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Urology: Search

Developed by the Health Sciences Library in collaboration with the Department of Urology to provide easy access to key information sources.

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Databases

PubMed
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
Embase
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Scopus
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Google Scholar
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Clinical Summaries

UpToDate
Access: Available in EPIC or onsite at UNCHealth
DynaMed
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Cochrane Library
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Micromedex (On Campus Only)
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Facts & Comparisons e-Answers
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Natural Medicines
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UpToDate
UpToDate includes drug information from LexiComp
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Urology

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General

JAMAevidence
Provides tools for students and clinicians to evaluate and interpret medical literature and better understand the principles of Evidence Based Practice/Medicine, including the books Users' Guides to Medical Literature, The Rational Clinical Examination , etc.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Centre for Evidence Based Medicine: EBM Resources
EBM tutorials and tools from Oxford University.
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Checklists
Set of eight critical appraisal tools are designed to be used when reading research, these include tools for Systematic Reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Economic Evaluations, Diagnostic Studies, Qualitative studies and Clinical Prediction Rule.