Lexicomp is a comprehensive clinical drug information app including Lexi-Drugs, a drug interaction tool, and an extensive library of clinical calculators. Lexicomp is available both via web access and as an app that you can install on your phone, iPad or other handheld device.
The Lexicomp is free and Himmelfarb Library’s subscription allows you to install Lexicomp‘s high-quality drug information to your phone, iPad, or other handheld device.
App Instructions
Access Lexi-Comp then click on Mobile Access Codes.
Select your platform (iPhone/iPad or Android) and if you are a new or existing customer, then copy the authorization code provided.
The expanded Research Guide is a one stop for the latest health care and public health focused news, research, literature resources, and clinical guidelines on COVID-19. It also includes the latest University news and resources for the GW health care community.
Public health and emergency management resources include tracking maps and dashboards, as well as critical resources from CDC and WHO (daily situation summaries and guidance). State and local public health department COVID-19 information and emergency management agencies are also listed.
The guide will be updated regularly and we encourage you to share any resources we’ve missed by emailing himmelfarb@gwu.edu. As always, our team of health sciences librarians is here to assist you with using any of these resources or other information needs at this time. Email us or chat usMonday-Thursday from 8:30am-8pm and Friday 8:30am-5pm.
PA Exam Prep (formerly PAEasy) is an online tool designed to help you prepare for the PANCE and PANRE.
FEATURES
With its bank of 1700+ questions, PA Exam Prep can generate random practice quizzes for you. You may also create customized quizzes tailored to specific areas of study:
Choose your level of difficulty.
Establish keywords that should appear in the quizzes.
Define your learning objectives from among:
Areas of focus (family medicine, emergency medicine, OB/GYN, etc.)
Organ systems (cardiovascular, EENT, hematologic, etc.)
Task areas (history taking, ordering labs, pharmaceutical therapeutics, etc.)
Choose among three test modes: Practice, Test, and Simulation (simulates the actual exam).
Test your knowledge of the human body with 100 full-color Anatomy flash cards.
PA Exam Prep provides both quiz and course performance summaries. You’ll receive updated skills reports in all program areas.
After entering your scheduled PANCE/PANRE test date, use the Study Plan to choose your preferred pace of study with a prep mode (aggressive, moderate, relaxed) to help you reach your target.
TO ACCESS PA EXAM PREP
Visit Himmelfarb Library and search our E-Databases page. Or use the VPN to connect to the E-Databases page from off-campus. Just create a free account and you’re ready to go!
Most of us are aware of the critical information resources on COVID-19 provided by the CDC and WHO. Many trusted publishers and literature search services in the health sciences now have devoted sites with resources for health care and public health professionals. These resources and more are now available on Himmelfarb’s Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research Guide.
Here’s a sampling of resources on the guide:
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Dashboard - This interactive mapping service draws data from WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC and DXY and local media reports and is constantly being updated. Track cumulative confirmed cases and active cases by country.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) from DynaMed - Succinct epidemiological, diagnostic, management, and prognosis information continually updated. Includes international and US guidelines and patient information.
JAMA Network Coronavirus Disease 2019 Resource Center - Clinical information, public health preparedness, patient information, outbreak map, and multi-media CME resources. A summary of CDC guidance is at the bottom of the page.
NEJM Coronavirus (COVID-19) page - Articles, clinical reports, commentary and management guidelines published in NEJM assembled in one place. Includes a HealthMap of the outbreak.
Along with these resources you can find trusted sources for news, clinical guidelines, drug trials, health department information, and protective measures for health care professionals on the Research Guide.
Do you know of resources not included on our guide that you would like to recommend? Send them to himmelfarb@gwu.edu or jlt@gwu.edu.
Are you sitting on an unpublished research article? Would you like feedback or critique of your findings from your peers in your field or related fields? Are you worried that your research may have already been covered by another researcher? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then check out medRxiv, the latest tool for researchers in the medical field.
MedRxiv (pronounced “med-archive”) is a free, preprint service that allows medical researchers to submit and distribute unpublished research articles. The service was created by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Yale University and BMJ, though the server is owned and operated by CSHL. The service accepts research from numerous medical and health sciences fields, including, but not limited to:
Dermatology
Health Policy
Nursing
Pediatrics
Surgery
As a researcher, there are some factors that you should consider prior to archiving your work with a preprint service. Some publishers do consider archived preprints to count as a prior publication and thus might not be willing to consider publication in a given journal. To find out more about whether a specific journal counts an archived preprint as a prior publication, utilize the website Sherpa Romeo. This free website provides information about publisher copyright and self-archiving policies that can help you decide whether submitting your research to a preprint archive like medRxiv is the right choice for disseminating your research.
Submitting your work to medRxiv is a straightforward process. Once you’ve completed your research article and are prepared to share it with others, go to medrxiv.org and click ‘SUBMIT.’ You will be redirected to a page which will provide details about the service, the submission process, proper formatting and other relevant information. You must register with the website before submitting any research and medRxiv will review submissions for offensive or harmful content. Once the article passes the submission process, it will be available to view via the search engine.
MedRxiv puts researchers around the world in contact with one another. It is a great way to receive feedback on your work or connect with individuals who may be involved in similar research. While the website can be easily accessed, it is important to note that the articles and relevant data have not been peer-reviewed. Therefore, you should not use the information as established and accepted scientific and medical facts. Also, you should avoid citing material from preprints in your own publications. Despite these limitations, preprint archives such as medRxiv still offer an excellent way to learn about current and pending health sciences research.
If you’re interested in using medRxiv or would like to know more, be sure to check out the website at https://www.medrxiv.org/.
Have you ever wanted to include demographic, income, housing, or educational level data as part of your research? Himmelfarb Library has a resource that can help! PolicyMap is an easy-to-use data and mapping tool that allows you to access data about communities across the United States.
PolicyMap provides data on demographics, real-estate, health, jobs, broadband infrastructure, and more that you can use to create maps of specific regions, states, cities and communities. Health data (including obesity rates, infectious diseases, uninsured populations, and births), as well as quality of life information (such as crime, transit access, length of commute to work and access to libraries) can also be mapped. By combining comprehensive data with mapping and analytics tools, you can visualize data and create a deeper understanding specific profiles for the community of your choosing.
PolicyMap has more than just maps. You can view data in charts or graphs, run reports for specific areas, and create maps of areas using up to three layers of criteria. You can even download data to use in your own tools. Already have your own data that you’d like to use? Use the data loader to upload your data from a spreadsheet to view in PolicyMap.
PolicyMap collects data from a wide range of data sources including the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Census Bureau, and even Zillow. If you are new to this database, numerous tutorials and videos are available to help you learn how to use this PolicyMap to its fullest potential to meet your research needs.
Give PolicyMap a try today and see what it can do for your research!
APA Citation Style 7th Edition has now been added to RefWorks! If you use RefWorks to manage your references and create citations, you’ll be able to generate bibliographies that adhere to the recent update.
In order to access 7th Edition in RefWorks Classic, you need to add it to your list of Output Styles:
Select the Bibliography menu then choose Manage Output Styles.
Search for APA in the list of styles, select 7th Edition and click on the green arrow in the middle to add it to your list of favorites.
Click on the X in the upper right corner when you’ve finished making changes.
If you have any questions about APA 7th Edition or RefWorks, don’t hesitate to reach out to our Reference and Instructional staff. You can reach them at himmelfarb@gwu.edu, or 202-994-2850.
Did you know that Himmelfarb Library provides a specialized web page available to our GW Hospital users? Here you will be able to find access to databases, ebooks, and e-journals that are available to you.
Himmelfarb’s website for GW Hospital users tries to maximize access and convenience:
No login required: resources listed can be accessed without logging in.
Automatic display of customized webpage; simply locate the Himmelfarb web page from a GWU Hospital location it will display automatically.
Information tools are optimized for clinical use and include:
DynaMed: evidence-based, clinically organized topics that are constantly updated as the study of medicine grows. The content ranges from comprehensive reviews of diseases and conditions, to abnormal findings based on differential diagnosis and management. You can also download the DynaMed mobile app to get easy access on your mobile devices!
Lexicomp: comprehensive clinical drug information includes access to a drug interaction checker, drug ID Tool, and calculators.
ClinicalKey and ClinicalKey for Nursing: full-text access to key books, journals, drug information, clinical overviews and more.
To explore the full selection of resources available to GW Hospital users, select Databases, Hospital e-Journals, or Hospital e-Books from the homepage. Each of these pages will help you locate resources that can be accessed from the GW Hospital and without entering a login/password. If you have a GW NetID, you can view a complete list of available resources by changing to the default library webpage or by changing the view on an individual page (i.e. toggling from Hospital E-Journals to All E-Journals.
Himmelfarb Library provides access to USMLE board review question banks and review materials. All review materials are available on the Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3 Research Guides which help users access online practice tests, case files, and question banks as well as print and online review books in anatomy, behavioral science, biochemistry and molecular biology, etc.
Questions banks include:
LWW Health Library: Board Review Series - full-text access to the entire Board Review Series includes full-text book access and 5,000 questions and explanations. A self-assessment function provides customized subject review and tracks progress in specific areas. For full-access, create free personal account.
USMLEasy - customizable practice tests with detailed results. You set target test date, prep mode (aggressive/moderate/relaxed), and when/if to receive progress reports. Use Adaptive Practice mode to access questions based on your strengths and weaknesses, or create your own quiz. Access includes one full-length practice test. Create free personal account
ExamMaster - thorough content coverage to basic science concepts in USMLE Step 1 plus detailed scoring feedback. Tutor Mode emulates look/feel of exam or can focus on basic science subjects. Timed Mode delivers practice exam then provides access My Stats for report of strengths and weaknesses by subject. Create free personal account and access Exam Master from on-campus locations or while logged into VPN
Case Files Collection - interactive access to complete Case Files Series including Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, etc. Designed to support knowledge application via realistic patient cases. Each case includes case history, knowledge review, pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. For full-access, create free personal account.
If you have any questions, or would like to recommend resources, please contact Laura Abate (leabate@gwu.edu).
The TOXNET database is retiring on December 16, 2019. Much of TOXNET's information will remain accessible and will be incorporated into other resources including PubChem, PubMed, and NCBI's Bookshelf:
PubChem will incorporate the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), ChemIDPlus, and the Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS); the CCRIS includes information from 1985-2011 and is no longer updated.
PubMed will incorporate information from TOXLINE, the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database (DART)
Lexicomp is a comprehensive clinical drug information app including Lexi-Drugs, a drug interaction tool, and an extensive library of clinical calculators. Lexicomp is available both via web access and as an app that you can install on your phone, iPad or other handheld device.
