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| Database | Description |
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| Academic Search Premier |  Covers a wide range of academic areas including arts, business, communication, education, humanities, language and linguistics, literature, sciences, social sciences, technology and women's studies. Full text is provided for more than 4,650 journals dating back to 1975. |
| AccessMedicine.com |
AccessMedicine.com is a resource that provides complete references and services for physicians, students, and health professionals
who need immediate access to authoritative and current medical data. Updated daily. |
| AgeLine | AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology,
sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. It covers aging-related issues for professionals in aging
services, health, business, law, and mental health. SEE ALSO THE Geriatrics Toolkit
Available to the public |
| AGRICOLA | AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature
created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its cooperators. The database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th
century, encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.
Available to the public |
| AIDSinfo | AIDSinfo offers federally approved information on research, clinical trials, and treatment for
patients and health care providers. Information is also available in Spanish. AIDSinfo is a merger of the ACTIS and ATIS services.
SEE ALSO THE HIV/AIDS Toolkit Available to the public |
| Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database [ETOH] | Produced by the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), ETOH contains over 110,000
records, including references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts,
conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited
works. Available to the public |
| ALTBIB: Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing | This resource is useful 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.
Available to the public |
| BioMed Central | BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication.
Available to the public |
| Books@OVID |
Books@Ovid is a full-text collection of respected medical, nursing,
and pharmacy texts from a variety of publishers. It offers the complete text
of these sources in a highly interlinked and easily navigated graphical interface. |
| Business Source Premier | Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Contains journals in all disciplines of
business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily. |
| CDC Wonder | Search for and retrieve MMWR articles and Prevention Guidelines published by the CDC. Query public use
data sets about mortality, cancer incidence, hospital discharges, AIDS, behavioral
risk factors, diabetes and other topics. Available to the public |
| CINAHL |  CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. SEE ALSO THE Nursing Toolkit |
| ClinicalTrials.gov | The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. Available to the public |
| Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Cochrane Methodology Register Part of Cochrane Library |
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| Cochrane Library | The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world's best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.
Includes: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews -- Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials -- Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews -- Cochrane Methodology Register -- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects -- Health Technology Assessment Database -- NHS Economic Evaluation Database. SEE ALSO THE EBM Toolkit |
| Commission E Monographs |
The western world's only official, government sanctioned authority on herbal
medicines, the German Commission's 380 monographs on single and fixed combination
herbs represent today's highest standard in phytomedicinal evaluation. Includes
assessments on herbal remedies' quality, safety, efficacy, and clinical applications. |
| Community of Science [COS] | Individual registration
is required to access this resource. Users can find funding opportunities, search
the COS databases (MEDLINE, Ei Compendex, AGRICOLA, U.S. Patents, etc.), read
science news, and generate a curriculum vitae or a PHS 398 Biographical Sketch
for NIH. Available to the public |
| CRISP has been replaced with RePORTER |
CRISP was a database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. Nov. 2009 The CRISP system has been replaced by the RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) query tool. This new tool retains all of the features of CRISP while providing additional query fields. New features will be added to RePORTER in several releases throughout fiscal year 2010. Available to the public |
| Current Contents Connect See entry under ISI for description. |
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| Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects [DARE] Part of Cochrane Library |
Complements the Cochrane Reviews by quality-assessing and summarising reviews which have not been carried out by the Cochrane Collaboration. The database covers a broad range of health and social care topics and can be used for answering questions about the effects of interventions, as well as for developing guidelines and policy making.
Available to the public from the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination |
| Drug Information Portal | The Drug Information Portal from the National Library of Medicine gives the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers a gateway to current, accurate and understandable drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. More than 12,000 drug records are available for searching. The search interface is straightforward, requiring only a drug name as a search term, and successful searching is enhanced by the assistance of a spellchecker. Links to the following resources contribute to the search results: MedlinePlus®, AIDSinfo®, Medline/PubMed®, LactMed, HSDB®, Dietary Supplements Labels Database, TOXLINE®, DailyMed®, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubChem, NIAID Anti-HIV/OI Database, ChemIDplus®, Drugs@FDA, DEA, and USA.gov. Available to the public |
| DXplain | Dxplain is a diagnostic decision support program which allows the user to enter a list of clinical manifestations (historical findings, signs, symptoms, lab test results, etc.) and then generate a list of possible diagnoses. SearchBank provides bibliographic references, abstracts and full text for excerpts and articles from a variety of health publications. |
| DynaMed | A "Just-In-Time" Internet reference integrating evidence based medicine with practical information for clinical practice on more than 1,800 clinical topics. DynaMed for PDA is now available. To obtain a serial number: Email dynamedsupport@epnet.com from your UMDNJ email account (no other email accounts will be accepted) requesting a serial number for your PDA device, or, ask for a serial number from your campus library's information desk. SEE ALSO THE EBM Toolkit |
| eMedicine | eMedicine presents a collection of monographs that cover 65 professional specialties and three consumer areas, complete with full streaming video, audio, and color
images suitable for clinical and teaching purposes. It contains a section of
Tools, such as Case of the Week.
Available to the public - Individual registration required |
| Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine | A great cross-database site, Entrez provides users with a way to search twenty (20) databases simultaneously. Includes: Genome - The whole genomes of over 1000 viruses and over 100 microbes. Includes completely sequenced organisms and those for which sequencing is in progress. Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, and PDB. Protein - The protein entries have been compiled from a variety of sources, including SwissProt, PIR, PRF, PDB, and translations from annotated coding regions in GenBank and RefSeq. Structure - The Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB) contains 3D macromolecular structures, including proteins and polynucleotides. It is linked to the rest of the NCBI databases, including sequences, bibliographic citations, taxonomic classifications, and sequence and structure neighbors. Available to the public |
| Ergito | Ergito provides virtual texts and essays, with the purpose of providing an alternative to
scientific textbooks. It is developing a comprehensive site that covers the entire life sciences,
including molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, immunology, development, and neurobiology.
Individual registration required |
| ERIC |
ERIC is the world's largest source of education information. The database contains more than one million abstracts of education-related documents and
journal articles. Available to the public from the U.S. Dept. of Education |
| Essential Evidence Plus | A database of filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information, this integrated search engine allows you to simultaneously search multiple databases: EBM Guidelines; Daily POEMs; Cochrane Abstracts; Selected Practice Guidelines; Decision Support Calculators; H&P Calculators; Diagnostic Test Calculators; Derm Expert; E/M Coding; ICD-9 Lookup Tool. Content is downloadable for use with PocketPC and PalmOS handheld devices. SEE ALSO THE EBM Toolkit |
| FIRSTConsult |
 A web and PDA based clincial information system that
provides continuously updated, evidence-based guidance on the latest in patient evaluation, diagnosis, and management.
Designed for rapid access at the point of patient care.
Note: You may also access FIRSTConsult by logging in to your MD Consult account and clicking on the FIRSTConsult logo in the upper right hand corner of the page. |
| Google Scholar | Google Scholar is a search engine for scholarly literature, including articles, books, theses, abstracts, and
technical reports. Many of the search results link to abstracts at PubMed. If journals are available to the public or if the
University Libraries have licensed the resource, you should be able to retrieve the full text from the publisher links. Note, however, that by entering
PubMed from Google Scholar you will not see the Findit@UMDNJ button.
Available to the public from this link - Google Scholar |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center |
A collection of general
interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals,
definitions, and directories. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health
assessment sites as well as government databases. Includes some full-text. |
| Health Reference Center - Academic |
A collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and
professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets. Includes some full-text. |
| Health Services / Technology Assessment Text [HSTAT] | HSTAT provides access to
full-text documents useful for providing health information and for health care
decision-making. Includes:
clinical practice guidelines, quick-reference guides for clinicians, consumer
health brochures, evidence reports and technology assessments from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Available to the public |
| Health Technology Assessment Database Part of Cochrane Library |
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| HealthSTAR |
Contains citations and abstracts to the published literature on health services,
technology, administration, and research. Information is derived from MEDLINE,
the Hospital Literature Index, and selected journals. Additional records specially
indexed for this database do not appear in any other NLM database. Includes
some full-text. |
| HighWire Press | HighWire Press is a division of the Stanford University Libraries, which produces the online versions of high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly content. HighWire partners with influential scholarly societies, university presses and publishers to create a collection of the finest, fully searchable research and clinical literature online. HighWire Press also hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world, with 1,722,129 articles available without subscription.
Available to the public from this link - HighWire Press |
| ISI Current Contents Connect | ISI Current Contents Connect is a multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource, providing access to complete bibliographic information from over 6,000 scholarly journals and conference proceedings. Updated daily. Life Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Social & Behavioral Sciences collections are made available to UMDNJ users. |
| ISI Journal Citation Reports | ISI's Journal Citation Reports is a database of quantifiable statistical information that provides users with a systematic, objective way to determine the relative importance of journals within their subject categories. It lists the journals with the highest impact, most frequent use, and journals on the leading edge of research. |
| ISI Web of Science | ISI Web of Science is the web-based version of the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index. It covers over 6,000 U.S. and international, multidisciplinary journals. This database is useful for tracking citations in the published literature with some unique features. Related Records locates articles that have cited references in common; and Times Cited provides a list of articles that cite a source article. |
| Journal Citation Reports See entry under ISI for description. |
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| UMDNJ Journals@Ovid | A full-text database of the Ovid journals to which UMDNJ subscribes. |
| The Lindex | The Lindex is a Web-based database that provides users with 130 years' worth of information on the collective disease experience of the Jewish population of the United States. It covers 550 diseases. The Lindex was created by Jacob J. Lindenthal, Ph.D., NJMS Department of Psychiatry. Available to the public |
| MDConsult |
MDConsult provides searchable,
full-text access to over 50 of the world's most important medical journals, a collection
of over 40 reference books, more than 1000 clinical practice guidelines, and almost 3,500 customizable patient education handouts.
It also includes full-text drug information.
Note: Patrons may also create a personal account. Personal accounts allow access to more features and are available only to currently affiliated UMDNJ students, staff or faculty. Registration for a new personal account must be from a computer on the UMDNJ network. After registration, a personal account may be used off-site. |
| MEDLINE (1996 - Current) |
Premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of the biomedical literature. 1950 - Current includes some full-text. 1950 - 1965 contains citations originally printed in hardcopy indexes. MEDLINE In-Process provides basic information and abstracts before a record is indexed with MeSH headings and
added to MEDLINE. |
| Mental Measurements Yearbook | Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse [NGC] | This is a public resource
for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research) in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American
Association of Health Plans. Available to the public |
| Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database |
Updated daily with clinical data on the natural medicines, herbal medicines, and
dietary supplements used in the western world. Contains monographs describing natural medicines
sold in the United States and Canada and a
listing of every natural product discussed in any reputable reference. |
| NHS Economic Evaluation Database Part of Cochrane Library |
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| NLM Gateway |  The NLM Gateway allows users
to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine
(NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus,
MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, and HSRProj.Available to the public |
| NORD's Rare Disease Database | This database from the National Organization for Rare Disorders contains more than 1,100 reports on rare disorders. These reports include information on symptoms, causes, treatments, clinical trials, and sources of help, such as patient support groups and voluntary health organizations. Unlimited access to reports, articles require additional fee. |
| OSTMED.DR® | OSTMED.DR® builds upon OSTMED®, a bibliographic index to the literature of osteopathic medicine. It is endorsed by the AOA and AACOM. The goal of the project is to promote and facilitate research and scholarly activity in the osteopathic profession by providing ready access to the current osteopathic literature and heretofore hard to find resources, including historical documents. Books, core journals, selective journals, video and images will be included. Phase II (2008) will be the addition of a quarterly online journal for osteopathic academic medicine's research.SEE ALSO THE Osteopathic Medicine Toolkit Available to the public |
| PDQ [Physician Data Query] |
PDQ is NCI's comprehensive cancer database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries
on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care; a
registry of approximately 1,800 open and 12,000 closed cancer clinical trials
from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide
genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care. Available to the public |
| PEDro | The Physiotherapy Evidence Database or "PEDro" is a free, Web-based database which contains citations to over 5500 randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines relevant to physiotherapy. Where possible, abstracts and/or links to full-text documents are provided. PEDro is maintained by the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney, Australia. Available to the public |
| PILOTS | PILOTS is the largest bibliographic database on the topics of PTSD in existence. PILOTS stands for Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress. It contains citations to published literature on the topic and provides information on a number of assessment instruments that are used to measure trauma exposure and PTSD. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD. Available to the public |
| POPLINE | POPLINE provides citations with abstracts from
worldwide literature in the field of reproduction, family planning, and health-related
issues. Special emphasis upon developing nations. Available to the public |
| Proquest Social Science Journals |
Provides access to more than 160 key journals for the study of social sciences. Subjects include anthropology,
community health and medical care, family studies, gender studies, international relations, minority studies,
psychiatry, social work and more. |
| PsycINFO |
Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related
disciplines. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to
journals and dissertations in more than 30 languages, and to book chapters and
books in the English language. Includes some full-text. |
| PubMed | PubMed provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations
back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes
links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Available to the public from this link - PubMed |
| PubMed Central | PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Available to the public |
| Regional Business News | Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). Full text for more than 50 sources. Updated daily. |
| REHABDATA | REHABDATA, produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center, is the leading literature database on
disability and rehabilitation. The database describes over 65,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities,
independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate
to people with disabilities. The collection span 1956 to the present.
Available to the public |
| RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) | RePORTER provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, NIH expenditures and the results of NIH-supported research.
Available to the public |
| Science.gov | Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government
agencies, including research and development results. Enables you to search both government Web sites and databases.
Available to the public |
| ScienceDirect |
Includes full text of about 700 of 1100 Elsevier journals. Users can search the entire database or limit to only subscribed titles. |
| Scirus | Scirus searches the web and journal sources for scientific information. Journal sources include BioMed Central,
PubMed, ScienceDirect, Project Euclid (math & statistics), Scitation (American Institute of Physics),
and SIAM (Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics). Among the web resources searched are the CogPrints (cognitive sciences),
E-Print ArXiv (physics, math, computer science), NASA, the US Patent Office, and international patents via Lexis-Nexis.
Available to the public from this link - Scirus |
| STAT!Ref |
Provides full-text medical and drug information for health professionals from an online library of about 50 popular texts. |
| STAT!Ref UMDNJ Dental References |  Provides full-text information for health professionals from an online library of dental texts. |
| SUMSearch | Another evidence-based medicine
database, SUMSearch selects the best resources for your question, formats your
question for each resource, and makes additional searches based on results.
Available in English, French, and Spanish. Produced by the University of Texas.
Available to the public |
| TOXNET [Toxicology Data Network] |
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB) Available to the public |
| TRIP Database | The TRIP Database is a resource for evidence-based medicine, allowing users to easily and rapidly identify
the highest quality evidence from a wide range of sources.
Available to the public |
| UpToDate | UpToDate is a point-of-care database, providing access to over 6,000 topic reviews in clinical medicine. These reviews are based on current clinical evidence and are continuously updated to reflect new knowledge. Campus libraries maintain individual subscriptions to UpToDate; the product is loaded on specific computers within the libraries. It is not available via remote access at this time. Please contact the libraries for more information. SEE ALSO THE EBM Toolkit |
| Web of Science See entry under ISI for description. |
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| Wireless System for Emergency Responders [WISER] |
WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical
characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice. Available from the National Library of
Medicine on the web as WebWISER or as a download
for Pocket PC PDAs, Palm OS PDAs, and Microsoft Windows PCs.
Available to the public |
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