LibGuides: Physician Assistant (PA): Articles, Journals, & Databases

Articles, Journals, & Databases

Below is the link to our full list of databases, as well as some key databases that may be helpful for you to consider.

Databases A-Z

Databases

AccessAnethesiology offers a new approach to anesthesiology reference, research, and curricular instruction all in one place. Updated regularly, this comprehensive online anesthesiology resource covers the entire spectrum of anesthesiology from the basics to specialty-specific content optimized for viewing on any device.
AccessMedicine Provides a variety of resources needed to excel in basic science studies and clerkships; instant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading medical textbooks with optimized content for any mobile device.
AccessMedicine Case Files Collection Cases in Case Files Collection provides materials for short, targeted case-based learning. They vary slightly, but for each case you get a patient history and systems review, short answer questions, clinical pearls, and references. Cases are durable URL-enabled and can be embedded into a course LMS page. The results of the quizzes can be emailed and collected for a grade, e.g. student to instructor. Cases in Case Files Collection are organized into categories and based off different resources, including: Basic Science Cases Clinical Rotation Cases Post-Graduate Cases NOTE: Accessing the AccessMedicine Case Files Collection requires you to sign in using MyAccess.
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy This is an online set of 330 fully narrated, 3D-rotational gross anatomy videos organized by region (Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, The Trunk, Head & Neck, Internal Organs). Created by Dr. Robert D. Acland (University of Louisville School of Medicine), the site helps to facilitate understanding or review of human anatomy. Recent enhancements such as self-assessment based on the Practical Exam and the addition of Inner Ear videos further support teaching and learning for faculty, students, practitioners, and patients.
APA PsycInfo Citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. Coverage spans 1887 to present, including international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages. Produced by the American Psychological Association.
Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination is Lippincott's online platform for the delivery of more than 8 hours of video content that provides head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the Advanced Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course, or for practitioners requiring a review of the History & Physical. The subscription gives you anytime, anywhere access from your computer, smartphone, or tablet device.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Indexing for more than 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, this database contains more than 2.9 million records dating back to 1981, as well as complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses’ Association: health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters.
ClinicalKey Elsevier’s ClinicalKey gives you access to quick answers at the point of care alongside trusted, comprehensive medical evidence. It includes clinical overviews, full-text books and journals, drug information, procedure videos, clinical calculators, patient education handouts, practice guidelines, clinical trials, and MEDLINE® citations and abstracts. Physicians can earn and claim CME.
ClinicalKey Student ClinicalKey Student enables deeper insights into student performance, personalized feedback and improved student engagement. A multi-purpose learning environment for both faculty and students, where users can assess, study and review in a single platform.
Cochrane Library A collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
Embase Covers the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day and all articles are indexed in depth using Elsevier's Life Science thesaurus Embase Indexing and Emtree®.
Global Index Medicus (GIM) Provides worldwide access to biomedical and public health literature produced by and within low-middle income countries, combining the Africa Index Medicus (AIM), the Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR), The Index Medicus for the South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), the Latin American and the Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), and the Western Pacific Region Index Medicus (WPRO). The material is collated and aggregated by WHO Regional Office Libraries on a central search platform allowing retrieval of bibliographical and full text information.
Harrison's Online Full text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20th Edition. Includes illustrations as well as expanded features such as additional references, links to MEDLINE abstracts, and unique online content. Updated daily.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. Please note that HaPI does not include the actual research instruments. See the Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros) for additional references to research instruments, tests, and assessments.
Isabel Isabel is a differential diagnosis generator designed to aid clinicians’ decision-making, covering more than 10,000 conditions and links to other clinical databases. For mobile access: (1) Login to Isabel (through this page) using your desktop or laptop computer (2) Click "Mobile Access (3) Note the Isabel UserID and Password (4) From your mobile device, go the Gumberg Research databases and login using your MultiPass credentials (5) Click Login (6) Enter your Isabel UserID and Password PLEASE NOTE: the mobile version will not allow you to view cases shared by professors.
JAMAEvidence - McGraw-Hill JAMAevidence is an online medical resource helping decision-makers to identify the best available evidence. It provides students, residents, fellows, and clinicians with essential content from Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3e, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, and Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience.
LWW Health Library: Board Review Series The LWW Health Library Board Review Series covers material in the primary basic sciences—such as gross anatomy, embryology, neuroscience, and more—that are addressed on the USMLE Step 1 exam. Textbooks and self-assessments are geared specifically to test prep success.
LWW Health Library: Clerkship/Clinical Rotations LWW Health Library: Clerkship/Clinical Rotations offers a comprehensive content collection targeting each of the core clinical rotations, from Internal Medicine to OB/GYN. Ideal for seeing principles in action with patients and prepping for board exams.
LWW Health Sciences: Premium Basic Sciences Collection This resource includes the LWW Health Library: Premium Basic Sciences Collection as well as combining the Integrated Basic Sciences collection, the Lippincott Illustrated Review book series, the gold-standard Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking, and more.
PubMed @ Duquesne Enables you to connect directly to Gumberg Library holdings via PubMed. PubMed provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, as well as the out-of-scope citations from certain MEDLINE journals; citations that precede the date that a journal was selected for MEDLINE indexing; and some additional life science journals that submit full text to PubMedCentral and receive a qualitative review by NLM.

PubMed @ Duquesne Tutorial Video This video explains how to access PubMed @ Duquesne, how to conduct a search, use filters, and find full text.

Scopus The largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. indexes content from 24,600 active titles and 5,000 publishers which is rigorously vetted and selected by an independent review board, and uses a rich underlying metadata architecture to connect people, published ideas and institutions.
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Journals

Duquesne affiliates have access to several journals relevant to health and medicine. See a searchable list of journals at the link below. Additionally, see below for some relevant publishers with accessible collections.

List of Health & Medicine journals

Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM) The premier internal medicine journal, established in 1927 by the American College of Physicians (ACP).

PLoS Medicine PLoS Medicine publishes research papers that address different aspects of medicine and health worldwide

Full Text Options

Finding Full Text
This guide explains the most frequently used ways to find full text at Duquesne.

LibKey Nomad
Once installed, this browser extension pops up in many databases and web pages to help you find full text. It takes less than one minute to install and get started.

Borrow From Other Libraries

ILLiad
When Gumberg does not have a journal article you need, order it for free using ILLiad. PDFs are typically delivered in 1-2 days.
EZBorrow
If Gumberg does not have a book you need, order it for free using EZBorrow. Books are typically delivered in 4-5 work days.