Internal Medicine Portal: Selected Journals

For a complete list of the library's print and electronic journals, please go to the library's Journals page.

Ask for assistance with a literature search

​A lit search is searching a database for targeted results on your topic

• Contact us for a lit search for these types of questions:
  • Patient care questions (extremely quick turn-around, not as in-depth searching)
  • Questions with clinical implications (fast turn-around with some lee-way depending on the extent of research)
  • Questions related to grand rounds and presentations (we always try to meet your deadlines),
  • Research/QI project searching 

Results will typically be delivered as a list or link to citations

• We may attach some PDFs to give you a quick start
• We can send you results as an Endnote Library or word document of citation + abstract if that is your preferred format. 

Other related pieces to lit searching:

• We're happy to teach you to search literature efficiently on your own
• We can consult on best keywords, phrases, and controlled vocabulary for your searches if you want to work with us instead of have us conduct the search for you. 
• We can also work with you to see if there have been similar papers/projects done in the past, though rule-out searches are tricky based on database availability. 
• We offer assistance with extensive/long-term research projects such as systematic reviews/meta-analysis/scoping reviews, but we request that you meet with us so we can discuss library services and timeframes.

Request document delivery if you're looking for full-text PDFs for citations you've found

• Mon-Fri, 0900-1500, try our Live Chat Service
• Need help? Ask the Library
• Urgent Patient Care Query: Contact the Library
• Looking for a Book or Article? Contact the Library Technicians
• Literature Search / Reference Question? Contact the Librarians
• Conducting Research? Contact the Research Librarian
• Darnall Medical Library, Circulation Desk: 295-1184
• Concerns? Compliments? Contact the Library Director

• TRICARE Appointment Line: 855-227-6331
• Walter Reed NMMC Main Phone: 301-295-4611
• TRICARE Health Services (includes phone numbers)

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• MHS Medical Library (MML)
• USUHS Learning Resource Center
• Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Library