Databases
Welcome to the Physician Assistant library research guide. These resources, which require a login with your Lipscomb email address and password, are available both on and off campus.
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AccessEmergency Medicine This link opens in a new windowProvides access to interactive content, self-assessment, and clinical textbooks in basic and advanced studies in medicine.
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AccessMedicine This link opens in a new windowAccessMedicine provides access to various titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, and diagnostic tools.
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AccessSurgery This link opens in a new windowProvides access to interactive content, surgical videos, self-assessment, and clinical textbooks to enhance decision-making at the point-of-care.
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Acland's Atlas of Human Anatomy This link opens in a new windowCollection of gross anatomy videos and exams. Create a free personal account while on campus to test your anatomy knowledge.
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AMA Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new windowWritten by an expert committee of JAMA and Archives editors, the AMA Manual of Style thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues, authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, and intellectual property, in addition to preparation of articles for publication, style, terminology, measurement, and quantitation.
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Case Files Collection This link opens in a new windowThe Case Files® Collection includes the complete collection of basic science, clinical medicine, and post-graduate level cases from 23 Case Files® series books. Realistic patient cases in anatomy, biochemistry, microbiology, neuroscience, pathology,pharmacology, physiology, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, ob/gyn, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, medical ethics, geriatrics, cardiology, critical care, and orthopaedic surgery are included.
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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides full text for more than 1,300 nursing and allied health journals.
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DynaMed This link opens in a new windowClinical decision support tool that covers 3,000+ topics. Includes mobile app access.
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Natural Medicines This link opens in a new windowNatural Medicines was founded by healthcare providers and researchers to provide high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. Grades reflect the level of available scientific data for or against the use of each therapy for a specific medical condition
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PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new windowPsychiatryOnline covers diagnosis and differential diagnosis, case vignettes to bring abstract concepts to life, multidisciplinary treatment guidelines, and the latest research. Includes access to the DSM-5 as well as 15 other reference books and five journals.
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowContains more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowContains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.
Healthcare Ethics
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On Moral Medicine by ISBN: 9780802866011Publication Date: 2012-07-20In print for more than two decades, On Moral Medicine remains the definitive anthology for Christian theological reflection on medical ethics. This third edition updates and expands the earlier awardwinning volumes, providing classrooms and individuals alike with one of the finest available resources for ethics-engaged modern medicine.
Study Rooms
Check out one of the library's study rooms for a quiet place to study or to work on a group project.
Study rooms seat four people.
Check out period is 2 hours.
Starting Your Research...
Start your research by using the Search box to search everything held by our library.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
LibKey Nomad
Browser extension that provides links to full text articles from the library as you research on the web! Works with Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Vivaldi.
Download & Install EndNote Version 20
To download and install EndNote on your computer.
EndNote works best with Mac and Windows computers. It does not work with Chromebooks. Please watch one of the videos below for step-by-step instructions on installing and setting up EndNote for AMA style.
- EndNote Mac Video
- EndNote Windows Video
- EndNote Research Guide - Download EndNote from this website!
- Visit this website to download the new AMA 11th Style. After you download the file, open it. It will open in EndNote. Go up to File -> Save As -> Name the file AMA 11th
The latest version of EndNote is EndNote 20. If you have a previous version of EndNote, there are several steps to upgrade to the latest version. You will need to sync your EndNote library first. Then uninstall EndNote from your computer (for Macs, move it to the trashcan and then empty the trashcan; for Windows go to start menu and uninstall). After uninstalling EndNote, visit the website in bullet point three to download the latest version.
Note for iPads: EndNote® for iPad enables you to view, edit, organize, and share your research material and PDFs on your iPad.
• If you do not have EndNote desktop installed, you can sign-up for a free basic online account from within EndNote for iPad and will only get access with 2 GB of file attachment storage and will NOT have access to desktop features.
• Install EndNote on a desktop. Desktop users receive 5 GB of storage and have access to more robust desktop features such as full Cite While You Write® functionality, (aka directly importing citations into your paper), advanced PDF handling, and Find Full Text. You can Syncing your EndNote library between your iPad, desktop, and online account thus extending the power of EndNote for iPad and allows for seamless access to your reference library from multiple devices and platform.