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AGRICULTURE

AGRICOLA (Agricultural Online Access)
 Bibliographic records of journal articles, theses, patents, software, and technical reports related to agriculture from 1979 to the present. Compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and published on the Web by Community of Science.
 

ALLIED HEALTH

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health)
 Via Ovid database system - Covers literature related to nursing and allied health. Virtually all English-language publications are indexed along with the publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. 
 
Health Source: Nursing, Academic Edition
 Via EBSCOHost - This database provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.  
 

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BIOMEDICAL

BioMed Central
Publisher of free peer-reviewed original research in biology and medicine. Full-text access to more than 60 online journals. Supported by advertising and sponsorship. 
 
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition
 Via EBSCOhost. Designed for doctors, research scientist, students, clinical specialists and managers, this database provides full text for over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study. All titles are indexed in MEDLINE.
   

MEDLINE®  - Ovid MEDLINE®
 Via Ovid database system - 1966 to the present. Bibliographic database of information related to the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the preclinical sciences. Links to some articles in full-text. Select MEDLINE®  from the list of databases. 
Ovid Web Gateway Tutorial (2004) - Learn the basics of searching and navigating the Ovid Online system. 
Ovid Medline Tutorial for Dentistry - Developed by Margaret Fulford, Faculty Librarian, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. All contents copyright Margaret Fulford © 2004. All rights reserved.
 
OVID
 Databases available via Ovid. Includes Medline.
Ovid Web Gateway Tutorial - Learn the basics of searching and navigating the Ovid Online system.
   
PubMed Central
 National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature. 
   

PubMed /MEDLINE®
 This service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
 PubMed tutorial
     

Web of Science/ISI Web of Science 
 Citation databases including Science Citation Index Expanded (1987-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1987-present) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1987-present).
   

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BUSINESS

Dental Buying Guide
 Developed by ADA publishing. Searchable list of dental manufacturers by name, product and location.
 
Health Business Full Text
 Via EBSCOHost - Database of full text articles from publications covering the business of health care.
   
Healthstar/Ovid Healthstar
 Via Ovid  database system - Citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration, and research. 
 

CANCER

CancerLit
Produced by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
 

CLINICAL TRIALS

 ClinicalTrials.gov
 Database from the The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through  National Library of Medicine, to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.
 

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CONSUMER HEALTH

DIRLINE
 Searchable, online directory of health organizations - from the National Library of Medicine.
 
Health Source: Consumer Edition
 Via EBSCOhost - Consumer-oriented information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. 
 

MedlinePlus®
 Information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians and clinical trials. Includes Dental Health section. Take a tour of MedlinePlus® (requires Flash version 6 or above).
    
MedlinePlus® - Español (Temas de Salud)
 Información de Salud para Usted. Un servicio de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud.
 

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DRUGS

Drug Guide Databases- Compiled by Micromedex and available through the Deaconess Health Systems website these databases provide detailed drug information including interactions, indications, and side effects, as well as drug images, poison information, and herbal supplements.
 

 DRUGDEX®
 Via Micromedex®  -  Covers dosage, pharmacokinetics, cautions, interactions, clinical applications, and comparative drug efficacy.
   

Micromedex® Pharmacological Databases
 Linked through the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. Features the DrugKnowledge™ system with integrated drug information on dosing, cautions, side effects, interactions, safety & efficacy, contraindications, ingredients. Also includes non-U.S. manufacturers.
 

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE

Cochrane Library
 Via Ovid database system -  Includes Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (formerly Cochrane Controlled Trials Register-CCTR) (CENTRAL), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR).
 
EBM Reviews
 Via Ovid  database system - Includes ACP Journal Club, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness.
 

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GENETICS

COGENE - the Craniofacial & Oral Gene Expression Network
 A consortium of investigators involved in describing human gene expression changes that occur during early stages of development with particular emphasis on craniofacial development. This project is funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
 
Genetics Home Reference - National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions.
 

GUIDELINES

HSTAT: Health Services/Technology/Assessment Text 
 AHCPR clinical practice guidelines and technology assessment reports, NIH consensus development conference reports, etc.)
   

National Guideline Clearinghouse™ / NGQ™ 
 Database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Includes some dentistry guidelines.
   

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Haz-Map
 Occupational health and toxicology database designed to link jobs and hazardous job-related tasks to exposure to chemicals and occupational diseases and their symptoms.
 
 ToxNet (Toxicology Data Network)
 A group of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas provided by the National Library of Medicine.
 

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HISTORY

National Museum of Dentistry
Site for the National Museum of Dentistry, located on the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore.

MATERIALS SCIENCE

Biomaterials Properties Table Listing
 From the University of Michigan-NIDR Materials Science Research Center at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
   

ORAL HEALTH

Center for Disease Control's Oral Health Program
Information on Oral Diseases and Conditions National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
 
WHO Oral Health County/Area Profile Programme
World Health Organization. Information on dental diseases and oral health services for various countries/areas.
 

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PSYCHOSOCIAL

AARP AgeLine 
 Via Ovid database system - Provides references and original abstracts for materials related to aging and middle age, from an interdisciplinary perspective of psychology, economics, sociology, gerontology, public policy, business, health and health care services, and consumer issues
 
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
 Via Ovid  database system - Information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. 
   

RESEARCH

Community of  Science
 Grant and funding resources. Web tools to locate external funding, and workbench for cv and vita management.
 
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) 
 Biomedical database system containing information on research projects and programs supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
 

STATISTICS

SEER Program: Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
From the National Cancer Institute. Information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. Statistical data, publications, and monographs available online.
 

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