UpToDate Puts Clinical Information at Your Fingertips
The Library has acquired a new onsite license for UpToDate Online, a medical knowledge database designed to deliver scientific research literature at the point of patient care. Its main feature is topical reviews of clinical specialties. UpToDate also provides Lexi-Comp data on drug interactions, evidence-based practice guidelines, and current medical news.
Under the onsite license, the service has certain physical boundaries for usage. Included are UIC facilities in Chicago, Rockford, Peoria and Champaign-Urbana. The UIC Library has also arranged for access in UIUC campus buildings to aid UIC students and faculty at our Urbana location. Within the designated sites, any web-enabled computer has immediate access to UpToDate. Access outside the physical confines of these facilities, e.g., from home, is prohibited. Attempts to access the service with VPN will be blocked whether they are on campus or off. Institutional users do not have access to the MyUptoDate features. Wireless PDA access within the service boundaries is permitted.
The Library paid $53,825 for this new resource for one year.
To start using UpToDate, visit the LHS Electronic Gateway. Questions or feedback about UpToDate are welcome. Please contact Deborah Blecic, Bibliographer for the Health Sciences.
