| Database Title | Summary - Full Description | Coverage | Full Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHFS Drug Information | "A tested and proven source of comparative, unbiased, and evaluative drug information containing a monograph on virtually every single drug entity available in the United States. Monographs are considerably beyond the FDA-approved labeling in their scope." | Yes | |
| American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Conditions A to Z | "...a handy patient information tool that's been written by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The AAFP is a national medical organization representing 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents, and medical student. Common conditions, treatments, and health tips are presented concisely and informatively..." | Yes | |
| ArchiveGrid | Descriptions of archival holdings and special collections of manuscripts and other primary source materials nationwide. Includes full text finding aids describing the contents of archival collections at various libraries, museums, and archival repositories throughout the U.S. with links to the repositories. | 00-present | Partial |
| Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) | Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) provides access to clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics. About 430 journal titles are selectively indexed. Major areas of coverage include: aggressins and toxins; animal bacteriology; antibacterial agents; antibiosis; antibiotics; cell structure and function; culture; ecology and distribution; genetics and evolution; human bacteriology; identification; immunology; invertebrate bacteriology; methodology; microbial symbiosis; plasmids; predation; taxonomy; and typing | 1982 - present | No |
| Begell Digital Library | Begell Digital Library includes many journals, databases, and e-books in engineering and science. It is best known for its thermal science and engineering materials. There are many journals from the broad fields of science, medicine, and engineering. | varies | Yes |
| Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection (seminars) | "This collection of specially prepared animated audio visual presentations with synchronized narration by world leading scientists is keeping researchers informed throughout the world." | Yes | |
| Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic | A limited subset of the MEDLINE database; access to the complete database is available through PubMed. | 1985 - current | Yes |
| BIOSIS Previews | One of the databases available through ISI Web of Knowledge, BIOSIS Previews includes content from journals, meetings, patents, and books. Search precisely with BIOSIS indexing, enhanced MeSH terms, and CAS registry numbers. | 1926 - | No |
| Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder) | SciFinder Scholar is a means of accessing the Chemical Abstracts database using a powerful and intuitive search engine to find references to articles easily. Search for chemical data using a molecular formula, chemical name, chemical structure, reaction components, author name, or topic of interest. | 1907 - present | Partial |
| Cochrane Library | Highly structured and systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare. Contains clinical trial information not indexed in Medline and other databases. | Partial | |
| Cold Spring Harbor Protocols | Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is an interactive source of several hundred reliable, new and classic research techniques in molecular and cellular biology. Fully searchable by keyword and subject, the database covers protocols for the following topics: antibodies, bioinformatics/genomics, cell biology, chromatography, computational biology, DNA delivery/gene transfer, electrophoresis, genetics, high-throughput analysis, imaging/microscopy, immunology, laboratory organisms, molecular biology, neuroscience, plant biology, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), proteins and proteomics, RNA interference (RNAi)/siRNA, stem cells, and transgenic technology. The database also has an alphabetical listing of all protocol recipes and an alphabetical listing of all protocol cautions. In addition, it provides a mechanism for finding laboratory supplies. | 2006- | Yes |
| Conference Papers Index | Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Information is derived from final programs, abstracts booklets and published proceedings, as well as from questionnaire responses. Records include complete ordering information to obtain preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications derived from the conference, together with title and author information needed to track the specific papers. | 1982 - present | Partial |
| Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses | "This reference not only provides the pharmacologic profile of what each drug does and how it works but also links essential nursing data, such as which parameters to assess in the patient taking the drug, how to administer the medication, and how to evaluate the drug's effectiveness while incorporating unique information about how to prevent medication errors. The 9th edition meets and fills the drug information needs of every student and practicing nurse, facilitating and emphasizing the nurse's role in safe and effective management of medication therapies. " | Yes | |
| Detailed Drug Information for the Customer | "Advice for the Patient delivers drug information in easy-to-grasp terms. This volume also includes a Glossary of Medical Terms and other features created to serve your patients' information needs." | Yes | |
| DrugPoints System | Comprehensive drug information reference providing complete coverage, including both labeled and off-label uses, of more than 11,000 generic and brand name drugs. "In-depth monographs cover dosing, indications, interactions, pharmacology/pharmacokinetics, side/adverse effects, and patient counseling guidelines. Labeled and off-label uses are discussed to facilitate third-party reimbursement." | Yes | |
| DSM-IV-TR | "The DSM IV provides the only comprehensive classification of all recognized psychiatric disorders. This Text Revision includes updated information about the associated features, culture, age, and gender features, prevalence, course, and familial pattern of mental disorders." | Yes | |
| Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | This reference identifies current challenges and development paths sure to influence fields ranging from materials and surface science, chemistry, and biomedicine to computer technology, information processing, and mechanical, optical, and electrical engineeringexamining the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1100 nanometers. | Yes | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Corresponding to print format Thomson Gale reference publications, selected e-book titles deliver reference content in database format. Can search a single title or multiple titles by keyword, title, ISBN, or full text. | Varies by title | Yes |
| General Science Full Text | General Science Full Text is included in OmniFile Full Text, which is a multi-disciplinary database providing indexing, abstracts, and full text from hundreds of journals in multiple subject areas. Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text coverage in 1994. Start dates for indexing, abstracting, and full-text rights to individual journals may vary. | 1982 - present; full-text, 1994 - present | Partial |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health | Including the respected Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Health & Wellness Resource Center delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Descriptions of and links to many pertinent websites have been selected for their usefulness and appropriateness. Health and medical video content and physician-authored articles is provided by Healthology. The latest health news from Harvard Health Publications, a division of the Harvard Medical School, is also available. | Current | Partial |
| Health Reference Center Academic | Multi-source database providing access to full-text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources that offer reliable health information to researchers, including nursing and allied health students. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. | 1980 -- current | Yes |
| Health Source - Consumer Edition | Health Source Plus is a database of both general health magazines and professional health care journals. It includes full text from nearly 300 periodicals, nearly 1,200 pamphlets, 20 books, 7,000 Clinical Reference Systems reports, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, and Clinical Pharmacology. | 1985 - present | Partial |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides abstracts and indexing for over 800 journals, with nearly 600 scholarly full text journals, focusing on many medical disciplines, with an emphasis on nursing and allied health. In addition, this database includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to drug monographs for U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. | 1975 - present | Partial |
| International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) | Produced in cooperation with the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, IPA includes information from over 750 pharmaceutical, medical, and health care journals. The entire spectrum of drug therapy and pharmaceutical information is covered. | 1970 - present | No |
| Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition | Published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition contains quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to determine the relative importance of journals within subject categories. Covering about 5,700 journals, JCR: Science Edition has many uses. Students and faculty use it to identify journals in which to publish, confirm the status of journals in which they have published, and identify journals relevant to their research. Online coverage extends back to 1998. There is a CD-ROM for 1997 and print for 1975-90, 1992 and 1996. | 1998 - present | No |
| Lexi-Comp. Online Reference Series | Lexi-Comp offers a collection of point-of-care reference products with concise, yet detailed answers to drug information, laboratory tests, diagnostic procedures, infectious diseases, poisoning and toxicology, natural products, etc. Specialty-focused information in the fields of pediatrics, geriatrics, anesthesiology, psychiatry, oncology, and cardiology are also available. | Yes | |
| MEDLINE (EBSCO interface) | MEDLINE covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Indexes over 3,700 journals. | 1964 - present | No |
| MEDLINE (PubMed interface) | PubMed, available via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system, was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for services including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, OMIM, and many others. PubMed provides access to citations from biomedical literature. LinkOut provides access to full-text articles at journal Web sites and other related Web resources. PubMed also provides access and links to the other Entrez molecular biology resources. | 1950-- | Partial |
| MedlinePlus | MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 800 diseases and conditions. There are directories, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, easy-to-understand tutorials on common conditions, tests, and treatments, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. | Current | Yes |
| ProQuest Congressional | Provides access to historic and recent U.S. Government publications from 1789-2000 on including U.S. Congressional Serial Set documents, federal agency reports, congressional committee publications, statistics, maps, and congressional debates. | 1789-1997 | Yes |
| ProQuest Statistical Insight | Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. Search between approximately 200,000 to 500,000 tables with its advanced Search Tables functionality. | 50+ years | Yes |
| PsycINFO | The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, neuroscience, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to dissertations and journals (1,300 + ). It includes the fulltext article links from the PsycARTICLES database. | 1806-present | Partial |
| PubMed | PubMed, available via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system, was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for services including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, OMIM, and many others. PubMed provides access to citations from biomedical literature. LinkOut provides access to full-text articles at journal Web sites and other related Web resources. PubMed also provides access and links to the other Entrez molecular biology resources. | 1950 - | Partial |
| Review of Medical Physiology - 22nd Ed. (2005) | "Provides a current and concise overview of mammalian and human physiology. Thoroughly revised and updated, examples from clinical medicine have been integrated throughout the chapters to illuminate important physiologic concepts. Features more than 700 illustrations and a self-study section with 630 multiple choice questions." | Yes | |
| Science Citation Index Expanded | Science Citation Index Expanded is part of ISI's Web of Science database. It provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references in about 5,900 of the world's scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. Online coverage extends back to 1977. | 1945 - present | No |
| Science Online | More than the journal, Science, the content of this website extends into ethics, policies, sociology, pedagogy, etc. as it relates to science and how science impacts those areas. The journal, Science, and its preprint version, ScienceExpress, and Science Now, a daily news web page are all available full-text. Also accessible: Three virtual knowledge environments - Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment (STKE), Science of Aging Knowledge Environment (SAGE), and AIDS Online - each of which has an online journal, laboratory protocol section, various bioinformatics products, and more. Functional Genomics. Full access to current awareness services. Some of these resources, especially those within SAGE, are aimed at non-scientists and teachers of science. | Yes | |
| Sport Discus | SPORT Discus is an international database which contains information on sports medicine, exercise physiology, biometrics, psychology, training techniques, coaching, physical education, physical fitness, active living. | 1975 - present | Partial |
| Springer E-Books | Contains full-text of books/book chapters, conference papers, and journal articles published by Springer. Purdue University Libraries' subscription to e-books starts in 2005 and covers many disciplines. | 2005 - present | Yes |
| STATRef | AHFS Drug Information; Basic & Clinical Pharmacology; Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology; Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations; DSM IV TR; Ellenhorn's Medical Toxicology; Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy; Mosby's GenRx; Review of Medical Physiology; USP DI Vol. 1, Drug Information for the Health Care Provider; USP DI Vol. 2, Advice for the Patient | Partial | |
| Toxicology Abstracts | Every day, in all branches of toxicology, research uncovers new risks associated with the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and by-products of our age. Toxicology Abstracts is the only comprehensive print resource for professionals in this field who must be aware of every new finding. Specifically focused to meet the needs of toxicologists, Toxicology Abstracts covers issuses from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues. Surveying the literature for toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and myriad other substances, each issue publishes information concerning the in vivo effects of toxic substances. <p> About 200 journals are selectively indexed by Toxicology Abstracts. | 1981 - present | Partial |
| TOXLINE | TOXLINE on this service offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. This database provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, information in the database is drawn from a number of discrete files including Toxicity Bibliography and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. | 1999 - present | Partial |
| TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) | The TRIP Database answers real clinical questions using the principles of evidence based medicine. TRIP Database Ltds involvement in clinical question answering has shown the type of material that is useful in answering genuine questions health professionals have. Registered users (registration is free) benefit from extra features such as CPD, search history, and collaborative tools. | 1997 -- current | Partial |
| Web of Knowledge | ISI Web of Knowledge provides access to Web of Science, ISI Proceedings, BIOSIS Previews, MEDLINE, Web Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports. | 1900 - | No |
| Web of Science | Web of Science includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Collectively, these indexes cover 8,700 scholarly and technical journals completely and 13,300 selectively, in more than 230 disciplines. The Web of Science gateway allows searching the indexes singly or in combination. Features include cited reference searching, access to records related to a particular article, and number of times an article has been cited. Coverage extends back to 1977 | 1977 - present | Partial |
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