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.
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Gale Group Collections
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Gale Group via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: The following Gale Group databases are available to TTUHSC faculty, staff, and students: -
- Contemporary Authors
- Contemporary Literary Criticism
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Health & Wellness Resource Center
- Health Reference Center Academic
- InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
- Literature Resource Center (LRC)
Contemporary Authors
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Dictionary of Literary Biography- Student Resource Center - Gold
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National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) (open access)
Description: GenBank® is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences . . . .
Note:Go directly to GenBank®'s divisions: -
- dbEST (Database of Expressed Sequence Tags)
- dbGSS (Database of Genome Survey Sequences)
- dbSTS (Database of Sequence Tagged Sites)
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Note: click here for more information on GenBank®.
Note: "GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and GenBank at NCBI. These three organizations exchange data on a daily basis."
See also: DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDJB)
See also: The EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database
See also: Entrez
See also: Entrez Nucleotide
See also: Entrez PopSet
See also: Entrez Protein
See also: Protein Research Foundation (PRF)
See also: UniSTS
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: Genetic Toxicology Data Bank (GENE-TOX) is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network. Description: "GENE-TOX is a toxicology data file of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It is created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and contains genetic toxicology (mutagenicity) test data, resulting from expert peer review of the open scientific literature, on over 3000 chemicals. The GENE-TOX program was established to select assay systems for evaluation, review data in the scientific literature, and recommend proper testing protocols and evaluation procedures for these systems."
Note: "Peer-reviewed genetic toxicology test data for over 3,000 chemicals."
Note: Click here for more information about GENE-TOX.
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (open access)
Description: "The Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions."
Note: Click here for more information on the Genetics Home Reference.
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See: Entrez Genome
See: Genome Database (GDB)
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The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Ont.) via The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) (open access)
Description: "Established at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1990, the Genome Database (GDB) is the official central repository for genomic mapping data resulting from the Human Genome Initiative. . . . The Human Genome Initiative is a worldwide research effort to analyze the structure of human DNA and determine the location and sequence of the estimated 100,000 human genes. In support of this project, GDB stores and curates data generated worldwide by those researchers engaged in the mapping effort of the Human Genome Project (HGP)."
Note: Click here for additional information on the Genome Database (GDB).
Note: As of 31 Dec. 2002, the Hospital for Sick Children is no longer hosting the Genome Database (GDB). Click here for details.
See also: UniSTS
- See: Retouch
- See: Retouch
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Kaiser Family Foundation (open access)
Description: "GlobalHealthFacts.org, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by country on HIVAIDS [sic], tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses."
Note: Click here for more information about globalhealthfacts.org.
See also: statehealthfacts.org - Your source for state health data
- See: BiologyBrowser
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Google (open access)
Description: "Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research."
Note: Click here for more information on Google Scholar.
- See: GPO Access
- See: GPO Monthly Catalog
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City College of New York. City College Libraries (open access)
Description: "This site concentrates on Government documents and information about SARS both from the United States and from international resources. Topics covered include Blood Supply, Case Definitions, Cases Reported, Countries & Governments, General Background, Healthcare Facilities, Healthcare Personnel, Laboratories, Legal Resources, Presidential Communications, Prevention & Precautions, Public Health Campaigns, Quarantine, Travel Advisories, Travel & Transport, the Virus and the World Health Organization."
Note: Prepared by: Grace-Ellen McCrann, Chief, Government Documents Division, Cohen Library, The City College of New York.
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U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) via GPO Access
Description: "GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted."
Note: Click here to see the A-Z Resource List.
Note: Click here to see Online Resources: Grouped by Branch of Government.
Note: Click here for more information about GPO Access.
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U.S. Government Printing Office via OCLC Online Computer Library Center [TexShare TexSelect Databases] (paid site license)
- Coverage: 1976 to date.
- Description: "U.S. government publications. Why select this database?
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- Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
- Includes a bibliographic citation in each record."
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Note: Click here
for more information about GPO Monthly Catalog.
See also: Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
See also: OCLC FirstSearch
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Department of Energy (DOE). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) via GPO Access (open access)
Description: "The GrayLIT Network makes the gray literature of U.S. Federal Agencies easily accessible over the Internet. It taps into the search engines of distributed gray literature collections, enabling the user to find information without first having to know the sponsoring agency. The GrayLIT Network is the world's most comprehensive portal to Federal gray literature. By offering a mode of communication for this hard-to-find class of literature, the GrayLIT Network enables convenient access by the American public to government information. The Department of Energy (DOE) provides public access to this research tool through GPO Access in partnership with the Government Printing Office. Federal Agencies participating in this project are DOD/DTIC, DOE, EPA, and NASA."
Note: Click here for more information about the GrayLIT Network.
See also: GPO Access
See also: Grey literature report [electronic journal]
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Handbook of adverse drug interactions The handbook of Texas online.
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Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) (open access)
Description: "The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association. Please see the introduction for further details."
Note: Also listed as an electronic book.
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: Haz-Map : Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network. Description: "Haz-Map . . . is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is one of the products and services made available by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program . . . ."
Note: Click here or here for more information about Haz-Map.
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network
- Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency via TOXLINE Special (open access) Coverage: 1971-1987 (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: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network. Description: "HSDB is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. All data are referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature. HSDB is peer-reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), a committee of experts in the major subject areas within the data bank's scope. HSDB is organized into individual chemical records, and contains over 4800 such records."
Note: "Comprehensive, peer-reviewed toxicology data for about 5,000 chemicals."
Note: Click here for more information about the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB®).
See also: TOXMAP : Environmental Health e-Maps
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network
- See: TOMES® System
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University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center (open access)
Description: "HazLit, the [National Hazards Center] library's searchable online database, provides access to the full collection of the library. HazLit offers users the opportunity to easily search the library's holdings and identify the publications they need. The database is updated weekly."
Note: "HazLit contains citations to journal articles, books, and reports, in bound and electronic form. Many references also require abtracts or annotations.
"Use HazLit to identify materials of interest. The Hazards Center Library does not provide a document delivery service and the center does not loan its holdings to the general public. Please contact your local library to determine how to obtain publications identified in the HazLit database."
See also: Natural Hazards Center
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HCI Bibliography Project (open access)
Description: "The HCI Bibliography is a free-access online bibliographic database on Human-Computer Interaction. The basic goal of the Project is to put an electronic bibliography for most of HCI on the screens of all researchers, developers, educators and students in the field through the World-Wide Web and anonymous ftp access. This is a free service. You do not need to pay any fees or be a member of any organization to use the HCI Bibliography, although some links to materials may require them."
Note: Click here for more information on the HCI Bibliography.
Note: Also available in Spanish.
- Source: Behavioral Measurement Database Services via Ovid (paid site license)
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Coverage: 1985 to date.
Note: After logging in, select Health and Psychosocial Instruments.
Description: "Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access
to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals,
rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and
library and information science."
Note: Click here for more information about Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI).
See also: Ovid
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Thomson Gale via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
- Coverage: 1980 to date. Description: "Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on: Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, health assessment sites & government databases. Easily access 700+ videos from Healthology, Inc.'s consumer health video library. Spanish-language videos are available. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
Note: Click here for more information about Health & Wellness Resource Center from TexShare.
Note: Click here for more information about Health & Wellness Resource Center from Thomson Gale.
Note: Full-text journals from this database are available in
.See also: Gale Group Collections
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) via TOXLINE Special (open access)
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Coverage: 1967-1985 (coverage dates supplied by SUNY at Buffalo Libraries).
Note: Archival bibliographic collection (no longer being updated) now accessible as part of TOXLINE Special.
Note: May also include Abstracts on Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants (HEEP).
See also: Toxicology Literature Online (TOXLINE)
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Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) (open access)
Description: "The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) was started in 2000 with funding from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine and the Association of American Medical Colleges. HEAL is creating a national repository of free, web-based multimedia teaching materials in the health sciences, as a component of the National Science Digital Library, an initiative of the National Science Foundation."
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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation (open access)
Description: "Administered by the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, the Health Education Program for Patients (HEPP) produces a listing of health education materials which have been reviewed favorably for scientific accuracy and other criteria. The HEPP listing includes items in various formats covering a variety of topics."
Note: Click here for more information about Health Education Program for Patients (HEPP).
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "Respiratory and other health consequences resulting from the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
- See: Healthfinder® Kids
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Thomson Gale via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
- Coverage: 1980 to date. Description: "Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only."
Note: Click here for more information on Health Reference Center Academic from TexShare.
Note: To see individual journal holdings in this database, click on the "Title List" button on the left side of this page.
Note: Full-text journals from this database are available in
.See also: Gale Group Collections
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
See: Meeting Abstracts
- See: HealthSTAR
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (open access)
Description: "healthfinder® is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations."
Note: Click here for more information about healthfinder®.
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 also: Healthfinder® Kids
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (open access)
Description: Health resources for children organized as follows: -
- Cool & Uncool Stuff
- Games
- Safe Surfing
- Art Contests
See also: Healthfinder® : Your Guide to Reliable Health Information
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Healthlinks.Net Ltd. (open access)
Description: "A complementary resource site for healthcare consumers and professionals providing links to services and products, alternative health, education, dental and medical resources, hospitals, employment, healthcare publications, mental health and much more!"
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
Note: "Simultaneous searching of information from HealthSTAR, the former online bibliographic database that provided access to the published literature of health services research, is available via the NLM Gateway."
Note: Click here for additional information on the demise of HealthSTAR.
See also: Meeting Abstracts
- See: Image Bank
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MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series via Thompson Reuters (site license)
Description: "Invaluable reference for everyone interested in herbal medicines and their uses.
"While the use of herbal remedies has dramatically increased, the availability of factual information about such substances has not. Herbal products are not regulated in the same manner as drugs, so credible, proven data about them is scarce. Herbal Medicines: A Guide for Health-Care Professionals, published by the Pharmaceutical Press, London, UK, presents fully referenced information to assist with the identification, application, safe use, and assessment of commonly found herbal medicines. Its quick, easy-to-access content addresses pharmacological actions, side effects, contraindications, and safety and efficacy issues."
Note: Click here for more information about Herbal medicines : a guide for health-care professionals.
Note: Also listed as an electronic book.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
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ProQuest Information and Learning via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: "ProQuest Information and Learning's HeritageQuest Online provides libraries with a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Beginning or professional genealogists can now use this powerful online library, with original page images for all documents, from the convenience of their home or at the library. Indexes and original page images mean no additional trips, inter-library loan requests or work by researchers or staff. HeritageQuest Online is the marriage of ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History Online, a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and content from HeritageQuest, the largest genealogical data, products, supplies and equipment provider to consumers and institutions in the United States. In August 2001, ProQuest acquired HeritageQuest. Founded in 1983, HeritageQuest has been in business for nearly 20 years and brings a wealth of genealogy data to ProQuest. HeritageQuest Online is designed specifically for patrons in public libraries who are either just beginning their family research or who after years of work are still uncovering their past. With over 25,000 books, the entire U.S. Federal Census, and other expanding collections, HeritageQuest Online gives any library the chance to tap in to one of the largest collections of genealogy material in the country."
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (discontinued)
Note: "Simultaneous searching of information from HISTLINE, the former online bibliographic database that provided access to the published literature of the history of medicine and related fields, is available via the NLM Gateway."
Note: Click here for additional information on the demise of HISTLINE®.
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U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) via GPO Access (open access)
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Coverage: Vol. 129 (1983) to date.
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Description: The History of Bills lists legislative actions on bills that
are reported in the Congressional Record. It is part of the print
Congressional Record Index, which is published
biweekly by the Joint Committee on Printing when Congress is in session, but is maintained
as a separate application on GPO Access.
Note: Click here for more information about the History of Bills.
See also: Congressional Record
See also: Congressional Record Index (CRI)
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Center for HIV Information (CHI), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) (open access)
Description: "Launched in March 1997, HIV InSite's mission is to be a source for comprehensive, in-depth HIV/AIDS information and knowledge. The site has an extensive collection of original material, including the HIV InSite Knowledge Base, a complete textbook with extensive references and related links organized by topic. Unlike many commercially oriented sites, HIV InSite's policy is to link to the best of the Web, and thousands of links to external Web sites are incorporated into the site's original content. It is the policy of HIV InSite to allow free, anonymous access to all of the site's content."
Note: Click here for more information about HIV InSite.
Note: One of the Medical Library Association's "Top Ten" Most Useful Websites For Health Consumers.
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: Household Products Database : Health and Safety Information on Household Products is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network.
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Description: "This database links over 6,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets
(MSDS) provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients."
Note: "The Household Products Database of the National Library of Medicine is based on the Consumer Product Information Database ©2005 by DeLima Associates. All rights reserved."
Note: Click here for more information about the Household Products Database.
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) via AcademyHealth (open access)
Description: "Unlike other databases that provide information on completed and published research, the HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress) database provides information about grants and contracts in health services research that are still in progress. Accessible for free, HSRProj is part of the "Other Collections" category of resources in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Internet Gateway. The National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) coordinates its continued development for NLM."
Note: Click here for more information on HSRProj.
- See: HealthSTAR
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) (open access)
Description: "HSTAT Health Services/Technology Assessment Text is a searchable collection of large, full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information."
Note: Click here for more information on HSTAT.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "Information on hurricane recovery, cleanup, and handling hazardous substances."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
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ICTRP IDENTINDEX® System
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MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series (paid site license)
Description: "Your convenient tool for quickly identifying unknown tablets and capsules.
"Treating patients unable to communicate their condition to you is complicated, especially if they take one or more prescription drugs. Often they have their medications with them, but rarely in original or identifiable packaging. The IDENTINDEX® System facilitates the quick, accurate identification of unknown drugs by imprint code or slang term. A match is further confirmed by physical characteristic descriptions and accompanied by ingredient and manufacturer data. The System provides links to toxicologic management in the POISINDEX® System to assist with emergencies."
Note: Click here for more information about the IDENTINDEX® System.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
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American Society of Hematology via HighWire Press (open access)
Description: "The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Image Bank is intended to serve as a comprehensive reference and teaching tool that is widely accessible to physicians and hematology students around the world. The images are presented in a digital, case-based format that allows both the images and text to be searched, cross-referenced, and hyper-linked to other cases as well as other educational resources, including Hematology, the Society's annual meeting Education Program Book, the ASH Teaching Cases and the syllabus from the ASH Self-Assessment Program. In addition to the case studies, the Image Bank includes a collection of basic atlas images."
Note: "Helping hematologists conquer blood diseases."
Note: Click here for more information about the ASM Image Bank.
Note: Image Bank is also available in.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). History of Medicine Division (HMD) (open access)
Description: "This system provides access to the nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine."
Note: Click here for more information about Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).
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Current Medicine Group (paid site license [SCAMeL])
Description: "images.MD compiles over 70,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine, all derived from Current Medicine Group LLC's renowned series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by detailed and informative text written by over 2,000 contributing experts."
Note: "The online encyclopedia of medical images."
Note: "As a member of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, you have free access to full-sized, high quality images in step with the latest developments in medicine. By filling out a simple registration form, you can also start your own image library, create PowerPoint® presentations of images in your library, and order customized CD-ROMs of your favorite slides."
Note: Click here for more information about images.MD.
- See: images.MD
- Source: Thomson Scientific (open access)
- Note: Also available in the "Aditional Resources" section of ISI Web of Knowledge (paid site license) Description: "in-cites provides a behind-the-scenes look at the scientists, journals, institutions, nations, and papers selected by Essential Science Indicators. Read interviews and first-person essays about people in a wide variety of fields and professions. View selected overall and field rankings, pertinent statistics on the principles behind the data, the latest version of the database, including new entrants and Rising Stars in the rankings, information on field definitions, citation thresholds, and graphing trends. Updated weekly is SCI-BYTES: a summary of what's new in research."
Note: "in-cites is an editorial component of Essential Science Indicators. Other editorial components: 'Science Watch®' and 'Special Topics.'"
See also: ISI Web of Knowledge
See also: Science Watch®
See also: Special Topics
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International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) [U.K.] (open access)
Description: INASP Health Links is "a Gateway to more than 600 selected websites for health professionals, medical library communities, publishers, and NGOs in developing and transitional countries."
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MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series (paid site license)
Description: "Your international guide to drugs and derivatives from 133 countries.
"These days people travel across continents as easily as they travel across town. With them come countless medications that are unfamiliar in some countries or carry a different name than those prescribed locally. The Micromedex version of Index Nominum is an international drug directory providing synonyms, formulas, and therapeutic classes for drugs and derivatives for 133 countries. Edited by the Swiss Pharmaceutical Society, this database contains area-specific information for preparations used in medicine."
Note: Click here for more information about Index Nominum.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
- Source: Thomson Scientific (open access)
- Note: Also available in the "Aditional Resources" section of ISI Web of Knowledge (paid site license) Description: "Why is ION so valuable? How is it different from other sources of organism names? ION is unique in that it is the most complete source of organism names available. Organism names are a key element in organizing all biological information, but prior to the creation of ION, researchers had to check several disparate and incomplete name lists to find the information they need.
"No more - now they can save valuable time with the comprehensive answer: ION. "ION contains millions of animal names, both fossil and recent, at all taxonomic ranks, reported from the scientific literature since 1978, together with plant and virus names. (Bacteria names will be added soon).
"These names are derived from premier Thomson BIOSIS databases: Zoological Record®, BIOSIS Previews®, and Biological Abstracts®. Together, these resources cover every aspect of the life sciences - providing names from over 15 million scientific records, including approximately 15,000 international journals, patents, books, and conference proceedings. They provide a powerful foundation for the most complete collection of organism names available today."
Note: Click here for more information about Index to Organism Names (ION).
See also: ISI Web of Knowledge
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National Library of Medicine (NLM). Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
Description: "There are many sources of indoor air pollution in any home including cleaning and maintenance products, building materials, tobacco smoke, mold, and poor ventilation."
See also: Enviro-Health Links
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (open access)
Description: Includes information for clinicians and consumers.
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- Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
"Avian flu is caused by avian influenza viruses, which occur naturally among birds."- Pandemic Influenza
"Pandemic flu is flu that causes a global outbreak, or pandemic, of serious illness that spreads easily from person to person. Currently there is no pandemic flu."- Seasonal Influenza
"Seasonal flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses."
Note: Also available in Spanish.
- Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
- See: TOMES® System
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Gale Group via TexShare Core Databases (paid site license)
Description: "Growing collection of over 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Dates of coverage vary with start dates beginning January of 1996, and a 365 day rolling file for the New York Times."
Note: Full-text journals from this database are available in.
See also: Gale Group Collections
- See: ISI HighlyCited.com
- See: ISI HighlyCited.com
- See: ISI Web of Knowledge
- See: Web of Science
- Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network. Description: "IRIS is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It contains data in support of human health risk assessment. It is compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and contains over 500 chemical records. IRIS data, focusing on hazard identification and dose-response assessment, is reviewed by work groups of EPA scientists and represents EPA consensus. Among the key data provided in IRIS are EPA carcinogen classifications, unit risks, slope factors, oral reference doses, and inhalation reference concentrations."
Note: "Hazard identification and dose-response assessments for over 500 chemicals."
Note: Click here for more information about the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network.
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Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (open access)
Description: "The Center for Science in the Public Interest has launched the Integrity in Science Internet Database to provide information about the corporate ties of scientists, academics, and non-profit organizations in the fields of nutrition, environment, toxicology, and medicine. The aim of the database is to encourage transparency in the conduct, oversight, and reporting of science and to make information available to the public. We believe that disclosure of financial and other potentially biasing ties is an important mechanism of accountability and that a democratic public is best served by the free flow of information."
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World Health Organization (WHO) (open access)
Description: "The mission of the WHO Registry Platform is to ensure that a complete view of research is accessible to all those involved in health care decision making. This will improve research transparency and will ultimately strengthen the validity and value of the scientific evidence base."
Note: Click here for more information about the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP).
Note: Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
- See: INASP Health Links
- Source: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) via Ovid (paid site license)
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Coverage: 1970 to date.
Note: After logging in, select International Pharmaceutical Abstracts.
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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) via TOXLINE Special (open access)
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Coverage: 1968-2000 (coverage dates supplied by SUNY at Buffalo Libraries).
Note: Archival bibliographic collection (no longer being updated) now accessible as part of TOXLINE Special.
Description: "The International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Database
provides worldwide coverage of pharmaceutical science and health related literature from 1970 to the present, and is updated monthly.
Comprehensive information is included for drug therapy, toxicity, and pharmacy practice as well as legislation, regulation, technology,
utilization, biopharmaceutics, information processing, education, economics, and ethics as related to pharmaceutical science and
practice." [description from Ovid]
Note: Click here for more information about International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA).
See also: Ovid
See also: Toxicology Literature Online (TOXLINE)
- Source: Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) via National Library of Medicine (NLM). Specialized Information Services (SIS) (open access)
- Note: International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) is also searchable as a component of TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network. Description: "ITER is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It contains data in support of human health risk assessments. It is compiled by Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) and contains over 600 chemical records with key data from the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR), Health Canada, National Institute of Public Health & the Environment (RIVM) - The Netherlands, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and independent parties whose risk values have undergone peer review. ITER provides a comparison of international risk assessment information in a side-by-side format and explains differences in risk values derived by different organizations. ITER data, focusing on hazard identification and dose-response assessment, is extracted from each agency's assessment and contains links to the source documentation."
Note: "Risk information for over 600 chemicals from authoritative groups worldwide."
Note: Click here for more information about the International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER).
See also: TOXNET : Toxicology Data Network.
- See: ISI HighlyCited.com
- Source: Thomson Scientific (open access)
- Note: Also available in the "Aditional Resources" section of ISI Web of Knowledge (paid site license) Description: "This freely accessible Web site gives research professionals working in a variety of occupations an invaluable tool to identify individuals, departments and laboratories that have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of science and technology in recent decades.
"ISIHighlyCited.com reveals the face of research--the people behind the accomplishments in 21 broad subject categories in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences. These individuals are the most highly cited within each category for the period 1981-1999, and comprise less than one-half of one percent of all publishing researchers--truly an extraordinary accomplishment."
Note: ". . . an expert gateway to the most highly influential scientists and scholars worldwide."
Note: Click here for more information about ISI HighlyCited.com.
See also: ISI Web of Knowledge
- Source: Thomson Scientific (paid site license)
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Coverage:
Journal Citation Reports - Science Edition, 2000 to date.
MEDLINE®, 1966 to date.
OLDMEDLINE, 1950-1965.
Web of Science : Science Citation Index Expanded, 1992 to date.
Description: "ISI Web of Knowledge
is a daily and essential resource for millions around the world. An integrated, versatile
research platform, ISI Web of Knowledge delivers easy access to high quality, diversified
scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as
search and analysis tools that enhance this content. -
- BiologyBrowser
- in-cites
- Index to Organism Names (ION)
- ISI HighlyCited.com
- Science Watch®
- Special Topics
Note: Click here
for more information on ISI Web of Knowledge.
"Instead of simply searching a large quantity of content, users can search the right content and find the relevant information they require - whether that information is found in international journals, open access resources, books, patents, proceedings, or Web sites."
Note: This site license provides TTUHSC faculty, staff, and students with access to Journal Citation Reports - Science Edition, MEDLINE®, Web of Science : Science Citation Index Expanded, and EndNote Web through ISI Web of Knowledge. The following additional resources are also available from ISI Web of Knowledge:
Note: ISI Web of Knowledge Tutorial [v3.0]
See also: Journal Citation Reports - Science Edition
See also: MEDLINE® (MEDical literature, analysis, and retrieval system onLINE)
See also: OLDMEDLINE
See also: Web of Science : Science Citation Index Expanded
- See: ISI HighlyCited.com
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Source:
MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series (paid site license)
Description: "Your instant answer to IV compatibility questions with easy-to-interpret information.
"When multiple IV medications are combined, the risk of complication is very real. Efficacy of one or more drugs can be reduced or a potentially dangerous incompatibility can occur. The IV INDEX® System provides easy access to proven data to help ensure accurate IV compatibility decisions can be made at the point of care with confidence. The new IV INDEX features the parenteral compatibility piece of Trissel's™ 2, the latest database from the ultimate authority on IV compatibility - Lawrence Trissel. IV INDEX includes over 50,000 compatibility results and 600 unique drugs and solutions. IV INDEX also supports confident decisions with multiple studies and full study information including manufacturer, concentration, stability, and other conditions."
Note: Click here for more information about the IV INDEX® System.
See also: MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series
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