LibGuides: Physician Assistant Resources: Databases

Core Databases for Physician Assistant Students

PubMed
Database of biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine covering journal articles about medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, biology and public health from 1950 to the present; multiple mobile apps available, provides access to MEDLINE, etc. Includes links to full text of UNC-CH's electronic journal subscriptions.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1957-present

MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

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You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.

Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up-to-date. MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 1000 diseases and conditions. There are directories, a medical encyclopedia, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, and links to thousands of clinical trials. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is a collection of more than 770 full text nursing & allied health journals dating as far back as 1937, with bibliographic indexing for more than 5,000 additional nursing and related journals. Also included are select health care books, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1982-present
ClinicalKey
Full-text and video/audio/images of thousands of Elsevier's clinical books and journals, all videos from Procedures Consult, First Consult, additional medical images, practice guidelines, etc.; CME credits available.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Cochrane Library
Leading source for full-text systematic reviews in health care. Searches a collection of six databases that includes the CDSR, DARE, CENTRAL, CMR, HTA, NHS EED. Click on "Search Limits" or the Browse tab to select content from a specific database.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Google Scholar
Enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

ECRI Guidelines Trust
ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit patient safety organization, has launched the ECRI Guidelines Trust™, a portal to expertly vetted, evidence-based guideline briefs and scorecards.
ECRI Institute developed the new resource in response to urgent pleas from healthcare professionals after substantial federal funding cuts forced the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to shut down the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC). ECRI had developed and maintained the NGC website for 20 years.

Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary academic database.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: Indexing, 1975-present; Full-text, 1975-present
Embase
Try the new PICO search!
International database of biomedical literature, including gray literature for drug, medical device, and disease-related topics. Good for systematic reviews, biomedical research, pharmacovigilance.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
National Guideline Clearinghouse (Coverage ended 7/16/18)
SEE ECRI Guidelines Trust https://guidelines.ecri.org/

Access: No restrictions.
Scopus
Similar to Web of Science. Very large citation database including health/medicine (like PubMed & Embase) plus social sciences and humanities citations/abstracts. Includes tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Web of Science (ISI)
Multidisciplinary coverage of thousands of high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Records # of times articles are cited. Includes access to other databases such as BIOSIS, Data citation Index, Journal Citation Reports and more.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1955 -

PsycInfo
American Psychological Association's database of abstracts from psychology and related disciplines. Indexes journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents from 1887 to the present. Links to full-text for many.

TRIP Database : the Search Engine for Evidence-Based Medicine
Open access clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

Access: No restrictions.

Access Case Files Collection

Access Case Files Collection
Complete collection of basic science, clinical medicine, and post-graduate level cases from the 23 Case Files series books.
• Interactive format allows users with free account to save progress and quiz themselves as they study.
• Basic Science subjects include anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology
• Clinical Subjects include ethics, anesthesiology, critical care, family medicine, pediatric medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, psychiatry, surgery, neurology, etc.
• Includes Medical Ethics & Professionalism

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Additional Core Guides

Allied Health Sciences Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants & Awards
For pre-matriculation students, current students, and alumni.
Anatomy Resources
Books, atlases, streaming media, journals, and other resources for anatomy.
Clinical Reference
Clinical resources for UNC-CH students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; and UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Disaster and Relief Medicine
Databases, journals, books, apps, and other resources for disaster and relief medicine.
Finding Data & Statistics
includes finding information for community health assessments, finding health data and statistics, finding global health data, and more
Finding Information for a Community Health Assessment
A guide to finding health statistics for a community health assessment, with a special focus on North Carolina.
Geriatric Practice
Journals, books, videos, UNC programs, and other resources on geriatric practice.
Health Care Quality & Safety
This guide is a joint effort of the Health Sciences Library and the Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Department at UNC Health Care. It includes news, e-journals, e-books, guidelines, tools, and links to organizations in support of patient safety and quality improvement.
Health Literacy
Health literacy is the ability to read, understand, and act on health care information. This guide provides an introduction to health literacy, including assessment tools, information on communicating with patients (talking to patients and writing easy-to-read materials) , and library resources.
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial (UNC & Duke)
From UNC and Duke University, this tutorial is intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine
Medical Residents Resources
Includes guides for anesthesia, OB-GYN, pediatrics, surgery residents; includes guides to searching PubMed and Evidence-Based Practice for residents
Mobile Health & Research Apps at UNC
UNC-subscribed mobile apps for medical and health practice and research.
Databases: Psychology & Neurosciences
Complete list of databases available through UNC subscriptions for psychology and neurosciences.
Psychiatry & Mental Health Resources
UNC-subscribed resources for psychiatry practice, education, and research.
Surgery Information Resources @ HSL
A detailed guide that provides quick access to general and sub-specialty surgery electronic journals, books and clinical tools.

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Includes General, Burn, Critical Care, Cardiothoracic, GI, Oncology, Pediatrics, Urologic, and Vascular Surgery resources.

Allied Health Sciences Liaison

Barbara Rochen Renner, PhD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3505-6341

Health Sciences Library
335 S. Columbia Street Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7585
(Google Maps for directions)

DeStressMonday.org Breathing GIF's & Meditations

Breathe with the shape
6 gifs to help you relax
Meditations from DeStress Monday

Anatomy & Physiology Databases

e-Anatomy
This anatomy reference & teaching tool displays labeled body parts using multiple imaging modalities (MRI, CT) in a sequential, slice by slice manner. Clinical cases are available.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Primal Anatomy.tv
General & regional anatomical modules including 3D views, clinical text, dissection slides and videos, MRI correlations, biomechanics animations, and self-quizzes; includes focii on Head & Neck, Dental, Spine, Hand & Shoulder, Knee, Abdomen & Thorax, Clinical & Surgical Anatomy, Sports Anatomy, Anatomy Trains for massage, Pelvic Floor, Chiropractic & Acupuncture, etc.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Point of Care Databases

AccessMedicine
Includes access to Diagnosaurus and assorted other diagnostic tools and resources.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
ClinicalKey
Full-text and video/audio/images of thousands of Elsevier's clinical books and journals, all videos from Procedures Consult, First Consult, additional medical images, practice guidelines, etc.; CME credits available.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Facts & Comparisons e-Answers
Drug information, interactions, herbal information, and patient medication handouts are seamlessly updated and can be customized; includes Drug Facts and Comparisons, Drug Interaction FactsTM, The Review of Natural Products and Med Facts: Patient Information.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Micromedex (On Campus Only)
Search for drug information by drug, disease, or toxicology. Additional tools (accessed via top tabs) provide information about drug interactions; IV compatibility; drug ID; and drug comparisons. NeoFax provides pediatric drug information. Use mobile instructions for off-campus access.

Access: On Campus only. Available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. No off campus access.
Natural Medicines
Evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies including herbal remedies and supplements, with validated rating scales and grades to quickly evaluate quality; comprehensive monographs designed to facilitate clinical decision making. Includes content drawn from the former Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits available.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Red Book : the report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (AAP)
Resource from the AAP offering vaccine information & schedules; pediatric infectious disease image collection; information and images on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 200 childhood infectious diseases; etc. Includes access to the 2015 Spanish edition, the Libro Rojo.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Access: English,Spanish
UpToDate
Clinical resource specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice and to do so quickly and easily so that it can be used right at the point of care for a broad range of hospital and medical specialties.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
VisualDx
A point-of-care visual diagnostic clinical decision support system including more than 17,000 dermatology, oral pathology, ophthalmology, public health, drug reaction, and other images; differential builder, travel info, mobile app available. Enter a travel destination to see all currently endemic diseases and/or outbreaks.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

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Learn More about Using Databases

Don't forget, Ask Us when you have difficulty finding what you're looking for in a database.

Don't forget, many databases have a link to help files as part of their search screens.

Boolean Basics for Searching
Boolean searching helps you find less (narrows) or find more (broadens) results when you search in many databases and Web search engines. Boolean searching depends on the use of three terms: AND, OR, and NOT. Enter these terms in ALL CAPS because many search engines are case sensitive for these terms.

Full Text Articles via Find@UNC
Includes Find@UNC in PubMed and what to do when the article is not online via Find@UNC.

CINAHL Basic Searching Tutorial YouTube Video
CINAHL Advanced Searching Tutorial YouTube Video
Using CINAHL/MeSH Headings Feature in EBSCOhost YouTube Video
CINAHL & PubMed Searching & Navigating (Eastern Michigan U. Library)
CINAHL and PubMed are two of the most widely used databases in the Health Sciences. CINAHL and PubMed are often searched for similar material, so this guide presents concepts essential to both. The content is broken down into small chunks, designed to accommodate the busiest schedules as well as provide easy reference.
PsycINFO Search on EbscoHOST (YouTube)
This is a sample search of PsycINFO on the EBSCOhost platform. Uses a search example question to illustrate how you can use the elements of a question to build a search with the thesaurus.
APA Database on EbscoHOST Training Videos (YouTube)
Additional videos for UNC APA databases: PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, PsycTESTS, PsycCRITIQUES.
PubMed Basics for Residents: LibGuide
Created by HSL clinical librarians, this guide provides a way to quickly review the basic PubMed search skills needed to answer clinical questions.
PubMed: Ten Tips: LibGuide
PubMed Quick Start (from NLM)
PubMed Basics (tri-fold .pdf for printing)
Prints/displays in format for trifold brochure. Most current version from the National Library of Medicine.
Searching PubMed with MeSH (tri-fold .pdf for printing)
Prints/displays in format for trifold brochure. Most current version from the National Library of Medicine.
MyNCBI (tri-fold .pdf for printing)
Prints/displays in format for trifold brochure. Most current version from the National Library of Medicine.
PubMed Tutorials (Online Training)
Links to an in-depth tutorial used during National Library of Medicine training and brief animated tutorials with audio on specific topics related to using PubMed.
Scopus Get Started
Online help, videos, and printable reference guide.
Embase Guides & Videos
Embase Help Files
Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics Recorded Training Videos
Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics Quick Reference Guide (.pdf)
BIOSIS Previews Quick Reference Guide (.pdf)

Find @ UNC

Click on the button in database results to:

Go directly to most online articles
Export article citations to Endnote or to formats for other reference managers
Search the UNC-CH Library Catalog to find the print journal
Send an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request if the journal is not owned by UNC-CH

Aids for Organizing Your Search

Use this guide to help visualize and plan your search:

From Purdue Libraries Creating a Search Strategy Guide: Constructing a Search Statement Worksheet (.pdf download).

Use this log to keep your search organized and to document your search strategy for reporting:

Barbara Renner's Database Search Log Sheet