ICYMI - National Guidelines Clearinghouse website has been shut down

The National Guidelines Clearinghouse website has been shut down. Here's a statement from the AHRQ and reporting by CNN.

The National Guidelines Clearinghouse was a free website for locating clinical practice guidelines.  It didn't create the guidelines, but it was a helpful place to locate them.

If you've got a UNCG computing account, here are some options for locating practice guidelines -

• DynaMed Plus - clinical information summaries for thousands of conditions with links to guidelines
• Current practice guidelines in primary care - current edition via AccessMedicine database
• Current practice guidelines in inpatient medicine - current edition via AccessMedicine database

If you're not affiliated with an institution that has these subscriptions, here's a good alternative -

TRIP database

• a free "clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care"
• type your topic, then on the left side of results click Guidelines to narrow your results

Attend an online library orientation for a chance to win a gift card

UNCG University Libraries is offering online orientations to undergraduates, graduates, and instructors for an introduction to library services and resources.  These are 30 minute virtual orientations, offered at a variety of times in early August through Webex and are open to online or face-to-face students and instructors.  If you attend one of the sessions, you have the chance of winning a $25 gift card to Barnes and Nobles.

Online Orientation: Undergraduate Students

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Online Orientation: Graduate Students

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Online Orientation: Instructors  

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