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For additional information or solving access problems, contact the
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BioMed Central(BMC) is an open-access publisher of peer-reviewed research papers, an
alternative to traditional subscription-based publishing that hinders access and scientific
progress by increasing journal costs. The MCG community may publish papers and view papers
in BMC without charge.
Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/23200
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Online catalog provides the location
and availability of print journals, books, and audiovisual material in the Greenblatt Library. MCG patrons
can use the “My Account” feature to renew items online
or retrieve the off-campus GALILEO password. (The GALILEO password is
the proxy server password.)
Access:https://gil.mcg.edu/
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GALILEO is the gateway to indexes, full-text databases, and
Internet sites managed by the University System of Georgia. Among the notable
databases for MCG users: Academic Search Premier, Alt-Health Watch, Clinical Pharmacology, LexisNexis
Academic and ERIC .There are also search
interfaces for MEDLINE and CINAHL in GALILEO.
For off-campus GALILEO access: MCG students, faculty, and
staff obtain the password from “My Account” in
GIL@MCG
(https://gil.mcg.edu)
or by contacting the
Library
Information Center
(LInC) 706-721-3441.
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PubMed / MEDLINE
PubMed, a service of the National Library of
Medicine, provides access to over 15 million MEDLINE citations back to
the 1950’s. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text
articles and other related resources. Access to PubMed with listed
holdings of the Greenblatt Library:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=mcglib_fft_ndi |
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Micromedex, a comprehensive drug reference with a PDA
component, is available (see below).
Other links also evaluate prescription drugs; provide drug images;
retrieve information on drug interactions, herbal drugs, consumer drug
information, and more. Sites licensed to the hospital and clinics will
be restricted to that setting.
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MCG Subscribed Resources |
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MCG Subscribed Resources are databases and full-text
electronic content limited by license to MCG students, faculty, and
employees.
Off-campus access to these resources requires a proxy
server username and password. The proxy server password is identical to
the GALILEO password and is available from the Library Information Center
(LInC) 706-721-3441 or online by logging onto the MCG user’s GIL@MCG “My
Account” and clicking the “Get GALILEO password” link. |
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Ovid provides a comprehensive, interactive search
system for databases chosen specifically for MCG:
MEDLINE indexes health sciences journal
literature.
CINAHL indexes the nursing and allied health
literature and includes book chapters and dissertations. Journals@Ovid
provides full-text access to over 100 journals.
Ovid@Hand pushes medical information to the
practitioner's handheld and the practitioner turns point-of-care
queries from the handheld into Ovid database searches.
EBM Reviews provides the full-text of systematic
reviews and articles reviews from four respected evidence-based
resources: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Center
Register of Controlled Trials, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of
Effects, and the ACP Journal Club.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) -
assessment of measurement instruments.
PsycINFO database indexes the psychology
literature from 1870’s to the present and includes full-text journals
content (PsycARTICLES).
SPORTDiscus indexes the sports medicine journal
literature. |
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A collection of
electronic textbooks in medicine, nursing, allied health and
dentistry. Notable titles: Harrison’s Online, ACP PIER (evidence-based
medicine), and Current Medical Diagnosis & Therapy. |
A unique set of databases that track research
progress, identifies key papers, and searches across disciplines
for current information on a specific topic. Science
Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index find cited
references, times cited and related references for a known
citation. Journal Citation Reports analyzes and reports the
scholarly influence of individual journals including times
cited and impact factor. Current Contents Connect searches over
8,000 journals and 2,000 books across disciplines which include
Clinical Medicine and Life Sciences. Articles may be linked to
full-text, dependent on MCG subscriptions.
Authorized User Information |
| The full-text and tables of contents of journal
articles from Elsevier Publishing including medicine, biological
sciences, pharmacology, toxicology, psychology, materials science,
chemistry, business and the social sciences from over 1000 journal
titles. |
| InfoPOEMs are Patient-Oriented
Evidence That Matters™, an evidence-based medicine tool that answers
clinical questions. The InfoRetriever® component of InfrPOEMs searches
POEMs from a workstation or handheld, along with the Cochrane Database
of Systematic Reviews, evidence-based practice guidelines, and
Griffith’s 5-Minute Clinical Consult. |
| Full-text journal articles are available in medicine,
chemistry, psychology, physics, mathematics, engineering, business,
education, and law from over 300 journal titles. |
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MICROMEDEX
contains a wide range of clinical databases, including unbiased,
referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care,
and alternative medicine. mobileMICROMEDEX is MICROMEDEX
content for Palm or PocketPC handheld devices. |
| Finding aid list of full-text providers of journal articles and books. Browse
the list alphabetically or use the title keyword search to find specific titles. The content is
from publishers, Ovid, MD Consult, ScienceDirect, Wiley InterScience, GALILEO, and PubMed
Central/Bookshelf. Not all ePublications titles are available
off-campus. |
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Interactive instruction modules on the
Essentials of Medical Ethics, Immunology, and Human Physiology
developed by MCG faculty in collaboration with Gold Standard
Multimedia. The physiology and immunology programs divides these
topics into separate units and include quizzes to reinforce
information covered in each section. The Essentials of Medical
Ethics allow a medical student to enact the role of a physician
facing common ethical dilemmas. The program encourages students to
evaluate possible conflicts between physician belief and their
responsibility to patients. |
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