, follow the same link, and scroll to the bottom and select "Already have an account? Click Here."

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Free peer-reviewed publication and repository produced by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) with teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources. Good for finding new lesson plans and inspiration for teaching.

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Curated collection of freely-available history of medicine images, texts, movies, audio, and data.

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Explore multiple perspectives on the history of injury, treatment and disease on the front line. Chart scientific advances through hospital records, medical reports and first-hand accounts, and discover the evidence of how war shaped medical practice across the centuries. This resource is provided by Adam Matthew.

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MEDLINE (Ovid)

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Access to MEDLINE database through Ovid. Citations to articles related to clinical and research information in the bio-medical sciences. Coverage ranges from 1946-present.

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Consumer health information. This US-government-produced website provides free medical information and is written for a non-professional audience. Also available entirely in Spanish.

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Consumer health information. This US-government-produced website provides free medical information and is written for a non-professional audience. Also available entirely in English.

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Free medically-focused deep web search engine that searches publically available authoritative medical and health resources that generally cannot be found through a typical Google search. Results include both black and grey literature.

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Collection of medical and scientific ebooks and online full-color atlases with drawings, photos, and illustrations of the human body and biological processes.

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A free point of care tool with evidence based and physician reviewed articles on diseases and drug monographs for both prescription and over the counter medications. Also, has a pill identifier, drug interaction checker and calculators. Useful for easy to understand information.

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"Free app and mobile-friendly website. Membership is free and allows the user to access journal articles, videos, and clinical briefs. CME content is available. Apple, Android, and Kindle compatable."

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Use MMY to find REVIEWS of testing instruments. Actual test instruments are NOT provided. Most reviews discuss validity and reliability of tool.
To purchase or obtain the actual test materials, you will need to contact the test publisher(s).

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Free online medical information guides for patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals and chemists.

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MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed. Use to find preferred terms for searching PubMed, or as a medical taxonomy.

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Micromedex

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Brief and detailed monographs for prescription and over the counter drugs; The Red Book for drug pricing; interactive tools for interactions and compatibility; additional references on drug names, toxicology, patient education,and diseases.

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