Connecting
Connecting to the Library from Off Campus
Members of the Rush community may access Library resources (e.g., PubMed, CINAHL, eBooks, etc) from off campus by using a proxy account. Start at the Library homepage. Once you select a resource, you will be prompted to log in to your proxy account.
Faculty/employees: Use Rush Network ID and password
Students: Use proxy username and password provided by Information Services during orientation week.
Additional help If you have problems logging in with an existing proxy account, please call the Rush Help desk at 312-942-HELP (4357) or e-mail help@rush.edu. To inquire about obtaining a proxy account, call the Library Services Desk at 312-942-5950 or email library@rush.edu.
Videos Online
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DAVE Project: Digital Atlas of Video EducationAvailable via iTunes, the DAVE Project (Digital Atlas of Video Education) is a collection of teaching tools. The project consists of a gastrointestinal endoscopy video altas and medical lectures and presentations. The full spectrum of endoscopic imaging supported by pathologic, radiologic, and surgical images is used. Physicians are able to submit, for consideration, new entries to enrich and expand the atlas.
Some of the best Medical Education videos available free online
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Insidermedicine: In the Clinic videos"In the Clinic is a show that is created for medical students and busy clinicians. Outstanding clinicians will give examination tips and pearls, all delivered in 3 minutes. The Insidermedicine Project is a physician-led news and knowledge-translation initiative that allows patients, doctors and medical students to keep up on the latest medical information by watching our unique videos that are created each and every weekday by our team of medical experts."
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MedlinePlus Surgery Videos"This page provides links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual operations performed at medical centers in the United States since 2004."
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New England Journal of Medicine - Videos in Clinical Medicine*Videos on various topics in clinical medicine, including Medical Practice, Training, and Education; Primary Care; Clinical Practice; Emergency Medicine; Surgery; Pulmonary; Critical Care; Pediatrics; and more.
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New York Presbyterian Hospital - YouTube channelAffiliated with Columbia and Cornell universities. Videos include surgery, doctor profiles, patient stories.
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ORLive"ORLive is the world's leading surgical broadcasting company. Working collaboratively with hospitals and device manufacturers, ORLive produces customized, interactive, video programs that demonstrate the latest surgical techniques and product innovations. The ORLive broadcasting network provides an intimate look at over 650 live and on-demand surgeries."
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SAGES TV: Home of SAGES Surgical VideosSociety of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Videos are peer-reviewed.
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Stanford University - Medcasts"Puts you in the front row at some of the leading-edge lectures at the School of Medicine. Tune in to watch Stanford faculty and other renown experts discuss the latest advances in biomedical research, patient care and other health-related fields."
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UCLA HealthYouTube channel for the UCLA Health System--comprised of UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, and the UCLA Medical Group. Videos include surgical procedures and medical technology news.
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UCTV - University of California Television: Health and MedicineWide range of videos on health and medicine topics.
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University of North Carolina School of Medicine - YouTube channelVideos include news, grand rounds, patient stories.
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University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health: Video LibraryHundreds of medical education videos.
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UWTV: University of Washington: Health and MedicineWide range of videos on health and medicine topics.
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WeBSurg: World Electronic Book of SurgeryFree registration required. An international e-learning website offering first-rate educational content in all fields of minimally invasive surgery provided by world-renowned experts. All content meets Health on the Net Foundation (HONCode) standards which guarantees quality and reliability.
Medical Education Videos Online - Via Library Resources
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AccessMedicine *Sources include Harrison's Online, Medical DX & TX and Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine.
Videos accessible from UCI Libraries' subscription resources.
* UC Irvine access only. Remote users: log in to the VPN first.
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AccessSurgery *Sources include Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations and Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery.
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JAMA Multimedia *Journal of the American Medical Association website. Videos include surgery.
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New England Journal of Medicine: Videos in Clinical Medicine *Videos in Clinical Medicine have been published on the journal's web site since April 2006.
Image and Multimedia Sources
Find medical images using our library databases!
To access the databases below, simply click on the name below in green, or go Databases in the Quick Links menu on our home page. Click on the A-Z List tab to few an alphabetical listing of the Library of Rush University Medical Center's databases.
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new windowAccessMedicine is designed for direct access to the information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, and case management decisions or conducting research.
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowClinicalKey is a dynamic clinical resource designed to provide physicians with fast, clinically-relevant answers from Elsevier’s enormous library of proprietary medical and surgical content. ClinicalKey was built specifically to meet the search needs of physicians that a clinical resource be comprehensive, trusted, and fast.
- UpToDate This link opens in a new windowUpToDate covers more than 7,400 topics in 13 medical specialties and includes more than 76,000 pages of text, graphics, links to Medline abstracts, more than 254,000 references, and a drug database. Physician editors and authors review and update the content continuously. An updated version of UpToDate is released every four months. UpToDate is evidence-based and uses a literature-driven updating system; more than 400 journals are monitored by editors and authors, and anytime something of importance is published, it is incorporated into the program.
For more information about registering for an UpToDate Anywhere to access UpToDate content and the UpToDate apps with a personal username and password, please refer to our UpToDate Anywhere & Mobile App guide. - VisualDX This link opens in a new windowVisualDX is a web-based visual decision support tool, merging medical images with a problem-oriented findings-based search.
Clinical Key's main search page offers a drop-down box under Type. Choose Multimedia from the bottom of the list.
Consumer Health Complete's main search page shows eight categories; click on Images and Diagrams.
All EBSCO databases offer, in Advance Search, the option to limit results to various images. eg MasterFile Premier
For copyright information, click "more" below each link.
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https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/home MedPix by the NLM
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/images NIH Image Gallery
http://www.eskeletons.org/ eSkeletons Project allows ou to view the bony anatomy of humans, baboons and gorillas
http://imagebank.hematology.org/about Hematology Image Bank, provided by the American Society of Hematology
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/galleries/technologies/virtopsy.html Virtual Autopsy from the NLM
https://wellcomeimages.org/
https://visualsonline.cancer.gov/ Visuals Online from the NCI
The following sites provide comprehensive lists and links for image sources around the World Wide Web.
Not finding what you are looking for?
The following search engines have image search features.
