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New Databases: AccessMedicine and AccessSurgery

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The library now subscribes to two comprehensive resources, AccessMedicine and AccessSurgery. 

AccessMedicine provides more than 100 medical reference textbooks, ranging from surgery and pharmacology to basic and clinical sciences. It includes frequently updated content with thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessments, case files, diagnostic tools, and more. Textbooks include Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine (21st edition), Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology (12th edition), and Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (14th edition).

AccessSurgery is a comprehensive online surgery resource aimed to enhance medical knowledge and deliver quick answers to surgical inquiries. AccessSurgery provides access to leading surgical textbooks (including Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery and Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations), instructional surgical videos and animations that show step-by-step how to perform basic and advanced surgical procedures, an Interactive Board Review designed to help residents and clerks prepare for exams, an integrated drug database to look up dosing, indications, and adverse reactions, and a Clerkship Corner that brings together all clerkship specific resources, including text references, case files, and videos on essential concepts and procedures clerks may observe or assist in during their rotation.

New Database: ClinicalKey

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The MSK Library has added a new database resource, Elsevier’s ClinicalKey. 

ClinicalKey provides streamlined access to evidence-based information for clinicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals including quick answers at the point of care. It includes more than 1,000 medical books published by Elsevier including key texts used in medical education such as Gray’s Anatomy, Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology, Gunderson & Tepper’s Clinical Radiation Oncology, and Goldman’s Cecil Medicine. ClinicalKey also includes more than 650 journals (~100 being oncology-related), 3,000 drug monographs, 4,500 practice guidelines, and patient education information. Search and filter through these resources by source type, study type, specialty disciplines, and date.

Please note: Ebooks are readable online; in order to download a PDF you will need to create a personal account with Elsevier/ClinicalKey. To register for a new account on ClinicalKey, click the “Register” link in the top right while on the ClinicalKey platform. Enter your name and MSKCC email on the registration form.

If you have any questions about ClinicalKey, don’t hesitate to Ask Us!

New Resource: Facility Guidelines Institute’s Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals & Outpatient Facilities

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The 2022 Guidelines documents have a wide variety of public and private uses. These include adoption by states for regulatory purposes and other reference in laws, codes, rules, and regulations; use in private self-regulation and standardization of space and equipment requirements; and the promotion of safe practices and methods in planning, design, and construction for various types of health care facilities. Care organizations and design firms use the Guidelines to develop new construction and major renovation projects, and many state and federal authorities having jurisdiction use the documents to review these projects.

The 2022 Guidelines For Design and Construction of Hospitals includes several notable new sections as well as revisions aimed at providing flexibility, reducing cost, and clarifying intent. Major updates appear in requirements for mobile units, imaging facilities, behavioral and mental health facilities, and neonatal intensive care units.

The 2022 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities includes several notable new sections as well as revisions aimed at providing flexibility, reducing cost, and clarifying intent.

Users can access the guidelines from the links above. When on the FGI Guidelines webpage, click on “Purchased Guidelines” on the left column to access the 2022 Guidelines.