HSLS Update

AccessMedicine Collection Available Electronically

The University of Pittsburgh and UPMC now have access to the major reference and textbooks from McGraw-Hill’s AccessMedicine collection. This online collection consists of 20 internationally recognized reference works in internal medicine, cardiology, genetics, pharmacy, diagnosis and management, basic and clinical sciences, and patient care. Key resources include Harrison’s Online, the AccessLANGE suite of 16 basic science and clinical reference texts, The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, Hurst’s The Heart, and the Current-Med references.

• Harrison’s Online – This resource delivers the complete text, illustrations, and expanded features from the 15th edition of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, including additional references, many links to MEDLINE abstracts, and information from emerging fields.

• AccessLANGE – The following LANGE texts are available full-text, online:

• Basic and Clinical Endocrinology

• Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

• Basic Histology

• Concise Pathology

• Correlative Neuroanatomy

• Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics

• Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Psychiatry

• Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment

• General Ophthalmology

• Harper’s Biochemistry

• Histology Image Review

• Jawetz, Melnick and Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology

• Medical Epidemiology

• Pathophysiology of Disease

• Review of Medical Physiology

• Smith’s General Urology

• The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease – Learn what is currently known about inherited diseases by searching The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, 8th Edition Online.

• Hurst’s The Heart – Access the full text of Hurst’s The Heart, 10th Edition in a convenient, cross-referenced, searchable format with links to MEDLINE abstracts, regular updates, and many other features.

• Current-Med references – Search the following three clinical texts and a drug databases.

• Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment

• Practice Guidelines In Primary Care 2002

• Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 3rd Edition

• An integrated drug database with information about dosages, trade names and pricing for all FDA approved drugs in the US, investigational drugs at phase 3 and beyond, and herbal supplements.

These resources can be accessed through PITTCat or through the HSLS electronic books page at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/resources/ebooks/titles>.

--Renae Barger