Clinical Guides: Senior Medical Staff Guide: Databases

Senior Medical Staff Guide

Welcome to the library guide for senior medical staff at Monash Health. The guide provides quick links and recommendations for eBooks, journals, databases, education and training, websites and patient information, multimedia, and research. If you have suggestions for additional guides or require research assistance, contact us at library@monashhealth.org.

Relevant library databases for research are listed below. You will need to login when prompted to access subscription resources.

Access Emergency This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive online emergency medicine resource, providing quick diagnosis and treatment answers. Coverage date: Varies.
Access Medicine This link opens in a new window
A rich education platform with eBooks, multimedia, self-assessment tools, board prep and cases. Coverage date: Varies.
AMH: Australian Medicines Handbook This link opens in a new window
Advice about medicines and interactions searchable by drug name or therapeutic topic. Coverage date: 2021
Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook (AIDH) This link opens in a new window
Information on injectable medicines including antineoplastic and paediatric medicines. Continuously updated.
Clinical Key This link opens in a new window
Elsevier platform of eBooks, journals and clinical support tools such as guidelines and calculators. Continuously updated.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Collection of Cochrane databases containing high-quality evidence including Cochrane reviews and RCTs. Updated every 3 months.
Embase (OvidSP) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive biomedical and pharmacological database of peer reviewed literature on the Ovid platform. Covers 1980-present.
HealthPathways Melbourne This link opens in a new window
HealthPathways offers clinicians locally agreed information to make the right decisions, together with patients, at the point of care.
IBM Micromedex This link opens in a new window
Evidence based drug information including the RUGDEX, POISINDEX and TRISSELs databases. The platform also provide dosage calculators. Continuously updated.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
An extensive database of peer-reviewed literature provided by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Covers 1946-present.
MIMS Online This link opens in a new window
Medicine information including product information (PI), pill ID, consumer medicines information (CMI) and drug interactions. Continously updated.

BMJ Best Practice and UpToDate have in-built calculators.

ClinicalKey has numerous Clinical Calculators including:

Calculate by QxMD provides access to more than 400 clinical calculators to support clinical decision making. Calculators are listed alphabetically (eg. APGAR for rapid newborn assessment to Warfarin bleeding risk) as well as by clinical area (eg. Addiction Medicine to Vascular Surgery). Favourite calculators can be highlighted for quick future reference after creating a free account.

MDCalc is a freely available calculator reference tool with dosing calculators, formulas, risk scores and more. The video below provides a 1-minute overview of the MDCalc app and resource.

The Library provides access to databases and mobile apps for high quality information and authoritative evidence, ensuring timely and effective access to medical and health care information.

Browse all Databases, access user guides, and view the access status of all databases and library products.

A-Z Databases and Apps