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HSL Librarians & Assistants Toolkit: Reference & Research Services

Supporting Health Sciences Librarians and Library Assistants in improving workflow and the practice of librarianship and library sciences.

VR Resources

Open Access

Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications
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Requires all peer-reviewed journal publications funded by one of the three federal granting agencies to be freely available online within 12 months [from May 1, 2015 onward].
Open Access [UM]
Open Access Funding (APCs) [UM]

Supported Reference Management Software

Recommended tools and software for storing articles and citations/references and for creating bibliographies or reference lists.

Images licensed for use by UM Faculty, Staff & Students

AccessMedicine Images

ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window

Point of Care Tools

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
UpToDate LexiDrug This link opens in a new window
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
VisualDx This link opens in a new window

Drugs & Therapeutics

Access Pharmacy
ISMP prescription-writing abbreviations
Lexicomp
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UM students, staff, and UM Medical Residents (full access; must have library ID prefix 2221228 or 2221229)
Natural Standard
Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care
Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 9e

CPS This link opens in a new window

Rare Conditions

PubMed URL's

PubMed
This link includes the "Check Library Access" button. This is the URL that should be used for the Public.
PubMed (unproxied with Check Library Access)
Does not include the proxy authentication. Should be used during those times when PubMed doesn't appear to be working well with ez-proxy

Systematic Reviews & Scoping Reviews

Systematic Reviews Resources
For faculty, staff and students
SR resources for Librarians
Literature Searches for Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic & Scoping Review services information for faculty, staff and students
Understanding Review Types [Blog Series: UM]

Lean Library Browser Extension

Health Sciences Dictionaries

English Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary Online This link opens in a new window