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Articles

  • PubMed
    Alternative interface: MEDLINE - Ovid
    Alternative interface for getting fulltext PDFs: Pubget
  • EMBASE
    The Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE) provides access to information on medical and drug-related subjects. It contains citations and abstracts from over 5000 biomedical journals from 70 countries.
  • Cochrane Library
    The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases - including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and others - that contain high-quality information regarding the effects of various interventions in health care.
  • SCOPUS
    Scopus is an abstracts database covering articles from peer-reviewed titles, including international publishers. Subject coverage includes: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering; Life and Health Sciences; Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics; Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; and General Sciences.
  • CINAHL
    Provides comprehensive coverage of the English language journal literature related to nursing and the allied health disciplines. Subject areas include Health Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry.
  • PsycINFO
    Covers professional and academic literature in the behavioral sciences, mental health, and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology, social work, sociology, education, linguistics, management, business, law, social work, and other areas.
  • AMED: Allied and Alternative Medicine
    An alternative medicine database for physicians, therapists, medical researchers and clinicians who want to learn more about alternative treatments to conventional medicine, consisting primarily of citations and abstracts from biomedical journals along with other relevant articles taken from books, newspapers, conference proceedings and a number of other document types.
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Clinical Tools

  • DynaMed

    DynaMed is an evidence-based, clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care.' DynaMed contains AHFS drug information, article references, medical calculators, patient information, and thousands of topics organized into clinical summaries. Content in DynaMed is updated daily. 

    In order to obtain or renew a Dynamed Mobile serial number either send an email to dynamedsupport@ebscohost.com  or phone 1-800-758-5995. Please include or have available your full name, the name of institution, and the type of device you are using. You must provide a valid Western email address, ie. one that ends with @uwo.ca in order to receive a serial number. The serial number will be emailed to the @uwo.ca address you provide.  .


  • ACP PIER
    The American College of Physicians' Physicians' Information and Education Resource offers a Web-based evidence-based clinical guidance designed for rapid access to clinical information at the point of care by physicians and other health care providers.
  • AccessMedicine
    AccessMedicine is an innovative online resource that provides students, residents, clinicians, researchers, and all health professionals with access to more than 60 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools and a comprehensive search platform.
  • Essential Evidence Plus
    Essential Evidence Plus is a tool that makes it possible to search a number of medical information resources and decision support calculators simultaneously. The resources include the Cochrane database of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, patient education handouts and summaries - called POEMs (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters) - on various medical topics. Western libraries' subscription to this resource includes a free download of the PDA version. Instructions for downloading the PDA version are available here and the Installation instructions page is available here.                              POEM of the Week Podcast
  • UpToDate
    UpToDate is an information resource for health professionals designed to answer clinical questions by summarizing published evidence and making specific recommendations for patient care.
  • Trip Database
    The TRIP Database is free unified search tool of evidence-based sites such as ACP Journal Club, Bandolier, Cochrane, DARE, Health Technology Assessment, and the National Guideline Clearing House. TRIP is produced by the Centre for Research Support in the UK.
  • e-CPS
    Produced by the Canadian Pharmacists Association, the online Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (e-CPS) provides health care professionals with web access to the most current Canadian drug information.
  • Natural Standard
    Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. Using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales, information is created that is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed, tapping into the collective expertise of a multidisciplinary Editorial Board.
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E-books

  • Harrison's Online
    The #1 selling medical textbook worldwide, Harrison's has defined internal medicine for millions of clinicians and students with its coverage of pathobiology, cardinal signs and manifestations of disease, and best approaches to patient management.
  • Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2011, 50th Edition
    With its ever-current information and topics of interest, CMDT is a single-source reference for practitioners in both hospital and ambulatory settings. The book emphasizes the practical features of clinical diagnosis and patient management in all fields of internal medicine and in specialties of interest to primary care practitioners and to subspecialists who provide general care
  • The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
    The most widely used medical text, the Merck has the lowdown on the vast expanse of human diseases, disorders and injuries, as well as their symptoms and recommended therapy.
  • The 5-Minute Clinical Consult
    The 5-Minute Clinical Consult provides rapid-access information on the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of over 900 medical conditions.
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Multimedia

  • SMART Imagebase: Scientific & Medical ART
    The SMART Imagebase is a premier database of accurate, high quality medical illustrations, animations, and interactive multimedia. The collection contains thousands of images depicting normal anatomy, physiology, embryology, and histology, as well as the web's largest repository of reference illustrations depicting surgery, trauma, pathology, diseases and conditions. Images are available for downloading and educational use.
  • Henry Stewart Talks: The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
    This collection of over 1000 talks (with new content being added all the time) contains animated audio visual presentations with narration by world leading scientists, researchers and clinicians.
  • AccessMedicine - Multimedia
    Search video and audio content on AccessMedicine. Organized by system: cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, muskuloskeletal, neurologic, reproductive and respiratory. Also includes Grand Rounds Lectures: a series of multimedia lectures on key medical topics in internal medicine and pharmacology.
  • NEJM Videos in Clinical Medicine
    Clinical Medicine Videos from the New England Journal of Medicine teach procedures requiring skilled techniques and specialized physical examination.
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Practice Guidelines

  • Canadian Medical Association CPG Infobase
    Resource Type: Guideline database
    Guidelines produced or endorsed in Canada by a national, provincial or territorial medical or health organization, professional society, government agency or expert panel.
    Publisher: Canadian Medical Association
  • Centre for Effective Practice
    The Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) is a Canadian, federally-incorporated, not-for-profit organization that works with the Guidelines Advisory Committee (GAC). Information on the former GAC website can now be found at CEP.
  • U.S. National Guideline Clearinghouse
    Resource Type: Guideline database; Guideline summaries
    Systematically developed statements produced by medical specialty associations,  professional societies, public or private organizations, government agencies; with corroborating documentation of systematic literature search and review of scientific evidence.
    Publisher:  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care
    Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care makes screening, prevention, and management recommendations readily accessible and available for clinical decision making. The recommendations included are issued by governmental agencies, expert panels, medical specialty organizations, and other professional and scientific organizations.
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