Physician Resources
The OSF Library & Resource Center provides a number of services and resources to affiliated physicians, residents, and medical students.
For questions about access or resources, please contact us at (309) 655-2268.
Special Access
Many of our resources require special access through Open Athens in order to view them off campus. Learn more on our Services Page.
EBM Tools & Resources
Browse our tools and resources on evidence-based medicine and practices.
Databases
- CDC Vaccine Information
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- DynaMed Plus
- Lexicomp
- Medical Letter
- Number Needed to Treat (CEBM)
- Ovid Medline
- PubMed
- RefWorks
- StatRef ACP Smart Medicine
- TRIP Database
Images & Videos
- Patient safety is our priority: Avoiding Aspiration: A Speech therapist explains importance of the nursing bedside aspiration risk tool.
- Scientific & Medical Art Imagebase*
- Videos in Clinical Medicine
Stroke Guidelines
For general guidelines and statements, please visit the American Heart Association website
- Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update
- 2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Scientific Rationale for the Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke A: Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- Revised and Updated Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers: A Summary Statement From the Brain Attack Coalition
- Comprehensive Overview of Nursing and Interdisciplinary Care of the Acute Ischemic Stroke: Patient A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
- 2023 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke. A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- 2022 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- 2024 Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Stroke: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- Care of the Patient With Acute Ischemic Stroke (Prehospital and Acute Phase of Care): Update to the 2009 Comprehensive Nursing Care Scientific Statement: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
- Care of the Patient With Acute Ischemic Stroke (Posthyperacute and Prehospital Discharge): Update to the 2009 Comprehensive Nursing Care Scientific Statement: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
- Care of the Patient With Acute Ischemic Stroke (Endovascular/Intensive Care Unit-Postinterventional Therapy): Update to the 2009 Comprehensive Nursing Care Scientific Statement: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
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