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November/December 2000
Volume 28/Issue 4

MD Consult

The Library is offering MD CONSULT, a comprehensive online resource for finding clinical information. MD CONSULT provides both clinical content and current awareness tools.

Clinical content and features available from MD CONSULT include the following:

  • Over 38 standard medical texts that can be browsed individually or searched collectively
  • Interface for searching citations in MEDLINE, AIDSLINE, HealthSTAR, and CANCERLIT
  • Full-text clinical information from over 50 medical journals
  • Over 600 clinical practice guidelines compiled by medical societies and government agencies
  • Nearly 3,000 patient education handouts that can be customized to include special instructions/information for a particular patient
  • Full-text, searchable version of Mosby's GenRX (for finding drug information)

To assist clinicians in keeping up-to-date with the latest medical news, MD CONSULT offers the following:

  • Daily medical news headlines from Reuter's Health
  • Medical headlines from popular news sources (that patients might be reading)
  • Summaries of the latest articles published in major medical journals
  • Summaries and current bibliographies on various clinical topics
  • Updates on newly approved drugs
  • Opportunities for earning CME credit

You must be on campus to sign up to use MD CONSULT. Once you have signed up you will be able to access MD CONSULT from off campus as well. For more information about signing up, ask a librarian at the Reference Desk.

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