ClinicalKey is a database for healthcare professionals and students of medical sciences. It is a source of the latest facts and information from various specializations of medicine and health sciences. It provides access to complete reference books and journals, medical monographs, drug information, videos, practice guidelines, patient leaflets and more. The resources include the most eminent medical books published by Elsevier and the most important journals, inter alia:

  • “Gray Anatomy”
  • Goldman’s “Cecil Medicine”
  • Braunwald’s “Heart Disease”
  • “The Lancet” and “Mayo Clinic Proceedings”.

We recommend you to to set up a free individual account in the ClinicalKey database, which allows you to use additional functionalities of the platform, including setting alerts for favorite queries and creating your own resource library. Without logging into your individual user account, you will still be able to download the texts of journal articles, but not book chapters! To use all the functionalities of ClinicalKey, all you need is one account for all Elsevier platforms, for example Scopus.

Access to the database from the UO network
Access to the database from private computers

ClinicalKey is a clinical search engine that supports physicians, nurses, medical students and any healthcare professionals with clinical decisions by making it easier to find and apply relevant knowledge. It covers the full scope of medicine accross +40 medical and surgical specialties with:

• 1.000+ books
• 700+ journals
• 6.600+ practice guidelines
• 4 Mio.+ images
• 80.000+ videos
• 2.600+ drug-monographs
• 15.000+ patient education handouts
And much more!

For users:

Short user guide
How to use the ClinicalKey database – an overview (video)
Training materials
CME and MOC – video guide
Support Hub – FAQ