ClinicalKey

Database Introduction

ClinicalKey is an all-medical information platform with epoch-making significance officially released by Elsevier in 2012, covering all medical specialties, including 46 subject packages of 35 medical branches. It is divided into 12 sections, including MEDLINE, full-text journal, electronic book, evidence-based medicine, video, image, drug monographs, diagnosis and treatment guidelines, and clinical trials etc.

SUSTech library subscribed Base package, Allergy and Immunology, Pathology Essential, Internal Medicine Essential and Medical Education Essential package.

Access Methods:

1.Directly go to the website (www.clinicalkey.com ) to browse the full text within campus network. If downloading books or pictures is required, please be sure to register your personal account first (click on "Register" at the top of the ClinicalKey homepage, enter your name, and set a password). Downloading works right after logging into your account. 

2.ClinicalKey can be accessible by visiting the portal of International Science and Technology Information Center (hereinafter referred to as “ISTIC”) https://itic-sci.com/ , you must register for a personal account with ISTIC in order to browse the contents of CK. Same as mentioned in number 1, please login to your personal CK account for the purpose of downloading books and images. ISTIC subscribes to the full library of CK content, as shown in the table below:

1,000+  reference books

1,200+ EBM monographs

800+ medical journals

2,500+ drug monographs

30,000+ medical / surgical videos

5,000+ practice guidelines

300+ Procedures Consult videos

9,000+ patient education handouts

Over 5.0 million images

Over 380,000 Clinical Trials

1,400+ Topic Pages

Over 21 million Medline summaries

Included Years
Responsible Librarian
Lucy Zhou (+86-755-88010841, zhoult@sustech.edu.cn)
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