Library/Medical Information Services

Library Services for Physicians, Residents and Staff Affiliated with Methodist Health System

The library is located in the Charles C. Tandy, M.D. Learning Resource Center for Graduate Medical Education on the 5th floor in the east building of the Methodist Dallas campus. The library is a vital part of corporate services, providing literature searches and access to quality, evidence-based medical information to affiliated staff, physicians, and residents.

The library provides access to the following resources:

• CINAHL with Full Text (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) – a comprehensive source of full text articles from more than 600 nursing and allied health journals
• eMedicine Medscape – provides timely, comprehensive and relevant clinical information to improve patient care
• Exam Master – test preparation tool for USMLE and Board Exams for resident physicians
• FirstConsult – web-based clinical decision support resource similar to UpToDate and linked with MDConsult
• GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network) – provides current, evidence-based resources for the diagnosis, treatment and teaching in the fields of tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology and microbiology in all countries
• JBI COnNECT – the Joanna Briggs Institute of Australia’s online network of “best practice” protocols for nurses
• MDConsult – includes medical books, journals, clinics, drug information and images together in one resource to help physicians efficiently find answers to pressing clinical questions
• Medical Journals Online (Full Text) – Ebsco's A to Z list provides full text articles from over 2800 Medical and Health Sciences scholarly journals
• Print Journal and Book Collection – specialty journals, textbooks, study guides, and more
• Procedures Consult – provides physicians complete details on how to prepare for, perform and follow up on the most common clinical procedures required in the hospital setting
• PubMed MEDLINE – the National Library of Medicine’s database of medical literature
• UpToDate – America's leading clinical question and answer tool for physicians; accessible via the Library website or the EMR

To order journal articles or request a literature search via email, please contact Catherine Schack, Manager of Library Services.

Phone: 214-947-2330
Fax: 214-947-2334
email: Library@mhd.com