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Physician Assistant Studies: Find Books

Google Scholar????

Google Scholar is a time-saving, scholarly search interface accessible from within the Google interface. With Google Scholar, you can access peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book sections.  For literature searching, specialized databases have more functionality and access more comprehensive results, but Google Scholar is a good tool to use for a search for a known item.

Locating Print & Online Books

  • OneSearch
    Various materials owned by the University Libraries.
  • WorldCat@USD
    Locate materials held in the University Libraries and at libraries worldwide. Request titles not owned by the University Libraries through Interlibrary Loan.
  • Google Books
    Search the full-text of books. Most titles permit only a few pages to be viewed online, but this source can be useful as a finding tool.
  • Interlibrary Loan 
    Request books not available in the University Libraries.

E-books - - Access restricted to current USD students/staff/faculty.

You may find links to individual e-books through the Library Catalog. Here are some e-book services that specialize in areas of medicine. Newly-added books will appear in these services before they show up in the Library Catalog.

Access Medicine: Includes Harrison's and the well-known Lange Series plus other classic titles. Full text of medical and pharmacy text books including Goodman & Gilman's and Katzung's Basic & Clinical Pharmacology

ClinicalKey Core Collection: Titles in this collection cover most medical specialties.

NCBI Bookshelf: Bookshelf provides free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare. A vital node in the data-rich resource network at NCBI, Bookshelf enables users to easily browse, retrieve, and read content, and spurs discovery of related information.

PubMed Bookshelf: NCBI's collection of biomedical books and journals that can be searched directly by typing a concept into a search box and selecting one of more than 28 categories such as MeSH, Proteins, or GENSAT.

STAT!Ref: A collection of books on a wide variety of health specialties. ACP Smart Medicine, Merck Manual, Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

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