TTUHSC Databases
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Note on database descriptions:
- The descriptions below were for the most part supplied by the database providers and have undergone minimal editing. The TTUHSC Library of the Health Sciences guarantees neither the accuracy of these descriptions nor of the information found in the databases themselves. Inclusion of a database on this list does not imply endorsement of its contents by the Library.
1990 Census
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U.S. Census Bureau (open access)
- Description: Data from Census 1990. See also: American FactFinder
- See: Census 2000 Gateway
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About Texas
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission (open access)
Description: "Facts and information about the Lone Star State, as well as links to the various entities of Texas state government," organized in the following categories: -
- Business and Economics
- Cities and Counties
- Doing a Report on Texas
- Education
- Flags and Symbols
- Geography
- Government
- History
- Holidays
- Laws and Regulations
- Maps
- Media
- Newspapers
- Officials and Notable Texans
- Parks
- Population
- State Agency Publications
- State and Federal Resources for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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EBSCOhost Research Databases via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: "Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. Academic Search Completeoffers critical information from many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals. Academic Search Complete is updated daily and available via EBSCOhost."
Note: Click here for more information about Academic Search Complete.
Note: Click here for a user tutorial from TexShare.
Note: Click here for a user tutorial from TexShare.
Note: Full-text journals from this database are available in
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McGraw-Hill (paid site license)
Description: "McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine.com is an innovative online resource that provides students, residents, clinicians, and researchers with instant answers to clinical questions from the most trusted sources. To keep pace with the changing practice of medicine, AccessMedicine delivers the latest medical advances and knowledge from recognized physicians delivered in a digital aggregation with online desktop, PDA, iPod, and MP3 compatible device solutions. . . . Updated daily by world-renowned physicians and expanded continuously, AccessMedicine is designed for direct access to the information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, case management decisions, conducting research, medical education, or self-assessment and board review."
Note: AccessMedicine includes a Clinical Library as well as the LANGE Educational Library.
Note: Click here for more information about AccessMedicine.
Note: Also listed as an electronic book collection.
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American College of Physicians (ACP) via STAT!Ref [TexShare TexSelect Databases] (paid site license)
Description: "Decision-support tool designed for rapid point-of-care delivery of evidence-based guidance for physicians. Modules focus on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. AHFS DI® essentals™ is designed to offer health professionals easy access to knowledge that is critical at the point of care. Essentials™ monographs draw on the meticulously evidence-based guidelines in the full AHFS DI® database, distilling for the health professional the essential information on prescription and key over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in an easy-to-use, highly structured outline format."
Note: "With AHFS DI® essentals™."
Note: For more information on ACP's PIER©: -
- PIER User's Guide
- PIER: The Standard of Care
Note: ACP's PIER© is also
available on PDA. Click
here
for more information about ACP's PIER© on PDA.
Note: ACP's PIER© is integrated in STAT!Ref.
Note: Also listed as an electronic book.
- See: Patient Education
- See: AIDSinfo
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The Medical Letter, Inc. (paid site license)
- Note: Click on the link above to access the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Libraries' customized Medical Letter Web Site. The link to Adverse Drug Interactions Program is in the left-hand column under "Online Program." Description: "This online Adverse Drug Interactions Program offers a quick check of possible adverse effects of drug interactions, with brief recommendations for precautionary measures. This program is based upon the same data published in The medical letter's handbook of adverse drug interactions."
See also: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
- See: American FactFinder
- Source: AARP Research Center (open access)
- Coverage: 1978 to date; with selected coverage from 1966-1977. Description: "AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. It covers aging-related issues for professionals in aging services, health, business, law, and mental health. AgeLine also includes selected consumer content."
Note: Click here for more information about AgeLine.
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)
- Source: National Agricultural Library (NAL) (open access)
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Coverage: 1970 to date.
Source:
National Agricultural Library (NAL) via EBSCOhost Research Databases [TexShare Core Databases] (paid site license)
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Coverage: 1970 to date.
Description: "AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine
Access) serves as the catalog and index to the collections of the National
Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural
information. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works
from as far back as the 15th century.
"The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences."
"Although the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) does not contain the text of the materials it cites, thousands of its records are linked to full-text documents online, with new links added daily."
Note: "The NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) provides citations to agricultural literature."
Note: Click here (NAL) or here (TexShare) for more information about AGRICOLA.
- See: AIDSinfo
- See: AIDSDRUGS
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
See: Meeting Abstracts
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Source:
National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
See: Meeting Abstracts
- See: AIDSinfo
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Source:
National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
Note: Click here for the text of the final AIDSDRUGS database in ASCII format.
Note: AIDSDRUGS and AIDSTRIALS (AIDS clinical TRIALS) were replaced by the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) which has since been replaced by AIDSinfo.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (open access)
Description: "AIDSinfo is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project that offers the latest federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers."
Note: Click here for more information about AIDSinfo.
Note: Also available in Spanish.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
Note: "Simultaneous searching of information from AIDSLINE, the former online bibliographic database that provided access to the published literature on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is available via the NLM Gateway."
Note: Click here for additional information on the demise of AIDSLINE.
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Source:
National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
Note: AIDSDRUGS and AIDSTRIALS (AIDS clinical TRIALS) were replaced by the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) which has since been replaced by AIDSinfo.
See also: ClinicalTrials.gov
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (open access)
Description: "The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, commonly referred to as ETOH, is the most comprehensive online resource covering all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), ETOH contains over 110,000 records and is accessed by both researchers and clinicians worldwide. Included in ETOH are abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works. Updated monthly, ETOH contains research findings from the late 1960s to the present, as well as historical research literature."
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EBSCOhost Research Databases via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: "This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. . . . Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment."
Note: Click here for more information about Alt HealthWatch.
Note: Click here for a user tutorial from TexShare.
Note: Most full-text journals from this database are available in.
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MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series (paid site license)
Description: "The essential tool for educating your patients about complementary and alternative medicines and practices.
"Self-medicating with herbals and other dietary supplements is commonplace, as is treatment with acupuncture, chiropractic care, and homeopathy. You can give your patients a better understanding of these healthcare alternatives with the AltCareDex® System. It offers easy-to-understand patient education materials to help answer questions about the use and impact of herbal products, dietary supplements, and treatment of medical conditions using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies."
Note: Click here for more information about the AltCareDex® System.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
- See: Alt HealthWatch
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MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series (paid site license)
Description: "Easy-to-understand materials to help you educate patients about potential herbal & dietary supplement interactions.
"Increased use of herbals and dietary supplements means increased risk of harmful interactions. Without knowledge of the possibilities, inadvertent mixing of medications can result in adverse drug events or decreased efficacy. AltMed-REAX for the Patient discusses the potential for interactions between alternative medicines and other drugs, dietary supplements, food, alcohol, and tobacco. Designed to help educate patients, supporting evidence and advice about what to do if experiencing an interaction are included."
Note: Click here for more information about AltMed-REAX™ for the Patient.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
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MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series (paid site license)
Description: "Practical advice to help you integrate complementary and alternative medicine into clinical practice.
"Every day healthcare professionals are being asked to combine alternative medicine therapies with more traditional treatment practices. AltMedDex® Protocols provides complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) information and recommends methods for successfully blending CAM therapies with conventional medicine to offer patients a full range of options and help optimize their treatment outcomes."
Note: Click here for more information about the AltCareDex® System.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
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MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series (paid site license)
Description: "Authoritative, evidence-based answers to all your complementary and alternative medicine questions.
"The practice of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has dramatically increased and become prevalent in even the most traditional healthcare settings. The AltMedDex® System gives you a reliable, comprehensive source of referenced, scientifically sound information about CAM therapies and practices. Designed for healthcare professionals, AltMedDex is an indispensable tool for answering the growing number of patients' CAM questions and exploring the possibilities."
Note: Click here for more information about the AltCareDex® System.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
- See: Patient Education
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U.S. Census Bureau (open access)
Description: American FactFinder (AFF) is an online source for population, housing, economic and geographic data that presents the results from four key data programs.
Note: Click here for more information about American FactFinder.
See also: 1990 Census
See also: Census 2000 Gateway
See also: Texas QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians in the United States."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
- See: Image Bank
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STAT!Ref [Teton Data Systems] (paid site license)
Description: "an@tomy.tv is a 3D interactive anatomy and pathology application available on STAT!Ref Online. It gives you the instant ability to visually communicate procedures and anatomical structures with patients, colleagues and students."
Note: For more information on Anatomy.tv: -
- Anatomy.tv User's Guide
- How to Use Anatomy.tv (Flash File Format)
Note: The TTUHSC Libraries purchase
Anatomy.tv directly from the publisher.
STAT!Ref is purchased through the TexShare TexSelect Databases
program of the Texas State Library. As a result, TTUHSC faculty, staff, and students must
access Anatomy.tv directly using the above link (or from the
Anatomy.tv links on the
Libraries Home page and on the
TTUHSC Databases page).
Anatomy.tv will not be available on the
STAT!Ref "Resources" tab as depicted in the Flash tutorial.
- See: Aneuploidy (ANEUPL)
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) via TOXLINE Special (open access)
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Coverage: 1970-1986 (coverage dates supplied by SUNY at Buffalo Libraries).
Note: Archival bibliographic collection (no longer being updated) now accessible as part of TOXLINE Special.
See also: Toxicology Literature Online (TOXLINE)
- Source: Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) via Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing (CSAC) (open access)
- Coverage: 1957 to date. Description: "The The Anthropological Index Online is based on the journal holdings of The Anthropology Library at the The British Museum (Museum of Mankind) which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology, from academic institutions and publishers around the world."
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Note: With the July [2003] journal update, all titles from Applied Science &
Technology Abstracts will appear in Academic Search Premier
and Business Source Premier. Backfile depth and abstracting are specific to EBSCO, and are not
identical to the collection of titles in the Wilson database.
See: Academic Search Complete
See: Business Source Complete
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of our planet's northern-most inhabitants."
Note: Also sposored by the Health Sciences Information Service, Consortium Library, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
See also: Enviro-Health Links
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "A chemical toxic to humans and found in some everyday places and things."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
- See: OCLC ArticleFirst
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Source:
National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
- See: Image Bank
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) via Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (open access)
Description: "The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 3.3 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable through our Abstract Service query forms, and full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature which can be browsed though our Browse interface. . . . In addition to its databases, the ADS provides access and pointers to a wealth of external resources, including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives. We currently have links to over 1.3 million records maintained by our collaborators."
- See:AIDSinfo
- See: Netter Presenter
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TTUHSC Center Office of Rural and Community Health and TTU Dept. of Economics and Geography (open access)
Description: "The Atlas of Rural and Community Health provides an information resource about West Texas that highlights and compares the land, people, and economy of West Texas to the rest of the state. The goals of this project are to develop a predictive model for community resources required to meet health care needs of the rural elderly in West Texas."
- See: Influenza (Flu)
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Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA)
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Source:
EBSCOhost Research Databases via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: "Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 100,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. The database is an essential research tool for anthropologists, educators, historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal and medical researchers, linguists, theologians, ethnobotanists, and policy makers. BNNA will appeal to anyone interested in exploring the contributions, struggles, and issues surrounding North America's indigenous peoples."
Note: Click here for more information about Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA).
Note: Click here for a user tutorial from TexShare.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
Note: "Simultaneous searching of information from BIOETHICSLINE, the former online bibliographic database that provided access to the published literature on the ethical, legal, and public policy aspects of health care, the professional/patient relationship, and biomedical research, is available via the NLM Gateway."
Note: Click here for additional information on the demise of BIOETHICSLINE.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "Biological pathogens can be intentionally deployed to cause disease or death."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
- See: BiologyBrowser
- Source: Thomson Scientific (open access)
- Note: Also available in the "Aditional Resources" section of ISI Web of Knowledge (paid site license) Description: "BiologyBrowser, produced by Thomson Scientific, is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.
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- "Use information resources exclusively produced by THOMSON SCIENTIFIC (Zoological Record)
Thomson Scientific provides resources - such as the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus, and more - for free on BiologyBrowser.- "Find useful information collected from outside sources
Find links to current science news stories, relevant web sites, and more."
See also: ISI Web of Knowledge
- "Use information resources exclusively produced by THOMSON SCIENTIFIC (Zoological Record)
"BiologyBrowser brings together a unique set of opportunities for scientists:
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BioMed Central Home Page (open access)
Description: "BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. All the original research articles published by BioMed Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings."
Note: Click here for more information about BioMed Central.
Note: From Richard Wood, Executive Director of Libraries, 16 June 2006:
"TTUHSC Libraries have determined that we will immediately cease participation as members of Biomed Central. This decision is a consequence of several questionable actions on the part of Biomed Central during the last ten days. We had informed Biomed Central of our intent to continue as members of that organization early in May of 2006. Nevertheless, on June 5, 2006, we discovered that the TTUHSC customized link to Biomed Central had been broken and replaced with a message which stated that TTUHSC was NOT a member institution. When we contacted Biomed Central headquarters in Great Britain to complain of this action, we were told that a mistake had been made by them, but that it would be fixed within 24 hours. That conversation took place on June 8. June 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 passed with no correction on Biomed Central's part. In the meantime, Biomed Central began its new business model which included the requirement that submittals for publication in the BMC journals be accompanied by page charges. Heretofore, all submittals by individuals whose libraries were BMC members were published with a waiving of such page charges. One of our own TTUHSC faculty members was informed that he would have to pay BMC page charges in the amount of some $1,500 in order to have his article published. Having marketed itself as a forum for open access, BMC has certainly moved over to the for profit side of things. It was at that point that the TTUHSC libraries decided to cease its $3000 annual subsidization of BMC . It is interesting to note that last year the 15 health sciences center libraries in the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were all BMC members: there are currently only 3 who are renewing members of BMC."
- See: Influenza (Flu)
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National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) (open access)
Description: "BLAST® (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) is a set of similarity search programs designed to explore all of the available sequence databases regardless of whether the query is protein or DNA. The BLAST programs have been designed for speed, with a minimal sacrifice of sensitivity to distant sequence relationships. The scores assigned in a BLAST search have a well-defined statistical interpretation, making real matches easier to distinguish from random background hits. BLAST uses a heuristic algorithm which seeks local as opposed to global alignments and is therefore able to detect relationships among sequences which share only isolated regions of similarity (Altschul et al., 1990)."
Note: Click here for more information on BLAST® (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
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Carden Jennings Publishing Co., Ltd. (open access)
Description: "BloodLine is dedicated to furthering and enhancing the fields of hematology and oncology through the presentation of knowledge in the following manners: -
- the publication of original clinical and laboratory research.
- the creation of comprehensive reference works that are continuously useful to clinicians and researchers in the blood sciences.
- the creation and dissemination of educational materials.
- the publication of new and emerging science presented at conferences worldwide.
- the archiving of a comprehensive library of third-party resources of ongoing interest to clinicians and researchers.
- the maintenance of a means for clinicians and researchers to interact.
- the presentation of material in an easy-to-use networked format."
Note: "The Online Resource for Hematology Education and News."
Note: Click here for more information about BloodLine.
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Books@Ovid (paid site license)
Description: "Ovid delivers key medical, nursing, and pharmacy texts from a variety of publishers to clinicians' desktops through the Books@Ovid database. Books@Ovid offers the complete text of these sources in a highly interlinked and easily navigated graphical interface, giving quick access to crucial diagnostic, research, and reference information.
"The Books@Ovid database includes full text, references, updates, and graphics from some of the most respected sources in medicine, nursing, and pharmacology. A searcher can choose to run a search in one text, selected texts, or all texts. Color diagrams, charts, and other textbook illustrations are available as thumbnails or full-sized graphics. Within an individual book's interface, single-frame or multiple-frame environments contain the retrieved text. Buttons bars on the top and side of the screen facilitate navigation and provide links to the search page and Help. Search screens provide links to Home, Logoff, Help, and the main Ovid database screen. If the user is accessing a specific textbook, links are available to the text's table of contents and to the Search and Results screens, making it easier for searchers to jump from one book section to another."
Note: TTUHSC faculty, staff, and students have access to the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Medical Book Collection of approximately 350 titles as well as selected titles from Oxford University Press, Springer, and other publishers.
Note: All of these electronic books are listed individually on the A-Z Individual Book Lists available on the TTUHSC Electronic Books, Theses, & Dissertations Web page.
Note: Also listed as an electronic book collection.
See also: Ovid
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EBSCOhost Research Databases via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: "Business Source Complete . . . is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Complete is the overwhelmingly superior database for full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more."
Note: Click here for more information about Business Source Complete.
Note: Click here for a user tutorial from TexShare.
Note: Full-text journals from this database are available in.
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Cancer Genetics Services Directory
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Source:
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (open access)
Description: "The Cancer Genetics Services Directory is a directory of individuals who provide services related to cancer genetics (cancer risk assessment, genetic counseling, genetic susceptibility testing, and others). These professionals have applied to be listed in this directory."
Note: click here for more information on the Cancer Genetics Services Directory.
See also: Cancer.gov
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Source:
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (open access)
Description: -
- Search Cancer Literature in PubMed [Enter specific terms or phrases into the PubMed search form and search the PubMed database]
- Cancer Topic Searches [Retrieve literature citations on more than 100 major cancer topics. Search results can be refined using PubMed search options]
See also: Cancer.gov
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Source:
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (open access)
Description: Cancer Topics contains NCI information arranged as follows: -
- Types of Cancer
- Treatment
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- PDQ® (Physician Data Query)
- Clinical Trials and Genetics Services
- Coping with Cancer [Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment]
- Support and Resources [Support organizations, finances, insurance, home care, and hospice care]
- Prevention, Genetics, Causes
- Screening and Testing
- Cancer Literature
- Cancer Terminology Resources
See also: Cancer.gov
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National Cancer Institute (NCI) (open access)
Description: "This Web site provides current and accurate information from the National Cancer Institute, the Federal government's principal agency for cancer research. You will find a wide range of cancer information, including treatment options, clinical trials, ways to reduce cancer risk, ways to cope with cancer, and resources for researchers and health care professionals."
Note: Go directly to some of Cancer.gov's component databases: -
- Cancer Genetics Services Directory
- Cancer Literature in PubMed
- Cancer Topics
- Clinical Trials
Note: Also available in Spanish.
Note: This database is also listed on the TTUHSC Databases: Spanish Web page.
Note: One of the Medical Library Association's "Top Ten" Most Useful Websites For Health Consumers.
- See: Cancer.gov
- See: For Health Consumers
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MICROMEDEX CareNotes™ System (paid site license)
Description: "The most comprehensive answer to all your patient education needs.
"The more patients understand about their conditions and care, the more comfortable they are likely to become with their treatment. CareNotes™ documents enable you to conveniently provide your patients with complete, easy-to-understand information about all aspects of their care and health. Presented in English and Spanish, the System's concise, customizable materials address patient condition, treatment, laboratory tests, follow-up care, psychosocial issues, continuing health, and the most frequently administered drugs. CareNotes information also helps meet JCAHO and OBRA '90 patient education guidelines."
Note: Click here for more information about the CareNotes™ System.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
- Source: U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) via GPO Access (open access)
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Coverage: Jan. 1994 to date.
Note: Search this database alone or in combination with other databases at GPO Access.
Description: "The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications provides an
index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies. When available, links are provided to the full-text of these
publications. Additionally, the locate libraries feature enables users to find libraries by state or area code that can make print
publications available for their use. Coverage begins with January 1994. New records are added daily.
Note: Click here for more information about the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
See also: GPO Monthly Catalog
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (open access)
Description: Allows searching one or all of the 50 state health departments plus the District of Columbia and Guam.
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Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign (open access)
Description: "Celiac disease is an immune reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. An estimated 1 percent of all Americans suffer from celiac disease, though many have never been diagnosed and are not receiving treatment.
"The Awareness Campaign provides current, comprehensive, science-based information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of celiac disease, also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy."
Note: "From the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH."
Note: Click here for more information about the Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign.
Note: Includes some information in Spanish.
See also: National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC)
See also: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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U.S. Census Bureau (open access)
Description: Data from Census 2000.
See also: American FactFinder
See also: Texas QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) (open access)
Description: "The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) regulates biological products. Current authority for this responsibility resides in Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act and in specific sections of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.
CBER is committed to advancing the public health through innovative regulations that ensure the safety, effectiveness and timely delivery to patients of biological products. The mission of CBER is to protect and enhance the public health through the regulation of biological and related products including blood, vaccines, tissue, allergenics and biological therapeutics.
See also: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (open access)
Description: Searchable Web site.
Note: One of the Medical Library Association's "Top Ten" Most Useful Websites For Health Consumers.
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ProQuest-CSA LLC via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: "Each literature collection has been developed with its own specialist editorial board to advise on the selection of texts and editions. Editorial policies may therefore vary from collection to collection; however, the guiding principles of authority, comprehensiveness and inclusiveness have been applied consistently. The general policy has always been to include either an authoritative collected edition for each author or first editions of individual works as appropriate."
Note: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center faculty, staff, and students have access to the following databases from the Chadwyk-Healey Literature Collections: -
- Twentieth-Century American Poetry
- Twentieth-Century English Poetry
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS) is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network. Description: "CCRIS is a toxicology data file of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It is a scientifically evaluated and fully referenced data bank, developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It contains over 8,000 chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results. Data are derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources. Test results have been reviewed by experts in carcinogenesis and mutagenesis."
Note: "Carcinogenicity and mutagenicity test results for over 8,000 chemicals."
Note: Click here for more information about the Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS).
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "Databases and other resources designed to help search for information by chemical name or structure. Features ChemIDplus: Lite and Advanced."
See also: ChemIDplus
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "Chemical agents can be intentionally employed to cause toxic effects on humans, animals and plants."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: ChemIDplus is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network. Description: "ChemIDplus is a free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, including the TOXNET® system. ChemIDplus also provides structure searching and direct links to many biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet for chemicals of interest. The database contains over 379,000 chemical records, of which over 257,000 include chemical structures, and is searchable by Name, Synonym, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, and Structure.
"There are two new versions of this database. The ChemIDplus Lite version is available for simplified Name and RN searching without the need for plugins or applets. ChemIDplus Advanced allows chemical structure and biological/chemical property searching to be done."
Note: "Dictionary of over 370,000 chemicals (names, synonyms, and structures). Includes links to NLM and other databases and resources."
Note: Click here for more information about ChemIDplus.
See also: Chemical Information
See also: SuperList
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network
- See: ChemIDplus
- See: ChemIDplus
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) (open access)
Description: "CHID is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources. CHID lists a wealth of health promotion and education materials and program descriptions that are not indexed elsewhere. New records are added quarterly and current listings are checked regularly to help ensure that entries are up to date and still available from their original sources. Some older records are retained for archival purposes. CHID is updated four times a year. The updated database is available at the end of these months: January, April, July, and October."
Note: Click here for more information about CHID Online.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "Children exposed to environmental hazards often have greater exposure and health problems than adults."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
- Source: EBSCOhost Research Databases (paid site license)
- Coverage: 1937 to date. Description: "CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, as well as Evidence-Based Care Sheet. Searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals are also included. CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides full text 337 of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1937 are also included."
Note: Absorbed Pre-CINAHL, October 2006.
Note: Click here for information about Searching CINAHL via EBSCO prepared by the reference librarians at the TTUHSC Libraries of the Health Sciences.
Note: Most full-text journals from this database are also available in
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International Labour Organisation, International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) (open access)
Source: International Labour Organisation, International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) via TOXLINE Special (open access) - Coverage: 1980 to date (coverage dates supplied by SUNY at Buffalo Libraries). Description: "CISDOC contains information about occupational safety and health publications, including summaries of their content, organized in 'records'."
Note: Also available in French and Spanish.
See also: Toxicology Literature Online (TOXLINE)
- See: ResearchIndex
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) via OCLC Online Computer Library Center [TexShare TexSelect Databases] (paid site license)
Description: "Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Why select this database? -
- CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities.
- PERIóDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology.
- Offers access to more than 400,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.
- Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues."
Note: Click here
for more information about Clase and Periódica.
See also: OCLC FirstSearch
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National Cancer Institute (NCI) (open access)
Description: Clinical Trials contains NCI information on cancer clinical trials arranged as follows: -
- Find a Clinical Trial
- Clinical Trial Results
- Educational Materials About Clinical Trials
- Noteworthy Clinical Trials
- Conducting Clinical Trials
See also: Cancer.gov
- See: ClinicalTrials.gov
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM) (open access)
- Note: ClinicalTrials.gov is also searchable as a component of NLM Gateway. Description: "ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. This information should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals."
Note: Click here and here for more information about ClinicalTrials.gov.