xPharm We have a trial subscription to the xPharm database. This Elsevier database is a comprehensive pharmacy reference product. From Elsevier's website, "this research workflow solution is split into four distinct sections which are all searchable and highly interlinked. This database covers molecular Targets, including receptors, enzymes, transporters and ion channels, chemical Agents, including both drugs and endogenous compounds, clinical Disorders, and basic pharmacological Principles."
The trial is now available and will run through Wednesday, September 3, 2008, so please make use of the databases and send your comments to Barbara Kuchan. Your opinion is highly valuable as we decide whether to subscribe to this resource.
Resources
R2 Library is a web-based application that allows you to access digital book content on your
desktop. The R2 digital collection includes titles in Medicine,
Nursing & Allied Health in a single interface.
Resources
Lexi-Comp Online is a clinical, point-of-care information tool
comprised of
a series of drug information databases. The heart of Lexi-Comp Online
is
Lexi-Drugs, a comprehensive drug data resource of over 1600 drug
monographs,
covering over 8000 medications, each offering up to 55 fields of
information. Other files in this package include a drug interaction
tool;
patient handouts; a comprehensive medical calculations application; a
drug
identification instrument and a natural products file.
Resources
EXAM MASTER Online for 2005, a question bank for USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3
is now available. This web-based exam and board preparation program
for medical students, residents and physicians contains over 16,000
questions in basic sciences and clinical medicine. After setting up
your personal account, select Create Exams to build exams and study
questions. Questions can be accessed in both study mode and test mode,
and includes detailed scoring feedback, making it an excellent
self-assessment tool.
FIRSTConsult, a highly innovative, evidence-based clinical
information tool for health care providers, part of the MD Consult
Clinical Knowledge System.
FIRSTConsult synthesizes
findings from journals and other respected references into a templated
knowledge base that is organized into a highly accessible format.
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For your reference questions and requests visit the Freeman Biomedical Information Center.
pre-1995 journals: All pre-1995 bound journals are at the South Library,
3223 North Broad Street on the 2nd floor (Old Dental Building).
Free Interlibrary Loans:
Choose "Materials and Forms"
from our web site. There are four forms in
all: two for requests for books/articles within the Temple library system
and two traditional interlibrary loan requests. Based on the individual's
campus/library affiliation - Kresge, South or Podiatry - the request
will be sent to the appropriate library.
Wireless @ HSC!
Use your own laptop to connect wirelessly to the Internet or borrow
one at the HSC library in Kresge through the new Laptop Loaner
Program. Access online library resource, email, web-site, and more!
Go pick up an info pack at the information desk in the SFC or circulation desk in
the HSC library or click:
http://www.temple.edu/cs/wireless
