Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine - Learning Resource Center presentation on Clinical Key as a medical resource.

1. LRC Spotlight on Resources
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Clinical Key
July 2014

2. Clinical Key
• 1,100 medical and surgical e-books
• 500 e-journals from 2007-present (=600,000
articles)
• Medical and Surgical Clinics of North America
• 15,000 patient education flyers
• 13,000 medical and surgical videos
• 5 million images
• 15,000 Gold Standard drug monographs
• All clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov
• 4,000 clinical practice guidelines

3. Clinical Key Home Page
Browse specific types or search all in center search box
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4. Searching for specific books
Top left bar provides method for searching and browsing specific content areas.

5. Searching for specific journals:
Search for all journals with word “pediatric(s)” in title

6. Searching for specific journals:
Issues of selected journal appear in left column

7. Key Features and Content
Search everything in middle bar here or from home page
Search on “diabetes 2 diet”
1. Left column provides list of
content areas with the number of
items/hits in each.
2. Middle column lists items selected
on left bar (in this case in books).
3. Right column provides additional
useful information and links.
4. Right upper column is location
where reading lists are stored and
where images for presentations are
stored once you register for a Clinical
Key account.
5. Note far upper right corner for
login area. Registration is required
for making full use of Clinical Key.

8. Book: Goldman’s Cecil Medicine
See Right Column for Additional Information
Don’t miss this:
1. Author
information
2. References
3. Figures
4. Videos

9. Take Home Points
1. Register for username and password to view PDFs
and to save searches, readings, PowerPoint images
2. Clinical Key is a rich and diverse resource designed
for searching all of the content at one time,
browsing specific ebooks and ejournals, collecting
images for PowerPoints, accessing an immense file
of journal articles and much more.
3. Take the time, even 5 minutes, to review the
content in Clinical Key!
4. Bonus Tip: You can locate book content in Clinical
Key by searching the Isabel “Knowledge search,”
where you will find information from Clinical Key
plus other library and Internet resources.