Animal Alternatives

Databases

General Information

Research Assistance

UNTHSC Departments

Databases

• AGRICOLA
  http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
  AGRICultural OnLine Access is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) that indexes publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, aquaculture and fisheries, agricultural economics, and animal experimentation.
  
  
• ALTBIB
  http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/altbib.html
  The Bibliography on Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing assists in identifying methods and procedures helpful in supporting the development, testing, application, and validation of alternatives to the use of vertebrates in biomedical research and toxicology testing.
  
  
• ALTWEB
  http://altweb.jhsph.edu/
  Alternatives to Animal Testing on the Web is a database from John Hopkins Center that serves as a central reference point for alternatives information, publications, databases, calendars, and other resources.
  
  
• Animal Welfare Information Center
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/databases/database.htm
  The AWIC database provides information on biomedical research, biological science, animal science, veterinary medicine, fish and wildlife research, toxicology and specialized alternative methods.
  
  

• BIOSIS
  https://proxy.hsc.unt.edu/login?url=http://portal.isiknowledge.com/

  Coverage includes traditional areas of biology such as botany, zoology, and microbiology, as well as related fields such as biomedical, agriculture, pharmacology, and ecology. Also included are interdisciplinary fields such as medicine, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering, and biotechnology.
  
  
• PUBMED
  https://proxy.hsc.unt.edu/login?url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
  
  
• TOXNET
  http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
  Toxicology Database from the National Library of Medicine
  
  

General Information

• Animal Alternatives Search Guide
  http://www.healthlibrary.emory.edu/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=52 Alternatives research defined with guidelines and terminology available from the:Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library @ Emory University.
  
  

• John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
  http://caat.jhsph.edu
  A guide to grants, workshops, newsletters, books, journals and other publications.
  
  
• UC Davis Center for Animal Alternatives
  http://lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/animalalternatives/index.php
  Subject guide from the University of California, Davis. Topics covered include research, alternatives searching tools and guides, disease models, imaging, humane endpoints, monoclonal antibody production and animal welfare.
  
  
• National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
  http://www.nabr.org/AnimalLaw/NIHRevitalizationAct.htm
  Animal Law Section - an interagency group with representatives from 14 Federal agencies to support the infrastructure needed for the evaluation of new testing methods.
  
  
• Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW)
  http://www.scaw.com
  The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) is a non-profit educational association of individuals and institutions whose mission is to promote the best practices of humane care, use, and management of animals involved in research, testing or education in laboratory, agricultural, wildlife or other settings.

Research Assistance

To obtain assistance with an Animal Alternatives literature search contact:

Lisa Smith at 817-735-2601.

UNTHSC Departments

• UNTHSC Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine

• UNTHSC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
  About the Committee
  Policy Manual