Category Archives: Clinical Medicine

Library Transitions to Targeted Elsevier Journal Subscriptions – Effective January 2026

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UT Southwestern Library will transition from a multidisciplinary ScienceDirect journal bundle to a targeted individual journal subscription model, effective January 2026.

Key factors driving this transition:

  • Usage-driven selection to identify/prioritize journals with highest historical downloads
  • Elimination of redundant titles already accessible through alternative platforms
  • Strategic alignment with stable open access alternatives where available

All authorized members of the UT Southwestern community will retain access to articles via Interlibrary Loan (ILL), with no processing fees. In most cases, requests will be fulfilled within 24 hours through South Central Academic Medical Libraries (SCAMeL) partners and other lending libraries.

Consult the Library’s How to Request a Article from Interlibrary Loan tutorial for instructions on where to register for an ILL account and how to request and retrieve an article. The Library appreciates your understanding as they implement this strategic transition. For questions or concerns, use the Library’s Ask Us Form.

StatPearls Complete brings new modules, CE, and QBanks

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StatPearls Complete is a point of care and clinical support tool that includes:

  • Point of Care Content for over 170 specialties
  • Continuing Education for over 180 specialties for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, social workers, and other allied health professionals
  • QBanks covering every board or certification exam in every English-speaking country and providing exam blueprint mapping for physicians, nurses, NP, PA, RN, LVN, Pharmacy, and Allied Health

Registration is required. UT Southwestern faculty, staff, students, and residents may register for a personal account with their @utsouthwestern.edu email address.

More information is available at the following links:

CINAHL and other EBSCO Interfaces Receive Upgrade

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In August, all EBSCO databases including CINAHL‘s interface will be officially transferred to a more accessible platform. The librarians have trialed the interface and identified some significant changes which will be covered in our upcoming July 23rd class at 12 noon. This training is highly recommended for Nursing, APP, School of Health Professions, and School of Public Health affiliates.

Spot Predatory Journals Quickly – Cabells Data Now Powering LibKey! 

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Say goodbye to deceptive journals!  LibKey now integrates Cabells data to seamlessly flag predatory journals—whether you’re searching on-campus or remotely. No matter where you browse—publisher sites like Elsevier and Wiley, databases like PubMed, or even Google Scholar—LibKey warns you if a journal is potentially predatory. Click the alert to uncover key violations and access the full report via Cabells Predatory Reports. Just install the LibKey Nomad browser to integrate with Cabells Predatory Reports.  Stay informed, stay protected! 

Start using First Aid Forward!

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The Library is beginning a new subscription in 2025 to McGraw Hill’s First Aid Forward, which is an interactive learning resource that leverages the First Aid book content students have relied on for decades, in a digital platform. Trial access to the platform has been enabled through January 31, 2025, while the subscription terms are being negotiated.

To get started, users will need to create a personal account using the following instructions:

  1. Click on the registration link for First Aid Forward: Step 1 or First Aid Forward: Step 2.
  2. Follow the prompts to create or sign into your account. Important: Use your utsouthwestern.edu email address.
  3. You will be sent a “magic link” via email.
  4. Click on the “magic link” to sign into First Aid Forward. You now have access!
  5. If you would like access to both Step 1 and Step 2, repeat steps #1-4 using the other registration link to add the second product to your account. You will then be able to toggle between them from the First Aid Forward home page.

New Year’s Resolutions Reminders

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Happy New Year! As we look ahead to 2025, here are a few notes and reminders:

  • UpToDate – To retain uninterrupted access to UpToDate Anywhere, you must re-verify your UTSW affiliation once every 90 days. 
  • Wiley APCs – UT Southwestern authors have fully utilized the 2024 maximum number of articles to be published at no charge in a Wiley or Hindawi fully open access journal or hybrid journal. But there is good news: the balance resets on January 1, 2025!
  • Author Profiles – Are your researcher profiles current in ORCID, Scopus, and Web of Science? These profiles function as persistent identifiers for you and will follow you throughout your career, increase the visibility of your scholarly activities to grant funders and potential collaborators, and improve the accuracy of your author level metrics.
  • Test Preparation – Did you know there are UT Southwestern test preparation resources available for residents/fellows, medical students, advanced practice providers and nurses?

AccessAPP now available

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The new AccessAPP from McGraw Hill Medical allows you to quickly find relevant content from the following UT Southwestern subscribed Access databases: 

  • AccessMedicine 
  • AccessAnesthesiology 
  • AccessAPN 
  • AccessNeurology 
  • AccessObGyn 
  • AccessPharmacy 
  • AccessPhysiotherapy 

Content ranges from books and chapters to infographics/images/tables/figures to videos/podcasts and review questions. 

Complete the following steps to begin using the APP: 

  1. Access UT Southwestern’s Access Subscriptions here or from the Library’s website under Popular Links. 
  1. Click on Create a Free Profile. 
  1. Install the App for either iOS or Android. 
  1. After installing the App, you will be prompted to sign in with your Access profile credentials. 

Please note: Every 90 days, you will need to reauthenticate your APP access through the Library’s website or VPN; an in-app reminder will be delivered to you when you need to reconnect to the subscription. 

For more information, see the following links: 

Library upgrades to CINAHL Ultimate

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The Library has upgraded its CINAHL subscription to CINAHL Ultimate, which provides full text for more of the most used journals in the CINAHL index than any other database. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments. Additionally, it includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 1,253 active global OA journals.

UpToDate Registration/Verification Link for Wi-Fi access

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The Library has added a new UpToDate registration/re-verification link on the Library’s home page to use with registration and 90-day re-verification assistance from a Wi-Fi network. 
If you plan to access UpToDate from a device using campus Wi-Fi, you will need to register for a free UpToDate account using one of the following methods required for initial registration and 90 day campus re-verification:

  • UpToDate through EPIC 
  • UpToDate through EZProxy (i.e. any non-UTSW Wi-Fi connection) 
  • UpToDate through VPN or Citrix 
  • On-Campus wired workstation 

AccessAPN Arrives

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The Library is excited to announce that UT Southwestern now officially subscribes to AccessAPN, offered by McGraw Hill Medical in partnership with Sigma Theta Tau. 
If you are enrolled in an APN program, then the content in AccessAPN aligns with the curricula of Advanced Practice Nursing programs, including those for Nursing Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Doctors of Nursing Practice. Of course, these resources are available for all UT Southwestern nursing staff – in acute care to ambulatory care and include the following: 

  • Books – more than 40 eBooks on a variety of topics, including clinical information, EBP, informatics, leadership, professional development, and self-care/personal development
  • Cases – materials for short, targeted case-based learning 
  • Review Questions – thousands of Q&A for board exam preparation 

 More information about AccessAPN is available from McGraw Hill, including a Brief Overview of AccessAPN – YouTube, as well as how to set up a MyAccess Profile account to access content remotely and unlock personal account features (e.g., review questions, cases).