Research Guides: Cancer: Getting Started

Ask-a-Librarian

What's New

Med Center Library News & Announcements

National Cancer Institute Newsroom

American Cancer Society Newsroom

MedlinePlus News

Getting Started

The following core resources are widely used by clinicians, researchers, and students. More detailed lists are found under the top row tabs on this Cancer Research Guide.

UpToDate
Designed to provide concise answers to patient care questions that arise in daily practice. Subject-specialist physicians serve as authors and editors. Published research is reviewed and summarized, and specific recommendations are made for patient care. NOTE: Restricted to campus access only.
Lexicomp
Point-of-care drug resource containing information about interactions, Drug ID module, toxicology, herbal medicine, calculations, and patient care. NOTE: Restricted to University of Kentucky College Medical Center faculty, students, and staff.
PubMed (NLM)
Includes more than 27 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals
InfoKat Discovery
Provides keyword, title, author, and subject searching of the system's 10 libraries' holdings, including books, journals (by title, NOT by article), and other resources. While some electronic journals and databases are listed in the catalog, it is best to search for electronic journals in the E-Journals Database and for databases on the Find Databases and Other Electronic Resources page.

Markey Cancer Center
Established in 1983 as the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Kentucky. The overall mission is to eliminate the morbidity and mortality of cancer through a comprehensive program of research, education, clinical care and community outreach.
National Cancer Institute
Contains news, treatment information, statistics, research & funding information.
Medical Library Association Recommended Web Sites for Cancer Information
The charge of this project is to provide medical librarians with a resource to use in their daily practice and teaching. Secondly, it can be used by MLA headquarters staff to refer oncology professionals to a list of quality health websites.

MedlinePlus
The consumer health website produced by the National Library of Medicine. It provides access to high quality and authoritative information on diseases, drugs, clinical trials, and other consumer health topics. It includes current news items, dictionaries, directories, interactive health tutorials, and encyclopedias.