Point of Care Tools
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UpToDate This link opens in a new window Evidence-based resource covering many specialties. Includes epidemiology, practice updates, drug interactions, medical calculators, and patient handouts. To obtain CME, create a personal profile.
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UCLA Health Laboratory Test Directory Welcome to the UCLA Health Laboratory Test Directory Please see Specimen Collection Guidelines for important information on requisition requirements, specimen labeling requirements, specimen transport and packaging requirements, blood collection guidance, and result reporting.
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MedNet Medical References Electronic resources available through MedNet. Off-site access available when using VPN.
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MD Calc Curated clinical decision support tool to guide - advises clinicians when to use the tool, what to be aware of, next steps for patients, and research/information supporting the advice.
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Diagnostic Test Calculator Use to determine sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios. Created by Alan Schwartz at U of Chicago.
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docLogica This link opens in a new window docLogica is a comprehensive, searchable database of disease characteristics and test accuracies. Users must register an account using their UCLA email address.
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GIDEON - Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network This link opens in a new window Excellent infectious disease resource. Includes differential diagnosis tools, outbreak information, and epidemiological data.
Drug Information
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MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series This link opens in a new window Search by Drug, Disease, or Toxicology. Includes Drug Interactions, IV compatibility, Drug ID, Do Not Crush list, Red Book, Black Box Warnings, and more.
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Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window Database of complementary and alternative therapies. Includes interaction checker, adverse effects, pregnancy and lactation, etc. -- AKA NatMed Pro
EBP Resources
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PubMed This link opens in a new window
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MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
Skin of Color Resources
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Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color 2/e
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ISBN: 9780071805520Date: 2016-03-04Extensively illustrated with more than 900 full-color photos, Dermatology for Skin of Color provides comprehensive coverage of medical, surgical, and cosmetic treatment options, pediatric dermatology, differences between skin of color and Caucasian skin, differences between ethnic groups with skin of color, and important basic science information on the structure and function of skin of color.
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Skin of Color Image Atlas“The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Skin of Color Image Atlas is a compilation of images derived from published articles in JAAD, JAAD Case Reports, and JAAD International that is meant be a useful resource for the dermatology community.”
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Skin Deep“The aim is to develop a free, open-access bank of high-quality photographs of medical conditions in a range of skin tones for use by both healthcare professionals and the public. The team behind Skin Deep hopes that with time, this will improve education and recognition of conditions in all skin tones, reducing inequalities and improving patient care by ensuring that all children receive a timely diagnosis regardless of their skin colour.”
Literature Reviews
The Biomedical Library offers assistance publishing literature reviews - whether they are stand-alone reviews or part of a larger piece of original research. Use this form for the Health Sciences Expert Searching portal and select "Literature Review."
If you're looking for places to publish your review (or other publications), you might try the Journal Author Name Estimator (JANE) https://jane.biosemantics.org/. JANE will make suggestions based on the text you enter, and identifies open access publishers.
Key Titles in Medicine
Here are a few highlights from UCLA Library's collection:
- Anatomy: Clinical Neuroanatomy
- Biochemistry: Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry
- Cardiology: Hurst's The Heart
- Critical Care: Principles of Critical Care
- Histology: Junqueira's Basic Histology
- Infectious Disease: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine: Harrison’s Online (e-version of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine)
- Microbiology: Sherris Medical Microbiology
- Obstetrics & Gynecology: Williams Obstetrics
- Pharmacology: Katzung’s Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
- Physiology: Review of Medical Physiology
- Psychiatry: Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders
- Radiology: Fundamentals of Body MRI
- Surgery: Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery
Reference Texts:
Open Access Support
A quick way to view a specific journal's agreements with UC is to search for the title on this page: https://jolt.cdlib.org/osc.
You can look for open access publishing policies on a broader set of titles (not specific to UC or UCLA) by using Jisc Policy Finder https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/. Jisc Policy Finder can also help you find open access policies from funding agencies (NIH, NSF, etc.).
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Open Access Publishing Agreements and DiscountsThe University of California is committed to making it easier and more affordable for UC authors to publish open access.
The UC libraries negotiate agreements with scholarly journal publishers to reduce the amount authors must pay when they choose to publish open access. Most agreements offer up to full coverage of the open access fees; others offer a discount.
Find details on the amount of funding available to UC authors, by publisher, through the above link. Both full coverage and discount agreements are listed.
Graduate Reading Room
Unfortunately, the Graduate Reading Room at the Biomedical Library is not open to UCLA's residents/interns. Apologies for misinformation distributed at the New Resident Benefits Fair!
