Databases, Portals, and E-Resources (password protected)
On-Campus and Remote Access available for the following resources: Read carefully for remote access instructions, which varies depending on the database.
Up to Date: Evidence-based, peer reviewed medical information resources aimed at increasing clinical knowledge and improving patient care. A full site license, including remote access, to Up to Date is now available to WVSOM and MSOPTI students and residents, as well as WVSOM clinical faculty. Log into the password protected web page with your WVSOM account, read and “Accept” the Terms of Use to proceed to Up to Date.
MD Consult provides the complete text of over 50 leading medical books, more than 50,000 high-quality images, full text articles from over 80 journals and Clinics of North America. MD Consult also offers CME activities, customizable patient education handouts, peer-reviewed practice guidelines, and drug information resources.
NOTE: MD Consult requires an additional account (user name and password) for remote access. The account must initially be established from within the WVSOM network. If you are unable to create your account from within the WVSOM network, please email or call the library at 304-647-6261 to request that an account be established for you.
SWC and MSOPTI affiliated faculty should use the SWC or MSOPTI WVSOM Library Resource account to access; email or call the library at 304-647-6261 if you need assistance.
R2 The Rittenhouse R2 Digital Platform offers full-text e-books as well as a customizable personal account option that allows you to create bookmarks, store images, manage references, email sections of text, export bibliographic citations, and create course links. Images may be exported for use in other applications. R2 e-book licenses vary regarding number of concurrent users; if you receive a message that the book is current exceeding number of licenses, try again later. Lock-outs will be monitored and licenses increased based on demand.
NOTE: R2 requires an additional account (user name and password) for remote access. The account must initially be established from within the WVSOM network. If you are unable to create your account from within the WVSOM network, please email or call the library at 304-647-6261 to request that an account be established for you.
SWC and MSOPTI affiliated faculty should use the SWC or MSOPTI WVSOM Library Resource account to access; email or call the library at 304-647-6261 if you need assistance.
AMA Manual of Style: Access the AMA Manual of Style on-line. Remote access requires user name and password; email or call the library at 304-647-6261 to obtain the remote access account information.
EBSCO Over 1,600 full journal titles from current and archived journals as well as abstracts and indices. Ebsco offers a full suite of medical resource databases, including Medline with Full-text, Cochrane Library Systemic Reviews and Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, AltHealthWatch, Biomedical Reference Collection/Comprehensive, Health Source, as well as databases pertaining to ecology/environment, business, primary interdisciplinary studies, and a newspaper databank.
NOTE: SWC and MSOPTI affiliated faculty should use the SWC or MSOPTI WVSOM Library Resource account to access; email or call the library at 304-647-6261 if you need assistance.
NCMETV NCME TV™ is an online medical education system that is built on a tradition of programming excellence from the leader in electronic medical education, the Network for Continuing Medical Education (NCME), who has been providing medical education since 1965 to hospitals across the country.
NCMETV includes a monthly video release with an associated quiz and self-evaluation material, and also Daily Medical News Alerts, which are brief stories on current and breaking medical news topics and an associated daily news online evaluation.
NCMETV can be used in several ways:
for CME credit,
or for curricular integration by faculty and students as a shared education video viewing and/or associated quizzes and evaluations, or as a discussion point, integrated into the curriculum and/or in a similar fashion such as journal club style as a teaching point.
How do I register for and view NCME TV™ programs?
- Fill out the brief registration form, including West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s unique hospital ID (email or call the library at 304-647-6261 to obtain the unique hospital ID). Note: Please do not use any other hospital ID you may have; use the one provided by WVSOM Library only.
You will receive an e-mail in order to validate your account.
NCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. All NCME TV™ programs are certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ on an hour-for-hour basis. Most are designated for up to 1 Category 1 credit. Daily Medical News Alerts are certified for up to 0.25 Category 1 Credits. In addition, most video programs are certified for Prescribed Credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and Category 2A credit from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
