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Resources for Clinical Practice and Research

Identify the core focus of your clinical question.
Then, choose the information resources that best meet your needs.

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Key Sources 		↓
Key Databases 		↓
Key Point of Care
🩺 Clinical Decision Support
- UpToDate

📚 Books
- AccessMedicine (textbooks)
- ClinicalKey
- UC Library Search 		❤️ Medicine & Health Sciences
- PubMed
- Embase
- Cochrane Library

🧠 Psychology & Behavior
- PsycInfo

💖 Nursing & Allied Health
- CINAHL 		🩺 Clinical Decision Support
- UpToDate
- PubMed Clinical Queries

📋 Clinical Guidelines
- ECRI Guidelines Trust

🧩 Differential Diagnosis
- Diagnosaurus

💊 Drug Information
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Micromedex

🌿 Integrative Medicine
- NatMed Pro

🍎 Patient Education
- MedlinePlus

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