Information Sites for University of Iowa
Ophthalmology Department Employees

Department Resources

• Clinical Research at UI Ophthalmology
• EyeRounds.org
• for Residents and Fellows
  • Forms for Our Residents and Fellows
  • Resident Rotation Goals and Competencies
  • On-Call Survival Guide for Residents (HawkID and password required if off-campus)
• Floor Plans of PFP
• Ophthalmology Clerkship Website University of Iowa College of Medicine Clerkship website. (Password required)
  • EyeCases for Clerkship Students
• Ophthalmology Faculty Website (Password required)
• Ophthalmology ITS
• The Update (Department Employee Newsletter)

• Independent Learning Modules
• Ophthalmology Sites
• List of CME Online

UIHC: UI Heathcare/Hospitals & Clinics Information

• E-mail via the Web
• Employee Self Service (UI)
• Employee Self Service (UIHC)/ Compliance/ EducationTracking
• EPIC Information for Ophthalmology
• GME Office
• IPR Web Links
• Menus, UIHC Cafeterias
• Noon News for University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• Other UIHC Publications
• The Point UI Health Care Intranet site, Hawkid required. Our domain is Healthcare
  • Ophthalmology: The Point
  • EPIC Tips, Tricks & FAQs
  • UI Health Care Technology Support Center
• Remote Access (alternate link)
• Smartweb: OnCall Application
• Smartweb: Find Me
• Smartweb: Page Me

UI Manuals, Policies and Guidelines

• UI Health Care Lab Services Handbook Laboratory Tests - Alphabetical
• Joint Office for Compliance Program: Faculty Practice Plan Compliance Plan & UIHC Code of Ethical Behavior, Guidelines and Explanations
• Clinical Applications Web Links (very helpful)

• University of Iowa
• UIHC home page
• Iowa Board of Medicine
• UI Hospitals & Clinics Patient Library

• University of Iowa Libraries
• Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
  (and a map of the library)
• InfoHawk (University of Iowa Library Catalog)
• Electronic Journals (University of Iowa InfoLink)
• Alphabetical List of Databases available via the UI Libraries

• RefWorks, online citation manager
• SkillSoft online learning, ebooks, tutorials

Medical and Scientific Databases

• PubMed (via Univ. of Iowa libraries, allows online access to full text where available from Infolink)
  

• Electronic Books (via The University of Iowa Libraries)
• NCBI Bookshelf, a collection of full-text biomedical books that can be searched directly
• Essential Evidence Plus, (formerly InfoRetriever) Available for Windows PC, for Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld devices, and via a Web interface.
• UpToDate Online
• VisualDx

• Web of Knowledge (aka Web of Science. Contains Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports)
• NLM Databases & Electronic Resources
• NLM Gateway (meeting abstracts, Toxline, etc.)
  (information about the NLM Gateway)
• CINAHL Plus (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
• OVID databases [International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice)] {Alternate Link}
• Cochrane Library Evidence Based Medicine Resources
• (Eyes and Vision Topics)
  Search MedlinePlus:

Medical Information (General)

• CDC Travel Information Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Taber's on-line medical cyclopedic dictionary
• FPInfo (Family Practice Info, other information sites)

• Health Reference Center (click on HRC Academic when you get the entry screen)
• The Merck Manual
• Clinical Practice Guidelines see the links at National Guidelines Clearinghouse

• MDConsult (you will need to register from this page and then remember your password and ID)
• Pediatric Digital Library
• MEDLINEPlus. Information aimed at the public (from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

Drug Information

• UIHC Rx Formulary and Handbook

• Micromedex

• MEDLINEPlus: Drug Info (for the public)

• NLM Drug Information Portal

General Reference Sources

Style Guides

• Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
  (from the Raymon H. Mulford Library The University of Toledo)
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
• Council of Science Editors References

• University of Iowa Libraries reference section
• UI Skillsoft (online books and references)
• RefDesk (huge collection of reference links)
• More Reference Links

Iowa City/Coralville and University Information

• UI 5-year calendar
• UI Master Calendar
• UI Academic Calendar

• What's Happening in Iowa City/Coralville?
• Housing Information - Family Services
• Iowa City Public Library
• Coralville Public Library

• The Daily Iowan
• FYIowa (KCRG)
• The Iowa City Press Citizen
• The Cedar Rapids Gazette Online

Internet Search Engines (by no means all of them)

People Finding Search Engines

• Google
• Bing
• Yahoo!
• Live.com (Microsoft)
• Alta Vista (Another place to look)
• Babel Fish (translations/transliteration)
• Freeality (a BUNCH of search Engines all in one place)

• Phone & Address Lookup (one of many)
• Switchboard (another one)
• Yahoo! People Search (mainly U.S.)
• ZabaSearch (U.S.)
• Spock (international)
• Pipl (international)
• Infobel (international)