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Databases – How to Search for Evidence

A clinical search engine that provides access to Elsevier's full-text textbooks, journals, guidelines, drug info, and patient education.

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Offers full-text access to a wide range of dental journals and books.

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The leading database for indexing biomedical journal articles, with citations and abstracts.

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A collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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A citation database covering literature across all fields, focusing on high-impact journals.

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A citation database that includes journals, books, and conference proceedings across all fields of study.

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A comprehensive biomedical research database.

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A collection of 30+ full-text, cross-searchable dental ebooks.

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Research Tools – How to Organize and Review Literature

An easy-to-use tool that supports the systematic review process, ideal for literature review projects.

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A web-based citation management tool for collecting, organizing, and formatting citations in various bibliographic styles.

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An evidence-based, point-of-care clinical decision support resource with original topic reviews, available only at PennMedicine locations.

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A citation management tool for tracking articles, making annotations, and creating citations and bibliographies.

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Provides information on accessing full-text articles at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Web-based software for systematic review production, used for meta-analyses, forest plots, and more, with collaborative features for users.

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Anatomy & Clinical Resources – How to Study Clinical Content

Provides 3D models of anatomy, cadaver images with CT/MRI scans, definitions, pronunciations, and learning presentations.

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A point-of-care clinical reference tool with clinically-organized summaries and evidence analysis on over 3,000 topics.

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Access to dental-specific pharmacology, drug information, and interaction analysis for over 8,000 drugs and natural products.

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Profiles commonly used dental drugs with a focus on dental-specific considerations.

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Over 300 narrated videos covering human anatomy, including extremities, head and neck, and internal organs.

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Features more than 8 hours of video content for physical examination and clinical skills training.

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Services

For in-depth reference assistance, problems with citation management software, workshop requests, and systematic review assistance, please contact our Head Librarian, Laurel Graham, at 215-898-8978 or at laurelg@upenn.edu.

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Artzney Buchlein, detail of the title page of the oldest published book on dentistry
Title page with woodcut of tooth extraction from Artzney Buchlein ("The Little Medicinal Book for All Kinds of Diseases and Infirmities of the Teeth," Leipzig, 1530), the first printed book on dentistry. It is part of the Thomas Wiltberger Evans Collection.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Location and Accessibility

Accessibility

Evans Building Entrance Information: 4001 Spruce Street

Entry to the Evans Building, as well as the entire Dental Complex, is is located through the 40th Street entrance of the Robert Schattner Center. There is a connecting bridge to the Evans Building on several levels. There is an elevator in the Schattner Center and an elevator in the Evans Building.

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Dental Medicine Library accessible entrance

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