Library Resources for the Case of Mr. Pang
Online Resources
ACP Medicine
ACP Medicine provides authoritative clinical information across the 15
sub-specialties of internal medicine including Section 1 on Cardiovascular
Medicine. 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 angina.
MD Consult
MD Consult is an online system licensed by the UIC Library which offers
over 50 online full-text medical reference books. For the case of Mr.
Pang, you may be interested in using MD Consult to access the full text of
Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
or
Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach.
Also useful
may be the well-known and highly used
Cecil Textbook of Medicine,
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.
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.
Part 8 of Harrison's is devoted to the Disorders of the Cardiovascular System and contains 25
chapters on this topic. Of interest may be Chapter 224, The
Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis. AccessMedicine also provides access to
Hurst's The Heart
which provides more in-depth information on this subject area.
Resources in Print
Below are some resources which may be of use for the Mr. Pang Case.
Rapid Interpretation of EKGs: An Interactive Course.
Dubin D.
6th ed. 2000.
Location:
WG18.2 D814r 2000
Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.
Zipes DP, ed.
7th ed. 2005; Vols. 1-2.
Location:
WG210 B825 2005
Also available online through
MD Consult
Hurst's the Heart.
Fuster V, ed.
11th ed. 2004; Vols. 1-2.
Location:
WG100 H9662 2004
Also available online through
AccessMedicine
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment.
Tierney LM, McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds.
47th ed. 2008.
Location:
WB100 C9765 2008
Also available online through
AccessMedicine
Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds.
Manual and Audiocassettes.
1999.
Location:
WF39 A932 1999
Widmann's Clinical Interpretation of Laboratory Tests.
Sacher RA.
11th ed. 2000.
Location:
QY4 S1212w 2000
Something Extra
Treadway K. Becoming a Physician: Heart Sounds.
New England Journal of Medicine.
2006 Mar 16;354(11):1112-3.
How to Cite Your Sources
IHD Citation Guide
A 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 with IHD
Information Services staff
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. The Library email address is: lib-lhsu-ref@uic.edu
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