Once inside the resources found here on each tabbed page, follow these steps:
1. First, conduct a basic search in each using symptoms as key terms.
2. Second, scan the results, opening different types of resources, and use those resources to learn.
3. Finally, use filters to narrow your search and, if necessary, search again using other terms along with original terms searched.
Source: Fairleigh Dickinson University Librarians. (2023). AccessMedicine Database Guide: Basic Searching. [website]. Fairleigh Dickinson University: New Jersey. https://library.fdu.edu/c.php?g=1286910&p=9449946
Elsevier's Point of Care Editorial team develops Clinical Overviews through a process that includes review and revision by a medical editor; peer reviews performed by subject matter experts; a production review to ensure consistency in style, grammar, and punctuation; and a final evaluation by the editor-in-chief.
Decker: Medicine, a comprehensive professional medical database, has a reputation for providing practicing clinicians and students with detailed and up-to-date medical information.
• Provides clear and actionable diagnosis and treatment recommendations
• Written and continually updated by a team of the nation's foremost primary-care physicians
• Decker Medicine is authoritative and is evidence-based and peer-reviewed
• Patient-care reference covering the 11 subspecialties of Internal Medicine, plus key topics in Women's Health, Preventative Medicine, Psychiatry and more
• The consistent organization, writing style, and search logic provides answers fast, with over 1,500 illustrations to guide through complex explanations
• Award-winning content that is continuously updated
Users searching UpToDate will find:
TUTORIALS: Overviews of UpToDate features and shortcuts, searching for content
VisualDx is an award-winning clinical decision support system designed to enhance medical decisions, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety. Features include:
TUTORIALS: Watch a number of VisualDx video tutorials