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Online Indexes and Databases

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Access World News (formerly America's Newspapers and Global NewsBank)
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Full text news articles from over 1800 Newspapers from around the world, including over 700 U.S. newspapers. Coverage dates vary by newspaper; some go back to the late 1970s.

Africa-Wide NiPAD (19th century-present)
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A comprehensive multidisciplinary database covering journals, magazines, newspapers, broadcasts, books and more on all aspects of Africa including politics, history, economics, health, and natural sciences.

AgeLine Database (1966-present)

"AgeLine is an online guide to books, research reports, articles from journals and magazines, dissertations, and videos related to issues of aging and life at 50+. It describes research, policy, and professional publications as well as those written for the general public. Wherever possible, links to complete publications on the web or to online ordering sources are provided. You can search AgeLine by subject, author, title, or journal name or year or you can browse ready-made searches on high-interest topics." Produced by AARP.

Agricola (1970-present)
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Covers books, book chapters, journal articles, and other types of materials. Some state agricultural and U.S.D.A. publications are available from the early 1900's. Subjects include agriculture, agricultural economics, nutrition, and soil science. Journals indexed in AGRICOLA

Alcohol Studies Database (Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies)

Database contains over 60,000 citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and audio-visual materials from 1987 to present.

American Statistics Index via LexisNexis Statistical
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ASI indexes all statistical publications issued by U.S. government agencies back through 1973. State and international statistical publications are not covered. If the government agency has provided the full text on the web, links are provided to the source. ASI is one of the databases included in LexisNexis Statistical.

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstract Database (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) (1978 to present)
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Citations of journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and more on aquatic pollution, environmental quality, and policy and legislation, etc.

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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1930s to present)
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Use the Avery Index to find articles on sustainable development, green development, the health aspects of the built environment, etc.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971-present)
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The Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains Western language records on all subjects pertaining to Asia (especially East, Southeast, and South Asia, published worldwide. Coverage includes articles, monographs (until 1992), conference proceedings, anthologies, and book chapters. Users can search as well as browse by country/region, by subject, or by journal title.

Bibliography of Native North Americans
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Indexes books, journal articles, essays, conference papers, and US government documents covering 17 broad regions comprising 290 ethnic groups of native North America. Contains and updates citations from the print counterpart, Ethnographic Bibliography of North America, 1941-1990. Contains more than 80,000 citations. Includes content from the sixteenth century to the present.

BIOETHICSLINE

Produced by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, BIOETHICSLINE covers English language literature on the ethical, legal and public policy issues surrounding health care and biomedical research. BIOETHICSLINE was formerly accessed via Internet Grateful Med, but this database retired in 2001. Material from BIOETHICSLINE may now be found in the LOCATORplus for books, and PubMed for journal articles. Click on "Limits" to limit your search to bioethics-related material.

BIOSIS Previews
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BIOSIS Previews is the most comprehensive reference database for life science research, with the BIOSIS Archive dating back to 1926. Coverage includes traditional areas of biology, such as botany, zoology and microbiology, as well as related fields such as biomedicine, agriculture, pharmacology and ecology. Interdiscplinary fields such as medicine, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering and biotechnology are also included, as well as instrumentation and methods. The database covers content summaries, books and meeting abstracts, papers and posters.

Guide to BIOSIS previews: html, pdf

Business and Industry Database
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"Business and Industry is a broad-based business information database that focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets. It covers all industries and is international in scope. B&I draws content from over 1000 trade and industry publications, regional, national and international newspapers, business dailies and newsletters." Full text of most of the articles is provided.

Business Source Complete
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Business Source Complete provides full text for scholarly business journals and other sources. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Business Source Complete provides expanded indexing and abstract backfiles for the top scholarly business journals, dating back to 1886. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as financial data, books, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

CAB Abstracts (1910-present)
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Now available via ISI's Web of Knowledge interface, this international database provides access to journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, and books. It covers all aspects of sustainable development and applied life sciences, with emphasis on agriculture, forestry, human health, and the management of natural resources, and with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.

Canary Database (Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine)

The Canary Database contains studies in the biomedical literature that explore the use of animals as "sentinels" for the effects of chemical, biological, and physical hazards in the environment that may be a risk to human health. For each study, curators add information about animal species, exposures, health effects, location, and whether the study includes data providing evidence linking animal sentinel events to human health risk. You can browse the database by year, journal, author, exposure, risk factor, species, outcome, or by methodology.

CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System) from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

Developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), CCRIS contains carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results over 8000 chemicals. Data is derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources.

ChemIDplus (National Library of Medicine)

ChemIDplus is a chemical dictionary file of compounds of biomedical and regulatory interest. It provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files of chemical substances cited in the TOXNET and other databases and tells you which NLM databases contain information on a substance. Records include CAS Registry and other identifying numbers, molecular formulas, generic names, and synonyms. Another feature of the database is the SuperList, which provides information on whether the chemical substances is on federal and state regulatory agency lists.

ChemKnowledge(TM) databases from Micromedex
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The ChemKnowledge(TM) System is composed many databases and only selected databases are accessible. Accessible databases include but are not limited to CHRIS (Chemical Hazard Response Information System), HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank), IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System), New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets, and RTECS® (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances). After clicking on "ChemKnowledge Free Text Search," scroll down to select the database(s) you wish to search.

Chicano Database
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Use the Chicano Database to retrieve records for all types of materials in the areas of Mexican-American topics, and since 1992, materials on other Latino cultures--e.g., Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. Subject coverage includes art, language, sociology, public policy, economics, history, literature, politics, and law. The database is produced by the Chicano Studies Library, University of California. Coverage includes 1967 - present.

China Academic Journals (CAJ)
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The single largest retrospective digital collection of Chinese Journals. It contains more than 8,200 journal titles covering 1994 - current, as well as over 3,500 journal titles from as early as 1906 - 1993 with full text articles covering a wide variety of academic subjects.

Chinese Studies Online
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A gateway to resources on Chinese culture, medicine, business, science, etc. Includes five databases: China Online Journals (COJ); Dissertations of China (DOC); Academic Conferences in China; Chinese Companies and Products; Policies and Laws of China (PLOC).

CiNii (Citation Information by National Institute of Informatics)
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A Japanese-language database service that enables searching of information in academic papers published in academic society journals or university research bulletins, or included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database. The National Institute of Informatics has incorporated approximately 2.8 million full text articles (PDF) from 1,000 published academic journals as well as Research Bulletins of Japanese universities. All of the full text articles incorporated are available through CiNii along with bibliographical information on other academic papers.

CISDOC (International Labour Organization)

CISDOC contains "citations of documents on occupational health and safety: law and regulations, chemical safety data sheets, training material, journal articles, books and ILO conventions." Searchable by keyword, or by using the trilingual (English/French/Spanish) CIS Thesaurus. Searches can also be saved.

Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive (COBRA)

COBRA - the Collection Of Biostatistics Research Archive - is a scholar-driven repository of biostatistics working papers that we expect to become a destination for researchers worldwide. Major departments and institutions are contributing their prepublication materials to the collection. This timely, high-quality content may be downloaded freely by interested readers.

Cochrane Library - (Pdf User Guide)
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The Cochrane Library provides access to:

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews)

Systematic reviews identify an intervention for a specific disease or other problem in health care, and determines whether or not this intervention works.

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (Other Reviews)

Abstracts of systematic reviews that have been quality assessed, with a critical commentary about the overall quality. It complements the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews by quality-assessing and summarizing reviews that have not yet been carried out by the Cochrane Collaboration.

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Clinical Trials)

CENTRAL includes details of published articles taken from bibliographic databases (notably MEDLINE and EMBASE), and other published and unpublished sources.

Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methods Reviews)

The CDMR contains two types of document: Cochrane methods reviews and protocols. Methods reviews are full-text systematic reviews of methodological studies. Protocols provide place-markers for reviews that are currently being written. They summarize the background and the rationale of the review.

The Cochrane Methodology Register (Methods Studies)

The Cochrane Methodology Register is a bibliography of publications which report on methods used in the conduct of controlled trials.

Health Technology Assessment Database (Technology Assessments)

The HTA database brings together details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of health care interventions) from around the world.

NHS Economic Evaluation Database (Economic Evaluations)

NHS EED assists decision-makers by systematically identifying economic evaluations from around the world, appraising their quality and highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses.

About The Cochrane Collaboration (Cochrane Groups)

The About The Cochrane Collaboration database contains information on the groups that make up The Cochrane Collaboration.

Communication Abstracts (1977-Present)
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Indexes 160 sources, with over 44,000 records reflecting articles, reports, papers and books covering communication literature in subjects such as health communication, mass media, journalism, advertising, marketing, public opinion, interpersonal communication and organizational communication.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on PubMed (formerly CAM Citation Index)

The CAM subset of the National Library of Medicine's Medline database indexes scientific journal literature on complementary and alternative medicine from 1963 to the present.

Complementary and alternative Medicine Research using Medline

This guide, from Bastyr University Library, provides detailed information on CAM MeSH, search tips for botanical and nutritional substances, and using the CAM subset of Medline.

Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-present)
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This is a multidisciplinary full text database covering women's issues worldwide. Sources include alternative presses, scholarly journals, newsletters, government reports, surveys/statistical data, proceedings, fact sheets, and guides.

DART/ETIC (Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology/Environmental Teratology Information Center) from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET (1965-present)

The DART/ETIC database literature citations cover teratology and other aspects of developmental and reproductive toxicology. DART is also searchable as a subfile (limit) of TOXLINE

DARTS

See NTIS, below

ECOTOX from U.S. EPA

The ECOTOX database, derived predominantly from peer-reviewed literature, provides toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants, and terrestrial wildlife. It integrates 3 U.S. EPA databases, ACQUIRE, PHYTOTOX, and TERRETOX. Data in AQUIRE, the aquatic toxicology database, is available from1915 to the present. PHYTOTOX, the plant toxicology database, contains data from 1926 to 1991. The TERRETOX, the wildlife toxicology database, data comes from test results reported from 1970 to 1992.

Emerald Management Xtra (1994 - Present)
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Contains more than 50,000 full text articles from more than 140 peer reviewed journals in management and business. This includes subject areas such as economics and social policy, education management, and healthcare management.

Energy Citations Database (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information; 1948-present)

"Energy Citations contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration and the Atomic Energy Commission. Energy Citations includes bibliographic records of literature in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents."

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Databases (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
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Includes:

Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts. 1993-.

ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality. 1990-.

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B). 1982-.

Ecology Abstracts. 1982-.

EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements. 1985-.

Environmental Engineering Abstracts. 1990-.

Health & Safety Sciences Abstracts. 1981-.

Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A). 1982-.

Pollution Abstracts. 1981-.

Risk Abstracts. 1990-.

Toxicology Abstracts. 1981-.

Water Resources Abstracts. 1967-.

Each of the above databases may be searched separately, or in any combination.

Creating Alerts in CSA Databases

EPPI-Centre Evidence Library

The EPPI-Centre is involved in writing and supporting other people to write systematic reviews of research evidence across a range of different topic areas. Currently we have a large number of reviews in the fields of Education including Initial Teacher Education (ITE), Health Promotion and Public Health. This page offers two ways to access the findings of reviews.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) provides access to educational literature. ERIC sources include journals, books, conferences and meetings, reports, theses/dissertations, and audiovisual media. ERIC also includes materials on tests, measurement, and evaluation.

ERIC (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) (1966-present)
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Creating Alerts in CSA Databases

ERIC via the National Library of Education (citations 1966-present; some full-text 1993-present)

Ethnic NewsWatch
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The Ethnic NewsWatch database contains news, culture and history from 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press. Nearly 500,000 full text articles dating back to 1990 are available, along with archival material dating back to the mid 1980's. More than 7,500 new articles are added each month. Ethnic NewsWatch is searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages; more than 100,000 articles are in Spanish.

Ethnic NewsWatch Search Tips

European Database on Literature of Ethics in Medicine

This database, produced by European Information Network - Ethics in Medicine and Biotechnology contains citations from journal articles, books, bills, court decisions, decrees, governmental publications, guidelines, law, parliamentary publications, dissertations, proceedings, surveys and questionnaires, and more. Some include links to full text. One may search using keywords, author, publication, year, etc., or by using subject terms from either MeSH or Thesaurus of Ethics in Life Sciences.

Expanded Academic ASAP (1980 to present)
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Expanded Academic ASAP contains records for articles from scholarly journals, popular magazines, general interest journals, and newspapers in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. The complete text of articles (including some full-text images) are available for many of the journals covered in the database.

Faculty of 1000 Biology
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The Faculty of 1000 Biology describes itself as a "next generation literature awareness tool...that will comprehensively and systematically highlight and review the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of over 1000 selected leading researchers." The papers are in one or more of five categories (Novel finding, Technical advance, Interesting hypothesis, Important confirmation or Controversial findings) and are labeled as "recommended," "must read," or "exceptional." You can browse papers within a field, such as microbiology, cell biology, genomics & genetics, and molecular biology or search across all fields.

Faculty of 1000 Medicine
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The Faculty of 1000 Medicine, much like its sister product in Biology, describes itself as a "next generation literature evaluation and awareness service...that will systematically highlight and review the most pertinent papers published in any field of medicine, based on the recommendations of a selected faculty of nearly 2500 selected leading researchers and clinicians." The papers are in one or more of 18 categories (including, but not limited to, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Epidemiology, and Research Methodology) and then further divided into sections within each category. Each article is labeled as "recommended," "must read," or "exceptional." You can browse papers within a field or search across all fields.

GenBank Search (NIH. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI))

GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database that collects all known DNA sequences from scientists worldwide.

GenderWatch
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GenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Publications include magazines, academic journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government reports. Coverage extends in some cases back to the 1970s.

GENE-TOX from the National Library of Medicine

Created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, GENE-TOX contains genetic toxicology (mutagenicity) test data, resulting from expert peer review of the open scientific literature, on some 3000 chemicals.

Handbook of Latin American Studies

Citations in the area of Latin American studies from journals, books, and conferences. Coverage includes 1935 to the present.

HAPI Online (Web version of Hispanic American Periodicals Index) (1970-present)
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Resource for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. HAPI indexes journals published throughout the western world.

HeinOnline (19th century to present)
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Provides the full-text to the issues of many legal journals, most back to volume 1. To search, choose "Law Journal Library." Also provides Federal Register from 1936 to 1988; choose "Federal Register Library."

History of Science, Technology and Medicine (1976-present)
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Contains citations from the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Bibliografia Italiana de Storia della Scienza, and Wellcome Bibliography of the History of Medicine. It retrieves citations from journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, the history of technology, and allied historical fields in a variety of languages. Relevant topics include biology, chemistry, and medicine.

Homeland Security Digital Library
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Includes over 30,000 records for locally held and linked documents on homeland security strategy, policy and research published by international, federal, state and local government agencies as well as research institutions, universities and think tanks. Subject areas within public health include chronic diseases, environmental health, health care management, infectious diseases, and more. Other subject areas include borders and immigration, infrastructure protection, emergency management, terrorism, technology, and more.

HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank)

HSDB focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It includes data on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, properties, laboratory methods, and more. All data are referenced and derived from books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature.

HSDB from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

HSDB from MICROMEDEX
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After clicking on "ChemKnowledge Free Text Search," scroll down to select HSDB as your database to search.

HSTAT: Health Services/Technology Assessment Text

HSTAT is a "searchable collection of large, full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information," including evidence reports and technology assessments from the AHRQ, HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) treatment guidelines and information, Task Force on Community preventive Services' Guide to Community preventive Services, and more. From the National Library of Medicine.

Index to Current Urban Documents
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The key national resource for local government publications of the United States. Contains citations to and the full text (pdf format) of local government publications from approximately 500 selected cities and counties in the U.S. and Canada. At the core of the collection are fiscal and planning documents, including budgets and financial reports, and city, county and regional plans. This Index is also a good source of locally generated socioeconomic statistics, public health and social service planning, and business and physical infrastructure information.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
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Includes the Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (1981 � present) and the Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective (1918-1981). The Index to Legal Periodicals and Books indexes legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association journals, university publications and law reviews, and government publications from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The database also indexes some 1,400 monographs per year. The Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective indexes over 500 legal periodicals back to 1918.

IndexCat

IndexCat is the online counterpart of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, 1880-1961. IndexCat has more than 3.7 million references to monographs, dissertations, journal articles, and more. Journal articles were included in Series 1-4, but not in Series 5 (1959-1961). IndexCat is a linked, hierarchical structure. Each IndexCat record is linked to at least one other record. You can view and browse records in the dictionary arrangement of the original printed catalogue and it is possible to use a record retrieved from one search and view items indexed to another subject heading without invoking a new search. Search help is available.

IndMED

IndMed is a bibliographic database of Indian biomedical research. Over 75 journals are indexed. To search, type your search terms in the search form and then click "Begin search," or one may utilize the Advanced Search function. This web site also provides links to Indian and other biomedical information sources, including online biomedical journals from India.

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (1986 to present)

Produced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. Some citations have abstracts and links to journal web sites are provided when known.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (1951 to present)
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences is compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science of the London School of Economics and Political Science. This database contains bibliographic information from an international selection of publications (including over 2,700 journals) in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. Records come from more than 100 countries and languages. Most articles and books not in English are provided with an English title translation. This database provides citations of journals, books, book reviews, and chapters when multiple authors have worked on a book. Contains about 2 million records.

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IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System)

The IRIS, produced by the U.S. EPA, provides data on human health effects that may result from exposure to substances found in the environment. It includes chronic health hazard assessments for noncarcinogenic effects, including RfD and RfC, and carcinogenicty assessments for lifetime exposures.

IRIS from EPA

IRIS from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

IRIS from MICROMEDEX
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After clicking on "ChemKnowledge Free Text Search," scroll down to select IRIS as your database to search.

Journal Citation Reports (Institute for Scientific Information)
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Search the JCR Science Edition and the JCR Social Science Edition to evaluate and compare journals using citation data and article counts. Use it to find the high impact journals, most frequently used journals, and the cited half-life of journals. The Science Edition contains data from roughly 5,900 journals and the Social Sciences Edition contains data from roughly 1,700 journals.

Knovel Library
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This database contains over 1200 titles, several with interactive tables and other "productivity tools." Topics covered include chemistry, materials properties, mechanical engineering, food science, toxicology, and more.
Selected titles include:

Casarett and Doull's Toxicology

Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook

Food Chemical Risk Analysis

Indoor Air Quality Handbook

Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Patty's Toxicology

Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens

KoreaMed

KoreaMed "a service of the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE), provides access to articles published in Korean medical journals. Its current coverage is focused on the literature published since 1997. KoreaMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles."

Labourline

Labourline contains citations to books, articles, and reports on health and safety issues and on industrial relations. There is also a link to search for technical standards on safety of machinery and ergonomics from European and international standardization organisations. From the European Trade Union Institute and the European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety

LegalTrac (1980-present)
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This database can be used to research government regulations, international law, and case law. It is particularly useful for researching policy issues. It provides access to major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals. Some full text is available.

LexisNexis Academic
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Provides access to full text articles and documents from nearly 6000 news, legal, and business sources.

LexisNexis Congressional
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Provides full-text and bibliographic access to Congressional Publications including House and Senate Reports and Documents, Hearings, Committee Prints, bills, laws, legislative histories and more.

LILACS: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences

Produced by the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, LILACS covers literature related to the health sciences that has been published in countries of this region since 1982. It contains articles from about 670 journals (more than 150,000 records) as well as other documents, such as theses, chapters of theses, books, chapters of books, congress and conference proceedings, technical and scientific reports and governmental publications. This site also provides access to other databases of the Virtual Health Library, such as Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Literature on Adolescence Health, Latin American and Caribbean Basic Health Legislation, and more.

MEDLINE

List of Journals Indexed for Medline (National Library of Medicine)

"The journals being indexed for MEDLINE, listed in four sections: (1) Alphabetic listing by abbreviated title, followed by full title; (2) Alphabetic listing by full title, followed by abbreviated title; (3) Alphabetic listing by subject field; and (4) Alphabetic listing by country of publication. More detailed bibliographic data and information about indexing coverage for serials cited in MEDLINE/PubMed can be found in LocatorPlus, NLM's online catalog, at http://locatorplus.gov."

PubMed (1949-present) - (Help)

PubMed provides access to all the citations in MEDLINE, citations entered into MEDLINE but not yet given subject headings, OLDMEDLINE, and citations supplied electronically by publishers. This link to PubMed also provides information on the UC Berkeley library holdings for the articles retrieved, as well as full text for articles if available.

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, TOXLINE Special, NLM Catalog, MedlinePlus, Clinicaltrials.gov, DIRLINE, Genetics Home Reference, Meeting Abstracts, HSRProj, OMIM, and HSDB."

Medline via LexisNexis Academic (1966-present)
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MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series
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Search across multiple databases "for summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, disease, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and emergency care." Can also search by category (adverse reactions, teratogenicity, therapeutic uses, etc.) or by individual database(s).

National Criminal Justice Reference Services Abstracts Database

The NCJRS database has summaries of more than 185,000 criminal justice publications, including government reports, books, journal articles, and unpublished research reports. Includes several public health topics, such as violence and abuse, alcohol and drugs, HIV/AIDS, and more. Includes a browsable alphabetical subject list. NCJRS also has a searchable database of over 7,000 full text publications from various government agencies.

Native Health Databases

Developed by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center with funds made available by a contract with the Indian Health Service. The Native Health Research Database (1966 to the present) provides access to bibliographic information pertaining to health and medical issues of the American Indian and Alaska Native and Canadian First Nations populations. Basic and Advanced Search are available. The Native Health History Database covers 1652-1966. Best viewed with Internet Explorer.

Natural Standard
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Natural Standard aims to provide high-quality, reliable information about complementary and alternative therapies to clinicians, patients, and healthcare institutions. Through systematic aggregation and analysis of scientific data, incorporation of historic and folkloric perspectives, consultation with multidisciplinary editorial experts, use of validated grading scales, and blinded peer-review processes, Natural Standard builds evidence-based and consensus-based content. This content is designed to support safer and more informed therapeutic decisions.

New Jour - Internet list for new journals and newsletters available on the Internet

Gathers together announcements of journal and newsletter web sites. Provides URLs.

NIOSHTIC 2

"NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and other communication products supported in whole or in part by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)."

NTIS

The NTIS Database, produced by the National Technical Information Service, is the primary resource for finding the latest U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.

NTIS (1964-present) (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
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NTIS (1964 to present) (NTIS web page)

DARTS (Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific) Pilot
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A collaborative effort of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Government Printing Office to provide access to technical reports that were not distributed to the federal depository libraries. Covers 1964 to the present; some full text available. Search and download documents from workstation desktops. Access restricted by password. Inquire at reference desk for assistance.

OLDMEDLINE (1950-1965)
NOTE: OLDMEDLINE citations are now in PubMed.

PAIS International and PAIS Archive (1937-present)
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The PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International database includes topics such as health policy, public health, health planning, social policy, and health services. The database is updated monthly and indexes journal articles, books, statistical directories, conference reports, and government reports from over 120 countries.

Creating Alerts in CSA Databases

PapersFirst (1993-present) (OCLC)
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PapersFirst is an index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. It covers a broad range of disciplines.

Using OCLC Databases

PolicyFile (1990-present)
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Indexes and abstracts public policy literature from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. The database can be browsed by primary contributor or subject, and all abstracts have been linked to home pages, electronic mail addresses and full text documents, where available. Specific themes include but are not limited to Health Policy and Health Care Reform, Human Rights, Immigration, Science and Technology Policy, and Urban Policy.

Polling the Nations (1986-present)
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Polling the Nations is a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys on over 5,000 topics. The polling was conducted by over 700 organizations in the United States and more than 90 other countries.

POPLINE (1970-present)

Maintained by the Population Information Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development, POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE) provides citations with abstracts of the worldwide literature on population, family planning, and related health issues. POPLINE references published and unpublished literature.

Population Index On The Web (1986-2000)

Published by the Office of Population Research of Princeton University, Population Index references international population literature. It provides access to books, journal articles, working papers, and other types of population literature.

Proceedings (1993-present) (OCLC)
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Proceedings is an index of worldwide symposia, meetings, and conference proceedings. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at that conference.

Using OCLC Databases

ProQuest Research Library
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This database contains information on business, health, social science, and science topics. Full text articles are available from selected newspapers and journals. A list of sources is available.

Psychology: Sage Journals (Volume 1 - present)
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This database contains full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association and others. The database can be searched in several ways including by specifying keywords in the article title, abstract, or the full-text, or by author names and journal titles. Each retrieved record has a link to the full-text article. The database can also be searched for articles of interest by browsing directly through the journal titles and then clicking to the tables of contents for the respective volumes and issues. All journal titles in this database cover from Volume 1 to the present.

PsycINFO (1806-present)
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Citations, many with abstracts, from journals in psychology and related disciplines, conference proceedings, books and book chapters, reports and dissertations.

PsycINFO Quick Guide (UCB Library; pdf file)

PsycINFO Advanced Search Guide (pdf file)

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PubMed (1949-present) (National Library of Medicine)

NLM's bibliographic database of citations and abstracts from more than 4800 biomedical journals published in the United States and worldwide. PubMed also contains citations entered into MEDLINE but not yet given subject headings and citations supplied electronically by publishers. The link above provides information on the UC Berkeley library holdings for the articles retrieved, as well as access to the full text of articles if available.

PubMed Help Guides, Tutorials, and more

Using "My NCBI" to save searches and create email alerts

REHABDATA Literature database (1956-present)

Produced by the National Rehabilitaiton Information Center (NARIC), REHABDATA contains over 65,000 documents on vocational rehabilitation, job training, rehabilitation services evaluation, costs of rehabilitation services, community integration, and more. Two main categories of documents are featured: (1) reports, studies, and papers submitted by projects funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and (2) articles published in rehabilitation-related periodicals. Some non-print material is also catalogued.

Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness

This database includes links to free full-text information including expert guidelines, factsheets, websites, research reports, articles, and other tools aimed at the public health community. All resources may be searched by keyword or browsed by audience type, subject or CDC focus area.

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts, 1907-present)
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Search SciFinder for chemistry literature by topic, author, Registry Numbers, patent numbers. More than 22 million chemical substances may be searched by chemical name, chemical structure, Registry Numbers, and formula. Reaction information for organic and organometallic reactions from the CAS REACT database is included. Other databases in SciFinder include Registry, CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT, and Medline. In order to access SciFinder Scholar, users must download client software for either Macintosh or Windows platforms. See http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/scifinder.html for details and search help/tutorials.
NOTE: Access to SciFinder Scholar is not available via the proxy server. For off-campus access, you will need to use the Campus VPN.

Smoking and Health Database (CDC's Tobacco Information and prevention Source page)

The database focuses on information published in the past 35 years, but some of the information is from the 1800s. "Items in the database focus on the scientific, medical, technical, policy, behavioral, legal, and historical literature related to smoking and tobacco use and its effect on health."

Social Work Abstracts (1977 to present)
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The Social Work Abstracts database contains more than 35,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.

Sociological Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) (1952-present)
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The primary database for the latest literature in sociology, this database covers demography, education, law, social psychology, and sociology. Sources include journals, books, conferences and meetings, and dissertations.

Creating Alerts in CSA Databases

Sociological Abstracts Search Guide

STINET: Scientific and Technical Information Network (Defense Technical Information Center)

STINET "provides access to citations of unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents. Public STINET also provides access to the Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, Staff College Automated Military Periodical Index, DoD Index to Specifications and Standards, and Research and Development Descriptive Summaries." STINET documents cover all manner of public health topics: cancer screening, asthma, pesticide exposure, infectious diseases, etc.

Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health (TEACH) (US EPA)

This searchable database contains overviews of scientific literature in the field of children's environmental health, dating back to 1972. You can search for information by chemical, year, author, keyword, age when exposed, route and/or source of exposure, and more. Records contain a study description, exposure information, as well as the factors listed above.

TOXLINE

TOXLINE is an extensive collection of online bibliographic information covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. Almost all of its citations include abstracts and/or indexing terms and CAS Registry Numbers.

Toxline via National Library of Medicine's TOXNET (1900-present)

Toxline via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Last 5 years, plus current year)
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Creating Alerts in CSA Databases

ToxSeek

ToxSeek is a meta-search engine that enables simultaneous searching of many different toxicological and environmental information resources on the World Wide Web, including TOXNET and other National Library of Medicine resources, US Government sites such as ATSDR, CPSC, CDC, DOE, EPA, USDA, and more, WHO, IPCS, and numerous other sites. ToxSeek's results clustering feature helps users to more easily identify particular concepts. These clusters are created from what is retrieved in the original query, and can be useful in uncovering a specific concept or focus for more in-depth searching. ToxSeek may be useful for finding information on difficult topics from numerous sources, but does not allow for advanced (Boolean) searching.

TRI (Toxics Release Inventory)

TRI "is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities." TRI lists amounts of accidental and intentional releases, including covert releases when known, of certain chemicals released to the environment. Data are compiled annually.

EPA's TRI home page, including TRI explorer, which provides access to the TRI database (1988-2005)

TRI from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET (1987-2005)

TRI from the Right-to-Know Network (1987-2005)

Web of Science (Institute for Scientific Information - ISI)
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Includes Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). Each of these large, multidisciplinary databases is searchable alone, or in combination. Links to cited articles and times cited are provided for retrieved articles.

General Search Help (pdf file)

Cited Reference Search Help (pdf file)

Saving Searches and Creating Alerts (pdf file)

Women's Studies International (1972-present)
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Women's Resources International consists of a variety of women's studies databases including Women Studies Abstracts. It provides references to books, articles, reports, anthology chapters, and non-print materials.

World Health Organization Regional Databases

"Regional health and medical databases have been compiled to complement the internationally known bibliographical indexes such as MEDLINE. although most of the significant medical periodicals published in developed countries are indexed in the MEDLINE database and similar tools, there is still a considerable amount of important and valuable medical and health documentation from countries outside the major industrialized areas which is not included." Includes: