Student Resources

Students are provided with access to the AMBOSS 12-month question bank subscription and a 6-month UWorld question bank subscription that includes self-assessments. A Step 1 Preparation Program module within their Academic Enhancement Brightspace course contains study schedules, banks of resources, M3/M4 strategies, the newsletter series, and more. Learn more from Academic and Student Services here.

MCW Libraries recently acquired subscription access to AccessMedicine’s complete Case Files Collection, which includes 7 titles in the basic sciences: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Physiology.

The Case Files Collection features an interactive format to help you learn and retain knowledge, and personalized functionality to let users mark their progress through completed and unseen cases.

Within the Access products, create a free MyAccess Profile to bookmark content and track self-assessment progress. 

MCW Libraries uses OpenAthens to connect to library resources from off campus. When you are off campus, you will see an OpenAthens sign in page when attempting to access a library resource. Choose to “Sign in with your MCW username” and enter your MCW account information. 

For students, your OpenAthens login is your MCW account information is your alpha-numeric NetID and your MCW account password. 

If you find OpenAthens links on your favorite journal or database websites, you can try logging in with your MCW account using the following steps:

1. Find the OpenAthens link.
2. Find your institution: Medical College of Wisconsin.
3. Sign in with your MCW login information.

More information can be found on our OpenAthens guide. Please send us an email if you encounter any problems.

We are happy to announce that MCW Libraries acquired an institutional fellowship to BMJ Case Reports. The institutional fellowship includes full-text access to the journal, and MCW users can submit manuscripts at no cost.

To submit your own work to BMJ Case Reports, contact MCW Libraries for the institutional fellowship number. For more information, please see our BMJ Case Reports LibGuide.

EndNote is available to all MCW students. To download EndNote to your computer, log into MCW-IS Self Service with your MCW credentials, click My Software, and select EndNote. If you run into problems, contact MCW-IS.

View our or EndNote guide for more information. 

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