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Nursing Research Guide: Clinical Tools

When you need information in... Suggested Resources Purpose/Scope of Resources

...less than 20 minutes

  

ClinicalKey - Clinical Overviews

Lexicomp Online

Natural Medicines

UpToDate

VisualDX
  • Answer questions in a concise, easily accessible format;
  • Access to quality-filtered, evidence-based information, often with links to the full text.
  • Locate clinical information at the point-of-care / bedside;
  • Access to rules and calculators;
  • Find authoritative drug information;
  • Find up-to-date information.

...20 to 30 minutes

AccessMedicine

ClinicalKey

Cochrane Library
  • Provides summary, background information;
  • Go beyond the basics and scan collected information for relevant content;
  • One-stop access to a variety of content and materials;
  • Save time by simultaneously searching a variety of resources;

...30 minutes+ or in-depth case presentations

CINAHL

PsycINFO

PubMed@TUN

Scopus
  • Indexed databases of journal article citations and abstracts;
  • Search tools, filters and limits that help you find answers to your clinical questions more quickly;
  • Links to full text PDFs of the journal literature.
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Adapted from “Answering Clinical Questions in Real Time,” compiled by the UCDHSC Anschutz Medical Campus Health Sciences Library, June 2007