MICROMEDEX provides comprehensive drug, acute care, and toxicology information for point-of-care use by the clinician. It also contains 5,000 customizable patient care handouts, half in English and half in Spanish. Information is updated quarterly.
The Library subscribes to two MICROMEDEX applications – THOMPSON Clinical Xpert/Healthcare Series and CareNotes System – each with a different focus.
THOMPSON Clinical Xpert/Healthcare Series contains a range of clinical databases offering referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine. Highlights include:

• Comparative drug summaries in a side-by-side format
• Multi-level therapeutic class tree
• Single or multiple drug interaction capabilities
• Drug images for easier identification
• PDA version compatible with both Palm OS® and Pocket PCs

CareNotes System provides patient-oriented information about care, medications, and health. Highlights include:

• Customizable documents
• Color and 3-D graphics available within more than 250 of the CareNotes titles
• Compliance with JCAHO and OBRA ’90 regulations

The Library Web site contains links to a MICROMEDEX Training Module and a MICROMEDEX Tutorial. Find MICROMEDEX and these learning aids on the Library Web site by typing “MICROMEDEX” in the search box.
The Library’s MICROMEDEX license restricts use to authorized UT Southwestern faculty, staff, students, and contractors who are trained or training in the fields for which the products are being utilized.
Questions about MICROMEDEX? Contact Emily Patridge by email or by phone at 214-648-9011.

If you are writing for publication, check out Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers on the Library Web site or at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine.
This electronic book (ebook) provides guidance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications. The increasing number of publication formats, such as those available on the Internet, has made the task of compiling reference lists more complex. This book aims to ease the work of authors and editors by applying existing bibliographic standards to complex biomedical publications. The book also documents the National Library of Medicine’s own rules for the structure of citations as used in its MEDLINE / PubMed database.
For more information on Citing Medicine, including its source material and structure, see the book’s introduction. The NLM intends Citing Medicine to be an evolving publication. You are invited to join the CITINGMED LISTSERV to learn of addtions and changes.
Citing Medicine updates and supersedes two previous NLM electronic book publications:

• National Library of Medicine recommended format for bibliographic citation, 1991
• National Library of Medicine recommended format for bibliographic citation. Supplement, Internet formats, 2001.