searches the nursing and allied health literature. There is a mobile app but you need an authentication key to use it. Start by going to the EBSCOhost mobile website. This link is for all of the databases from this company. When you open it, choose "EBSCOhost mobile" and the scroll through the databases to select CINAHL. Click on the link and follow the link about downloading the app.
focuses on drugs and pharmacology. It includes European content, some Asian literature and has good coverage for medical devices and alternative medicine.
MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database. It broadly covers all areas of biomedicine.
provides free access to MEDLINE plus additional life science, general science and chemistry journals. There is also an ipad/iphone/android app available.
This is a growing network of students from around the world, from school age to university, who are interested in learning more about evidence-based healthcare.
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (the Handbook) provides guidance to authors for the preparation of Cochrane Intervention reviews (including Cochrane Overviews of reviews).
UpToDate is a clinical EBM resource available for University of Toronto students only, and can be accessed via library barcode and pin or UTORid and password. Scroll to the bottom of this page for information on the UpToDate app.
Micromedex is available to students, staff and faculty on campus only. The Academic Licensing Agreement states this database is for the purpose of training students and demonstration only. The UofT?s online subscription does not allow for it to be used while on clinical rotations, practicing, or teaching at a hospital, retail pharmacy, or any other patient care facility.
Students, staff and faculty can download 3 different mobile apps:
Micromedex? Drug Information ? free to everyone, no password required.
Micromedex? Drug Interactions ? free to U of T people, password required.
Micromedex? IV Compatibility ? free to U of T people, password required.
NOTE: The password changes quarterly and must be updated so if you are not on campus to be able to access the Micromedex webpage, you will lose mobile access.
The content in this database is the most recent information on drugs submitted to the FDA and currently in use and is based on medication package inserts.
This resource contains detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand name and generic drugs. RxList has a Pill Identification tool, which allows the user to look up a pill based on its physical appearance, i.e., colour, shape, and imprint.
