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Clinical Professionals

Resources for practicing health care clinicians, including Nurses of USC.

Point of Care Reference

This guide contains many general resources used by all clinicians. The USC Libraries link in the upper-left of this page will take you back to the main catalogue if you wish to search for a particular article, title or database. 

Search for pre-appraised evidence in USC Subscribed Clinical Information Summary Tools:

Other Quick Reference Tools:

If you do not find the answer to your clinical question in the tools above, or within a practice guideline, expand your search to textbooks and the medical literature research databases. 

Drug Databases

Keck Medical Center of USC subscribes to UpToDate Lexidrugs (formerly Lexi-Comp) and Facts and Comparisons. See also other free, drug apps on the Mobile Resources page.