HAM-TMC Library

Free/Local Resources

Local Resources

Consumer Health : a list of useful websites
Go Local Texas Gulf Coast : A project of the National Library of Medicine, this website links health consumers to valuable local resources
McGovern Historical Collections : notable historical collections on the foundations of the medical specialties, Texas medicine, rheumatology, and North American public health
DigitalCommons@ TMC : the institutional repository for the Texas Medical Center. It contains journal articles, conference presentations, dissertations and theses, newsletters, and more.
DigitalCommons FAQ
NIH Policy Page : background information and useful links for researchers and principal investigators.

Free Resources

Currently, the Library has 72 Free Databases in its collection!

1. AgeLine
Provider: AARP
Contents: abstracts , free , indexing
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Provides abstracts of the literature of social gerontology, as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. It covers aging-related issues for professionals in aging services, health, business, law, and mental health. Also includes selected consumer content. Summarizes journal articles, books and chapters, research reports, dissertations, gray literature, and educational videos from many publishers and organizations, including AARP.
Keywords: aging | geriatrics | open access

2. ALFRED: The Allele Frequency Database
Provider: Kenneth K Kidd, Yale University
Contents: charts and graphs , free , links , research tools
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: From the website: "ALFRED's focus is on allele frequencies in diverse anthropologically defined populations. It is not a compendium of human DNA polymorphisms but of frequencies of selected polymorphisms with an emphasis on those that have been studied in multiple populations. All of the data in ALFRED are considered to be in the public domain and available for use in research and teaching."
Keywords: genetics | genotype | statistical

3. American Hospital Directory
Provider: American Hospital Association
Contents: directory , free , partial open access , quick reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Not all content here is free, but visitors can search for hospitals and view free profile information like location, number of beds, types of services offered, Medicare patient charge and utilization numbers, and general state and national hospital statistics.
Keywords: consumer health | healthcare system

4. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (Orange Book)
Provider: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Contents: cross reference , free , full text , government documents , index , open access , quick reference , reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: The Orange Book provides updated information on prescription, over-the-counter and discontinued FDA-approved drug products. It can be searched and consulted online, or the annual edition and monthly cumulative supplements can be downloaded in .pdf format. The Electronic Orange Book provides daily updates of new generic drug approvals. Search by active ingredient, proprietary name, patent, application number or application holder. If a newly-approved drug product is not turned up in the search, use the search box at top right of the page to find results from the Orange Book's monthly supplements and other FDA sources.
Keywords: drugs | federal agencies | open access | patents | pharmaceutical | products | public health | U.S. Government

5. BioethicsWeb
Provider: Wellcome Library, Joint Information Systems Committee, University of Nottingham
Contents: free , links , links to full text , open access , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to biomedical ethics, including ethical, social, legal and public policy questions arising from advances in medicine and biology, issues relating to the conduct of biomedical research, and approaches to bioethics. BioethicsWeb is part of Intute, "...a free online service providing access to Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources." BioethicsWeb is also affiliated with the BIOME life sciences hub and the Resource Discovery Network (RDN). It is developed and managed by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine at the Wellcome Trust.
Keywords: animal | bioethics | biomedical ethics | open access

6. Biology Image Library
Provider: BioMed Central
Contents: animation , illustrations , images , partial open access , videos
Access Level: Educational
Descriptions: Brought to you by BioMed Central, the open access publisher, Biology Image Library provides scientific images for downloading and use for non-commercial purposes. For images not in the public domain, Biology Image Library can direct the user to the copyright holder or in some cases handle the sale of rights for commercial use. Submission of contributions is also welcomed. See "About..." for information. The Biology Image Library allows free access to all to view image thumbnails and annotations, but only authorized HAM-TMC users can view full-size versions, save, make PowerPoint slides, or e-mail the images that are under copyright.
Keywords: biology | biomedical | e-publishing | education | microbiology

7. BioMed Experts
Provider: Collexis Holdings, Inc.
Contents: free , interactive
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: BioMed Experts is a scientific-literature-based social networking site. "BME connects biomedical researchers to each other through the display and analysis of each scientist’s co-author network, allowing scientists and researchers across organizations to collaborate in new and time-saving ways. BME is available as a free online community to individuals while value-added services are provided for institutional customers." Free registration is required, and fully functional access is now restricted: "If you have published at least three papers over the last ten years that have been indexed in the Pubmed database, you can validate your pre-calculated expert profile and network in a simple, 4-step wizard after you register. If you have not published in Pubmed over the last ten years, you can still register, search, and network with researchers you know."
Keywords: biomedical research | citation analysis | collaborative | open access | research | science | scientist | social networking

8. BLAST (NCBI)
Provider: National Center for Biotechnology Information
Contents: free , illustrations , open access , open-source software , research tools , sequencing data
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: "The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches. BLAST can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families."
Keywords: biomedical research | data analysis | DNA | genetics | genome | open access | open source | proteins | sequencing

9. Canary Database: Animals as Sentinels of Human Environmental Health Hazards
Provider: Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine
Contents: free , full text
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Compilation of peer-reviewed research articles related to the use of animals as sentinels of human health hazards; contains information added by trained curators in addition to bibliographic records from MEDLINE and other databases. Includes studies of wildlife, companion and livestock animals, where either the exposure or the health effect may be considered relevant to human health.
Keywords: animal | biohazard | environmental | open access | pesticides | workplace

10. ChemSpider: Building Community for Chemists
Provider: Royal Society of Chemistry
Contents: abstracts , charts and graphs , chemical compounds , chemical structure , citations , free , images , open access , research tools , search engine , videos , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: "ChemSpider is a free access service providing a structure-centric community for chemists. Providing access to millions of chemical structures and integration to a multitude of other online services, ChemSpider is the richest single source of structure-based chemistry information." A list of the databases drawn upon is provided. In addition to the integration of these sources, qualified users (after a free registration) can also further enrich this database by contributing their own data. Numerous features and applications are to be found here in addition to the main database. Tutorials are provided (also available via YouTube) and a blog helps keep the user up to date on new developments at this site.
Keywords: chemicals | chemistry | collaborative | data | open access | research | scientist | search | tutorial

11. CKS - Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Provider: National Library for Health, National Health Service, UK
Contents: free , full text , links
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: This evidence-based care tool provides the practitioner with "a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care." For each topic, information is provided on scope and age range, how recently the topic and the supporting evidence have been updated, background, diagnosis and management information on the condition, the recommended prescribing information, and (for users in the UK) links out to the full text of articles cited. Patient information handouts are also provided. A free registration allows the user to customize the resource according to preference.
Keywords: evidence-based medicine | open access

12. Clinical Queries (PubMed)
Provider: National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
Contents: abstracts , citations , free , indexing , links to full text
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: A specialized PubMed search interface that affords an easier, more focused access to clinical studies, systematic reviews and medical genetics information.
Keywords: clinical evidence | clinical studies | clinical trials | decision support | evidence-based medicine | genetics | open access | point-of-care | systematic reviews

13. Complementary and Alternative Therapies (MedlinePlus)
Provider: National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
Contents: free , full text , patient education
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Includes sections on acupuncture, alternative medicine, herbal medicine, cancer alternative therapies, chiropractic, and dietary supplements. These sections include latest news, topic overviews, links to associations and organizations, interactive tutorials, and clinical trials. A Spanish language version is also available.
Keywords: acupuncture | alternative medicine | consumer health | herbs | open access

14. dbGaP (Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes)
Provider: National Center for Biotechnology Information
Contents: free , open access , partial open access , research tools , sequencing data
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: In dbGaP, NCBI archives and distributes the results of studies investigating the interaction of genotype and phenotype. Genome-wide association studies, medical sequencing, molecular diagnostic assays, and associations between genotype and non-clinical traits are covered. dbGaP contains both open- and controlled-access data. Non-sensitive data are released on a broad scale, but sensitive data sets involving personal health information are not publicly accessible. Search by study or disease, or use Advanced Search.
Keywords: biology | database | genetics | genome | genomics | life sciences | open access

15. Dietary Supplements Labels Database
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: brief records , free , full text , quick reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Dietary Supplements Labels Database enables one to look up research results on dietary supplements based on brand name, active ingredients, manufacturer and even intended use. The information available may include adverse effects, mechanism of action and FDA warnings and recalls.
Keywords: alternative medicine | dietary supplements | drugs | herbs | open access | products

16. Digital Commons@The Texas Medical Center
Provider: HAM-TMC Library
Contents: archive , bibliographic records , dissertation , free , full text , open access , thesis
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Digital Commons is the institutional repository for research work produced by TMC faculty, researchers, and students. It is an open access digital library containing preprints, postprints, datasets, conference proceedings, working papers, teaching materials, dissertations, and more.
Keywords: digital | dissertations | e-prints | medicine | nursing | open access | publishing

17. Digital National Security Archive
Provider: ProQuest and the National Security Archive
Contents: abstracts , free , full text
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Comprehensive collection of primary documents, including more than 60,000 declassified documents regarding US policy decisions; there are 27 complete collections, each offering specialized insights, with new collections added regularly.
Keywords: American history | open access | policy | U.S. Government

18. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Provider: Lund University Libraries, Sweden
Contents: free , full text , links to full text , open access
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: DOAJ is a consistently-updated service listing open access and "hybrid" (partially open access), quality-controlled scholarly journals covering a broad range of disciplines, with articles written in a variety of languages. Over 3,600 journals are included, approximately a third of which are searchable at article level.
Keywords: e-publishing | humanities | journal | open access | periodicals | science | social sciences

19. Disaster Information Management Research Center
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: free , full text , links , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: "DIMRC is tasked with the effective collection, organization, and dissemination of health information for natural, accidental, or deliberate disasters."
Keywords: disaster | open access | public administration | public health | society

20. DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern
Provider: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Contents: free
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Sections of this CDC website include: Parasites and Health, Diagnostic Procedures, and the Parasite Image Library. Includes information of interest to consumers as well as health professionals.
Keywords: consumer health | life cycle | open access | parasitology | pathogenesis | physicians | public health

21. Drug Information Pathfinder
Provider: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Contents: free , full text , government documents , links , monographs , quick reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: From this starting point, find a link to the U.S. Pharmacopeia updates and revisions, as well as information about new pending and non-U.S. standards. The full text of the "Orange Book" of approved drug products is accessible from here, under the Generic Drugs heading. Additional sections provide guidance on the drug approval application process, best practices in manufacturing and clinical trials, consumer advice, information on over-the-counter drugs, and more.
Keywords: clinical trials | drugs | federal agencies | law | marketing | open access | pharmaceutical | pharmacy | standards

22. Drug Resource Center
Provider: AETNA Intelihealth
Contents: free , patient education , quick reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: This section of the Aetna InteliHealth site provides articles on condition-specific drug issues. An editorial faculty from Harvard Medical School assures the accuracy and relevance of information presented by this website.
Keywords: consumer health | drugs | open access | pharmaceutical

23. DrugBank
Provider: University of Alberta
Contents: chemical compounds , chemical structure , free , full text , links , open access , reference , sequencing data
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource that combines detailed drug (chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug target (sequence, structure, and pathway) information. The database contains nearly 4300 drug entries including FDA-approved small molecule drugs, FDA-approved biotech (protein/peptide) drugs, nutraceuticals and experimental drugs. Additionally, more than 6,000 protein (i.e. drug target) sequences are linked to these drug entries. Each DrugCard entry contains more than 80 data fields with half of the information being devoted to drug/chemical data and the other half devoted to drug target or protein data.
Keywords: bioinformatics | biomedical research | biotechnology | chemistry | drugs | open source | pharmacology

24. Early English Books Online
Provider: ProQuest
Contents: full text , images
Access Level: Educational
Descriptions: "Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War..." Historians of science and medicine may find useful material here.
Keywords: books | digital | history | history of medicine | literature | multidisciplinary | research | science

25. Entrez Cross-Database Search
Provider: National Center for Biotechnology Information
Contents: abstracts , free , full text , indexing , sequencing data
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Integrated, text-based search and retrieval system used at the National Center for Biotechnology Information for its major databases: PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others. Entrez integrates the scientific literature, DNA and protein sequence databases, 3D protein structure and protein domain data, population study datasets, expression data, assemblies of complete genomes, and taxonomic information into a tightly interlinked system.
Keywords: genome | journal | life sciences | NLM | open access | proteins | taxonomy

26. Epocrates Online®
Provider: Epocrates, Inc.
Contents: free , indexing , monographs , patient education
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Epocrates Online is a database that (with the expected disclaimers and terms of use) provides useful and comprehensive information on pharmaceutical products at no cost to the user. Tabbed sections are provided on drugs, diseases, drug interactions and contraindications, and pill identification. A paid subscription is required for access to MedCalc and another section providing clinical tables/guidelines. Free registration is required to use Epocrates. A free mobile version is also available for download. Subscription information is easy to find on the website.
Keywords: drugs | open access | pharmaceutical | pharmacy

27. Ethnic NewsWatch
Provider: ProQuest -- TexShare
Contents:
Access Level:
Descriptions: An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. Coverage begins with 1990.
Keywords:

28. European Patent Office (esp@cenet)
Provider: European Patent Office
Contents: bibliographic records , free , government documents , illustrations , index , links , links to full text , open access
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: The European Patent Office (EPO) database actually includes records of patents worldwide, drawing its information also from WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization.) Unlike most patent databases, this one is very user-friendly, offering searches without the use of field tags. Search by keyword, author or organization; publication, application, priority or reference number; or search by EPO classification, which is based on the International Patent Classification system. The advanced search offers inclusive searching or limit to WIPO or EPO databases, and entry of up to ten specifics, including keyword. Relevant help information is offered in each screen. The Patent Information Tour (last link on the esp@cenet home page) offers several short video tutorials.
Keywords: biomedical research | biotechnology | industry | medical devices | multidisciplinary | open access | patents | science | scientist

29. Eye Pathologist, The
Provider: Duke University Medical Center
Contents: free , glossary of terms , images , open access , reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: The Eye Pathologist is a web-based instructional database on the anatomy and pathology of the eye, a teaching and reference tool for medical students and professionals. This database contains more than 4,000 images and deals with more than 5,000 diseases affecting vision and the eye. It also includes links to a glossary of over 6,000 definitions. For the present, the database is free, although complete utilization of all features does require a free registration.
Keywords: education | eye | genetics | microbiology | open access | ophthalmology | parasitology | pathogenesis | physicians | student | syndrome

30. FDA Maude Database
Provider: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Contents: free , full text , indexing
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: MAUDE = Manufacturer And User Device Experience. MAUDE data are reports of adverse events involving medical devices. Reporting is voluntary and updates are posted quarterly.
Keywords: medical devices | open access | quality

31. Federal Register
Provider: US Government Printing Office and US National Archives and Records Administration
Contents: free , full text , government documents , reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Frequently requested materials from the Federal Register include grant information and Relative Value Units (RVU), also known as the Unique Physician Fee Schedule.
Keywords: federal agencies | government | law | medicare/medicaid | office practice | open access | physicians

32. Gene Ontology (GO) project
Provider: Gene Ontology Consortium
Contents: free , indexing , research tools
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: The Gene Ontology (GO) project is a collaborative effort by various organizations and groups working on various genome projects to address the need for consistent description of gene products across different databases. The GO collaborators are developing three "ontologies" (in computer science, specifications of relational vocabularies) that describe three aspects of molecular biology- biological processes, cellular components, and molecular functions- in a species-independent manner. The GO database has a user-friendly interface (AmiGO) available, as well as other downloadable, local-use tools.
Keywords: biomedical research | database | genome | genomics | genotype | ontology | open access | sequencing | taxonomy

33. Genetics Home Reference
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: free , full text , glossary of terms , handbook , illustrations , patient education , summaries
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: The National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions. Includes condition, gene, and chromosome summaries, the Help Me Understand Genetics Handbook (with basic explanations of how genes work, genetic testing, and the Human Genome Project) and a glossary of genetic and medical terms.
Keywords: genetics | mutation | open access

34. Go Local Texas Gulf Coast
Provider: HAM-TMC Library, UTMB-Galveston Moody Medical Library, and National Library of Medicine
Contents: brief records , free , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: A joint consumer health website project between the Jesse H Jones Community Health Information Service of the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Moody Medical Library in partnership with the National Libary of Medicine, this resource provides up-to-date information about local health resources for 38 counties in the Texas Gulf Coast region, and, by linking to MedlinePlus, makes available reliable health information about a number of diseases and conditions.
Keywords: consumer health | healthcare | open access | Texas

35. GoPubMed
Provider: Transinsight
Contents: federated search , free , research tools , search engine
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: GoPubMed is an innovative, powerful search tool that combines the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and GO (Gene Ontology) terminologies to optimize the effectiveness of queries to PubMed- for everyone, but for molecular biologists in particular. Searching elicits results presented very quickly (maximum display: the most recent 1,000 citations), along with a sidebar presenting the full results in categorized, hierarchical groups of terms that help the user to focus in further- the producers of this search engine refer to it as a "knowledge-based semantic search." There are many more features to this search tool than can be described here.
Keywords: biomedical research | cell biology | informatics | MedLine | MeSH | microbiology | ontology | open access | proteins | scientist | search | semantic | subject headings

36. GreenFile (TexShare)
Provider: EBSCO -- TexShare
Contents: abstracts , full text , images , indexing
Access Level: Educational
Descriptions: GreenFILE covers human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green buildings, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more. Indexing and abstracts of more than 384,000 records, and full text of approximately 4,700 open access records.
Keywords: biology | current events | environmental | general health | government | life sciences | multidisciplinary | policy | public health | society | student | toxins

37. Herbs and Supplements Information (MedlinePlus)
Provider: National Library of Medicine and Natural Standard
Contents: free , full text , indexing
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Entries for individual herbs and supplements include: background, synonyms, evidence, dosing, safety, interactions, methodology, and selected references. Information is also available in Spanish.
Keywords: dietary supplements | herbs | open access | open source | products

38. Index to Chiropractic Literature
Provider: International Chiropractors' Association
Contents: abstracts , free , index , practice guidelines , reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Produced by members of the Chiropractic Library Consortium (CLIBCON) the Index to Chiropractic Literature provides cover-to-cover indexing of peer-reviewed literature from chiropractic publishers (see Journals Indexed.) A small number of non-peer-reviewed chiropractic publications are also selectively indexed. The ICL website also includes links to other chiropractic resources- American and international organizations, libraries, colleges, chiropractic clinical practice guidelines, and the Chiropractic Subject Headings.
Keywords: alternative medicine | chiropractic | healthcare | libraries | open access | peer review | subject headings

39. LactMed: Drugs and Lactation Database
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: free , full text , patient education
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.
Keywords: drugs | open access | women

40. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: cross reference , free , index , thesaurus
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, consisting of sets of descriptors in a hierarchical structure to permit searching with increasing levels of specificity. This thesaurus is used by NLM for indexing articles from more than 4,800 of the world's leading biomedical journals for the MEDLINE/PubMed® database. It is also used for LocatorPlus, the NLM-produced catalog of books, documents, and audiovisuals acquired by the National Library of Medicine. Each bibliographic record is associated with a set of MeSH terms describing the item's content. MeSH vocabulary can be used in search queries to find items on a desired topic in any NLM database.
Keywords: life sciences | MeSH | NLM | open access | subject headings | taxonomy

41. Medline (PubMed)
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: abstracts , free , index , indexing , links to full text , research tools
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Bibliographic database providing information from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, and the pre-clinical sciences; the electronic counterpart of Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index. PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Keywords: allied health | dentistry | journal | life sciences | medicine | nursing | open access | pharmacology | physicians | science | scientist | veterinary medicine

42. MedlinePlus
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: dictionary , encyclopedia , free , full text , illustrations , links , news
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Provides information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on more than 700 diseases and conditions; includes lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Keywords: clinical trials | consumer health | drugs | healthcare | open access

43. Medscape
Provider: WebMD
Contents: CME , free , full text , patient education
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Original, professional medical content, including review articles, journal commentary, expert columns, patient education articles, book reviews, and more than 850 online CME activities. MedScape now offers free download of drug information for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This includes dosage, interactions and adverse effects and cost across more than 6,000 generics and brands, OTCs, herbals and supplements, as well as information for pregnant or lactating women. MedScape requires free registration.
Keywords: consumer health | open access | physicians | reviews

44. Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, The
Provider: Merck & Co., Inc.
Contents: audio , free , handbook , images , indexing , manual , text , videos
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Standard text in the field of diagnosis and therapy, freely available on the Internet.
Keywords: diagnosis | open access | physicians

45. Merck Manuals Online Medical Library- Home Edition
Provider: Merck & Co., Inc.
Contents: free , full text , glossary of terms , illustrations , manual , quick reference , reference , tables of contents
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: This manual is an invaluable resource for the layman, explaining medical conditions from every aspect, with introductions giving background information on the biology of body systems and organs, and providing supporting anatomical and 3-D visual aids. Of particular value is the Drugs section, with information on pharmacokinetics, drug interaction and adverse reactions, herbal supplements and over-the-counter drugs. The Special Subjects area contains sections on medical decision-making, limb prosthetics, travel medicine, women's health, alternative and complementary medicines, and more.
Keywords: consumer health | drugs | medicine

46. Merck Veterinary Manual
Provider: Merck & Co., Inc.
Contents: audio , free , full text , handbook , images , indexing , links , manual , tables of contents , videos
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Merck Veterinary Manual Online is a general reference text for veterinary professionals, containing information arranged primarily by body system with some information on specific species. This manual contains a section on laboratory animals and exotic species. Some images, audio and video files are included, along with quick references and lists of useful outside links.
Keywords: open access | veterinary medicine

47. National Cancer Institute Website
Provider: National Cancer Institute
Contents: free , full text , patient education , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: A comprehensive layman's website. Cancer Topics searches link the user to PubMed with pre-set search limits and retrieve literature citations on more than 100 major cancer topics; search results can be further refined using PubMed's search options and limits. Tabbed categories lead the user to other resources, including information on statistics, clinical trials, research and recent news releases, and dictionaries of oncology terms and drug information.
Keywords: cancer | clinical trials | consumer health | open access | statistical | U.S. Government

48. National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Provider: U.S. Department of Justice
Contents: abstracts , free , full text , government documents , indexing , links to full text , statistics , summaries , videos
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Contains summaries of over 189,000 US and international publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual presentations, and unpublished research, while excluding most legal decisions, opinions, and statutes.
Keywords: criminal justice | journal | law enforcement | open access | social sciences | society | sociology | statistical

49. National Guideline Clearinghouse
Provider: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Contents: free , full text , links to full text , open access , practice guidelines , summaries
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents, updated weekly. Summaries with links to full text. User-friendly features of the site include: summaries available for download to hand-held devices; a guideline comparison utility for the end user; guideline syntheses prepared by NGC staff; an expert commentary feature from the editorial board; and an annotated bibliography of resources about guidelines- their development, methodology, structure, evaluation and implementation.
Keywords: clinical evidence | clinical practice guidelines | evidence-based medicine | open access | PDA access

50. National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
Provider: Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Contents: abstracts , bibliographies , free , indexing , links , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Provides a single service point to: search for books and articles; request a custom bibliography; retrieve a bibliography on a bioethics topic; and find publications, organizations, and links.
Keywords: bioethics | biomedical ethics | open access

51. Nature Neuroscience Gateway
Provider: Nature Publishing Group and the Allen Institute for Brain Science
Contents: career and jobs , free , full text , news , partial open access
Access Levels: Clinical Partner , Educational , Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: A comprehensive source for current research, news and events in neuroscience and genomics research developed collaboratively by the Allen Institute for Brain Science and Nature Publishing Group; includes the Allen Brain Atlas, a freely available scientific resource developed by the Allen Institute, which provides maps of the expression of approximately 20,000 genes in the mouse brain. Together, the Neuroscience Gateway and the Allen Brain Atlas are new tools to help researchers navigate neuroscience and genomics research.
Keywords: gateway | neurology | neuroscience | open access | portal | research | scientist

52. Nature.com Databases and Gateways
Provider: Nature.com
Contents: career and jobs , free , news , partial open access , protocols
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Nature.com has developed a collection of subject portals to news, conferences and other related links, and recent Nature publications in various areas of interest to researchers, for example: neuroscience; specific areas of cell science; human signaling pathways; laboratory technologies and protocols; and climate change.
Keywords: biology | biomedical | biomedical research | biotechnology | cell biology | communicable diseases | environmental | gateway | genomics | infectious disease | journal | multidisciplinary | neuroscience | portal | products | proteins | public health | social networking

53. NLM Drug Information Portal
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: federated search , free , government documents , links , news , open access , reference , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: This resource provides the public, healthcare professionals and researchers with a gateway to current and accurate drug information from the National Library of Medicine, as well as links to drug information from other key government agencies, PubMed and MedlinePlus.
Keywords: consumer health | drugs | gateway | government | journal | open access | portal | toxicology

54. NLM Gateway: search engine for the resources of the National Library of Medicine
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: federated search , free , government documents , indexing , partial full text , partial open access , search engine
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: The NLM Gateway is a Web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple retrieval systems administered by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Users of NLM services can initiate multi-database searches of many NLM information resources from this site.
Keywords: biomedical | consumer health | medicine | MedLine | MeSH | multidisciplinary | NLM | open access | U.S. Government

55. PDQ (Physician Data Query) Cancer Database
Provider: National Cancer Institute
Contents: dictionary , free , full text , links , open access , patient education , reference , statistics , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: PDQ contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of more than 4,000 open and 15,000 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, genetic counseling professionals, and organizations that provide cancer care. Also included: a dictionary of cancer terms and a drug dictionary.
Keywords: alternative medicine | cancer | clinical trials | open access | physicians | reviews

56. PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database
Provider: Centre of Evidence-Based Physiotherapy, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
Contents: abstracts , free , indexing , links , practice guidelines , summaries , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: PEDro provides access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Most trials covered in PEDro have been rated for quality.
Keywords: evidence-based | open access | sports medicine

57. PLOS Hub for Clinical Trials
Provider: Public Library of Science
Contents: abstracts , free , full text , indexing , interactive , open access
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: The PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials collects PLoS journal articles that relate to clinical trials. The Hub is a site for researchers to share their views, comment on and rate the research articles posted there, and build a dynamic, interactive community.
Keywords: clinical evidence | clinical studies | clinical trials | e-publishing | open access

58. PubChem
Provider: National Library of Medicine and National Center for Biotechnology Information
Contents: brief records , chemical compounds , chemical structure , cross reference , free , indexing , links , links to full text , research tools , summaries
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules and is a component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative; includes substance information, compound structures, and bioactivity data in three primary databases: PCSubstance, PCCompound and PCBioAssay. PCSubstance contains more than 12 million records; PCCompound contains more than 7 million unique structures; and PCBioAssay contains more than 200 bioassays, each containing a number of data points.
Keywords: bioassay | chemicals | chemistry | inorganic chemistry | NLM | open access | organic chemistry | pharmacology | taxonomy | toxins

59. Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Provider: Public Library of Science
Contents: free , full text
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: In 2003, PLoS launched a nonprofit scientific and medical publishing venture that provides scientists and physicians with high-quality, high-profile journals in which to publish their most important work; under the open access model, PLoS journals are immediately available online, with no charge for access and no restrictions on subsequent redistribution or use, as long as the author(s) and source are cited in the manner specified by its Creative Commons Attribution License.
Keywords: biology | creative commons | genetics | infectious disease | journal | life sciences | medicine | multidisciplinary | open access | research | science | scientist

60. PubMed
Provider: National Library of Medicine and National Center for Biotechnology Information
Contents: abstracts , citations , free , indexing , links to full text , partial full text , reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: PubMed is a database of citations from the biomedical literature, including bibliographic information from MEDLINE, covering all aspects of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the preclinical sciences. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. The database contains over 14 million citations dating back to the mid-1960's. Articles in many languages are indexed, but all abstracts are in English. An excellent tutorial on using PubMed's many search refinements and features can be found by clicking here.
Keywords: biomedical research | journal | life sciences | medicine | multidisciplinary | open access | research | scientist

61. PubMed Clinical Queries
Provider: National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
Contents:
Access Level:
Descriptions: At this PubMed page aimed at the clinician, special search filtering helps the user find citations to clinical studies, systematic reviews or medical genetics studies.
Keywords:

62. RePORTER (Report Expenditures and Results)
Provider: National Institutes of Health
Contents: abstracts , free , index
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: RePORTER is a module within NIH's Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool, which provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH-funded research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH-supported research. RePORTER replaces the CRISP database, withdrawn in October 2009.
Keywords: biomedical | biotechnology | federal agencies | grants | medicine | open access | research | scientist | U.S. Government

63. Scitopia
Provider: Scitopia.org
Contents: federated search , free
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Scitopia provides a free federated search engine drawing on the published literature of 21 science and technology societies. Search results are also drawn from U.S., European and Japanese patent databases and the U.S. Department of Energy's Information Bridge site. Among the disciplines covered are: acoustics, physics, geophysics, engineering, optics and applied mathematics. Scitopia is powered by Deep Web Technologies.
Keywords: audiology | geoscience | mathematics | multidisciplinary | open access | optics | physics

64. SUMSearch
Provider: University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
Contents: free , full text , links , search engine
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Searches free Web sources for evidence-based health care information (PubMed, including Cochrane Systematic Reviews, National Guideline Clearinghouse and the Merck Index.) SumSearch groups results by category: reviews, practice guidelines, systematic reviews and research articles.
Keywords: education | evidence-based | evidence-based medicine | medicine | open access

65. Tox Town
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: free , full text , government documents , images , indexing , links , videos , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Provides information on everyday locations where you might find toxic chemicals; non-technical descriptions of chemicals; links to selected, authoritative chemical information on the Internet; how the environment can impact human health; and Internet resources on environmental health topics. Tox Town uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's health. A Spanish language version is available. FlashPlayer is required to view videos.
Keywords: biohazard | chemicals | consumer health | disaster | environmental | NLM | open access | public health | radiation | toxins

66. TOXMAP
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: charts and graphs , free , images , maps , statistics
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Geographic Information System (GIS) from NLM's Division of Specialized Information Services that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund Program. The chemical and environmental health information provided is taken from NLM's TOXNET and PubMed, and from other authoritative sources.
Keywords: chemicals | environmental | open access | public health | toxins

67. TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: cross reference , federated search , free , full text , government documents , images , indexing
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: TOXNET is a cross-searchable cluster of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, toxic releases and related areas. Includes Hazardous Substances Data Bank, Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System, Haz-Map, and LactMed (Drugs and Lactation). Managed by the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program in the Division of Specialized Information Services of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Keywords: chemicals | environmental | open access | public health | toxicology | toxins

68. TRIP Database: the search engine for Evidence-Based Medicine
Provider: TRIP Knowledge Services
Contents: e-books , free , full text , images , patient education , websites
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Openly accessible database that simultaneously searches evidence-based resources: systematic reviews, Medline's Clinical Queries, practice guidelines, e-books, images, and patient information handouts. From the website: "The aims of the TRIP Database have remained the same since 1997 - allow health professionals to easily find the highest-quality material available on the web - to help support evidence based practice... The evolution of the TRIP Database has been guided by the desire to answer real clinical questions using the principles of evidence-based medicine."
Keywords: evidence-based medicine | medicine | open access | systematic reviews

69. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Provider: U. S. Department of Commerce
Contents: free , full text , government documents , indexing
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Provides full text of registered patents and trademarks, including search aids, a browsable collection of recent patents, and special notices.
Keywords: open access | patents

70. UniProt
Provider: UniProt Consortium
Contents: citations , cross reference , free , glossary of terms , index , open access , research tools , sequencing data
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: "The mission of UniProt is to provide the scientific community with a comprehensive, high-quality and freely accessible resource of protein sequence and functional information." Available material consists of: UniProtKB, a two-section protein knowledge base consisting of SwissProt (reviewed and annotated manually) and TrEMBL (not reviewed, annotated automatically;) UniRef (sequence clusters;) UniParc (a sequence archive for tracking sequences and identifiers;) and the supporting data (literature citations, taxonomy, keywords, nomenclature, guidelines and indexes.) A user manual and primer on annotation are provided as well. UniProt is distributed free under a Creative Commons attribution license. Updates happen frequently and it appears the updates must be retrieved from the website.
Keywords: biomedical research | genetics | ontology | open access | proteins | scientist | sequencing | taxonomy

71. WISER: Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Contents: chemical compounds , free , index , reference
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: This database is focused on hazardous chemicals, and helps the user to identify unknown chemicals. "WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice... WISER is also available as a standalone application for PCs and PDAs." The Web version can also be used on PDAs, including BlackBerry and iPhone.
Keywords: chemicals | emergency medicine | NLM | open access | toxins

72. WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
Contents: bibliographic records , catalog records , free
Access Level: Open Access (freely accessible to all)
Descriptions: Search for items in library collections around the country and the world. Input your ZIP code to find items locally. Register for a free account in order to create and save lists and bibliographies or write reviews.
Keywords: general reference | libraries

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