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Online Databases
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A to Z Journal Holdings
 
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  • A single comprehensive list of all journal titles held in print & online
  • Full text links to many titles
  • Library locations of print journal holdings
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CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
 
Launch EBSCO then select CINAHL
  • The definitive database for nursing and allied health literature (from 1937-present)
  • CINAHL indexes over 1600 journals, ANA & NLM publications, audiovisuals, book chapters, dissertations
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Clin-eguide

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  • A knowledge system for immediate clinical questions
  • In depth information and references
  • Search multiple or specific resources
  • Click “Browse Content” for a list of textbooks, journals & other available resources
  • Contains: Evidence-Based Medicine and Guidelines, Textbooks & Handbooks, Drug Information, Full-Text Journal Articles via Hartford Hospital Health Science Libraries’ Ovid Medline, Patient Education & Tools
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eBooks

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  • A list with live links to free, full text, online books available to Hartford Hospital staff and affiliates
  • Topics include: medicine, pharmacy, research, nursing
  • Books are accessed through: STAT!Ref, MDConsult, Clin-eguide, PubMed
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Evidence Based Medicine Reviews
Produced by NHS CRD at the University of York, England
 
Launch OVID then select EBM Reviews - Cochran
 
Launch OVID then select EBM Reviews - Cochran
  • EBMR is a comprehensive multi-file Cochrane database
  • These databases search for Evidence in: Randomized Controlled Trials, Systematic Topic Reviews, EBM Reviews, Clinical Trials, Best Evidence (ACP Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
  • Search sections separately or simultaneously
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HartCat

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  • Online catalog for Hartford Hospital’s Health Science Libraries
  • Locate professional & consumer information in our collection of: books, journals, audiovisuals
  • Also included are collections for:
    • Connecticut Children's Medical Center
    • MidState Medical Center
    • Links to the catalogs for UConn & Yale
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Infotrac

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  • Access provided by iConn at iconn.org
  • Databases cover: arts, social sciences, humanities, science, healthcare, technology (For list of resources available at Gale, click here)
  • At this site you will find: magazines, directories, pamphlets, medical encyclopedias, newspapers, health, medical & nursing journals, definitions
Access Information:
  • Passwords are NOT required within the institution.
  • From outside the institution, use the HH Hospital Portal (HSL Citrix Link).
  • You can also access these databases through your local public library (providing you have a library card).
imagesMD
Produced by BioMedCentral
 
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  • Compiles over 50,000 high-quality images
  • Spans all of internal medicine
  • Derived from Current Medicine’s series of illustrated atlases
  • Images are accompanied by detailed and informative text
  • Includes: histology, original artworks, pathology, graphics, radiographs, state-of-the-art commentary, tables
  • E-mail images from imagesMD to yourself for use in presentations
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Medline
 
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  • The premier source for bibliographic & abstract coverage of biomedical literature
  • Indexes over 4600 journals
  • Encompasses information from: Index Medicus, Biological & Physical Sciences, Index to Dental Literature, Humanities, International Nursing, Information Science, Reproductive Biology, Population Biology
  • Updated weekly
  • Searchable back to 1950
  • Starting in 2001 includes content from AIDSline & HealthSTAR
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MEDLINEPlus

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  • Easily accessible health information for health professionals & consumers
  • Search by disease or conditions
  • Links to: Medical Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, Directories of hospitals and physicians, Clinical trials, Spanish and other languages, Daily news
Access Information:
  • This is a public/free resource... no passwords are required.

MDConsult

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  • Designed to help physicians quickly answer clinical questions
  • Contains: Full text medical texts, Comprehensive drug information, Clinical journals, Customizable patient handouts, Peer-reviewed practice guidelines, CME modules, Daily summaries of key publications,  Weekly review of medicine in the lay press (what your patients are reading)
  • For a list of full text books, journals & other resources at MD Consult, click here
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Ovid
 
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  • The vendor for powerful information retrieval
  • For professionals, researchers & students
  • Databases on the Ovid platform include: Medline, Old Medline, PsychINFO, EBM/Cochrane
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PsycINFO
Produced by the American Psychological Association
 
Launch OVID then select PsycINFO
  • Contains citations & summaries of: journal articles, books, dissertations, technical reports
  • Includes fields of psychology & related material in: management, psychiatry, business, neuroscience, education, law, social science, medicine, anthropology
  • Journal coverage from 1806-present
  • Over 8,000,000 references added annually through weekly updates
  • Chapter & book coverage includes worldwide English-language material from 1987-present.
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PubMed 
 
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  • Over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's
  • MEDLINE is NLM's premier bibliographic database covering fields of: medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, health care systems, dentistry, pre-clinical sciences
  • Other databases available at the PubMed site include: Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy,OMIM & many others
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STAT!Ref

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  • Electronic Medical Reference & Tool Set Library
  • 35 full text medical & drug texts
  • Includes: Medical Formulae, Clinical Criteria, Decision Tree Analysis tools
  • Search one or several texts simultaneously
  • Texts include: Stedman's Medical Dictionary, AHFS Drug Information, Geriatric Medicine, Merck Manual of Diagnosis &Therapy
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UpToDate

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  • Designed to answer clinical questions arising in daily practice quickly - easily -  at the point of care
  • Content is comprehensive & concise and fully referenced
  • Updated every four months
NOTE: An UpToDate search is not a Medline search
Access Information:
  • ONLY available within the Hartford Hospital & Jefferson House physical network.
  • There is no remote/portal access to UpToDate.
 
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