Databases

Antibiotic resource featuring frequently updated, authoritative, evidenced-based information on the treatment of infectious diseases. Use it to choose correct drugs and dosages, review risks of potential adverse reactions or interactions, discover or confirm diagnoses with details on pathogens and clinical considerations, and access medical literature with reference links.

Comprehensive, unique resource for evaluating and comparing journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals. Shows the most frequently cited and highest impact journals in a given field.

Peer-reviewed database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.

Formerly Lexicomp, Lexidrug offers drug information, including interaction checkers, a drug identifier, patient education, and toxicology information. 

Evidence-based content for practicing nurses providing access to online references at the point of care. Content includes clinical diagnosis and treatment, care planning, quality and safety Initiatives, and patient teaching handouts. Users can browse by topic or category, scroll through alphabetical lists of monographs, or perform a search to identify a particular monograph. Content can be simultaneously searched with Lippincott Procedures. 
NOTE: On-campus access is limited to the Duke Health network. For off-campus access, please connect to the Duke Health VPN

Provides access to step-by-procedures in nursing, respiratory therapy and physical therapy. Each entry provides complete instructions, including equipment needed, preparation guidelines, implementation steps, special considerations, patient teaching information, documentation, images, and references (levels of evidence). Users can scroll through an alphabetical list, browse by discipline, category/subcategory, or search to identify a particular procedure. Managers can use this program to  assess and track staff competency (account login required) as each procedure is linked with at least one skills checklist and procedure test. Content can be simultaneously searched with Lippincott Advisor. NOTE: On-campus access is limited to the Duke Health network.

This collection of literature, fine art, visual art and performing art annotations was created by the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1993. It serves as a dynamic, comprehensive resource for scholars, educators, students, patients, and others interested in medical humanities. Annotations are written by an invited editorial board of scholars from all over North America.

Provides access to NLM bibliographic data for journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials.

Searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature.

Curated collection of teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources from the American Association of Medical Colleges.

Access to citations in MEDLINE (including in-process & other non-indexed citations) with links to participating online journals. Off-campus users should login with NetID when prompted.

If you need to save searches, set up autoalerts, or create a project workspace, you may create a personal account at the Ovid Website. Click on the "My Account" link in the top right corner of the page to create and access your account.

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Access to citations in MEDLINE with links to participating online journals.

Consumer health database includes information on health topics and generic and brand name drugs; dictionaries of medical terms; directories of doctors, dentists, and hospitals; interactive health tutorials; and more.

Online collection of medical textbooks. Note: You do not need to create a personal account to get off-campus access.

Provides access to neurosurgical content including e-books, cases, procedures, images, videos and the Greenberg's Handbook of Neurosurgery. Note: You do not need to create a personal account to get off-campus access.

Collection of plastic and reconstructive surgical content including e-books, journal articles, teaching videos, and a training center Q&A to assess subject knowledge. Note: You do not need to create a personal account to get off-campus access.

Provides access to drug information: products, comparisons, toxicology, identification, MSDS, and calculators. Access to a mobile version (mobileMicromedex) is also available. For instructions from the main Micromedex page, click on "Download Mobile Apps"  on bottom right of the page.

Formerly Natural Medicines, this resource contains evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.

Collection of Websites of health care providers, services, and programs in NC with direct links to the National Library of Medicine's consumer health Website, MedlinePlus.

Searchable archive of over 4.3 million theses and dissertations from around the world.