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List of all databases available
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The OHSU Library has 186 databases available online.
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About herbs, botanicals & other products (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Evidence-based information on herbs, botanicals, vitamins, and other supplements from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Integrative Medicine Service.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
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Citations and abstracts from academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals; some full text. instructions for off-campus access.
AccessMedicine (McGraw Hill)
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Over 30 textbooks in the basic sciences and medicine, including the Lange Current Diagnosis and Treatment series, Harrison's, and Goodman and Gilman's. The Lange Self-Assessment Tool for the USMLEasy is also included. Includes a search feature for images and video. Can be personalized and has PDA downloads.
ACM Digital Library (ACM)
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Bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since its founding in 1947 are available in the library together with selected works published by affiliated organizations.
ACM Guide (ACM)
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A substantive bibliographic database from the key publishers in computing, including books, journals, proceedings and theses.
ACP Journal Club (Ovid)
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Full-text reviews of clinically-relevant articles from the medical literature with content from American College of Physicians and Cochrane Collaboration.
ACS Surgery (American College of Surgeons)
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Online continually updated version of the text from the American College of Surgeons. Includes some videos.
Adverse Drug Interactions Online (The Medical Letter, Inc.)
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Select up to twelve drugs from a list provided to see what drug interactions might occur. Click on the GO button to the right of Adverse Drug Interactions Program.
AgeLine (AARP)
Includes information on aging and middle age from an interdisciplinary perspective; includes citations to articles, books, and government documents. Some full text articles available.
Agricola (USDA)
A bibliographic database created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators containing citations to the agricultural literature, covering materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century and including some fulltext links.
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology (CSA)
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Covers agricultural products involving both plants and animals, new applications across the food industry, and wide-ranging environmental developments. See instructions for off-campus access.
AHRQ (AHRQ)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality includes research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety. Evidence-based Practice, Preventive Services, and Practice Guidelines are all part of this site.
AIDSinfo (NIH)
Offers the latest federally approved information on HIV and AIDS research, clinical trials, and treatment for patients and health care providers. Includes the former ACTIS, AIDSTrials and AIDSDrugs databases.
AIDSLINE (Actis)
The contents of this database have been moved to PubMed (journal citations), LOCATORplus (monographs) and the NLM Gateway (meeting abstracts). Use the limit feature and select the AIDS subset in PubMed.
AMA-FREIDA (AMA)
Searchable database of internships and residencies.
Antibiotic Guide (Johns Hopkins University)
Produced by Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases, this database provides concise, clinically useful, and up-to-date information about the evaluation and treatment of infectious diseases in adults. It is free, but requires registration.
ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Bibliographic citations from tables of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals. See instructions for off-campus access.
ASFA-3 Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (CSA)
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Devoted to research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. On-campus available from OHSU Marquam Hill or West Campus workstations. See instructions for off-campus access.
BIOETHICSLINE (PubMed)
No longer available as a separate database. Use PubMed for journal articles, LOCATORplus for books, or the NLM Gateway for meeting abstracts.
BiologyBrowser (Thomson Scientific)
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BiologyBrowser, produced by Thomson Scientific, is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community. It includes links to current science news stories, relevant web sites, and more.
OHSU workstations OGI workstations Not available off-campusBioMed Central (BioMed Central)
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BioMed Central includes over 130 journals available to all. The OHSU Library has a Supporting Membership with BioMed Central. For a list of titles available via BioMed Central, search the catalog for this resource. All OHSU authors will receive a 15% discount on article processing charges if they submit the article from on-campus or via the BioMed Central link above if working off-site.
BIOSIS (Ovid)
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Coverage of research in the biological and biomedical sciences. Subscription cancelled in 2005.
Books24x7 (Books24x7, Inc.)
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Web access to the full text of over 3,000 published books from publishers in business and technology.
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements (Buros)
The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements database provides a subject index, test locator and review locator for commercially published tests. Some content (including detailed reviews) is fee-based. See also Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI).
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
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Business, management, economic, banking, finance, accounting and much more; includes full text. instructions for off-campus access.
CANCERLIT (NIH)
References cancer literature published from the 1960s to present in biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses.
CANCERNET (NIH)
Peer-reviewed cancer summaries (PDQ), a database of clinical trials (PDQ), cancer literature, NCI publications, links to other sites and more for patients, caregivers and researchers.
CCRIS (NLM)
Chemical Carcinogensis Research Information Systems. Carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition data provided by the National Cancer Institute.
ChemIDplus (NIH)
A database of 350,000 chemical records, including 56,000 with structures.
CINAHL (Ovid)
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The CINAHL (Nursing & Allied Health) database provides comprehensive coverage of the English language journal literature related to nursing and the allied health disciplines. See Ovid Tutorials and Guides.
CINAHL (EBSCOhost) (EBSCO)
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CINAHL with Full Text is a comprehensive source of citations and full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 580 journals indexed in CINAHL. Coverage dates back to 1981.
Clinical Evidence (Ovid)
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From the publishers of BMJ, it summarizes the latest research evidence on the effectiveness of common treatments and prevention strategies for conditions treated by almost all the major medical specialties. Select Clinical Evidence from the list of Ovid databases.
ClinicalTrials.gov (NLM)
Current information about clinical research studies.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Ovid)
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Clinical trials identified by the Cochrane Group from handsearching including conference proceedings, as well as database searching.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Ovid)
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Full-text topic reviews of the evidence-based medical literature providing authoritative information.
Cochrane Library (Wiley InterScience)
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A source for evidence based healthcare information. Includes Cochrane Database of Systematics Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database. Available in PDF format.
Commerce Business Daily (COS)
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Notices of government actions, contracts, and more.
Compendex (Elsevier)
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A comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, Compendex contains over 9 million records, and references over 5,000 international engineering sources including journal, conference, and trade publications. Coverage is from 1969 to present and the database is updated weekly. instructions for off-campus access.
Conference Papers Index (CSA)
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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.
CRISP (NIH)
A searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. The database is maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health. NIH grant recipients may want to go to the entry for ERS Commons to access restricted information.
CSA Illumina (CSA)
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Clicking on any of the following databases indented under CSA Illumina will take you to a database list where you will find the appropriate OHSU Workstation, OGI Workstation, and Off Campus links. The "All Users" link below leads to a list of all CSA Illumina databases and descriptions.
- Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology
- ASFA-3 Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- Ecology Abstracts
- EIS: Digest of Environmental Impact Statements
- Environmental Engineering Abstracts
- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
- Health and Safety Science Abstracts
- Industrial and Applied Microbiology
- Pollution Abstracts
- Risk Abstracts
- Toxicology Abstracts
- Water Resources Abstracts
Current Index to Statistics (ASA)
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A bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields, 1974-present. (Purchased by the Biometry Working Group)
DART/ETIC (NLM)
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology and Environmental Teratology Information Center. Literature on developmental and reproductive toxicology.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (Ovid)
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An evidence based medicine database produced by the expert reviewers and information staff of the National Health Service's Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD).
Digital Dissertations (UMI Proquest)
Abstracts of Doctoral dissertations and master's theses for the most current 2 years, with purchase options for digital copies. The full database from 1861 to the present is available at the Portland State University Library.
DIRLINE (NLM)
Directory of resources providing health information services.
DoD Biomedical Research Database (DoD)
Developed from biomedical research, testing or training programs being federally funded. Such funding has been provided for varied subjects such as infectious diseases, biological hazards, toxicology, medical chemical defense, medical biological defense, clinical medicine, clinical surgery, physical protection, training, graduate medical education and instruction. Updated annually.
Drug Effectiveness Review Project (OHSU)
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DERP is a collaboration of public and private organizations, including thirteen states, that have joined together to provide systematic evidence-based reviews of the comparative effectiveness and safety of drugs in many widely used drug classes and to apply the findings to inform public policy and related activities.
OHSU workstations OGI workstations Not available off-campuseBizSearch (Penn State University, eBusiness Research Center)
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An experimental niche search engine that searches the web and catalogs academic articles as well as commercially produced articles and reports that address various business and technology aspects of e-Business. Not available off-campus.
EBSCOHost (EBSCO)
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Over 25 databases covering health, general information, business and education with significant full text. instructions for off-campus access.
ECO (OCLC)
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An OCLC collection of scholarly journals. See instructions for off-campus access.
Ecology Abstracts (CSA)
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Focuses on how organisms of all kinds interact with their environments. Topics include evolutionary biology, economics, systems analysis habitats, food chains, erosion, land reclamation. See instructions for off-campus access.
Educational Testing Service (ETS) Text Collection (Buros)
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection database contains descriptions of tests used for educational purposes.
Effective and Safe Prescription Drugs (AARP)
Prescription drug research funded by the State of Oregon and done at one of 13 designated Evidence-Based Practice Centers in the U.S. and Canada to compare the effectiveness and safety of drugs for specific conditions.
EIS: Digest of Environmental Impact Statements (CSA)
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Detailed abstracts of federal environmental impact statements. On-campus available from OHSU Marquam Hill or West Campus workstations. See instructions for off-campus access.
eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base (eMedicine.com, Inc.)
Registration is required.
EMIC (NLM)
Environmental Mutagen Information Center. Literature on agents tested for genotoxic activity.
Environmental Engineering Abstracts (CSA)
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Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. See instructions for off-campus access.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (CSA)
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Multidisciplinary database, provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources. On-campus available from OHSU Marquam Hill or West Campus. See instructions for off-campus access.
EPC Evidence Reports (AHRQ)
Complete reports from the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC. The EPCs develop evidence reports and technology assessments on topics relevant to clinical, social science/behavioral, economic, and other health care organization and delivery issues — specifically those that are common, expensive, and/or significant for the Medicare and Medicaid populations.
ERA Commons (NIH)
The Electronic Research Administration (ERA) Commons is a virtual meeting place where NIH extramural grantee organizations, grantees, and the public can receive and transmit information about the administration of biomedical and behavioral research. The ERA Commons is divided into unrestricted and restricted portions that provide for public and confidential information, respectively. NIH provides its grant recipients with password access to some restricted portions.
ERIC (Institute of Education Sciences)
The world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. A database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966, including more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents issued between 1993-2004.
ERIC (EBSCO)
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The world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. A database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966, including more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents issued between 1993-2004. instructions for off-campus access.
esp@cenet (European Patent Office)
European Patent Office database, allowing searches by keyword, pubication number, priority number and applicant, among other fields.
Exam Master (Exam Master Corporation)
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Online study guide for the USMLE and board certification exams. Registration required.
Fact and Comparisons (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)
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Online access to current drug information. Includes A to Z Drug Facts, Drug Facts and Comparisons, and Review of Natural Products as well as a variety of other drug tools. Provided by the OHSU Drug Information Service.
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FAFSA (Federal Student Aid Information Center)
Forms to complete online for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Federal Register (COS)
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Regulations and legal notices issued by Federal agencies.
GenBank (PubMed)
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) fleet of databases on genes and genomics.
GENE-TOX (NCBI)
Peer reviewed mutagenicity test data from the EPA.
Genetics Home Reference (National Library of Medicine)
The National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions.
GPO (OCLC)
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Consists of records published by the United States Government Printing Office since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more. See instructions for off-campus access.
GrantsNet (HHMI)
Locate funds for training in the biomedical sciences and undergraduate science education. Supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the American Assocation for the Advancement of Science.
H-CUPnet (AHRQ)
Free to all, A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level.
Harrison's Online (McGraw-Hill)
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Full text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. See instructions for off-campus access.
Haz-Map (NLM)
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Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) (Ovid)
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Information on measurement instruments. See instructions for off-campus access. See Ovid Tutorials and Guides.
Health and Safety Science Abstracts (CSA)
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Access to twelve environmental databases including Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, Ecology Abstracts, Water Resources Abstracts and more. On-campus available from OHSU Marquam Hill or OGI workstations. See instructions for off-campus access.
Health Services Research Projects in Progress (NLM)
Citations to research-in-progress funded by federal, state, private organization, and foundation grants and contracts. Provides information before results are available in published form.
Health Services/Sciences Research Resources (NLM)
A searchable database of information about some of the research datasets and instruments/indices employed in health services search and the behavioral and social sciences.
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
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Provides full text for over 280 health periodicals, nearly 1,200 health pamphlets, and 20 health reference books. instructions for off-campus access.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
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Provides nearly 480 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 510 journals. instructions for off-campus access.
healthfinder.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services )
A free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information.
HealthSTAR (Ovid)
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Resources on clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery. All citations are also in MEDLINE. See Ovid Tutorials and Guides.
HealthSTAR (PubMed)
The contents of this database have been moved to PubMed (journal citations), LOCATORplus (monographs) and the NLM Gateway.
Healthwise Knowledgebase (Group Health )
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The Healthwise® Knowledgebase, contains comprehensive, current, evidence-based, and unbiased information to help consumers make decisions about their health. Provided through the Group Health Cooperative.
OHSU workstations Not available on OGI workstations Not available off-campus
HISTLINE (PubMed)
History of medicine and related sciences. The contents of this database have been moved to PubMed (journal citations), LOCATORplus, (monographs) and the NLM Gateway.
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (OCLC)
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An international bibliography for the history of science, technology, and medicine. Includes records of journal articles from 9,500 journals, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, maps and other materials beginning in 1975.
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Household Products Database (National Library of Medicine)
Information on the health effects of over 4,000 consumer brands, the ingredients in these products, and the names of the manufacturers.
HSDB (NLM)
Hazardous Substances Data Bank includes human and animal toxicity, safety and handling, environmental fate and more.
HSDB Structures (NIH)
2D structural information on the HSDB chemicals. Requires a plug-in, which is free.
HSTAT (NLM)
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A free resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision making. Includes guidelines and reports from U.S. and state government agencies.
Human Genome (NIH)
The National Center for Biotechonology Information page with links to a variety of sites with human genome information.
IEL(IEEE/IEE Electronic Library online) (IEEE)
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IEEE Xplore provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE Standards.
Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) (UIUC)
Three Web-based funding and research services: the IRIS Database of federal and private funding opportunities in all disciplines; the IRIS Alert Service (automatic updates); and the IRIS Expertise Service (electronic CVs). Provided by the OHSU Foundation Office.
IndexCat (NLM)
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IndexCat, the online version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army (61 volumes in 5 series, 1880-1961), is a comprehensive subject catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports, and journal articles published from the 17th-20th century and held by NLM. Researchers will find material in IndexCat that is not in the National Library of Medicine's catalog (LocatorPlus).
OHSU workstations OGI workstations Not available off-campusIndustrial and Applied Microbiology (CSA)
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Significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. See instructions for off-campus access.
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) (NLM)
Integrated Risk Information System. Data from the EPA in support of human health risk assessment, focusing on hazard identification and dose-response assessment.
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (NIH)
Published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. IBIDS is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health to assist the public, health care providers, educators, and researchers in locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements.
International Clinical Trials Registry (World Health Organization)
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Clinical trial information from data from 50,000 clinical trials in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.
OHSU workstations OGI workstations Not available off-campusInternational Toxicity Estimates for Risk (National Library of Medicine)
ITER is a database of human health risk values from major organizations worldwide for over 600 chemicals of environmental concern. It is part of TOXNET.
IOP Physics Reviews (Institute of Physics)
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This site "brings together all review articles published in IOP's journals including topical reviews and reviews from the Institute's dedicated review journal." Searching is free to all; those IoP journals subscribed to by an OHSU Library can be accessed full text (non-subscribers can purchase reviews through the site).
ISI Journal Citation Reports (ISI)
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JCR is a resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide; includes information on journal impact factors, how often journals are cited, and the "hottest" journals. See instructions for off-campus access. OGI workstation access.
Journal Citation Reports (ISI)
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JCR is a resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide; includes information on journal impact factors, how often journals are cited, and the "hottest" journals. See instructions for off-campus access. OGI workstation access.
Journals@Ovid (Ovid)
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Full text of the articles from 120 journals. Tables of contents for over 500 journals. This database is not usually searched directly. Its value is in the links from within other Ovid databases to the articles.
KinBase (Sugen)
Information on the 817 protein kinase genes discovered in the genomes of yeast, nematode worm and fruit fly.
LactMed (National Library of Medicine)
A database with information on drugs and lactation geared to the healthcare practitioner and nursing mother. LactMed contains over 450 drug records. It includes information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, the American Academy of Pediatrics category indicating the level of compatibility of the drug with breastfeeding, and alternate drugs to consider. It can also be accessed through TOXNET.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
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LISTA indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
Locatorplus (NLM)
National Library of Medicine's catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals. Does not include information on specific articles; see Ovid MEDLINE or PubMed for journal articles.
MAS FullTEXT Ultra (EBSCO)
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General reference, health, science, and other areas; some full text. instructions for off-campus access.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
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General reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. instructions for off-campus access.
MDConsult (Elsevier)
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MD Consult is a virtual clinical library that includes over 50 full-text journals, 40 textbooks, clinical practice guidelines, customizable patient education handouts, and drug information. Available to OHSU faculty, staff, and students. No registration is necessary unless you would like to customize your own interface.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (NLM)
NLM's controlled voacabulary used for indexing articles, for cataloging books and other holdings, and for searching MeSH-indexed databases.
MedInfoNow (Doody)
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Reviews and citations for 35,000 books in the health sciences.
MEDLINE (Ovid)
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Clinical and research aspects of medicine/life sciences. See Ovid Tutorials and Guides and How To Choose a MEDLINE Service.
MEDLINE (PubMed)
Includes MEDLINE, HealthSTAR, PreMEDLINE, and other databases. See PubMed Help and How To Choose a MEDLINE Service.
MEDLINEplus (NLM)
Access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions for consumers and practitioners.
MESH Browser (NLM)
Vocabulary look-up aid designed to help quickly located descriptors of possible interest and to show the hierarchy in which these descriptors appear for MEDLINE searching.
Micromedex (Micromedex)
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Pharmacological and toxicologic information. Not available on OGI workstations.
Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
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Full text for over 100 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and junior high school students. instructions for off-campus access.
Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO)
A catalog of U.S. government publications, it includes links to full-text online titles. Contains a "Brow Topics" feature, and "New Electronic Titles" . Covers 1994-present.
MSDS Solutions (MSDS Solutions)
A searchable database which contains 1 million printable MSDSs in PDF format. Registration is free.
Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation (MCA/MR) Syndromes (NIH)
A database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation.
NCI-3D (NIH)
2D and 3D information compiled by the National Cancer Institute and augmented by MDL.
NCNM Catalog (OHSU)
Holdings for National College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
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Selected full-text articles from 143 U.S. and international newspapers. See instructions for off-campus access.
NIH Grants and Funding Opportunities (NIH)
Information about NIH grant and fellowship programs, research contracts, and research training opportunities as well as a searchable biomedical database of federally-supported proposed research.
NLM Gateway (NLM)
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, AIDS Meetings, HSR Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE.
NTIS (U.S. Department of Commerce)
Product catalog for NTIS, the National Technical Information Service. NTIS is the federal government's central source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information which has been generated by the federal government or by industrial and university contractors with the federal government. Contains complementary materials from international sources. Many records now include free links to full-text publications on an agency's Web site.
OHSU/OGI/NCNM Library Catalog (OHSU)
OHSU local library holdings
OLD MEDLINE (PubMed)
Available through the NLM Gateway. See How to Search OLD MEDLINE Using the NLM Gateway.
OMIM (NIH)
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders.
Online Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics (Wiley Interscience)
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More than 450 articles covering all aspects of genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and related technologies for the student and the researcher.
ORULS (Oregon State Library)
Periodical/serial holdings of 160 Oregon/Washington libraries.
Ovid MEDLINE (Ovid)
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Clinical and research aspects of medicine/life sciences. See Ovid Tutorials and Guides and How to Choose a MEDLINE Service.
PAN Pesticides Database (Pesticide Action Network North America)
The PAN Pesticides Database is resource for current toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides. Includes a chemical search which includes a link to a PubMed search, a product search, and a pesticide poisoning diagnostic tool.
PapersFirst (OCLC)
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OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. See instructions for off-campus access.
Pollution Abstracts (CSA)
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Topics of growing concern covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues. See instructions for off-campus access.
POPLINE (PubMed)
Worldwide coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues. The contents of this database prior to 2001 is also available through PubMed (journal citations), LOCATORplus, (monographs) and the NLM Gateway (meeting abstracts).
PORTALS (PORTALS)
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Portland area library consortium
PreMEDLINE (Ovid)
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Citations and abstracts destined for MEDLINE but not yet indexed with MESH subject headings. Very current. Textword searching only.
Primary Search (EBSCO)
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Full text from nearly 70 children's magazines appropriate for elementary schools and children's reading rooms. instructions for off-campus access.
PrimateLit Database (NCRR)
Bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates from 1940 to present. Includes articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc. Limited full-text and links to PubMed abstracts included.
Proceedings First (OCLC)
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Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Is a companion database to PapersFirst. See instructions for off-campus access.
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
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A highly specialized collection of information espeically for professional educators; includes 450 journals, 360 of which are full text. instructions for off-campus access.
Profiles in Science (NLM)
Archival collections of prominent twentieth-century biomedical scientists donated to the National Library of Medicine. Contains published and unpublished materials.
Protein Database (RCSB)
Worldwide repository for the processing and distribution of 3-D biological macromolecular structure data.
Psychiatry Online (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.)
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A collection of 6 journals, 4 books and the DSM Library from the American Psychiatric Association.
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PsycINFO (Ovid)
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Database of the psychological literature, including journals, books, and dissertations. Links to the full text of all APA journals. Uses the Ovid interface.
PubChem (National Library of Medicine)
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PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is a component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative
PubMed (NLM)
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Free MEDLINE, keyed to full text articles in over 400 electronic journals held by OHSU. Links to "OHSU Holdings" appear on article abstracts for those journals accessible to OHSU patrons. See PubMed Help and How To Choose a MEDLINE Service.
PubMed Central (PubMed)
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). Currently includes over 70 journals.
RefWorks (CSA)
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RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager. RefWorks is similar in function to products such as EndNote, Reference Manager, and ProCite. It differs in that personal databases are stored on the RefWorks server and can be accessed from any OHSU workstation or from off campus using your library barcode. You will need to sign up for an individual account the first time you use RefWorks. Once you have signed up, you’ll be allowed access to RefWorks.
REHABDATA (National Rehabilitation Information Center)
Literature (research reports, books, articles, and audiovisuals)on both physical and mental disability and rehabilitation produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center.
RHIN: Refugee Health Information Network (Cener for Public Service Communication)
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RHIN is national collaborative partnership that has created a database of quality multilingual, public health resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. Resources include: Health education materials in various languages and formats (brochures, fact sheets, videos; Provider tools (including information on refugee populations, cultures); Links to related websites.
OHSU workstations OGI workstations Not available off-campusRisk Abstracts (CSA)
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Encompasses risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, and risk-related concerns such as public and environmental health and psychological aspects. See instructions for off-campus access.
Science Citation Index (ISI)
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Web of Science is the online version of Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. It includes cited references. Library has last 10 years. Check out this tutorial for more information. See instructions for off-campus access. OGI workstation access.
Science.gov (DOE)
A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Free to all.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
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A collection of electronic journals published by Academic Press, Harcourt Press, and others.
SciFinder Scholar (CAS)
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Over 19 million citations and 22 million chemical substances can be searched in this database by CAS from the American Chemical Society. Purchased by the OGI Science & Technology Library. There is only 1 simultaneous user, so please be considerate and exit when finished.It is necessary to download software in order to use this database. If downloading from off-campus, you will need a WTS account. Upon logging in from off-campus, open the O-Zone icon, then go to http://ozone.ohsu.edu/library/scifi1.shtml.
Scirus (Elsevier)
A comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet, searching more than 250 million science-related pages.
Scriver's OMMBID (McGraw Hill)
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A compendium of genetic disorders and information from the entire field of genetics.
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SMART Imagebase (EBSCOhost)
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A collection of 11,000+ high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other health science topics. SMART Imagebase users may download images for educational, non-commercial use in lectures, presentations, slide shows, web sites and more.
Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI)
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Web of Science is the online version of Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. It includes cited references. Library has last 10 years. Check out this tutorial for more information. See instructions for off-campus access. OGI workstation access.
SPACELINE (PubMed)
Space life sciences research from the National Library of Medicine and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. No longer a separate database. Use PubMed for journal articles, LOCATORplus for books, or the NLM Gateway for meeting abstracts.
SPIE Digital Library (American Institute of Physics)
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Digital library of journals and conference proceedings related to optics and photonics. Free trial through end of January 2007.
Stat!Ref (Teton Data Systems)
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Searchable collection of 35 clinical reference texts.
Summit (Orbis-Cascade Alliance)
Combined holdings from major Oregon/Washington academic libraries.
Toxicology Abstracts (CSA)
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Covers substance abuse to natural toxins, legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues. See instructions for off-campus access.
TOXLINE (PubMed)
Available through TOXNET and through PubMed; in PubMed use the limit feature and select the Toxicology subset.
TOXNET (NLM)
A cluster of full text databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
TRI (NLM)
Toxics Release Inventory. Annual estimated releases of toxic chemicals to the environment from 1995-1998.
TRIP Database: Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP Database, Ltd.)
The TRIP Database allows users to rapidly and easily identify high quality evidence-based medical literature from a wide range of sources.
U.S. Patent Citation Database (COS)
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Searchable database covering U.S. patents from 1974 on.
ulrichsweb.com (Bowker)
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The online version of Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, providing detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world. It includes reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal and links to tables of contents and article abstracts.
UnionLists (OCLC)
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This database shows over 7 million holdings for journals and other covered items among OCLC member libraries. It can help you determine if a library holds a specific journal issue. Access provided by PORTALS. See instructions for off-campus access.
UpToDate (UpToDate)
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A clinical information resource that includes thousands of original topic reviews written by recognized experts. It is designed to provide quick access to synthesized medical information in an easy-to-use format. Not available from off-campus via off-campus proxy access, WTS, or VPN.
Users' Guides Interactive (AMA)
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An interactive online textbook containing the same information found in the popular "Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice". It is based on the "Users' Guides" series in JAMA.
USPTO (Compendex)
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Click on pull-down menu under "Select Database" and choose USPTO. Search over six million records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Patents are fully searchable from January 1, 1976 to date.
Water Resources Abstracts (CSA)
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Summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. See instructions for off-campus access.
Web of Science (ISI)
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Web of Science is the online version of Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. It includes cited references. Library has from 1990 to current. Check out this tutorial for more information. See instructions for off-campus access. OGI workstation access.
Well-Connected (A.D.A.M., Inc.)
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Over 100 reports on common diseases and wellness issues. Each report is an in-depth discussion of the latest information on treatments, risk factors, causes, diagnostic tests, and preventative measures.
Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering (Wiley Interscience)
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The ultimate resource for biomedical engineers, the Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering contains the entire biomedical engineering (BME) knowledge base. A true representation of the vast diversity of the field and its multi-and cross-disciplinary structure.
World Almanac (OCLC)
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The World Almanac database includes the contents of the World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998, World Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and World Almanac for Kids. See instructions for off-campus access.
WorldCat (OCLC)
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World Cat contains over 100 million records for books, videos, music and more from over 10,000 libraries worldwide. It will indicate if the item is at OHSU and will list the libraries that have the item.
Your Journals@Ovid (Ovid)
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A subset of Journals@Ovid Full Text containing articles available online through OHSU's Ovid subscription.
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