A platform that collects textbooks, case reports, drug descriptions, patient information leaflets, multimedia materials (including heart and lung sounds as well as patient interview videos), tens of thousands of diagnostic images and illustrations — all available for download and use in educational presentations — and more. It contains more than 150 leading medical textbooks, including the latest editions of the world’s most popular publications, such as Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine and Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. It allows earning CME points.
After creating an individual MyAccess user account, additional features become available, such as the ability to bookmark favorite content, organize it into collections, study with interactive review questions, quizzes to test acquired knowledge, export a list of e-books available on the platform, and access a list of withdrawn items.
CAS SciFinder contains information on biochemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. The service indexes scientific journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, and patents, and also includes abstracts with hyperlinks to full-text documents.
It allows searching based on structural formulas, molecular formulas, and chemical reactions. There is also a function of drawing chemical structures (CAS Draw) and the ability to search for suppliers of individual substances.
The CAS database is available online on the university’s network. To gain access users must have a staff or student email address and complete individual registration, which must be carried out on a computer connected to the WMU network.
Our university provides access to the following modules:
This evidence-based database covers the following collections: Cochrane Reviews (systematic review protocols assessing the effectiveness of therapeutic and rehabilitation interventions), Cochrane Protocols (an assessment of health problems in terms of benefits and harms supported by systematic review summaries), Trials (a collection of information on controlled trials conducted worldwide) Clinical Answers (concise answers to questions on clinical practice). Users can print materials, and many items are available for download in PDF format. The platform offers advanced search features, including filtering by content type (e.g. reviews, protocols, trials) and date ranges.
After creating an individual user account, one can set alerts for selected topics to stay updated on new evidence.
A platform that brings together EBSCO’s databases and full-text collections (MEDLINE Ultimate and CINAHL Ultimate). The license consists of a basic package of 14 databases, including 7 in full-text option.
Once an individual account has been created, it is possible to store search folders for future sessions.
A vast biomedical database with intelligent search capability. It allows saving time spent on literature searches. The Embase database is a bibliographic-abstract platform, indexing more than 5000 journal titles since 1974, from more than 70 countries (mainly European). The database covers the fields of biomedicine, pharmacy, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacoeconomics, alternative medicine and biotechnology. Embase is indexed according to the Emtree thesaurus, which includes all MeSH thesaurus terms. It also has several search options, including PICO Search and the PV Wizard. The PubMed to Embase translation tool converts the query from PubMed to Embase syntax
After creating an individual user account, it is possible to configure email notifications and save searches.
Official list of active substances and substrates for the formulation of drugs approved for use in the European Union. An indispensable aid for PhD students and researchers in pharmacy and related sciences.
A citation-based research evaluation tool. It allows visualizing the results, contrasts them with those of other researchers, comparing research trends and establishing cooperation with partner institutions.
The Essential Science Indicators (ESI), is also available. ESI analyzes top-ranked publications based on their authors, affiliated institutions, countries, and specific journal titles.
Using the database requires creating an individual account. After registering, users gain access from outside the university’s IP range, with the ability to save personalized settings and reports, as well as create and export individually selected datasets.
JBI SUMARI (System for the Unified Management, Assessment, and Review of Information).
SUMARI is a tool for creating systematic reviews. It allows users to create and manage systematic reviews, which are an important tool in gathering and evaluating evidence in research studies. SUMARI is designed for both investigators and medical professionals who want to make sure they base their decisions on the best available evidence (EBM).
A Scientific Literature Citation Index. This annually updated ranking is based on the analysis of more than 21,000 scientific journals. Journal Impact Factor, the most important indicator of a journal’s scientific value, is assigned to each title.
After creating an individual user account, it is possible to adjust indicators, save favorite journal profiles and export data.
We would like to inform you that there have been temporary problems with access to the Journal Citation Reports database. In the WMU network – THIS address operates.
A platform offering otolaryngology resources such as e-books, e-journals, audio/video materials, and procedures
After creating an individual user account, it is possible to create collections to organize favorite content, pin publications to the homepage, and add notes or highlight paragraphs in medical textbooks.
A platform offering radiology resources such as e-books, e-journals, audio/video materials, and procedures.
After creating an individual user account, it is possible to create collections to organize favorite content, pin publications to the homepage, and add notes or highlight paragraphs in medical textbooks.
An educational platform offering videos which present a wide range of medical sciences. Access is granted after creating a user account on university’s domains: @umw.edu.pl or @student.umw.edu.pl.
Creating an individual user account provides access to over 1,600 video materials, enables the use of flashcards (also offline available), allows users to create personalized study plans for exams, and configure email notifications. Osmosis resources are correlated with the Clinical Key – Student platform. Relevant materials are incorporated into the search results, and appear after taking a test as a supplement to the acquired knowledge.
NOTE: Due to licensing restrictions, the number of users is limited. User accounts that are not used for 6 months or longer will be removed from the users cohort.
Ovid is a platform offering a collection of over 1100 English-language medical book titles, including older editions, as well as access to e-journals and multimedia materials.
The e-book collection has a built-in text reader with features which enable highlighting, note-taking, conducting full-text searches, sharing text fragments with other users, and downloading ready-made bibliographic references.
After creating an account, it is possible to save searches, create alerts and organize the bibliographic collection in the My Projects tab.
A search database of Polish-language scientific materials created by the Główna Biblioteka Lekarska. It is as a primary source of medical scientific information, registering Polish literature in the broadly defined fields of medicine and related sciences. Główna Biblioteka Lekarska also includes records of monographs as well as unpublished doctoral and postdoctoral theses from the Central Medical Library’s collection.
A medical, scientific search database containing over 38 million citations and abstracts. PubMed provides free access to articles in the MEDLINE database and some articles from non-MEDLINE journals. PubMed also provides access to websites related to the article’s topic and links to other projects of the publisher – NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information).
After creating an individual NCBI account, it is possible to configure email notifications for a specific phrase, save searches and create a collection of favorite articles (instructions).
NOTE: In the login panel there is an option “more login options” through which you can select Wroclaw Medical University – unfortunately logging in using this method is not valid.
The SCOPUS database is a powerful data analysis tool with a broad search range that enables the identification of research interests across global institutions and individual researchers. It provides access to current research trends and a broad overview of scholarly output. Users can analyze the achievements of institutions or researchers based on citation metrics or the number of publications, visualize institutional research results through generated graphs and examine citation-based relationships between institutions. The platform also supports monitoring the research progress of institutions and analyzing broader research trends.
Access to the database requires a free Elsevier account. It is needed to select “Wroclaw Medical University” as the organization and enter the email with the @umw.edu.pl domain, to which a confirmation link will be received.
It provides access to current research trends and a broad overview of published findings
Scopus is an English-language, interdisciplinary scientific search database. It contains abstracts and citations in mathematics, the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, the social sciences, and the humanities.
Scopus currently indexes over 100 million records from approximately 28,800 peer-reviewed scientific journals (including over 8,100 open access titles), approximately 3.5 million books from over 1,200 publishing series, and approximately 12.9 million conference proceedings.
After creating an individual user account, it is possible to set up e-mail notifications for newly published articles on a selected topic or author, as well as receive notifications when the indicated document is cited. The platform also allows saving favorite articles.
An English-language, frequently updated knowledge base for clinicians. It offers concise, evidence-based content with access to full bibliographies. This full-text database is developed by a group of over 7,000 clinicians from around the world. It includes comprehensive monographs on diseases and their treatments, detailed drug monographs, and information on drug interactions. All content adheres to evidence-based criteria developed by the Cochrane Group.
After creating an individual user account, clinicians have the opportunity to receive an individual newsletter and an option to earn CME/CE/CPD (Continuing Medical Education/ Continuing Education/ Continuing Professional Development) points.
An English-language, interdisciplinary scientific search database created by Clarivate. The national license includes access to the following databases and time rangesince
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) since 1945
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) since 1956
Art and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) since 1975
Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI, including Science and Social Science & Humanities) since 1990
Book Citation Index (BKCI, w tym Science oraz Social Science & Humanities) since 2010
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) since 2005
Current Chemical Reactions (CCR) since 2010
Index Chemicus (IC) since 2010 as well as additional databases, including the Journal and Highly Cited Data.
After creating an individual user account, it is possible to create and manage a researcher profile, save searches, access search history, and set up notifications.
