Guides @ UF: Dermatology: Databases & Journals

RELEVANT DATABASES

Listed below are a few databases that might be useful when beginning your information search. For a more complete list, please see our page of Library Databases.

AccessDermatology This link opens in a new window
AccessDermatology contains key Dermatology books, as well as self-study tools and procedural videos on various dermatology related topics
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
UpToDate supports evidence-based practice by offering the most recent information for diagnosis and treatment, curated by a panel of experts. To access UpToDate from off-campus, you will need to use the VPN.
Courtesy of the College of Medicine Office of Graduate Medical Education
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed/MEDLINE comprises more than 32 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites; if you access PubMed through this link while on the UF network, you should see the blue "Find It @ UF" button with the citation.
Embase This link opens in a new window
Embase is a biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database, offering up-to-date citations and abstracts from a wide spread of biomedical and drug literature. It's particularly useful for drug, disease, and material device data and has a PICO search tool that is great for creating comprehensive searches.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
The Web of Science is today's premier research platform, helping you quickly find, analyze, and share information in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Web of Science is a key component of Systematic Reviews because results can include relevant conference abstracts.
AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
AccessMedicine offers instant access to videos, self-assessment, an image library and leading medical textbooks that facilitate decision-making at the point-of-care to ensure the best patient outcome.
MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series This link opens in a new window
MICROMEDEX is an excellent source of drug indication, dosage, drug interaction and side effect information, as well as poison control information. It covers all FDA approved medications as well as a database of alternative medicines.

Using Citation Alerts

Many databases offer alerting services that will send you notices when new articles fit your saved search criteria. This can help you keep track of the most up-to-date information from your area of interest without going to the database yourself.

In PubMed:

Register for a free MyNCBI account.
Save your searches and create alerts.

(See video for an overview of MyNCBI)

In the Web of Science platform (BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Web of Science Core Collection, and Zoological Record):

From within Web of Science, select Register in the upper right corner.
Learn about citation alerts (see bottom of linked page).

Articles from the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Getting Full-Text Articles

For off-campus access to library-licensed e-Journals, research databases and e-resources, use either: UF VPN or the library proxy server (on the remote logon page).

When you see in your search results, click for access to digital full-text material.