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AccessMedicine: Using Ebooks

Chapter task bars & ReadSpeaker tool

Chapter Task Bar will help users skip to chapter sections, print and share contents of interests, generate citations, and do searching.

You can also listen to the chapter contents by using ReadSpeaker text-to-speech accessibility tool. You can adjust the tool’s settings using the gear icon, including highlighting levels and text coloring

Download contents

In AccessMedicine, figures and tables can be downloaded (figures as PowerPoint slides with full citation attribution and tables as PDFs), viewed enlarged and in context within the text, and saved to your favorites in MyAccess profile.

Note-taking tools

Hypothes.is annotation tool allows users to take and share digital notes in each text on AccessMedicine 

You should sign up first by clicking the note-taking icon bellows.

Watch this tutorial to know more about hypothes.is

How do I download multiple images at the same time?

Quick facts

Scope of Collection: Core textbooks in the basic and clinical sciences

Size of Collection: Approximately 190 eBooks

Coverage: Current editions only

Type of Collection: Subscription

Users: Unlimited simultaneous

Printing by Section Only Download Entire eBook PDF by Section Only Mobile App Direct URL (permalink) Notes
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 A personal account should be created to use email functions, access Q&A, download images, and receive notifications for new content.

For direct URL link copy and paste from browser.

The Diagnosaurus DDx Quick Reference Tool is also available via AccessMedicine.