STAT!Ref Resource Changes

Access to ACP Smart Medicine, Merck Manual and other resources on STAT!Ref will end on July 2, 2016

 

ACP Smart Medicine

The American College of Physicians announced that ACP Smart Medicine would be discontinued.  The library’s access to ACP Smart Medicine on STAT!Ref will end on July 2nd.   An alternative resource is Essential Evidence Plus™    also from Stat!Ref  .

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Recently the Merck Manual became a freely accessible online resource (http://www.merckmanuals.com/ ) and the library discontinued access through STAT!Ref. 

The Professional Version of the Merck Manual can be found here: http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional

There is also a Consumer Version of the Merck Manual with easier to understand content that can be recommended to patients: http://www.merckmanuals.com/home

Read more about the history and editorial criteria of the Merck Manuals on their website:http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/resourcespages/about-the-merck-manuals

Other resources

Access to the following resources will also end on July 2nd.

Textbook of Pediatric Care (2009)

Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice – 2nd Ed. (2013)

Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests – 3rd Ed. (2014)

Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds – 5th Ed. (2014)

Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine – 8th Ed. (2010)

Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines & Policies: A Compendium of Evidence-based Research for Pediatric Practice – 15th Ed. (2015)

Review of Natural Products, The (2016)

Wound Management: Principles and Practice – 3rd Ed. (2012)

Lewin's CELLS – 3rd Ed. (2015)