Library Resources for the Case of Mr. Frost
Online Resources
AccessMedicine
AccessMedicine is an online system licensed by the UIC Library which
includes the online full-text of 10 major medical reference books such as
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition.
Part 2 addresses disease presentation and manifestation, and part 11 addresses disorders of the
kidney and urinary tract. These and other related chapters from this text may be useful for this
case. You may also want to explore the range of titles available in the
LANGE Educational Library.
ACP Medicine
ACP Medicine provides authoritative clinical information across the 15
sub-specialties of internal medicine including Nephrology. Once
you select ACP Medicine, click on the Table of Contents tab at the top.
Then click on the arrow to the left of ACP Medicine which will expand the
contents for browsing. You can also search across the contents through
the search box at the top of the screen. For example, try searching for
obstructive uropathy.
MD Consult
MD Consult is an online system licensed by the UIC Library which offers over 50 online full-text
medical reference books. For example, you can browse Cecil Medicine, 23rd Edition.
You may find section XI particularly useful. The books can be browsed individually by title,
table of contents, or the back-of-the-book indexes. Topic searches can also be performed across all titles.
Online Resources for IHD Cases
For more online resources, please see the Library's IHD page. You may
also want to link to our more complete list of
Health Sciences Databases.
Resources in Print
Below are some additional (optional) resources which may be of use for the Mr. Frost Case.
Renal Physiology, 4th edition, 2007.
Reserve: WJ301 K78r 2007
3rd. edition available in open reserve: WJ301 K78r 2001
Campbell-Walsh Urology, 9th edition, 2007.
Reference: WJ100 C192 2007
Also available through
MD Consult.
Diseases of the Kidney & Urinary Tract, 8th edition, 2007.
Reference: WJ300 D6115 2007
Brenner & Rector's The Kidney, 7th edition, 2004.
Reference: WJ300 B8375 2004
Also available through
MD Consult.
Something Extra
Jerome Groopman:
The Doctor's In, But is He Listening?
National Public Radio, March 16, 2007.
How to Cite Your Sources
Library's IHD Page
The Library's main guide to research resources for the IHD class includes
some sample citations in the AMA format. You can use this as a guide from
which to model your citation format.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager, also licensed
by the UIC Library for your use. You can create your own personal
database by importing references from text files or exporting directly
from online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and
automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
Citation and Style Guides
This page is from the UIC Library's Electronic Reference Shelf and offers
a list of links to resources on citation and style guides.
Where to go for Help
The Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana is open during Fall and
Spring semesters during these hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am - 10:00 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday: 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Library offers reference assistance to students during regularly scheduled
reference hours
or as available. We also offer individual appointments for training on any of our online
systems. The Reference phone number is 244-0607.
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