Medicine
This page provides a filtered list of library databases for physicians and biomedical information.
Scroll down for decision support tools, literature databases, and more.
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Access Emergency (McGraw Hill)
- A comprehensive online emergency medicine resource, providing quick diagnosis and treatment answers
- Access Emergency user guide
- A rich education platform with eBooks, multimedia, self-assessment tools, board prep and cases.
- AccessMedicine user guide
- Information tool on common illnesses and drug treatments for the elderly.
AMH: Australian Medicines Handbook
- Advice about medicines and interactions. Search by drug name or therapeutic topic.
- AMH user guide
Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook (AIDH)
- Information on injectable medicines including antineoplastic and paediatric medicines.
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- Evidence-based decision support tool for step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis and treatments.
- BMJ Best Practice user guide
- An electronic bookshelf you can use to access the Monash Health Library’s journal collection.
- BrowZine user guide
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- Elsevier platform of eBooks, Journals and clinical support tools including guidelines and monographs.
- ClinicalKey user guide
Clinicians Health Channel (CHC)
- Victorian Health Department resources for public hospitals.
- Register for an account with your Monash Health email address.
- Clinical microbiology eBooks online for quick and easy access.
- Collection of Cochrane databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence including reviews and RCTs.
- Cochrane Library user guide
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- Conference Proceedings, Journal Articles-Citations/Abstracts/Systematic Reviews, Pharmacy, drug and medical device coverage.
- Embase user guide
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- Evidence-based information for clinical decision support and current hospital and community referral options.
- HealthPathways Melbourne user guide
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IBM Micromedex (Micromedex Solutions, Micromedex)
- Evidence based drug information including the RUGDEX, POISINDEX and TRISSELs databases. The platform also provide dosage calculators.
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- Medication database providing drug information, monographs, adverse reactions and warnings / precautions.
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Martindale’s Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) Checker
- Provides information on adverse drug reactions and clinical management. Search by drug, group, ADR or body system.
- An extensive database of peer-reviewed literature provided by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
- Medline user guide
- Medicine information including product information (PI), pill ID, consumer medicines information (CMI) and drug interactions.
- MIMS user guide
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- Dietary supplements, natural medicines and complementary, alternative and integrative therapies.
NeuroBite ( formerly: PsychBite)
- A database relating to psychological problems and issues due to acquired brain impairment (ABI).
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- Specialist drugs references, clinical guides, compatibility charts and therapies for adult palliative and hospice care.
- Database of peer reviewed literature in the psychological, social, behavioural and health sciences
- PsycInfo user guide
- Freely available database from the US National Library of Medicine (NLM).
- PubMed user guide
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- Read by QxMD is a mobile app and email alerting service you can use to track research and journal articles as they are published
- Read by QxMD user guide
- A medication guide for renal practitioners – prescription information, drug interactions and administration.
Royal Women’s Hospital Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Medicines Guide
- Evidence-based individual medicine monographs which support prescribing during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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Stockley’s Interactions Checker
- Information about therapeutic medicines, herbal medicines, foodstuffs, drinks, pesticides and drugs of abuse.
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- Online access to the Therapeutic Guidelines and drug index. Access by computer or set up the mobile app.
- Therapeutic Guidelines user guide
Thieme MedOne Neurosurgery (MedOne)
- A platform of neurosurgery eBooks, journals, procedures, cases, follow-up tips, images and videos.
- MedOne Neurosurgery user guide
TRIP (Turning Research and Practice, Trip Medical Database)
- A database that aggregates international clinical guidelines and evidence based synopses.
- Information to assist with accurate IV compatibility decisions at the point of care.
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- Evidence-based point of care tool for decision support with continuously updated expert opinion.
- UpToDate user guide
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