The University of Adelaide Library

Acute Care Medicine Resources

Last update July 2011
By Mick Draper

Table of Contents

Find Journal Articles	Introduction to Evidence Based Practice with dental examples
Sources for Medline	Introduction to Evidence Based Practice with dental examples
Journal Title Abbreviations	Publication Aids
Internet Sources on Anaesthesia & Intensive Care	PubMed Searches on Discipline Research Topics
Specialist Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Sites	Honours
Practice Guidelines Sites

Find journal articles

Selected Databases Search databases to find journal articles. Available to University of Adelaide staff, students, and walk in users only.

Medline

NLM Gateway Simultaneous searching of MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, and MEDLINEplus.
MedlinePlus Consumer health database that includes Medline, medical dictionary, medical encyclopaedia, and information on diseases and conditions
PubMed A customized version of PubMed for The Uni of Adelaide community
Uni of Adelaide basic PubMed tutorial Covers the main points of searching the PubMed database
Uni of Adelaide advanced PubMed tutorial Includes more detail and comes with dental examples
PubMed Tutorial From National Library of Medicine. The official tutorial on how to use PubMed efficiently

Journal Title Abbreviations

U.S. National Library of Medicine Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases Enter an abbreviated title and (hopefully) get the full title for a journal

Selected Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Sources on the Internet

Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources Anesthesiology & Anesthesia
The Virtual Medical Center: Anesthesiology & Surgery Center Dictionaries, journals, cases, educational sites, metabolic pathways, genetic maps etc. From University of California, Irvine Library

Specialist Sites

Anaesthesia An Australian government web site with links on anaesthesia for professionals and consumers. From Health Insite
Anaesthesia Education Website Includes tutorials, MCQs, online textbooks, notes etc
Anesthesia, Critical Care, Emergency Links to sites by category, or topic
Australian Anaesthesia A site with links to Australian sites that include medical info, upcoming conferences, Australian organizations, & government sites

Practice Guidelines Databases

National Guidelines Clearinghouse Evidence based clinical practice guidelines from the (US) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality More than 100 guidelines on anaesthesia, analgesia and related topics
NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Guidelines to improve patient care in Scotland

Introduction to Evidence Based Practice with dental examples

Publication Aids

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences Instructions from a long list of health sciences journals. From University of Toledo (USA)
Publishing in the Life Sciences Covers selecting a journal, and manuscript preparation. From McGill University Library.

PubMed Searches on Uni of Adelaide Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Disciple Research Topics