Family Practice Databases

• Cochrane Library from Wiley - Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world's best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.
• Essential Evidence Plus - point of care tool designed to offer "Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters". Also includes access to 6 EBM databases, calculators, guidelines and quick reference tools.
• MDConsult - provides searchable, full-text access to over 50 of the world's most important medical journals, a collection of over 40 reference books, more than 1000 clinical practice guidelines, and almost 3,500 customizable patient education handouts. It also includes full-text drug information.
• MEDLINE (Ovid) Premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of the biomedical literature. Includes some full-text.
• PubMed (NLM) PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center A collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, definitions, and directories. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Includes some full-text.

Family Practice Electronic Books

• Domino: 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2007
• Ferri: Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis & Treatment, 8th ed., 2006
• Goroll: Primary Care Medicine, 5th ed., 2006
• Noble: Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed., 2001
• Rakel: Textbook of Family Practice, 6th ed., 2002
• Singleton: Primary Care, 1st ed., 1999
• Taylor: Family Medicine Principles and Practice, 6th ed., 2003
• Taylor: Manual of Family Practice, 2nd ed., 2002

Family Practice Electronic Journals

• Annals of Family Medicine
• BMC Family Practice
• Clinics in Family Practice
• Family Practice
• Journal of Family Practice
• Families, Systems and Health
• Preventive Medicine

This is a sample of electronic journals in the specialty of family practice. To see a complete list of UMDNJ Library journal holdings go to:

Patient Information

• HeathyNJ - Healthcare information for New Jersey consumers, policy makers, and health care professionals
• First Consult -includes printable, customizable Patient Education handouts for more than 300 conditions. Includes Spanish language handouts.
• MDConsult - provides searchable, full-text access to over 50 of the world's most important medical journals, a collection of over 40 reference books, more than 1000 clinical practice guidelines, and almost 3,500 customizable patient education handouts. It also includes full-text drug information.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center - A collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, definitions, and directories. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Includes some full-text.
• DynaMed - Links to patient handouts to medical topics from various suppliers, such as associations, government agencies and medical publishers.

Resources for the PDA (Handheld Devices)

• Family Practice PDA - Includes free software and advice for novices.
• Essential Evidence Plus - point of care tool designed to offer "Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters". Also includes access to 6 EBM databases, calculators, guidelines and quick reference tools.
• PDA Toolkit
• Dynamed - A "Just-In-Time" Internet reference integrating evidence based medicine with practical information for clinical practice on more than 1,800 clinical topics.
• ePocrates - suite of popular diagnostic, drug and treatment tools for PDAs as well as web-based access.
• hanheldmed.com - applications include patient tracking and standard medical texts designed for use with PDAs.

• Healthful Life Project
• Community Health Centers/Programs
• Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity