Health Sciences Proprietary Databases

• ***** Central Search (Googlize ebooks & ejournals) - Search all or selected proprietary & some public domain ebooks & ebook & ejournal databases. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Academic Search Complete - Designed for academic institutions. Search articles in over 5,300 publications (over 4,460 peer-reviewed) back to 1865, citations & abstracts for 9,300 journals & 10,900 publications (monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.), cited references for 1,000 journals. Covers all areas of academic study (area studies, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, etc.). Updated daily. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Alt HealthWatch - Search articles in over 180 international (often peer-reviewed) journals, reports, proceedings, association & consumer newsletters back to 1990. Covers complementary, holistic, integrated approaches to health care & wellness. Includes hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, book excerpts. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Berlin), THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• Anatomy.tv - View 3D rotatable images for 9 anatomical areas including Interactive Head & Neck, Interactive Pelvis & Perineum, and Interactive Spines; quizzes; MRI views. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, Israel), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• CINAHL Plus with Full Text - Search articles in over 560 nursing & allied health journals back to 1937. Has National League for Nursing & American Nurses' Association publications on nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, 17 allied health disciplines. Includes books, dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, evidence-based care sheets, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, clinical trials. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials - Search citations & abstracts of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration & others as part of an international effort to hand search journals worldwide & create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews. Includes reports in conference proceedings & other sources not in MEDLINE or other databases. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUC, TUN.



• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) - Search journal articles & protocols on the effects of healthcare. Reviews are highly structured & based on quality criteria to minimize bias. Data is evidence-based medicine often combined statistically to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies each too small to produce reliable results individually. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUC, TUN.



• Communication & Mass Media Complete - Combines CommSearch & Mass Media Articles Research. Search articles in 285 journals. Covers advertising, business communications, education, speech pathology, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Israel), TUI.



• Communication Sciences and Disorders Dome - Search citations & abstracts of 182,000 articles in 150 journals; the contents, index, references of 1,000 books; citations & abstracts of 5,000 dissertations; authors & abstracts of 18,000 grants; tens of thousands of links on audiology & speech-language pathology. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Israel). WHEN FINISHED, CLICK ON LOGOUT TO CLOSE YOUR SESSION.



• Credo Reference - Was xreferplus. Search over 210 reference sources (biographies, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotations) in 16 academic disciplines. Covers art, business, history, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, science, social sciences, technology, etc.. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) - Search abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare worldwide, critically analyzed at the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York (England) according to a high standard of criteria, in subjects for which a Cochrane review may not yet exist. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUC, TUN.



• Digital Engineering Library (DEL) - Search & browse over 4,000 chapters from 190 ebooks. Covers 12 engineering categories (aerospace, bio, chemical, civil, communications, construction & arch, electrical, math & science, environmental, industrial, materials science, mechanical). Log-in & create a personal profile to use bookmarks, annotations, highlighting, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY). WHEN FINISHED, CLICK ON LOGOUT TO CLOSE YOUR SESSION.



• Dissertations & Theses @ Touro - Search over 440 School of Health Sciences & 150 Graduate School of Jewish Studies masters theses. All theses also listed in UMI's printed Masters Abstracts International, included in the ProQuest Digital Dissertations Database, preserved on microfilm in the UMI vault & at the Midtown Library. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual theses. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ. TO DOWNLOAD THESES, FOLLOW THE ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS & DOWNLOAD THE ACROBAT READER IF NECESSARY.



• ebrary - Search & browse over 31,000 ebooks. Covers all areas of academic study. To get started, go through the ebrary Quick Start Training Program flash demo (covers the ebrary Reader & ebrary InfoTools) or read the ebrary Quick Start Guide. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), THmed, TUI, TUN, LIJ. WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, DOWNLOAD THE EBRARY READER.



• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) - Was Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Embryonic ELS) & Nature Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ESL). Search 3,900 peer-reviewed articles on biology, clinical medicine, diseases & conditions, evolution, morphology, immunology, neuroscience, plant science, science & society, etc.. Has a glossary with 4,000 definitions. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Berlin), THmed, TUN.



• Ereserves - Link to required electronic course material selected by professors & input by library staff after filing with the Copyright Clearance Center. Includes ebooks & ejournal articles; scanned book chapters & journal articles; Web sites, documents, databases, etc.; Course Reserves pages in the Books & Media (Library Catalog). Read "Information for New Users," then go to "Electronic Reserves & Reserve Pages" & search for material by course, department, instructor, document. There is a link to EReserves in Blackboard courses that require online course materials. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South), Thmed.



• FORENSICnetBASE/LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE - Search & browse over 160 CRC Press ebooks (handbooks, atlases, guides, etc.). Covers the latest techniques in forensic analysis, questions to ask an expert witness, case studies. Features works by DiMaio, Haglund, Sorg, Inman, Rudin, Karch. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Berlin), Law, TUI.



• Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search & browse 27 works. Covers business, history, law, literature, medicine, science, social science. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• Health & Wellness Resource Center (and Alternative Health Module) - Search the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine; a drug & herb finder (PDR Family Guides (prescription drugs,over-the-counter drugs, natural medicines & healing therapies); Medical & Health Information Directory (organizations); Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary; health news; Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Health; health assessment tools. Includes articles from over 630 periodicals back to 1980. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection - Search articles in 26 peer-reviewed journals back to 1982. Covers nursing, autism, psychiatry, psychology, aging & gerontology, public health, administration, pediatrics, family, mental disorders, learning disabilities, research methods & evaluation, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual jtitles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUI, TUN.



• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Was Health Source Plus. Search 550 periodicals (450 peer-reviewed) back to 1975. Covers medical disciplines, particularly nursing & allied health. Updated daily. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• HIPAA: A Guide for Healthcare Workers - Watch a 23-minute flash streaming video by Medcom. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• Infection Control: A Training Program for Healthcare Professionals - Watch a 46-minute flash streaming video by Medcom. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• JAMA & Archives - Search articles in JAMA & 10 Archives of . . . (Dermatology, Facial Plastic Surgery, Family Medicine, General Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngolog - Head & Neck Surgery,Pediatrics & Adolscent Medicine, Surgery) titles. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), TUN.



• Marquis Who's Who On The Web - Search over 1 million concise & comprehensive biographies of accomplished individuals worldwide from all fields of endeavor. Drawn from 20 Marquis print titles back to 1985 (Who Was Who in America, Who's Who in (America, American [Art, Education, History, Law, Nursing], 20th Century America, the East, Midwest, South & Southwest, West, the World, Entertainment, Finance & Business, Media & Communications, Medicine & Healthcare, Religion, Science & Engineering), Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals, Who's Who of (American Women, Emerging Leaders in America). Updated daily. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South, Berlin), Law, TUC, TUI.



• MD Consult (Core Service Clinics) - Search & browse 35 clinics titles (geriatric, sleep, sports medicine; neurologic, orthopedic, psychiatric, etc.). Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed.



• MD Consult (Core Service) - Use the Generic Account to search & browse 85 reference books on clinical medicine; articles in over 100 journals, 35 clinics, year books; drug information; news; current practice topics, insights, guidelines; patient handbooks on diseases & conditions; etc.. Create a Personal Account to download My PDA/Pocket, use My Folder of bookmarks & saved searches, etc.. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks & eJournals to link to individual journals, clinics, year books. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed.



• MEDLINE - Search citations & abstracts from over 4,600 biomedical journals. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• netLibrary - Search over 13,180 ebooks. Covers all areas of academic study. To get started, go through the Welcome to NetLibrary flash demo (covers econtent & eaudiobooks) or read the NetLibrary QuickStart Guide & NetLibrary Audiobooks QuickStart Guide. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ. WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, CREATE YOUR OWN ACCOUNT. CHECKOUTS LAST FOUR HOURS.



• Nursing and Allied Health - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search articles in nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. Restricted to TC (NY), Law, Thmed.



• OCLC FirstSearch - Search over 30 bibliographic, numeric, full-text specialty databases. Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, BasicBIOSIS, Biology Digest, Business and Management Practices, Clase and Periodica, Contemporary Women's Issues, Dissertation Abstracts Online, EconLit, GEOBASE, MDX Health Digest, Media Review Digest, PAIS International, ProceedingsFirst, SIRS Researcher, WorldCat, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY) library PCs.



• Original Sources - From Encyclopaedia Britannica. Search & browse original source documents in history, politics & government, philosophy, religion, science, the social sciences & original work of literary figures writing in English & other languages. Has a quotation finder, concordance. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel), Law, LIJ.



• OT Search - Search 34,000 citations of books, proceedings, theses & dissertations, unpublished papers, journal articles on rehabilitation, education, psychiatry, psychology, health care delivery & administration topics & assessment tools. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUN.



• OTDBASE - Search citations & abstracts of articles in 20 occupational therapy journals. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Berlin), THmed, TUI, TUN.



• Ovid - Search over 150 bibliographic, numeric, full-text specialty databases. Includes Criminal Justice Abstracts, Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts, Drug Information Fulltext, EMBASE, Evidence Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR), Exceptional Child Education Resources, Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI), Human Nutrition, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY) library PCs.



• ProQuest (all inclusive) - Search articles in periodicals. Includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, etc.. Encompasses ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, ProQuest Biology Journals, ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest Health Management, ProQuest Medical Library, ProQuest Newspapers, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, ProQuest Psychology Journals, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest Social Science Journals, Research Library. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• ProQuest Health Management - Search articles in over 550 periodicals on all aspects of health administration. Covers public health & safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations, law. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• ProQuest Medical Library - Search articles (using MEDLINE indexing) in 800 periodicals back to 1986. Covers all major healthcare specialities (nursing, pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology, cardiology, physical therapy, etc.). Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source - Search articles in over 580 journals bacj ti 1986. Covers alternative & complementary medicine, consumer health, cytology, nursing, nutrition, oncology, pediatric care, pharmacology, public health, radiology. Use eJournals to link to individual itles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• PsycINFO - Search nearly 2.3 million citations & summaries of articles (2,100 journals, 97% peer-reviewed), book chapters, books, dissertations back to the 1800s. Covers the psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, etc..RESTRICT ED to TC (NY, South, Berlin), Law, THmed, TUI, TUN.



• Public Documents Masterfile - Search & browse citations of federal, state, local, international public documents back over 200 years, Includes links to World Bank publications back to 1946. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• Research Library - Search articles in 2,000 journals back to 1971. Covers the arts, business, children, education, health, humanities, international, law, literature, military, multicultural, political science, psychology, sciences, social sciences, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• SAGE Premier Collection - Search articles in over 485 journals. Covers business, health science, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, France), Law, THmed, LIJ.



• ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition - Search articles in over 900 journals. Includes over 20 reference works, handbooks, book series. Covers biological chemistry, forensic sciences, human nutrition, immunology, psychotherapy, neurological sciences, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• ScienceDirect Social & Behavioral Sciences College Edition - Search articles in over 550 journals. Includes reference works, handbooks, book series. Covers business, education, health, history, psychology, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), TUC, TUI.



• SMART Imagebase - Search, browse, download over 10,000 illustrations & animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• Social Work Abstracts - Search 45,000 citations of journal articles back to 1977. Covers social work, homelessness, AIDS, child & family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• SPORTDiscus with Full Text - Search articles in 230 journals. Covers sports, fitness, sports medicine. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Berlin), THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• STATRef - Search all 42 standard medical reference ebooks or limit to individual titles. Can search PubMed, etc. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, Israel), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• Web Sites of Print Subscriptions - EBSCOhost EJS (Electronic Journals Service). Link to Web sites for over 150 of Touro College Libraries' print subscriptions, most with articles back several years. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).