Dean Giustini, UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian
Need help starting your research?
- To book an appointment with a librarian in anesthesia, contact dean.giustini@ubc.ca or edlyn.lim@ubc.ca
- As a UBC resident or faculty, you can access UBC Library resources by using your Campus Wide Login (CWL).
- A librarian can meet with you via Zoom to help refine your research questions & search terms, advise which sources & databases to use, discuss how to manage results, and help you (or refer to others) regarding research methods.
- Working on systematic, scoping or other reviews? Complete this form before setting up an appointment with a librarian: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/KnowledgeSynthesis/service
- Ask us about library workshops on citation management, searching effectively and other topics.
- Give feedback about this Anesthesia research guide by filling out our survey.
Key Resources in Anesthesia
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AccessMedicineApproximately 40 e-books, including a clinical library (Harrison's Online, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and more), Lange Educational Library, and a USMLE self-assessment tool and 50+ clinical cases.
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AccessPharmacyCollection of books, drug information, multimedia, cases, and patient education. Books include DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach.
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BMJ Best Practice
BMJ Best Practice offers a step-by-step evidence-based approach to clinical problems throughout the patient journey. Includes access to Comorbidities tool and mobile app.
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CovidenceCovidence supports systematic, scoping and comprehensive reviews. Streamlines screening, data extraction, and quality appraisal for all disciplines.
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DynaMedA point-of-care reference tool containing clinically-oriented summaries for 3,200+ topics.
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Embase (Ovid)International, European-focused-Elsevier biomedical database with nearly 40 million citations - good for drug-related topics, and conference literature.
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MEDLINE (Ovid)Premier biomedical database with 35+ million citations. The Ovid interface facilitates structured searching and allows editing of search histories.
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ScopusSearch citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference proceedings, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Can also be used for cited reference searches, citation analysis of research and searching by affiliation.
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Web of Science Core CollectionMultidisciplinary database of journal articles and conference proceedings, used for citation analysis of research. Includes access to EndNote Basic, a web-based version of EndNote.
