Library databasesU of A Libraries: links to the library catalogue and electronic journals. National Library of Medicine (U.S.A.): unrestricted Medline access (no login required).
Electronic texts and journals
(If you're off campus, you may be redirected through the U of A proxy server.)
MD Consult: online editions of over 40 major textbooks, including Robbins' Pathologic Basis of Disease. Requires registration (free to U of A staff and students). McGraw-Hill Access Medicine including Harrison's Online. New England Journal of Medicine. (U of A students can get the password from the Scott Library (492-7947), or by email at jwsinfo.library@ualberta.ca) Canadian Medical Association Journal. MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Center for Disease Control (U.S.).
Medical resource sites
Alberta Medical Association Clinical Practice Guidelines in pdf format. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Cyberounds: short, to-the-point online clinical conferences on current topics. Requires registration (free). theheart.org: Cardiology Online. Case studies, images, and an online textbook. Requires registration (free). National Kidney Foundation CyberNephrology.
Cases and image collections
Interactive Case Study Companion to Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. (Demonstration version: includes 18 clinicopathologic case studies.) Yale University School of Medicine Cardiothoracic Imaging. Univ Utah (Dr E C Klatt) WebPath: High-quality pathology images with explanatory text. Dr R W Schreier's Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney from the National Kidney Foundation CyberNephrology site.
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