Patient Education
For more additional patient education resources, take a look at the Consumer Health Research Guide.
- DynaMed
Evidence-based reference tool intended for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the point-of-care. - MedCounselor Fact Sheets from Clinical Pharmacology

- MedlinePlus

- Patient Education from Access Medicine

- Patient Education from MDConsult

- SALUD Spanish health education materials.
Nursing Liaisons
Rebecca Raszewski
Contact Info:
LHS-Chicago: (312) 996-2759
raszewr1@uic.edu
IM: raszewr99 (AOL), raszewr99 (Yahoo)
Peg Burnette
Contact Info:
LHS-Peoria: (309) 671-8490
phburn@uic.edu
Felicia Barrett
Contact Info:
CLHS-Rockford: (815) 395-5660
fbarrett@uic.edu
Ryan Rafferty
Contact Info:
LHS-Urbana: (217) 244-0607
rraffer2@uic.edu
Databases
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text
* Use Clinical Queries for Therapy, Prognosis, Causation
* Select Evidence-Based Practice under Special Interest
* Select Evidence-Based Care Sheet as a Publication Type - ClincalTrials.gov
Find trials for a specific medical condition or other criteria in the ClinicalTrials.gov registry. - Cochrane Library
Independent medical evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. - PubMed
*Use Clinical Queries for Etiology, Diagnosis, & Therapy
*Use Clinical Queries for Systematic Reviews
*Select Nursing Journals subset
Search Hints & Filters
- Evidence Based Practice Filters for CINAHL
VCU Libraries - Evidence-Based Nursing Filters (CINAHL)
Arizona Health Sciences Library, University of Arizona - Finding the Evidence in PubMed Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University School of Medicine
Practice Guidelines
- National Guideline Clearinghouse (NCG)
NGC offers Syntheses of selected guidelines that cover similar topic areas, and Expert Commentary on issues of interest and importance to the clinical guideline community. - AHRQ Preventive Services

PDA & Smartphone Resources
Take a look at the PDAs & Clinical Medicine Research Guide for library resources for your PDAs and Smartphones.
Clinical Tools
- Essential Evidence Plus

- First Consult

- Up to Date
On campus access only - Nursing Reference Center

- DynaMed

- Clinical Pharmacology
Includes CPonhand download for PDAs and smartphones. For off-campus support, contact Ask a Librarian .
Clinical Rules & Calculators
- Body Mass Index

- Growth Charts

- Childhood Immunization Scheduler
for children six and under - Medical Equations from DynaMed
Information Services
Ask a Librarian
LHS-Chicago: (312) 996-9163
LHS-Peoria: (309) 671-8491
CLHS-Rockford: (815) 395-5650
LHS-Urbana: (217) 244-0607
Text a Librarian: 773-442-2757 Send a text (SMS) message from your mobile phone to the number listed above Monday-Friday from 11am-4pm.
IM Reference available
Monday-Friday 11am-4pm

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