Health Scienes Bibliographies & Indexes

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• A.T. Literature - Can search citations & abstracts (some links to full-text) of books, journal articles, papers, reports on assistive technology.



• Acubriefs.com - Can search 12,000 citations of English language books, journal articles, conference proceedings, computer programs, theses, dissertations, etc.



• AGRIS - Can search citations of journal articles, conference papers, etc., on agricultural sciences & technology. Covers nutrition.



• Bilingualism Database - Can browse citations of books & journal articles in 19 categories (bilingualism & speech disorders, teaching English as a second foreign language, etc.). Has links.



• Biomail - A free current awareness service that searches PubMed weekly & sends links to new documents by email.



• Brandon/Hill Selected Lists - Can browse citations of books & journals recommended for small medical, nursing, allied health libraries. Last updated in 2006.



• CAIRSS for Music (Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval Service System) - Can search citations of articles in 19 specialist journals on music education, psychology, therapy, medicine.



• CAM on PubMed - Can search a subset of PubMed & other life science journals. Includes links to ejournal articles, etc.



• Cancer Literature in PubMed - Can search a subset of PubMed & additional life science journals. Includes links to ejournal articles, etc.



• CHORUS (Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology) - Can search over 1,100 documents (citations of journal articles, journal articles, medical pictures) on diseases, radiological findings, gamuts, etc. Covers the musculoskeletal system



• CIRRIE Database - Can search over 24,000 citations of journal articles & conference papers on international rehabilitation research back to 1990.



• Cost-Effectiveness Bibliography (CEB) - Can search citations & abstracts of evidence-based journal articles on physical medicine & rehabilitation.



• Datadiwan, The - Can search over 6,000 citations of books & journal articles on holistic medicine & frontier sciences.



• Drug Discrimination Bibliographic Database - Can search over 3,620 citations & abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books back to 1951 on evidence-based behavioral & neuropharmacological effects of drugs.



• Evidence-Based Journal Reviews - Can search, browse citations & abstracts of journal articles with critical reviews of clinical trials, download (pdf) them into handheld devices.



• getCITED - Can search over 30,600 citations from 3.3 million books, journal articles, conference proceedings, working papers, reports, etc., from over 10,000 academic institutions. Requires free registration.



• Google Scholar - Can search scholarly literature (peer-reviewed articles, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, etc.) in all broad areas of research from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, etc. Includes citations of older works & seminal papers not available online.



• HazLit Database - Can search citations (some abstracts) of books, journal articles, reports on how society prepares for, reacts to, etc., natural hazards & catastrophic events.



• Health and Medicine in the News - Can search citations & abstracts of newspaper articles back to 1997 with citations of journal articles on which they are based.



• Hom-Inform - Can search over 25,000 citations of books & journal articles on homeopathy from the British Homeopathic Library.



• Ibogaine Bibliographies of Scientific Papers - Can search citations & abstracts of journal articles on Ibogaine, 18-MC, the NMDA-receptor in PubMed.



• Index to Chiropractic Literature (ICL) - Can search citations of journal articles back to 1985.



• IndMED - Can search citations of articles in 200 peer-reviewed biomedical journals from India back to 1985. Includes a MetaMED search tool for IndMED & PubMed.



• IngentaConnect - Can search, browse over 20 million citations & abstracts of over 29,600 books, journal articles, conference proceedings, working papers, reports, etc. in 15 categories.



• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS). Can search over 722,000 citations & abstracts of peer-reviewed & consumer journal articles on vitamins, minerals, botanicals back to 1986. .



• International Bibliography of Sign Language - Can search over 30,000 citations of journal articles, monographs, etc., on modern sign language research, deaf culture, sign language interpreting, education of the deaf.



• ISIHighlyCited.com - Can search, browse the most highly cited researchers in 21 categories of life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering, social sciences from 1981-99. Provides biographical information & publication lists.



• Journal Watch Infectious Diseases - Can search citations & abstracts of articles on infectious diseases in over 180 medical journals. Edited & reviewed by over 80 physicians. Requires free registration.



• NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) - Can search citations of articles in over 850 journals, book chapters, technical reports, reprints.



• National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Annotated Bibliographies - Can search over 3,200 citations to peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, etc., back to 1997 on guidelines



• NCJRS Abstracts Database - Can search over 185,000 citations & abstracts of research reports, books, journal articles, etc., back to the 1970s.



• NIEHS Bibliography - Can search, browse citations of journal articles, book chapters, other papers back to 1990.



• NIOSHTIC-2 - Can search 32,000 citations & abstracts (some links to full-text) of journal articles, grant reports, etc., back to 1971.



• NLM Gateway - Can simultaneously search MEDLINE/PubMed, TOXLINE Special, NLM Catalog, MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov, DIRLINE, Genetics Home Reference, Meeting Abstracts, HSRProj, OMIM, HSDB.



• PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) - Can search citations & abstracts of randomised controlled trials & systematic reviews.



• Pharma Nord Research Manual - Can search over 5,000 citations & abstracts of journal articles, conference papers on preventive medicine & nutrition back to 1985.



• POPLINE Population and Environment Bibilographic Resource - Can search citations & abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, etc., on population, family planning, related health issues.



• Population Index - on the Web - Can search, browse over 46,000 citations & abstracts of books, journal articles, working papers published from 1986 to 2000.



• PSYCLINE - Can search 2,000 ejournals (not all free) via Journal Locator & citations & abstracts via Article Locator.



• PubCrawler - A free downloadable (perl) current awareness alert service that scans daily updates to Medline & GenBank.



• PubMed - Can search over 15 million MEDLINE citations & abstracts back to the mid-1950s, plus life sciences journals.



• PubMed Clinical Queries - Can limit searches to Clinical Queries or Systematic Reviews.



• QUAKELINE - Can search over 44,900 citations & abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, etc., back to 1987 on earthquakes, natural hazard mitigation, etc.



• REHABDATA Database, The - Can search 65,000 citations & abstracts of journal articles & books on disabilities, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, etc., back to 1956.



• SARA - Scholarly Articles Research Alerting - Can register for emailed tables of contents for Carfax, CRC Press, Frank Cass, Parthenon, Psychology Press, Routledge, Spon Press, Taylor & Francis journals.



• Scientific Publications by NCEH Authors - Can search citations & abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, proceedings, etc., back to 1990.



• Scirus - Search engine. Can search over 135 million science-related Web pages, including citations & abstracts of peer-reviewed journals, conferences, preprints, etc. Covers economics, business, management; medicine; neuroscience; psychology; social & behaviorial sciences; etc.



• Sleep Bibliography Database - Can search, browse over 60,000 citations & abstracts of journal articles on basic & clinical research.



• SUMSearch - Metasearch engine. Searches multiple databases (Merck Manual, PubMed, National Guideline Clearinghouse, DARE, etc.) for evidence-based medicine.



• Toxicology Literature Online (TOXLINE) - Can search citations of journal articles, monographs, reports, theses, papers, reports, etc., on the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, toxicological effects of drugs & other chemicals.



• TOXNET - Can search one or all databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, etc.



• TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice) - A limited area search engine. Can search 8,000 links at 28 evidence-based medical centers, including MEDLINE. Requires free registration.



• West Nile Virus Bibliography, 1965-2004 - Can search citations & abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, etc.



• World Food Habits - Can search citations of book & journal articles on cannibalism, eating attitudes, hunger & famine, vegetarian diets, etc.