• The University Libraries homepage:
  • Medicine Research Guide (comprehensive listing for all medical resources on the library website)
  • Evidence Based Medicine Research Guide
  • Alternative access to the library resources is available through WINGS, the Wright State University web portal.
  • There is a link to the library in the lower right corner under “Resources”
  • Use WINGS for email and calendar access also (Office 365/Email)
  • All the electronic resources we have available are accessible remotely. Start at the library website and you will go through the library proxy server using your “w” number and password.
  • OhioLINK, Ohio’s state wide academic library consortium provides access to many additional resources. Name and your WSU UID# are required for authentication.
  • PubMed access: use the library website access to PubMed to be able to link to as much fulltext as WSU and OhioLINK have to offer.
  • This is really important! The library has a link resolver in PubMed for fulltext. If you do not use the library website access to PubMed, you will not see these links. Look in the upper right corner of a full record in PubMed to see theyellow icon labeled FindIt!You may also see “free” content icons from various sources or icons to the publisher (where you may or may not get access). When you use the FindIt! Link and it doesn’t find fulltext availability, there is a link to our FREEInterlibrary Loan service, Illiad. Please know the “FindIt!” link does not always work perfectly.
  • RefWorks - for when you do research, write for publication or just want to keep track of references to resources
  • Helps keep your citations organized in a database
  • Works with MS Word to create in-text citations and reference lists
  • Is web-based so you can use it from any internet connected computer
  • More info:
  • RefShare – “sharing” component of RefWorks; you can email a list of citations from your RefWorks database to colleagues
  • Librarians – When you need help, take advantage of the library liaison assigned to your specialty. See below contact for more information.

Wright State University Libraries - Resources for Medical Topics

Available to all WSU faculty, staff and students using your “w” number and password.

For quick and easy access, use the

Medicine Research Guide on the University Libraries website:

  • Access Medicine – fulltext of numerous clinical medicine and basic science textbooks, including Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine and Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, board review options
  • ClinicalKey–full-text source for clinical medical information: features content from medical texts, reference books, journals, several of the "Clinics of North America" series, video demonstrations, clinical practice guidelines, drug information, patient education handouts and more. Searching can be done across the entire database or pick and choose. Create a personal account to access CME.
  • Cochrane Library - fulltextCochrane systematic reviews in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, citation information for non-Cochrane systematic reviews in the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), and citation information for trials in the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CENTRAL).
  • Clinical Evidence – from BMJ Publishing Group, evidence based answers for therapy questions, 240 conditions covered
  • ACP Journal Club - structured abstracts of selected articles from 100 clinical journals, evidence-based
  • Lexicomp Online
  • MedLink Neurology – clinical summaries covering clinical neurology, plus illustrations and patient handouts. Click on “Site License Access” – upper right corner - to access full content.
  • PsychiatryOnline - includes the DSM-V-TR, American Journal of Psychiatry, and practice guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association.
  • PubMed - be sure to access through library website for most fulltext article coverage
  • The Medical Letter (also includes Treatment Guidelines from the Medical Letter)
  • NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)
  • JAMA, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Dermatology, etc. (previously Archives of…)
  • Academic Medicine
  • OhioLINK EJC (electronic journal center) – searchable collection of electronically available journal content

Contact information: Bette Sydelko, Medical & Education Librarian, phone: 775-3840, email:

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