Pumerantz Library Research Guides
Research Assistance, Subject Guides, & Useful Resources
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Resources to Find Articles
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases that help inform healthcare decision-making, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled trials (CENTRAL), and Cochrane Clinical Answers.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science provides access to thousands of journals covering disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. You can use Web of Science to link to an article’s references and see how many times the article has been cited.
- VisionCite This link opens in a new window
VisionCite provides access to an index of articles in the vision sciences, covering optometry, ophthalmology, medical sciences, contact lenses, and other vision-related subjects.
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Point of Care Resources
- Micromedex This link opens in a new window
Micromedex provides evidence-based, unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine to make informed clinical diagnosis and treatment decisions. It can also be downloaded as a mobile app.
- UpToDate This link opens in a new window
UpToDate is a comprehensive, physician-authored clinical decision support tool offering thousands of topic reviews to help you make decisions at the point of care. It can also be download as a mobile app. First-time users will need to create an account.
- VisualDx This link opens in a new window
VisualDx allows you to build a differential diagnosis based on patient findings, sort diagnoses based on likelihood or emergency, compare images side by side, and use clinical pearls to increase confidence in your diagnosis. It can also be downloaded as a mobile app.
