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Access to Library Resources
While physically present in the VTCSOM library, you have access to all University Libraries online resources as well as the Virginia Tech Carilion Libraries Consortium's databases listed below. Remote access to the Consortium's medical databases is restricted to current VTCSOM students, faculty, and staff.
Helpful Resources
- Health and Medicine subject guides: curated pages dedicated to topics in the Health Sciences (including clerkships)
- A-Z Databases: all databases available through VT University Libraries
Medical School Databases
- AccessEmergency Medicine from McGraw-HillAccessEmergency Medicine provides medical ebooks, procedural videos, self-assessments, a drug database, and case files.
- AccessMedicine from McGraw-HillAccessMedicine provides medical ebooks, examination and procedural videos, patient safety modules, and a diagnosis tool.
- Acland's Video Atlas of Human AnatomyAcland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy provides videos of real dissected human cadaveric specimens. The specimens have not been embalmed and therefore retain the color, texture and mobility of the living body. The recordings show real life movement and transcripts of the audio can be printed out. Access restricted to VTCSOM anatomy faculty and first-year students.
- Boards & BeyondBoards & Beyond is a learning resource for medical students. Its purpose is to supplement classroom and textbook learning, and to help students prepare for the board exams they will take in medical school. Access is restricted to VTCSOM users.
During orientation, students will create an account that will last for their entire time in the VTCSOM program. Students must login through the Institutional Account to access materials assigned to them or for self-study.
Faculty have a Faculty portal for access. A resource guide is also available (contact us at vtcsomlibrary@vt.edu for login credentials and further assistance). - CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health with Full Text from EBSCOhostCINAHL indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journals in nursing and allied health. It offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters. Searchable cited references for some journals are included. Full-text material (in PDF and HTML) includes journals, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, and clinical trials. 1981-present.
- CovidenceCovidence is a web-based software that can help you manage your large reviews; with Covidence, researchers can:
• easily upload and manage an unlimited amount references and full-text PDFs
• customize screening, full-text review, critical appraisal, and abstraction protocol
• have several reviewers perform screening, full-text review, critical appraisal, and data abstraction
• collaboratively resolve disagreements among reviewers
• export review data in plain text or to a reference manager
- Decker Rx MedicineDeckerRx Medicine offers regularly updated medical content authored by clinicians and subject experts. It covers a range of specialties and includes resources to support clinical decision-making, diagnosis, and treatment. The platform also includes dedicated sections for Family Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Surgery, with specialty-specific materials, guidelines, and instructional content. Access is restricted to VTCSOM faculty and students.
- Lexicomp OnlineLexicomp is a collection of content sets and clinical tools that provides users with robust clinical drug information. It can be used for both 'clinical' and 'retail' pharmacy applications.
- LWW BRS SeriesLWW provides board review textbooks covering the core disciplines of behavioral science, biochemistry, cell biology, embryology, gross anatomy, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroanatomy, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology. Accompanying self-assessment includes nearly 5,000 multiple-choice review questions and explanations. Access restricted to VTCSOM faculty and students.
- LWW Health Library: Clerkship CollectionThe Clerkship Collection provides ebooks for clinical rotations, including over 150 cases, broken down by rotation. Covers core rotations of Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Surgery, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry.
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Decker Family Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics & Gynecology are now available through the library as a one-year trial!
These 3 databases join our existing Decker Medicine subscription to support our students during clerkships.
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- MEDLINE from OvidMEDLINE indexes citations, abstracts and full text from journal articles, case studies, conference papers, clinical trial reports, news reports, and reviews in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. Full text available in HTML and PDF. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1946-present.
- NEJM CatalystNEJM Catalyst brings health care executives, clinical leaders, and clinicians together to share innovative ideas and practical applications for enhancing the value of health care delivery. It provides a peer-reviewed journal, live-streamed events, and qualified Insights Council daily publication.
- NEJM Journal WatchEditorially independent, esteemed physician authors and editors write and curate article summaries of the most important clinical research. New content is published bi-weekly and is derived from over 250 medical journals.
- PubMed from NLMIndexes citations, abstracts and full text from journal articles, case studies, conference papers, clinical trial reports, news reports, and reviews in the fields of medicine,nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. Full text available in HTML and PDF. You can limit to types of clinical queries, age, gender and species of subject, and review articles that summaries research on a topic. 1946-present.
- ScopusScopus indexes citations of journal articles, conference papers, and books in the sciences, medicine, social sciences, arts, and humanities. You can perform cited reference searches. You can compare authors, institutions, and journals using various metrics. 1800s-present
- Thieme MedOne EducationThieme MedOne Education is an online collection of illustrated, full-color textbooks. The base collection comprises 130 textbooks covering biomedical and health sciences. It also includes USMLE Test-prep material and clinical techniques and cases presented in instructional videos.
- TRIP Pro (Turning Research Into Practice)TRIP Pro allows clinicians to search symptoms and other details to find research- and evidence-based medical articles, images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses, and news. Create a personal profile to save searches, receive monthly email updates for those searches, and set links to full text.
- Ulrichsweb: Global Serials DirectoryUlrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more. Information about periodicals includes: whether a journal is peer reviewed, scholarly, trade, or popular; in which databases it is indexed; publication dates and title changes; journal and publisher policies for the self-archiving of articles by authors; and links to Journal Citation Reports for impact factors.
- UpToDateUpToDate provides evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support recommendations which clinicians can use to make the right point-of-care decisions. More than 5,100 world-renowned physician authors, editors and peer reviewers use a rigorous editorial process to synthesize the most recent medical information into trusted, evidence-based reports that are proven to improve patient care and quality.
- UpToDate accounts expire every 90 days. The document below contains instructions to register for your mobile account and to reactivate your account if it has expired.
- UpToDate Access is available to all Medical Students, Clerkship Directors, and Department Chairs at VTCSOM.
- UpToDate Mobile AccessInstructions to register for UpToDate mobile access and to reactivate your account if it has expired.
- Web of Science from Clarivate AnalyticsThe three Web of Science databases index citations from journal articles and conference proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. You can perform cited reference searches, analyze trends and patterns, and create visual representations of citation relationships. 1900-present