Guides: South Carolina Physician's Virtual Library: Welcome

Information Resources

MUSC Librarians have developed a page of free recommended resources. The South Carolina Physicians Virtual Library includes resources for clinical trials, journal article databases, evidence-based practice, patient education, ebooks, drug information, mobile device apps, dictionaries & directories, associations & organizations, and websites. If there are resources you feel should be added or removed, please contact me.

Most Popular resources

PubMed Central
Biomedical and life sciences database. As a result of the NIH Public Access Policy, NIH funded research papers must be available to the public for free through PubMed Central within 12 months of publication.

PubMed
Biomedical and life sciences journal articles. Abstracts, and some full-text articles, are free to the public.
Google Scholar

** To get full-text through "Find It @ MUSC": Scholar Settings -> Library Links -> Medical University of South Carolina.
** To import citations to EndNote/RefWorks: Scholar Settings -> Search Results -> EndNote/RefWorks.
ECRI Guidelines Trust
ECRI Guidelines Trust is a publicly available web-based repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Its purpose is to provide physicians, nurses, other clinical specialties, and members of the healthcare community with up-to-date, clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care. This centralized repository includes evidence-based guidelines developed by nationally- and internationally-recognized medical organizations and medical specialty societies.

Register for free access to the ECRI Guidelines Trust™
TRIP Database
Meta search engine that focuses on evidence based practice. Includes clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, journal articles, and more.