Research Guides: Physician Assistant (PA) Program: eBooks & Websites

eBook Collections

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a wide range of medical textbooks, board review books and clinical support books. In addition, there are self-assessment modules with case studies and multiple choice questions. Good for study and review of basic medical topics.
AccessPharmacy This link opens in a new window
Textbooks, drug monographs, quizzes, flashcards, videos, cases, and calculators, selected for relevance to Pharmacy education.
AccessSurgery This link opens in a new window
Textbooks, handbooks, cases, drug information, study tools, board review, multimedia (videos and images). Focus on surgery, orthopedics, critical care, and trauma. Some features require a free MyAccess profile.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Online collection of ebooks, journals, guidelines, patient education handouts, drug monographs, images, and videos focusing on clinical health care. Includes MEDLINE full-text.
R2 Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Large collection of full-text online books in health sciences disciplines. Many titles allow limited simultaneous users.
MedOne Education (Thieme) This link opens in a new window
Collection of medical and scientific ebooks and online full-color atlases with drawings, photos, and illustrations of the human body and biological processes.

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) This link opens in a new window
Government resource including broad coverage of: health topics, Evidence-based Practice Center reports, US government programs, research tools, data and statistics, grants, consumer health.

American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
AAPA is the only national organization to represent physician assistants in all medical and surgical specialties.
Association of Family Practice PAs & NPs
AFPPANP seeks to provide a base for mentoring future PAs & NPs, promotes relevant Continuing Education resources, and disseminates employment opportunities.

MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Consumer health information. This US-government-produced website provides free medical information and is written for a non-professional audience. Also available entirely in Spanish.

CDC - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The CDC's main vehicle for publishing public health information based on weekly reports from state health departments.
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
NCCPA is the only certifying organization for physician assistants in the United States.
Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)
PAEA is the only national organization representing physician assistant educational programs in the United States.

Physician Data Query (PDQ) from National Cancer Institute This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive source of cancer information. Contains: PDQ Cancer Information Summaries, Editorial Boards, Levels of Evidence, NCI Drug Information Summaries; NCI Dictionaries, Cancer Genetics Services. Selected content available in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic.