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Lewis Library Information Resources
Databases for Literature Searching in Biomedical Sciences
Database Descriptions
MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. MEDLINE contains:
- Bibliographic citations and author abstracts
- More than 4,600 biomedical journals
- United States and 70 other countries of publication
- 11 million+ citations
- 1966 - present
The Ovid interface provides quick and easy mapping to appropriate MeSH terms for required topics. Search results may be restricted to "local holdings", print journals subscribed to by Lewis Library. Links to full-text articles in those electronic journals subscribed to by Lewis Library are shown in search results. Login/password optional.
MEDLINE (PubMed)
MEDLINE on PubMed is the same database found in MEDLINE on Ovid (see above). PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's interface to MEDLINE and to citations from additional sources. Unlike Ovid, PubMed is freely available on the web. In addition to MEDLINE citations from 1966 to the present, over 1.5 million OLDMEDLINE citations, originally printed in hardcopy indexes published from 1953 through 1965, can now be searched through PubMed. When users access the PubMed interface through the Lewis Library web page, their search results indicate Lewis Library holdings of both print and electronic journals, plus direct linking to selected electronic journal articles. A PubMed tutorial is available.
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Academic Search Premier
Full-text articles from over 4,000 peer-reviewed, academic journals in all subject areas. From the early 1990's, some from 1975.
AGRICOLA
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library of the United States. The records describe publications and resources in 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.
ArticleFirst
Citations from over 12,000 magazines and serials, covering science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture from 1990 to the present. Users may browse Tables of Contents from individual journal issues. No full-text; contact the Reference Office for information on obtaining articles.
BioMed Central
BioMed Central is a publisher of peer-reviewed, free access biomedical journals. Currently, BMC publishes over 100 e-journals on its website. Research articles are published immediately after acceptance to promote rapid progress in science.
BIOSIS Previews
BIOSIS Previews® is the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research. It covers original research reports and reviews in biological and biomedical areas. 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.
ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. You may also want to learn more about clinical trials.
Current Contents--Life Sciences
The Life Sciences edition of Current Contents provides access to complete bibliographic information from articles, editorials, meeting abstracts, commentaries, and all other significant items in recently published editions of over 1,370 of the world's leading life sciences journals and books in a broad range of categories. Each weekly publication reproduces the table of contents from scholarly scientific journals from 1998. Current Contents is produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
DOAJ provides indexing, abstracting, and free full text access for selected international scholarly journals in many subject areas, including agriculture and food science, biology, chemistry, health science, languages and literature, mathematics, physics, engineering, the arts, business, environmental science, history, law, political science, philosophy, religion, and social science. Coverage varies by title (updated continuously). Full text journals available include such titles as The Northstar: a Journal of African American Religious History, the Journal of Applied Science and Bulletin of the World Health Organization - International Journal of Public Health. This database is provided by Lund University Libraries, located in Sweden.
Household Products Database
What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Learn more about what's in these products, about potential health effects, and about safety and handling. Browse by product category, brand name, manufacturer or ingredients. Get the information that is on the Material Safety Data Sheets.
LactMed
A new edition to the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET system, LactMed is a free online database with information on drugs and lactation. LactMed is geared to healthcare professionals and nursing mothers. It contains over 450 drug records, a glossary, and web links.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
NCBI, affiliated with the National Library of Medicine, is a national resource for information about molecular biology. NCBI creates databases and tools for researchers, including Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database (OMIM), Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), GenBank and many more.
NextWave
A premier resource for scientific research jobs and information to further your scientific career. The site includes listings for biology jobs, molecular biology jobs, microbiology jobs, biotechnology jobs, cancer research jobs and much more.
NLM Catalog
The NLM (National Library of Medicine) Catalog provides access to NLM bibliographic data for journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources and other materials. Links to the library's holdings in LocatorPlus, NLM's online public access catalog, are also provided.
NLM GateWay
A gateway to medical resources, the NLM Gateway allows you to search several databases at the same time. The databases searchable through the NLM Gateway are MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj. The databases index books, journal articles, conference proceedings, health topics, drug information, and research projects in progress. Some full-text is included.
PapersFirst
An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide from 1993 to the present. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
ProceedingsFirst
An index of worldwide conference proceedings with citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at that conference. Covers 1993 to present.
PsycINFO
PsycINFO(R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Journal coverage, spanning 1887-present, includes international material selected from more than 1,500 periodicals written in over 35 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually through weekly updates. Login/password optional.
Science Citation Index (included in Web of Science)
Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines. The Science Citation Index Expanded includes all cited references captured from indexed articles. Available through Web of Science from 2002 to the present. The print version is also available in the Lewis Library.
SciFinder Scholar
SciFinder Scholar is the electronic version of Chemical Abstracts. Over 1600 chemistry journals are indexed cover-to-cover and 8,000+ journals are monitored. Records go back to 1907. SciFinder Scholar will connect you to the full text of the articles IF the Library subscribes to the journal. The database is updated daily. Citrix is required to be downloaded for SciFinder to operate. This resource is limited to 3 simultaneous users.
TOXNET
The Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) of the National Library of Medicine's Specialized Information Services is responsible for the Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®), an integrated system of toxicology and environmental health databases that are available free of charge on the web.
Web of Knowledge
The Web of Knowledge from Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI) is the portal to the company’s scientific literature search products such as BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents, Journal Citation Reports, and the Science Citation Index (i.e, the Web of Science). You can perform cross-database searching of those resources using the Web of Knowledge interface or you can go directly to the specific tools using the links found on this web page.
Web of Science (includes Science Citation Index)
Web access to the following citation indexes from 2002 to the present: Science Citation Index; Social Sciences Citation Index; and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
WorldCat
A "national catalog" of books, journals, manuscripts, videotapes, web resources, and other material. This database is like a combined online catalog of most academic and public libraries in the U.S., with more than 52 million library records. Users may search WorldCat to locate items not owned by their local libraries or to check references for accuracy. UNTHSC student, faculty, and staff may order materials not owned by Lewis Library using an online form directed to the library's Interlibrary Loan service.
WorldCat Dissertations & Theses
This database provides fast and convenient access to the dissertations and theses available in libraries around the world. There are over 5 million records in the database.
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