LHL Resource of the Month

Exam Master: November Resource of the Month

Exam Master is an online exam preparation and review software for medicine, nursing,  pharmacy, physician assistant, and basic health sciences.  Using Exam Master, you can take practice exams and review your results as well as also create custom exams and review sessions based on your strengths and weaknesses.

NCLEX-RN Preparation and Review through Exam Master is now available.  More than 3800 review questions cover the four Client Needs areas:

• Safe and Effective Care Environment
• Health Promotion and Maintenance
• Psychosocial Integrity
• Physiological Integrity

Additional Exam Master content includes:

• USMLE
  • USMLE  Step 1 Board Preparation
  • USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
  • USMLE Step 2 Vignettes and Case-related
  • USMLE Step 2 Medical Subject Review
  • USMLE Step 3 Vignettes and Case-related
  • USMLE Step 3 Medical Subject Review
• Certification Review Series
  • Internal Medicine Certification Review
  • Family Medicine Certification Review
  • General Surgery Certification Review
  • General Pediatrics Certification Review
  • SPEX (Special Purpose Examination)
• Medical Subject Review
  • Anatomy
  • Biochemistry
  • Cytology and Histology
  • Embryology
  • Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Immunology
  • Internal and Clinical Medicine
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics MS
  • Pharmacology
  • Physical Diagnosis
  • Physiology
  • Preventive Medicine and Public Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery MS
• PANCE
  • Medical Subject Review for Physician Assistants
  • Clinical Modules for Physician Assistants
• NAPLEX
  • Pharmacy Review (NAPLEX)
  • Supplemental Medical Sciences for Pharmacy
• Dental
  • Dental Subject Review for NBDE Part 1

Access both NCLEX-RN Preparation and Review and Exam Master from the Databases & Resources page.  Look in the Es for Exam Master and in the Ns for NCLEX-RN.

Off-campus access requires Blazer ID & password. Please note:  Individual registration is required.  Access to NCLEX-RN requires a separate registration.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call (205-934-2230), or send us an email or chat.

SIMPLE (Simulated Internal Medicine Patient Learning Experience): October Resource of the Month

SIMPLE is a virtual patient program for the Internal Medicine clerkship. It has 35 interactive virtual patient cases “designed to encompass the learning objectives of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM)-Society for General Internal Medicine Core Medicine Clerkship Curriculum Guide.” Designed for third-year medical students, SIMPLE is also an excellent resource other health care professionals.

In addition to the case studies for students, SIMPLE also has a instructors area with information on content of the case descriptions, log data on students’ use of SIMPLE, and tips on integrating the content into a clerkship.

Access SIMPLE from the Databases & Resources page.  Please note that to use SIMPLE, you must register using your UAB email address.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call (205-934-2230), or send us an email or chat.

ConsumerLab.com: September Resource of the Month

ConsumerLab.com provides information and test results to help consumers evaluate vitamins, herbal supplements, and nutritional products as well as prescription products, foods and beverages, and personal care products.

Included in ConsumerLab.com are

• product evaluations
• reviews
• test results
• product recalls
• safety warnings
• encyclopedia of natural and alternative treatments which includes information on herbs/supplements, conditions, drug interactions, alternative therapies, functional foods, and homeopathy .

Founded in 1999, ConsumerLab.com has tested over 2100 products.

Access ConsumerLab.com from the Databases & Resources page.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call (205-934-2230), or send us an email or chat.

E-Article Citation Matcher: July/August Resource of the Month

Got a citation to an article?  Want to find the fulltext? Find the article online with E-Article Citation Matcher.

Take a look at some tips on using the E-Article Citation Matcher.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call (205-934-2230), or send us an email or chat.

Cardiosource Plus: June Resource of the Month

From the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Cardiosource Plus for Institutions is an online resource for cardiovascular and heart-related information.

Features of Cardiosource Plus include:

• Clinical trial summaries which can be downloaded to PDA or Smartphone
• Practice guidelines and standards
• Case studies
• Clinical images, more than 4,500 images that can be used in educational presentations and lectures
• Full text access to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), JACC Imaging, and JACC Interventions
• CardioSmart, patient education resources from the ACC
• Heart Songs 2, cardiac auscultation sounds
• Self assessment programs on general cardiology, heart failure, arrhythmias, and more
• CME/CE credit

Access Cardiosource Plus from the Databases & Resources page.  Please note that an individual registration is required.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call (205-934-2230), or send us an email or chat.

images.MD: May Resource of the Month

images.MD contains more than 70,000 clinical images on topics such as:

• echocardiography
• fungal infections
• neuro-ophthalmology
• pulmonary medicine
• vascular disease

Images range from original artworks and photographs to diagrams, tables, and radiographs.  Each image is accompanied by explanatory text.

Use the drop-down menus at the bottom of the page to begin your search. You can search by collection or specialty like allergy, infectious disease, or rheumatology.   You can also use the Quick Search box at the top right.

By signing in as a registered user, you can save images to your own personalized slidesets.  This allows you to edit or delete the accompanying text, email images, and use them in PowerPoint presentations, lectures, etc.

Supervised and updated by Tufts Medical Center, images.MD has more than 2000 contributors, including several from UAB.

R2 Digital Library: April Resource of the Month

The R2 Digital Library is a collection of health sciences e-books such as 501 Human Diseases, Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, and Essentials of Medical Terminology.

You can see a list of all titles in the collection or you can view a list of the books within a specific discipline such as Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health.  You can also browse the A-Z topic list or A-Z drug index.

R2 also offers a free PDA download for MobilePDR.  Click here for more information.

Important features of the R2 Digital Library include:

• integrates with Blackboard and Angel.  Faculty have access to reserve list functionality, which enables the creation of reading lists for students.
• all artwork, including tables, graphs, charts, illustrations and photographs may be used for educational purposes, enabling artwork to be utilized in the classroom, PowerPoint presentations, and papers.
• links out to AccessMedicine; this is a seamless link and will enable students to perform searches in these databases.

Take a look at the tutorial for more information on using the R2 Digital Library and how to personalize your results.

Access the R2 Digital Library from the Databases & Resources page.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call (205-934-2230), or send us an email or chat.

Stop by the Reference department for your R2 post-it pad.

Databases & Resources Page: March Resource of the Month

Looking for a database or resource?  Check out the Databases & Resources page where we list all of the library’s databases and resources in an A-Z list.  The list also provides a description, access information such as Blazer ID & password required for off campus access, and helpful links such as tutorials and tip sheets.

You can use the search box on the page or browse the list by subject or category.  If you know the name of the resource you need, you can also click on the first letter of the name or scroll down the list.  If you just want to see what resources we have for a specific category–like Optometry or Public Health–choose that category from the drop down box.  Categories include Nutrition, Protocols, Drugs, EBM, and many more.

Please note that this page is not where you should go to find articles. This is only a list of the databases and resources–searching this list does not actually search the database!  If you’re looking for an article on palliative care nursing, for example, you would use the search box to search for “nursing” or use the drop down box to select the nursing category.  This will give you a list of all of the library’s databases and resources that have information related to nursing.

For more help on selecting a database, see the tutorial on Finding the BEST Database for Your Topic: Using the LHL Databases and Resources Page.

*Please note: Remote access to the databases and resources listed on this page requires a UAB Blazer ID and password.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call, or send us an email or chat.

New Search Tool: Februrary Resource of the Month

LHL recently made a new search option available.  From this one box, you can now search the library’s and UAB’s Web sites, the catalog, e-journals, PubMed, and Google Scholar.

Need to know if we have a particular book or journal?  Just click on those tabs to search the catalog or e-journals list.  Need to search PubMed?  Choose the PubMed and run your search.   Not sure where to search?  Get started with the library Web site tab.

The search box can be found at the top right of the LHL homepage and by clicking on “Search” in the footer of every library Web page.

Let us know what you think of this new search tool.

VisualDx: January Resource of the Month

VisualDx is a clinical decision-making resource designed to help clinicians make differential diagnoses.  VisualDx has over 17,000 images and more than 900 diagnoses, including diseases, drug reactions, and infections.  When physicians enter patient symptoms and clinical findings, VisualDx builds the differential diagnosis based on the findings entered.  The Differential Diagnosis search is divided into modules:

Once a module is selected, you can enter information about visual findings, body location, and key findings.  In addition, you can select “All Findings” to enter information on:

The text for each diagnosis includes:

In addition to building a differential diagnosis, you can find information on a known diagnosis using the “Look Up a Diagnosis” search.

For more information on VisualDx, see the product tour or help.  Access VisualDx from the “Databases & Resources” page.

*Please note: Remote access requires a UAB Blazer ID and password.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the InfoDesk, give us a call, or send us an email or chat.