The eResources Trials Center offers MUSM faculty, staff & students the opportunity to test and evaluate new electronic resources to help determine their usefulness in helping meet MUSM educational objectives. Whenever a trial of a new product is available, information about it will appear on this page.

If you have questions about an item listed on this page, or would like to submit comments about a resource, please contact the library at (478-301-4056) or email (reference.ill@gain.mercer.edu). Remember: Your comments are important in helping determine which electronic resources may be useful!

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Past Trials:

Online Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease - NOW AVAILABLE

OMMBID - The Online Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease is the definitive source for genetic research. Scriver's OMMBID provides online access to the leading genetic information from renowned international experts. ACCESS: On campus or off campus with username/password.

USMLEasy - NOW AVAILABLE

Full coverage of USMLEasy is provided. Users can take exams in Practice Mode, Exam Mode, or USMLEasy Simulation Mode; customize their exams by selecting questions by discipline, organ system, or setting. You can also learn from personalized Lange reading lists based on your weakest topics. Get access to the detailed Performance Profile to track your exam results over time and compare scores against others, including those at your institution. ACCESS: On campus or off campus with username/password.

ScienceDirect - NOW AVAILABLE

Provides access to ScienceDirect's " Freedom Collection." This package contains over a thousand journals. To access the journal included in the Freedom Collection follow these steps. Remember, MUSM affiliates have access to anything with a green box in front of it. ACCESS: On campus or off campus with username/password.

Books@OVID -NOW AVAILABLE-

Access full-text textbooks via the OVID platform. OVID books include page numbers that coincide with the print editions. OVID also allows for easy navigation of the books sections and chapters and keyword searching within multiple books. ACCESS: On campus or off campus with username/password.

AccessMedicine -NOW AVAILABLE-

AccessMedicine includes approximately 53 full-text textbooks in clinical and educational medicine. Also available from AccessMedicine: drug information, practice guidelines, quick access to diagnosis and treatment of 800 disorders, diagnostic tests, customizable patient education materials, and health news channels. Image, video, and audio content are available as well. ACCESS: On campus or off campus with username/password.

DynaMed -NOW AVAILABLE-

Description: DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. With clinically-organized summaries for nearly 2,000 topics, DynaMed is an evidence-based reference shown to answer most clinical questions during practice. DynaMed is updated daily and monitors the content of over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases directly and indirectly by using many journal review services. A PDA version is also available for Palm or Windows Mobile. Please note that DynaMed is similar to the popular program UptoDate, but is updated daily and is more affordable for library and group subscriptions.

RefWorks -NOW AVAILABLE-

Description: With RefWorks researchers can create their personal reference databases by importing references from online databases or entering data. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography. As a web-based product, RefWorks is available to users across various platforms including Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.

PIER: The Physicians' Information and Education Resource NOT AVAILABLE

Description: PIER is a clinical decision support resource from the American College of Physicians offering authoritative, evidence-based guidance to improve clinical care.