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Resources - Medical Center Library (MCL) at SLU

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Courtesy of the Medical Center Library, this resource provides access to the most recent editions of many medical reference books.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Includes Elsevier's medical and surgical reference books, journals, point-of-care clinical monographs, drug monographs, and more.
Individual ClinicalKey account required for eBook PDF downloads.
App available. Individual ClinicalKey account required for access via app.
Register while on a SLU campus with your @slu.edu or @health.slu.edu email address. Please see “Additional Info” below for more detailed instructions.
To create a personal account to enable eBook downloading:
Register for a User Profile
- You must be on a SLU campus.
- Visit ClinicalKey and click Register in the top right corner
- Create your username and password using your @slu.edu or @slu.health.edu email address as your username
- Click register to generate a confirmation email
- Open the confirmation email to confirm your account
To register for access using the ClinicalKey app:
First, register for a User Profile (see instructions above). Then, activate remote access for your account:
- You must be on a SLU campus.
- Visit the ClinicalKey login page
- Click Apply Now under the Remote Access section in the lower right corner
- Input your @slu.edu or @slu.health.edu email address and click Continue to generate an activation email
- Open the activation email within 60 minutes and click Activate Your Remote Access link
See this help article from ClinicalKey for more detailed instructions.
Cochrane Library: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) This link opens in a new window
1898-present. A collection of published articles taken from bibliographic databases such as MEDLINE , EMBASE, and other published and unpublished sources. This is not full text but in many cases article summaries are available.
Cochrane Library: Full Collection This link opens in a new window
A collection of abstracts of systematic reviews that have been quality-assessed. Each abstract includes a summary of the review together with a critical commentary about the overall quality.
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Contains clinically-oriented, evidence-based summaries for almost 2,000 topics for point-of-care use by physicians, medical students, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and other health care professionals.
JAMAevidence This link opens in a new window
Contains Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, and Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience education guides, PowerPoint slide sets, and more.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Some 1788-present. Search one of the largest abstract and citation databases for materials on science, engineering, technology, and medicine along with some social sciences and humanities.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
1990-present. Brings together Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and the newer Emerging Sources Citation Index. Search thousands of research journals by topic or do a Cited Reference search.
PubMed @ SLU This link opens in a new window
Using this unique link will display the “Find It @ SLU” full-text link for all articles. The definitive database for medical research and drug studies provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. 1809-present. Freely available online.