Did you know ... a keyword search in Roger will help you find books that might have your term in the chapter headings?
So if you need information on something like hiatal hernia - which may return very few results if set for a title search - you will find some great books just by using it as a keyword search. Look in the Roger record to get more details about the book and look at the chapter headings.
Atlas of high-resolution manometry, impedance, and pH monitoring by 
Abdominal Imaging by 
Dysphagia : diagnosis and treatment by 
Difficult Decisions In Thoracic Surgery by Not finding what you need? Having trouble using one of our resources? Please let us know.
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The point-or-care clinical resources (Medscape, Micromedex, & Up to Date) might be very helpful with this case.
Resources for this case include:
Textbook Suggestions (look left)
GI Motility Online -- a free resource from Nature
Try these instead of Google for good evidence -- Trip Database
National or State Organizations -- GI Focused
GI Motility Online
A comprehensive resource on the motility of the GI tract. It is an Open Education Resource that was created just a few years ago by a couple of physicians with contributions from subject experts. It is hosted by Nature publishing but is not being updated. It provides summaries on key aspects like the physiology of motility of the oral, pharyngeal and esophageal areas as well as possible disorders based on symptoms. It also has reviews of the anatomy of these areas. The reviews also cover specific diseases affecting the esophagus. Pretty nice & with good images.
National Organizations - GI Focused
These two resources are available to everyone without a subscription - however we have partnered with both to expand your options for getting to full-text. These are meta-search engines for clinical resources - it searches through a variety of other search tools to bring you the best clinical resources - many EBM focused. In addition to finding systematic reviews and textbooks, you may find images or videos that will help as well as patient information resources. Check it out.
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Point of Care / Decision Support Tools
Which ever phrase you use for them, they are very handy for clinically related questions, and sometimes, those background questions too. However, for full understanding of your topic or question, you may need to go beyond these tools to fill in what they expect a physician to already know.
MedlinePlus is a great place to find consumer-friendly materials along with directories, a dictionary & encyclopedia, and more. You can also get a sense of the national organizations with an interest in your topic of interest. Take a look and see what you find.
