Electronic Databases
Health Care, Biomedical, Patient Education, and Basic Sciences
Databases providing free public access.
All other databases are available for
use in the Library and on campus but require a proxy login for off-campus access.
Guidelines for Searching Electronic Databases
All Health Sciences
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| J | K | L | M | N | O
| P | Q | R | S | T | U
| V | W | X | Y | Z
A
ABLEDATA
Detailed descriptions of currently available products for people with disabilities.
Includes full text.
AccessSurgery
ACTIS - AIDS Clinical
Trials Information Service
A
central resource for federally and privately funded HIV/AIDS clinical trial
information, including information about drugs. Includes full text.
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural
OnLine Access)
A
bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by
the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. The database covers materials
in all formats. The records encompass all aspects of agriculture and allied
disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences,
forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural
economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and
environmental sciences. Thousands of AGRICOLA records are linked to online full-text
documents.
C
CAM Citation Index
Bibliographic
citations related to complementary and alternative medicine extracted from MEDLINE.
CancerNet
Full text state-of-the-art information from the National Cancer Institute on
screening, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, for consumers and health care
professionals.
CCINFOweb
Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (except for Canadian enviro OSH Legislation & INCHEM IPCS Publications). Includes full text.
CCRIS (Chemical
Carcinogenesis Research Information System)
Full-text information on carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and
tumor inhibition data provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
CHID
Information
from health-related agencies of the Federal Government. Includes full text.
CINAHL (Ovid)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text. 
CIRRIE Database of International
Rehabilitation Research
Index
to published research conducted outside of the United States.
Cochrane
Controlled Trials Register - CCTR
A comprehensive effort to gather all controlled trials in health care, which
meet the necessary quality criteria, into one database, compiled from bibliographies
of systematic reviews, searches of computerized databases and hand-searching
of the literature.
Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews - CDSR
Considered one of the premier sources of EBM, CDSR is an electronic publication
designed to supply high quality, reliable evidence about the effects of health
care interventions. Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic
reviews prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.
Cochrane
Library
The Library contains multiple evidence based databases including the Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Controlled Clinical Trials Register
and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness which can be searched
simultaneously using medical subject headings (MeSH) and text words. See description
under specific database name.
D
Database
of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness - DARE
DARE contains summaries and assessments of systematic reviews, published in
the journal literature on the effectiveness of health care interventions, which
meet the Cochran Collaboration's standards/criteria.
Directory of Health Information Online
Directory
of health and biomedical information resources.
E
EBM
Reviews: Cochran Database of Systematic Reviews
Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects
of healthcare prepared by The Cochran Collaboration..
EBM
Reviews: Cochran Controlled Trials Register
Contains over 300,000 bibliographic references to controlled trials in health
care.
EBM
Reviews: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness
Pat of the Cochran Library, accessible through Ovid. Dare contains summaries
and assessments of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of health care interventions
published in the journal literature that meet the Cochran standards.
Entire Databases
Access
to gnomic databases.
F
Faculty of 1000 Biology
Research service that comprehensively and systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers.
Freda
Directory
of residencies from the AMA.
G
Gene Cards
Human
genes, maps, proteins & diseases.
H
HAPI - Health & Psychosocial Instruments (Ovid)
Measurement instruments for medical or medically related conditions or treatment outcomes.
Health
Library (Consumer Health)
Consumer health and patient education resource which is evidence based and free to the public. Thousands of health articles in English and Spanish, and 25 animations on medical procedures. Natural & Alternative Treatments, Herbs & Supplements and medical news called "Journal Notes" and much more are also included in this comprehensive source.
Health
Reference Center (SUNY Connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Health Reference Center Academic - Health related database with strong consumer
focus. Includes full text of articles, consumer health pamphlets, and more.
Health STAR (Ovid)
Periodicals and reports related to health planning and administration, patient
outcomes and effectiveness of care. Includes links to full text of electronic
journals.
I
IBIDS
International,
scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals,
and botanicals. Citations/abstracts only.
Images MD
An online encyclopedia of medical images that can be used in PowerPoint presentations and more.
Info POEMs
Database system of filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information.
J
The Joanna Briggs Institute - Resources in evidenced-based health care.
Journals@Ovid
Over 200 full text journals.
L
LactMed
Free online database with information on drugs and lactation.
M
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
MEDLINE plus
Information
about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer health information.
Micromedex
Full text drug and toxicology clinical information system. Not available
from public workstations across from 1st floor Reference Desk.
N
NARIC's Instant Disability Information
Center
Disability
and rehabilitation research from the United States.
NAIC Bibliographic Database (National Aging Information Center)
References
to program- and policy-related materials on aging produced by Administration
on Aging grantees.
Native American Health History
Information
on historical American Indian and Alaska Native medical/health research reports.
From
the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
O
Office of Minority Health
Resource Center Databases
Publications,
programs and funding sources.
OLDMEDLINE
Citations
to articles from international biomedical journals published from 1958 through
1965.
P
PREMEDLINE
Basic citation information and abstracts of journal articles before the records
are indexed and put into MEDLINE.
Primal Pictures Interactive Anatomy
Interactive, multi-media three-dimensional human anatomy modeling.
PsychiatryOnline - Collection of psychiatric references from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., including DSM-IV-TR and The American Journal of Psychiatry.
PsycINFO
Index to psychology journals, books, dissertations.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clinical
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
S
ScienceDirect
(SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Full text articles from journals across all fields of science.
Scopus
Scopus replaces Web of Science for searching cited references. It contains abstracts and references from over 15,000, journals making it the largest single database of scientific research literature.
Smoking and Health Database
Abstracts
of articles, books, dissertations, reports, conference proceedings, and government
documents. Site has a separate database of citations to Tobacco Industry Documents.
Stat!Ref
Med
Full text of over 30 clinical texts, including drug information.
T
TOXNET
Includes
several databases on toxicology, hazardous substances, carcinogenesis &
others.
Turning Research into Practice -
TRIP
The
TRIP Database provides direct, hyperlinked access to the largest collection
of 'evidence-based' material on the web, searching over 55 sites of high-quality
medical information. Multiple resources can be searched simultaneously. Text
is available.
U
Unbound Surgery
Unbound Surgery offers comprehensive information that is specifically
engineered to provide detailed, focused answers to diagnostic and
therapeutic surgical questions.
UpToDate
UpToDate is a comprehensive synthesis of the latest scientific evidence and
expert opinion that is organized to answer specific clinical questions. This resource is not currently available off-campus.
USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
Includes
USDA Nutrient database for Standard Reference, Release 14, and other resources.
V
VisualDx
A visual clinical decision support system.
Allied Health
CINAHL
(Ovid)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text.
Health
Reference Center (SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Health Reference Center Academic - Health related database with strong consumer
focus. Includes full text of articles, consumer health pamphlets, and more.
ActeD
Free online database with information on drugs and lactation.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clinical
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Alternative Medicine
CAM Citation Index
Bibliographic
citations related to complementary and alternative medicine extracted from MEDLINE.
CINAHL
(Ovid)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text.
Health
Reference Center (SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Health Reference Center Academic - Health related database with strong consumer
focus. Includes full text of articles, consumer health pamphlets, and more.
IBIDS
International,
scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals,
and botanicals. Citations/abstracts only.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
MEDLINE plus
Information
about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer health information.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clinical
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Basic Sciences
Entire Databases
Access
to gnomic databases.
Faculty of 1000 Biology
Research service that comprehensively and systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers.
Gene Cards
Human
genes, maps, proteins & diseases.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clinical
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
ScienceDirect
(SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Full text articles from journals across all fields of science.
Cancer
CancerNet
Full text state-of-the-art information from the National Cancer Institute on
screening, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, for consumers and health care
professionals.
CCRIS
(Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System)
Full-text information on carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and
tumor inhibition data provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
CINAHL
(Ovid)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
MEDLINE plus
Full
text information about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer
health information.
New Medicines in Development Database
From
the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Smoking and Health Database
Abstracts
of articles, books, dissertations, reports, conference proceedings, and government
documents. Site has a separate database of citations to Tobacco Industry Documents.
Consumer Health
CHID
Information
from health-related agencies of the Federal Government. Includes full text.
CINAHL
(Ovid)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text.
Health
Library (Consumer Health)
Consumer health and patient education resource which is evidence based and free to the public. Thousands of health articles in English and Spanish, and 25 animations on medical procedures. Natural & Alternative Treatments, Herbs & Supplements and medical news called "Journal Notes" and much more are also included in this comprehensive source.
Health
Reference Center (SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Health Reference Center Academic - Health related database with strong consumer
focus. Includes full text of articles, consumer health pamphlets, and more.
IBIDS
International,
scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals,
and botanicals. Citations/abstracts only.
MEDLINE plus
Full
text information about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer
health information.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Drugs & Toxicology
ACTIS - AIDS Clinical
Trials Information Service
A
central resource for federally and privately funded HIV/AIDS clinical trial
information, including information about drugs. Includes full text.
Drug
Information Full Text
Corresponds to two printed publications: "The American Hospital Formulary Service
and "The Handbook on Injectable Drugs.
IBIDS
International,
scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals,
and botanicals. Citations/abstracts only.
ActeD
Free online database with information on drugs and lactation.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
Micromedex
Full text drug and toxicology clinical information system. Not available
from public workstations across from 1st floor Reference Desk.
New Medicines in Development Database
From
the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Stat!Ref
Med
Full text of over 30 clinical texts, including drug information.
TOXNET
Includes
several databases on toxicology, hazardous substances, carcinogenesis &
others.
Evidence Based Practice
Cochran
Controlled Trials Register - CCTR
A comprehensive effort to gather all controlled trials in health care, which
meet the necessary quality criteria, into one database, compiled from bibliographies
of systematic reviews, searches of computerized databases and hand-searching
of the literature.
Cochran
Database of Systematic Reviews - CDSR
Considered one of the premier sources of EBM, CDSR is an electronic publication
designed to supply high quality, reliable evidence about the effects of health
care interventions. Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic
reviews prepared by The Cochran Collaboration.
Cochran
Library
The Library contains multiple evidence based databases including the Cochran
Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochran Controlled Clinical Trials Register
and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness which can be searched
simultaneously using medical subject headings (MeSH) and text words. See description
under specific database name.
Database
of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness - DARE
DARE contains summaries and assessments of systematic reviews, published in
the journal literature on the effectiveness of health care interventions, which
meet the Cochran Collaboration's standards/criteria.
EBM
Reviews: Cochran Database of Systematic Reviews
Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects
of healthcare prepared by The Cochran Collaboration.
EBM
Reviews: Cochran Controlled Trials Register
Contains over 300,000 bibliographic references to controlled trials in health
care.
EBM
Reviews: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness
Pat of the Cochran Library, accessible through Ovid. Dare contains summaries
and assessments of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of health care interventions
published in the journal literature that meet the Cochran standards.
The Joanna Briggs Institute - Resources in evidenced-based health care.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Turning Research into Practice -
TRIP
The
TRIP Database provides direct, hyperlinked access to the largest collection
of 'evidence-based' material on the web, searching over 55 sites of high-quality
medical information. Multiple resources can be searched simultaneously. Text
is available.
Nursing
CINAHL
(Ovid)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text.
Health
Reference Center (SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Health Reference Center Academic - Health related database with strong consumer
focus. Includes full text of articles, consumer health pamphlets, and more.
Health STAR (Ovid)
Periodicals and reports related to health planning and administration, patient
outcomes and effectiveness of care. Includes links to full text of electronic
journals.
The Joanna Briggs Institute - Resources in evidenced-based health care.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
MEDLINE plus
Information
about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer health information.
PsycINFO
(SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Index to psychology journals, books, dissertations. Citations/abstracts
only.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Nutrition
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural
OnLine Access)
A
bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by
the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. The database covers materials
in all formats. The records encompass all aspects of agriculture and allied
disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences,
forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural
economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and
environmental sciences. Thousands of AGRICOLA records are linked to online full-text
documents
CINAHL
(Ovid)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text.
Health
Reference Center (SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Health Reference Center Academic - Health related database with strong consumer
focus. Includes full text of articles, consumer health pamphlets, and more.
IBIDS
International,
scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals,
and botanicals. Citations/abstracts only.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
MEDLINE plus
Information
about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer health information.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
Includes
USDA Nutrient database for Standard Reference, Release 14, and other resources.
Psychology & Mental Health
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
MEDLINE plus
Information
about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer health information.
PsychiatryOnline - Collection of psychiatric references from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., including DSM-IV-TR and The American Journal of Psychiatry.
PsycINFO
(SUNY connect Electronic Library Initiative)
Index to psychology journals, books, dissertations. Citations/abstracts
only.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Public Health
ABLEDATA
Detailed
descriptions of currently available products for people with disabilities. Includes
full text.
ACTIS - AIDS Clinical
Trials Information Service
A
central resource for federally and privately funded HIV/AIDS clinical trial
information, including information about drugs. Includes full text.
CCINFOweb
Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (except for Canadian enviro
OSH Legislation & INCHEM IPCS Publications). Includes full text.
CHID
Information
from health-related agencies of the Federal Government. Includes full text.
CINAHL
(OvidWeb)
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Includes links to
full text.
MEDLINE
(Ovid)
International biomedical journal literature. Includes links to full text of
electronic journals.
MEDLINE plus
Information
about specific diseases and conditions, including links to consumer health information.
Office of Minority Health
Resource Center Databases
Publications,
programs and funding sources.
PubMed
Bibliographic
information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Health STAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Also, special features such as CUBBY (store and update searches) and Clincal
Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).
Reports
of the Surgeon General
Official reports, conference and workshop reports, and proceedings from the
Office of the Surgeon General.
Smoking and Health Database
Abstracts
of articles, books, dissertations, reports, conference proceedings, and government
documents. Site has a separate database of citations to Tobacco Industry Documents.
