When
you see a Mercer Univeristy School of Medicine Authentication page, select the
"Preceptor" option and log in using your Mercer account username and password.
As of January 1, 2024, you'll need an individual username and password.
If you don't already have a Mercer account with an individual username and
password, please apply online using this
Affiliate Access to
eResources link or fill out
this
form and email/return it to Anna
Krampl or a MUSM Campus
Librarian
Document Delivery
This service is free to you as a MUSM preceptor!
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) expands accessibility to
education and research materials not owned by the Skelton Medical Libraries,
such as journal articles, books, book chapters, and beyond. This service is
limited to MUSM affiliates and requests directly supporting the MUSM mission.
Simply submit your request via Clio after initial
account registration OR email as a list to
illmedlibrary@mercer.edu
containing publication information, recipient contact information, and
desired delivery route.
Please note, fulfillment is at the discretion of
the Libraries and dependent on lending library availability. Furthermore, the
Libraries abide by all provisions of the copyright law of the United States and
reserve the right to refuse any request believed to be in violation of that
law.
For any questions, email
illmedlibrary@mercer.edu or call
directly at 478-301-4056 (Macon) or 912-721-8230 (Savannah).
Resources by Subject
Resources by Subject
are guides created by librarians to assist you with your research. These guides
will direct you to article databases, e-books, e-journals, web sites, mobile
apps, tutorials, and other resources you may find useful.
Reference Question/Literature Search
We can provide answers to reference questions
using standard sources such as dictionaries, textbooks and drug compendia. We
can perform a search of PubMed (or other relevant databases) to identify
relevant information on your topic.
Just ask us! This
service is free to you as a Mercer University
School of Medicine preceptor.
Faculty Guide to MUSM Libraries
The Faculty Guide
includes links to: Canvas, Research Compliance/Institutional Review Board
requirements, library instruction, a form to recommend items for purchase,
publications by MUSM authors, identifying scholarly publications, open access
publishing, open access/hybrid journals with APC covered through Mercer
University, measuring your research impact, creating persistent/durable links
to library resources, citation management tools, and copyright.
Accessible free to
you as a Mercer University School of Medicine preceptor with your Mercer
username and password:
Combines the clinical expertise and curated disease
content of DynaMed with the comprehensive drug information of Micromedex. This
integration allows faculty, staff and learners to access evidence-based
recommendations and drug dosing, interaction, and IV compatibility information
in one tool.
To get a personal account that will
allow you to access DynaMedex from anywhere and to access the DynaMedex app:
1. Click on the small circle in the upper right hand corner
2.
Click on “Create Account” and type in your info. Once your account is
created, for DynaMedex to find your personal account and affiliate it with
Mercer, you may need to sign out.
3. To sign in to your personal
account, click the small circle in the upper right hand corner and select "Sign
In"
Once you’ve created your Personal User Account, download the
mobile app to use DynaMedex on the go! Make sure you download the DynaMedex
app.. You can use either Google Play or the Apple App Store to download the
app.
1. Sign in with your Personal User Account.
2. Tap
‘Sign In’ and enter your personal account credentials, then tap the
‘Sign In’ button.
3. After you log in, you are prompted to
install via one of the following options:
Online Only: Use the app only while
connected to the internet.
Partial Install: Store text and image
thumbnails on your device. Full images are available when you are connected to
the internet. This option helps you save space on your device.
Full Install: Store all DynaMed content on
your device. You do not need to be connected to the internet to access content
on the app.
4. Your Personal Account credentials will
authenticate the mobile app for 3 months, after which you will be prompted to
reenter your account credentials.
Designed to assist medical
professionals in diagnosing visually identifiable diseases, VisualDX presents
multiple images of each disease, showing how each might look at different
stages and in people of different ages and races.
MUSM
Preceptors/Affiliates Who Do Not Have Mercer Email: Please contact
Carolyn Klatt, klatt_ca@mercer.edu,
for login/access
information.
VisualDX is a diagnostic decision
support system designed by clinicians to aid medical professionals in the
diagnosis of visually identifiable diseases.
Mobile App: Download
the free VisualDx Mobile app on your mobile device from the iTunes Store or
from Google Play. Launch the VisualDx app from your device, then sign
in using your username and password. To use DermExpert found on the
VisualDX App: 1. Select Analyze a Photo.. 2. Take a photo of the
patient's skin lesion 3. Confirm or edit the DermExpert photo
analysis.. 4. Enter additional findings into the workup. 5. See the
differential diagnosis results.. 6. Vew clinical information and diagnosis
images.
Provides access to over 1,000 eBooks, 600 eJournals, the First
Consult point of care database, over 1 million images, and 3,000+ videos from
Procedures Consult.
1. Follow this
ClinicalKey link and
click on "Register" in the top right hand corner. 2. Complete the
registration form. 3. On your mobile device, download the ClinicalKey app
and log in with your ClinicalKey username and password that you created when
you registered.
90 electronic textbooks and reference books including: Harrison's
Principles of Internal Medicine; Hurst’s the Heart; Metabolic and
Molecular Bases of Inherited Diseases; the Lange series in the basic medical
and clinical sciences; and color atlases of cardiology, dermatology,
microbiology, hematology, endoscopy and others.
1. To register your device: Create an
account by following this AccessMedicine link to
their website. 2. Click the down arrow next to the Mercer University box in
the right hand upper corner. 3. Then "Login or Create a Free Personal
Account" 4. A popup window will appear. Select "Don't have a MyAccess
account?" and fill in the requested information and select "Create Account"
5. On your mobile device go to the App/Google Play store and download
AccessMedicine. Log in and content should download.
NOTE: You must authenticate
your account online every 90 days.
Renewing your subscription: You must
log in to the AccessMedicine website with your username and password every 90
days to authenticate your subscription.
Includes drug interactions, drug identification, IV
compatability, tox & drug product lookup, drug comparison, Red Book Online,
calculators, and CareNotes in 15 languages.
1. Follow this
Micromedex link
and then select "Mircomedex" and then "Mobile Application Access" located in
the top right hand corner.
This App for Read by QxMD provides a single place to keep up with new
medical & scientific research, read topic reviews and search PubMed. Select
from topic areas or over 6,300 journals. Add keywords to follow. Save article
PDFs to read offline. Articles can be annotated and highlighted. Share articles
with colleagues over email, Twitter and Facebook.
To
configure it to find the libraries subscribed content: 1. Once the app has
been downloaded from the app store, select the "gear" icon (Settings) 2.
Choose Institutional Access and select Mercer University School of Medicine as
your institution. 3. Select “Automatic Login Using Open Athens
Login” 4. Enter your Mercer username and password.
A clinical search tool designed to allow
health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence
for clinical practice. AskTrip is an AI-powered clinical question-answering
system built on the trusted foundation of the Trip Database. It delivers
evidence-based answers to clinical questions in 30 seconds, drawing from
Trip’s extensive search index to ensure the most current and relevant
information..
OpenEvidence
is a free AI-powered platform designed to help healthcare professionals access
and understand medical information quickly and efficiently, aggregating and
synthesizing peer-reviewed literature to support evidence-based
decision-making.
OpenEvidence is free for verified health care professionals (HCPs)
in the United States. You must register for it and
have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or proof of medical status for
unlimited access/usage.
PDF Brochure of Library Services for
Preceptors
