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Library adds AccessMedicine to its resources by Laura Cousineau and Marcia Reinhardt MUSC Library AccessMedicine, a collection of electronic textbooks published by McGraw-Hill, was added to the MUSC Library’s growing collection of full-text resources.  Updated daily, this collection includes 23 well-respected titles. AccessMedicine augments the information found in the printed versions of these textbooks with reviews, editorials, medical news and frequently updated content. This resource provides for self-paced learning, exam preparation, and includes self-assessment and recertification tools.  AccessMedicine provides immediate, effective answers for daily clinical practice, as well as resources for rounds, presentations, and medical news updates. Additionally, resources outlining the basic science underpinnings of clinical care are available. Some of the resources available in AccessMedicine are: Hurst’s the Hearth, 11th ed. This comprehensive, current resource on the heart includes anatomy and physiology as well as disease treatment. Its focus is patient care with materials authored by experts in the field. ACC/AHA guidelines are included, as are color images of the normal and diseased heart. “Hurst’s Updates” provides concise reviews, editorials and general updates. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment (CMDT).  Designed for use in every day clinical practice, it covers more than 1,000 common diseases and disorders with brief, detailed synopses. An “Essentials of Diagnosis” precedes each disease entity and summarizes key points. This version includes practice guidelines in disease screening, prevention and management, and appendices listing standards and screening instruments. CMDT is updated quarterly. Scriver’s Genetics, also called the Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease (MMBID). Reviewers describe MMBID as the undisputed authority on genetic inheritance. It outlines the molecular and metabolic underpinnings of diseases as well as describing the specific syndromes caused by mutation. The pathogenesis of various disorders is outlined as well as therapeutic options. The work in enhanced by full color figures and 3D representations, a list of acronyms, an inherited disease message board, and links to related Web sites.  MMBID also includes a link to Clinical Pharmacology, an online drug resource that includes around 2,600 independent, peer-reviewed monographs covering more than 95,000 drug products. Harrison’s Online, including Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed.  Harrison’s was described as the “bible” of internal medicine. In addition to the text describing more than 4,700 diseases, it includes full color diagrams and clinical photographs, grand rounds presentation and a self-assessment feature. An additional 17 textbooks divided between the basic and clinical sciences round out AccessMedicine. The clinical materials include Lange’s “Current Diagnosis and Treatment” series, covering several specialties. The basic science materials cover such topics as histology, pathology, pharmacology and neuroanatomy. (see sidebar) Aspecial feature, My AccessMedicine, allows the creation of personal bookmarks, downloading to a PDA [Windows only], and e-mailing items of interest to colleagues.  AccessMedicine offers searching for a topic across all textbooks and an A-Z index of terms and concepts. AccessMedicine is available from the MUSC Library home page at http://www.library.musc.edu, from the E-Books, other databases or MUSC Library catalog sections.  To use Access Medicine, you must be connected to the MUSC Network. To access off-campus; contact the MUSC Library Reference Department.  For more information, instruction, or a demonstration, contact the Reference Department at 792-2372. AccessMedicine textbooks Basic Sciences Murray,Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry, 26th Edition; Greenberg, Medical Epidemiology, 4th Edition; Junqueira and Carneiro, Basic Histology: Text & Atlas, 10thEdition; Wilson, Histology Image Review; Brooks, Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 23thEdition; Waxman, Clinical Neuroanatomy, 25thEdition; Chandra-soma and Taylor, Concise Pathology, 3th Edition; McPhee, Pathophysiology of Disease, 4th Edition; Katzung,Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 9th Edition; and Ganong, Review of Medical Physiology, 21st Edition. Clinical Medicine Crawford, Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology, 2nd Edition; Greenspan and Gardner, Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 7th Edition; DeCherney and Nathan, Current Obstetric & Gynecologic Diagnosis and Treatment, 9 th Edition; Riordan-Eva and Whitcher, Vaughan & Asbury’s General Ophthalmology, 16th Edition; Skinner, Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics, 3th Edition Hay, Current Pediatric Diagnosis & Treatment, 17th Edition; Ebert, Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Psychiatry; Way and Doherty, Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 11th Edition; and Tanagho and McAninch, Smith’s General Urology, 16th Edition.     Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.