VHA National Desktop Library

A sample of the online journals available in anesthesiology include:

• Anesthesiology
• Anesthesia & Analgesia
• Clinical Journal of Pain
• Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology

To locate all online journals available to you, search your local library.

A sample of the online books available in anesthesiology include:

To locate all online books available to you, search your local library.

• 5 Minute Consult

  5 Minute Consult is a point-of-care tool providing information to quickly guide clinicians in diagnosis, treatment, and management of 2,000+ clinical topics. It includes algorithms to decide on lab tests and/or procedures. Also included are videos to help PT staff demonstrate for patients, and customizable patient education handouts.

• AccessAnesthesiology

  This resource leads the way with a new generation of anesthesiology reference tools, merging a compendium of renowned medical resources with exclusive procedural videos, customizable curriculum functionality, and powerful search functions, along with tables and charts designed for quick reference.

• AccessSurgery

  This is an integrated online resource that provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons with quick answers to surgical inquiries from trusted sources. Organized around the accepted ACGME's (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) Core Curriculum, AccessSurgery delivers content in context.

• Clinical Key

  This clinical search engine includes access to full text books, journals, guidelines and multimedia. Contains Elsevier published content of 521 journals, 900+ clinical texts, procedure videos and much more.

• Cochrane Library
  The Cochrane Library is a systematic reviews resource and includes the following:
• Cochrane Clinical Answers
• Cochrane Library - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
• Cochrane Library - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
• Pubmed

  PubMed provides over 23 million citations for biomedical literature, including MEDLINE, life science journals and ebooks.

• Trip Database

  The Trip Database searches curated content from vetted evidence-based sources, such as Cochrane, AHRQ, BMJ Best Practice, and federal agencies, to deliver top-tier, evidence-based healthcare information. Results are sorted into evidence-based pyramid categories for quick identification of guidelines, synopses, systematic reviews, and more.

• UpToDate (use if on the VA computer network)

  UpToDate is a guided evidence-based, clinical decision-making solution with dynamic and interactive algorithms as well as lab monographs. 
  For remote access use https://www.uptodate.com with your UTD username/password. Tip Sheet for CME/Remote Access Registration

Please check with your local library for additional databases in your subject area.

• Access Anesthesiology Self-Assessment