Archive for the ‘2009’ Category

Exam Master: November Resource of the Month

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009, Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing | No Comments »

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 ...

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

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009, Medicine | No Comments »

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 ...

ConsumerLab.com: September Resource of the Month

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009, Consumer Health | No Comments »

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 ...

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

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in 2009, Library Services | No Comments »

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 ...

Cardiosource Plus: June Resource of the Month

Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009, Images, Medicine | No Comments »

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 ...

images.MD: May Resource of the Month

Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009, Images | 1 Comment »

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 ...

R2 Digital Library: April Resource of the Month

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009, Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing | No Comments »

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 ...

Databases & Resources Page: March Resource of the Month

Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in 2009 | No Comments »

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 & ...

New Search Tool: Februrary Resource of the Month

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009, Library Services | No Comments »

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 ...

VisualDx: January Resource of the Month

Sunday, January 4th, 2009 Posted in 2009, Clinical Tools, Medicine, Optometry | No Comments »

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 ...