Databases

• Cochrane Library - This provides access to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects.
• eMedicine - See the Table of Contents under "Surgery" for a list of Trauma topics.
• MDConsult - provides searchable, full-text access to over 50 of the world's most important medical journals, a collection of over 40 reference books, more than 1000 clinical practice guidelines, and almost 3,500 customizable patient education handouts. It also includes full-text drug information.
• MEDLINE (Ovid) Premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of the biomedical literature. Includes some full-text.
• PubMed (NLM) PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

• University-Wide Databases

Electronic Journals

• Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies (Free Resource)
• Dental Traumatology (formerly Endodontics & Dental Traumatology, also available on Academic Search Premier)
• Injury (ScienceDirect)
• International Journal of Trauma Nursing (ScienceDirect)
• Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (Journals@Ovid, also available via Academic Search Premier, Health Reference Center, and Health & Wellness Resource Center)
• Journal of Loss & Trauma (available on Academic Search Premier)
• Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (Journals@Ovid)
• Journal of Trauma®: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care (Journals@Ovid)
• Journal of Trauma Nursing (also available on Health Reference Center, and Health & Wellness Resource Center)
• Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (BioMed Central)
• Trauma (available on Academic Search Premier)
• Trauma Quarterly (Available on Academic Search Premier)
• Trauma Reports (Available on Health Reference Center, and Health & Wellness Resource Center)

• UMDNJ Electronic Journals via

Electronic Books

• Browner: Skeletal Trauma, 3rd ed., 2003 (MDConsult)
• Green: Skeletal Trauma in Children, 3rd ed., 2003 (MDConsult)
• Hess: Clinical Guide: Wound Care, 2005 (Books@Ovid)
• Moore: Trauma, 5th ed., 2004 (STAT!Ref)
• Peitzman: Trauma Manual, 2nd ed., 2002 (Books@Ovid)

• UMDNJ Libraries Electronic Books

Resources for the PDA (Handheld Devices)

• DynaMed - A "Just-In-Time" Internet reference integrating evidence based medicine with practical information for clinical practice on more than 1,800 clinical topics.
• ePocrates - suite of popular diagnostic, drug and treatment tools for PDAs as well as web-based access.
• Essential Evidence Plus - point of care tool designed to offer "Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters". Also includes access to 6 EBM databases, calculators, guidelines and quick reference tools.
• handheldmed.com - applications and standard medical texts designed for use with PDAs.
• PDA Toolkit - UMDNJ Libraries

University Resources

• New Jersey State Trauma Center, University Hospital, Newark
• Trauma Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick
  • EMS & Trauma Education
• The Trauma Center at Cooper University Hospital, Camden

Web Resources

• BestBETs Database: Trauma - "Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature." Includes Best Evidence Topics and Critical Appraisals in trauma. Go to Databases>Browse all by Topic. Click on the "+" next to Topic and the "+" next to Trauma.
• National Trauma Data Bank™ (NTDB) - "Contains over one million records from 405 U.S. trauma centers...The information contained in the data bank has implications in many areas including epidemiology, injury control, research, education, acute care, and resource allocation."