* Academic Index (Expanded Academic ASAP)§
A cross-disciplinary database that emphasizes the indexing of scholarly journals; Some FTavailable.
More info

* Academic OneFile§
Contains peer-reviewed, FT articles from high-quality international journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily. (1980 +) Also includes FT coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
More info

*ACP Journal Club§
Access ACP Journal Club through SFX:

AgeLine
Citations, abstracts, and content summaries of current literature on aging; Updated regularly; Produced by AARP. (1978 + with selected coverage 1966 - 1977)

AGRICOLA
Also known as the NAL Catalog. A free bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library
Search separately for books or journal articles

Alcohol History Database
An index to a special collection of over 500 historical materials (monographs, pamphlets, and periodicals, and images) from the American Temperance and Prohibition Movements. Dates from the 1700s to the 1960s, concentrating mostly in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Developed by the Center of Alcohol Studies and the Scholarly Communication Center at Rutgers University.

Alcohol Studies Database
Research and professional materials dealing with beverage alcohol, its use and related consequences. From Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies and Rutgers University Libraries. (1987 +)

* AltHealthWatch
A full-text database focused on alternative, complimentary and integrated approaches to healthcare.
Through EBSCO

* AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine Database)
A database from the British Library covering journals in complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry and palliative care.
Through EBSCO

* Analytical Abstracts
MCPHS no longer subscribes to this database. Try SciFinder Scholar.

AnatLine
A database of gross anatomy images of the human body; developed and provided by the NLM

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* Biography Resource Center & The Complete Marquis Who's Who§
Biographies and quick reference information. Includes full text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
More info

* Books and Authors ß
A database that helps bring readers and literature together; Browse by title, author, genre, award winners & favorites lists.
More info

* Books@OVID
* Most have 3 simultaneous users!
- Electronic versions of 44 highly regarded titles in medicine and related subjects. These titles are all searchable!
- Through OVID.

* Britannica Online
Online version of Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes links to sites on the Web with relevant information to topic being researched. 

* Business & Company Resource Center ß
Find detailed company and industry news and information; includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
More info

* Business Index ASAP§
Covers management issues, economic indicators, business theories and practices, as well as activities of companies and industries worldwide. Access to academic and business journals with full text and images.
More info

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CAM on PubMed
Citations related to complementary and alternative medicine. Developed by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the NLM. Citations are extracted as a subset from the NLM's PubMed. (1963 + )

Centerwatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
An international listing of over 2100 clinical trials, searchable by medical specialty and geographic region. Also contains information about drugs newly approved by the FDA.

CHID (Combined Health Information Database)
CHID was discontinued 9/1/06, but the information contained within the database is available through other means. Links to other US government health sites are listed.

* CINAHL with Full Text
(Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
*4 simultaneous users
Literature related to nursing and allied health; also consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship; indexes over 2900 journals; also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and AV materials in nursing, the Pre-CINAHL dataset, and more. ( 1981 + )
Full Text to over 600 nursing & allied health journals!!
Through EBSCO.

* Clin-eguide
*15 simultaneous users!
An online clinical decision support system that provides evidence-based information for health care providers; Integrates content from Ovid, Facts & Comparisons (eFacts), and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, as well as other premier publishers. From Wolters Kluwer. *

* Clinical Reference Library (Lexi-Comp Online)
Handbooks of:

• Acronyms and Abbreviations,
• Advanced Practice Nursing,
• Anesthesiology & Critical Care Drugs,
• Criminal Justice Drugs,
• Dental Drug Information,
• Diagnostic Procedures,
• Drug Information,
• Drug Information for the Allied Health Professional,
• Geriatric Dosage,
• Infectious Diseases,
• Lab Tests,
• Oncology Drug Information,
• Pediatric Dosage,
• Poisoning and Toxicology

* Clinical Pharmacology
- Access to monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, OTC products, new and investigational drugs, and patient education information (in English and Spanish). Also includes PIER Online (evidence based clinical information from the ACP). MCPHS users can download CP OnHand to their PDA from this site

ClinicalTrials.gov
Current information about clinical research studies.

*Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR)
Use Cochrane Library

*Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane DSR)
Use Cochrane Library

* Cochrane Library
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
The Cochrane Library includes:

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) - Cochrane Reviews
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) - Other Reviews
• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) - Clinical Trials
• Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR) - Methods Studies
• Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA) - Technology Assessments
• NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED) - Economic Evaluations

*Cochrane Methodology Register
Use Cochrane Library

* CollegeSource® Online
A database of college catalogs with course descriptions. 1992+
Type: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy into the query box.

* Complete German Commission E Monographs
Monographs produced by an expert committee formed by the German government to evaluate the safety and efficacy of more than 300 herbs and herb combinations; Includes: 380 Monographs, 190 Herbs and Fixed Combinations approved for therapeutic use, 150 Indications, Glossary of anatomical, botanical, medical, pharmaceutical, and technical terms; Common, Latin, Pharmacopeial, and Therapeutic indexes for Uses & Indications, Contraindications, Side Effects, and Pharmacological Actions. This is the American Botanical Council’s English translation.
UN/PW REQUIRED

* Contemporary Literary Criticism§
Large collection of critical essays, each of which contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of major works, and other resources; Some FT available.
More info

*COS Funding Opportunities
A database of announcements for grants, fellowships, awards and more; Covers all disciplines; Sponsors from around the world include private foundations, public agencies, national and local governments, corporations, etc.; Receive weekly updates for your search through COS Funding Alert. To use COS from off campus, or to use the alert or other individualized features, you need to create an account using the registration form located at http://registration.cos.com/cgi-bin/register. It is important that you select Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences from the drop down list of institutions so you can be properly authenticated

CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)
A biomedical database system containing information on research projects and programs that are supported by the Department of Health and Human Services and are being conducted at universities, hospitals, and other institutions.

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*Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Use Cochrane Library

DoD Biomedical Research Database
Indexes Department of Defense funded research, testing and training programs in infectious diseases, biohazards, toxicology, medical chemical defense and related topics (1998 +).

Drugs@FDA
A catalog of FDA approved drug products; From CDER (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research) at the FDA.

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EBM Reviews (Evidence Based Medicine Reviews)
Use Cochrane Library

* Ebsco Databases
Includes:

• Alt HealthWatch
• AMED (Alternative Medicine)
• CINAHL with FullText
• GreenFILE
• LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
• Teacher Reference Center

Educator’s Reference Complete§
Coverage spans Education in all disciplines including A/S, health sciences, law, science/technology. Full text periodicals for teachers and school administrators.
More info

* eFacts
eFacts is now known as Facts & Comparisons 4.0 and is included with Clin-eguide. F&C is located under the “Rx Drug Information” tab.

*EMBASE
*20 concurrent users!!
Embase (the Excerpta Medica database) is known for its extensive coverage of drug and biomedical literature; selective coverage of dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, & psychology; Indexed using EMTREE (Elsevier’s Life Sciences thesaurus); Updated daily.

eMedicine
A clinical reference tool that contains articles on over 7000 diseases and disorders written and edited by physicians. Each article is peer-reviewed by physicians and a PharmD before it is published; Also provides practice guidelines, images, & references; Updated regularly. From WebMD.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
A free government-sponsored database on education that includes current research on education as well as government documents; some FT available; sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education. (1966+)

ETHXWeb
"Journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics." From the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature

ETOH Home Page (Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database)
A multidisciplinary database that covers all aspects of alcohol and alcoholism; Abstracts and bibliographic references to over 110,000 records; Produced by the NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism), which is part of the NIH; (late 1960s + as well as historical research literature)

* Expanded Academic ASAP (Academic Index)§
A cross-disciplinary database that emphasizes the indexing of scholarly journals; Some FT available. (1980+ )
More info

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*Facts & Comparisons 4.0 (formerly eFacts)
Included with Clin-eguide.
F&C is located under the “Rx Drug Information” tab.
Includes:

• A to Z Drug Facts
• Cancer Chemotherapy Manual
• Clinical Calculators
• Drug Facts & Comparisons
• Drug Identifier
• Drug Interaction Facts
• Formulary Monograph Service
• Herbal Interaction Facts
• Investigational Drugs from Drug Facts & Comparisons
• Manufacturer Index
• MedFacts Patient Information
• Nonprescription Drug Therapy
• Off-Label Drug Facts
• Orphan Drugs
• Review of Natural Products
• ToxFacts™ Treatment Guidelines
• Trissel's IV-Chek™

*Facts & Comparisons 4.0
Direct link to Facts & Comparisons
A separate UN/PW may be required.

*FDC Reports

For access to FDC Reports, use the E-Journals SFX link

• Gray Sheet – Medical Devices, Diagnostics & Instrumentation
• Pink Sheet – Prescription Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
• Silver Sheet – Medical Device Quality Control
• Tan Sheet – Nonprescription Pharmaceuticals & Nutritionals
• Health News Daily – A daily news service from FDC Reports
• Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly

Federal Register
The official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. (1995 +)

FindLaw
A portal to federal and state laws and regulations

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* Gale Databases§ ß
Includes:

• Academic OneFile
• Biography Resource Center
• Books and Authors
• Business and Company Resource Center
• Business Index ASAP
• Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
• Educator’s Reference Complete
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• General BusinessFile ASAP
• General Reference Center Gold
• Global Issues in Context
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• Health Reference Center Academic
• History Resource Center U.S.
• History Resource Center World
• InfoTrac OneFile (now General OneFile)
• Literature Resource Center
• LitFinder
• Massachusetts History Online
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• New York Times
• RDS Business Suite
• Science Resource Center
• Student Resource Center Gold
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (23 Reference Sources)

* Gale Virtual Reference Library§
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
More info

* General BusinessFile ASAP§
Find articles on: Finance, Acquisitions & Mergers, International Trade, Money Management, New Technologies & Products, Local & Regional Business Trends, Investments and Banking. Some FT available.
More info

* General OneFile§(formerly InfoTrac OneFile)
News and periodical issues on various topics (eg: health, sports, politics, art, current events, law, humanities, etc.); Millions of FT articles; Updated daily. (1980- )
More info

* General Reference Center Gold§
General interest database searches magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc. Some FT available.
More info

GenETHX (Genetics and Ethics Database)
"Citations, some with abstracts or tables of contents, to literature on ethics and public policy issues in genetics from many disciplines and publication types including journals, newspapers, books, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, and audiovisuals." From the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and the National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics.

* Global Issues in Context ß
A multimedia database of international viewpoints covering a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events; search hundreds of issue and country portals covering relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues; Gateway pages include an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information; Continuously updated
More info

* GreenFILE§
A multidisciplinary database that indexes scholarly, government and general-interest titles that cover all aspects of human impact (including individual, corporations, & local/national governments) to the environment; and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects; Examples of topics covered: global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling; Some FT available.

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* Health & Wellness Resource Center ß
A consumer health resource that includes health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over health videos, hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
More info

* Health Reference Center Academic§
Databases related to 1) access, cost, and quality of health care, and 2) the promotion of health. Find information about American Indian, Arctic, and Asian American health, toxicology & environmental health, malaria, health services and sciences research projects and resources.
More info

Health Services Research & Public Health Information Programs§
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. Some FT available.

*Health Technology Assessment
Use Cochrane Library

* Healthy Ingredients
A database of herbs and other ingredients used for cosmetics, aromatherapy, and dietary supplements; Overviews highlight the historical and current uses, modern research from human clinical studies, and the future outlook which addresses the availability, market statistics, and sustainability of each plant (when available).
UN/PW MAY BE REQUIRED

* Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs
An updated reference of 107 of the most popular herbs in the US based on the original Commission E translation; Includes expanded sections on chemistry and pharmacology, more information on dosage and administration, extensive references, and full color photos.

* HerbClip™ Online
Summaries and critical reviews of seminal articles covering research, regulation, marketing and responsible use of medicinal plants. ( 1995+ ).
UN/PW MAY BE REQUIRED

HerbMed
- Access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. A project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.
- Includes records to a limited number of herbs.

* HerbMedPro™
The professional version of HerbMed, this evidence-based herbal database includes records to over 200 herbs; Continuously updated; A project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.
UN/PW MAY BE REQUIRED

HCUPnet
A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and state level. Part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

* History Resource Center: U.S. ß
Covers pre-Colonial times to the present; Access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history; Also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the ISI’s Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series.
More info

* History Resource Center: World ß
A comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles from scholarly publications, primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history.
More info

Household Products Database
Information on over 4,000 consumer brands, allowing users to research products based on chemical ingredients. Can browse or search this database by products, ingredients, or Material Safety Data Sheets to easily locate the desired information. From the NLM.

HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources)
Information about research datasets and instruments/indices used in Health Services Research, and the Behavioral and Social Sciences. From the NLM.

HSTAT (Health Services/ Technology Assessment Text)
A large searchable collection of full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information. From the NLM.

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IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements)
A free cross disciplinary database on herbs/dietary supplements from the government

*images.MD
* Available on-campus only!
A database of over 50,000 high-quality medical images spanning the entire spectrum of internal medicine; Derived from Current Medicine’s series of illustrated atlases; Images are accompanied by informative text written by over 2,000 contributing experts.
Click here for more information

Index to Chiropractic Literature
Indexes articles in chiropractic journals. From the Chiropractic Library Consortium with funding from the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. (1985 +)

* InfoTrac OneFile (now General OneFile)§
News and periodical issues on various topics (eg: health, sports, politics, art, current events, law, humanities, etc.); Millions of FT articles; Updated daily. (1980- )

*Inteleos (We no longer subscribe to this resource.)
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry drug tracking, analysis, research, development, & news; Updated daily.

* IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts)
*10 simultaneous users!
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical topics. (1970 +)
Through OVID - **No additional username or password needed unless you want to save a search!**

*IRIS(Illinois Researcher Information Service)
Find federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities; receive e-mail notifications when new grants are available; search for colleagues in your field. From the University of Illinois

* Issues & Controversies
Available on Worcester campus only!
Full-text articles which highlight the important issues in today's news. Includes chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, and bibliographies. Courtesy of the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System.

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Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide (ABX Guide)
Peer-reviewed, up-to-date information on the evaluation and treatment of infectious diseases in adults; From Johns Hopkins University Division of Infectious Diseases.

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* Kinetidex
Loaded on the college’s public computers – not available on the web. Access via the Windows Start menu  Programs  Micromedex  Kinetidex.
A pharmacokinetic program to help calculate drug dosages for: vancomycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin, theophylline, digoxin, and valproic acid.

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LactMed (Drugs and Lactation Database)
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. Part of TOXNET; From the NLM.

* Lexi-Comp Online (Clinical Reference Library)
Handbooks of:

• Acronyms and Abbreviations,
• Advanced Practice Nursing,
• Anesthesiology & Critical Care Drugs,
• Criminal Justice Drugs,
• Dental Drug Information,
• Diagnostic Procedures,
• Drug Information,
• Drug Information for the Allied Health Professional,
• Geriatric Dosage,
• Infectious Diseases,
• Lab Tests,
• Oncology Drug Information,
• Pediatric Dosage,
• Poisoning and Toxicology

* LexisNexis Academic
Available on Worcester campus only!
Documents from news, business, legal, medical and reference publications; Many FullText documents; International.
Courtesy of the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System.

LILACS
The Latin American equivalent of MEDLINE, covering 669 journals in Portuguese, Spanish & English. Although the majority of articles indexed are in Portuguese or Spanish, it's possible to search using English keywords.
(1982+)

* LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology AbstFracts)§
Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Some FT. Subjects include librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. (mid-1960s+).

Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database
An annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video, and art developed to be a medical humanities resource for use in health/pre-health and liberal arts settings. Produced and maintained by the Hippocrates Project, the multi-disciplinary development laboratory for application of information technologies to medical education at New York University School of Medicine.

* Literature Resource Center ß
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
More info

* LitFinderß
Covers world literature and authors throughout history; includes over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays; Also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
More info

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*Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Access through MICROMEDEX

* Massachusetts History Online§
Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.
More info

* Massachusetts Newsstand§
Provides FT coverage to 12 MA newspapers, including the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.

MassCHIP (Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile)
Provides access to 28 health status, health outcome, program utilization, and demographic data sets (such as vital statistics, communicable diseases, sociodemographics); provided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

MEDLINE
* 27 simultaneous users!
Bibliographic database of over 12 million citations to the literature of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, pre-clinical sciences, biomedicine, and health care; International in scope; Abstracts included in 75% of the records; (mid 1960s +)

(Hint - search both Embase and Medline to improve drug topic results.)

• Search via: * Ovid
  **No additional username or password needed unless you want to save a search!**
  
• Search via:* PubMed (for MCPHS users only)
  Provided by the NLM, this FREE database includes access to Medline, citations to other life sciences journals not indexed in Medline (primarily general sciences and chemistry), and links to the molecular biology databases maintained by NCBI.
  NOTE: FULL TEXT access to MCPHS licensed journals available to MCPHS users only!
  
• Search via: PubMed (for anyone to use)
  NOTE: FULL TEXT access from this link limited to free resources!!

MedlinePlus
Government research database under the auspices of National Library of Medicine, contains Consumer Health information as well as dozens of links to other resources, email notification available, and subject searching as well as papers on specific therapies, diseases, drugs, and more.

Mednar.com
A free, publicly available medical research site; returns results from across the Web, including blogs, wikis, mainstream searches and deep web sources.

* MICROMEDEX

Micromedex includes:

• Alternative Medicine Information
• CareNotes – Patient Education Information
• Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer – Drug Monographs & Patient Counseling Guidelines (formerly USP DI Vol. 2)
• DISEASEDEX™ Emergency Medicine - Disease Management Information
• DISEASEDEX™ General Medicine
• DRUGDEX® - Drug Evaluation Monographs & “Drug Points” (“Drug Points” - formerly USP DI Vol. 1)
• Drug Interaction Checking
• Identidex® - Tablet & Capsule Identification
• Index Nominum – International Drugs
• IV Compatibility
• Lab Advisor™ - Lab Test Information
• MARTINDALE: The Complete Drug Reference – International Drug Information
• MSDS from USP - Material Data Safety Sheets
• NeoFax – Neonatal Drug Information
• PDR® (Physician's Desk Reference)
• POISINDEX® - Toxicity Information
• P&T QUIK® Reports
• REPRORISK – Reproductive risk information
• TOMES® System - Toxicology and Occupational & Environmental

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* NABPLAW Online
A comprehensive, national databank of state pharmacy laws and regulations; can research subjects one state at a time or across all 50 states; Cookies must be enabled!!
UN/PW REQUIRED

National Drug Code Directory (NDC)
Trade name, dosage form, National Drug Code, active ingredients, strength and packaging information for all commercially distributed presciption drugs, as well as a few selected OTC products. From the Food and Drug Administration.

Native Health Databases
Contains bibliographic information and abstracts of resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations; From University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
a. Native Health History Database (1652 - approximately 1966)
b. Native Health Research Database (1966 +)

* Natural Medicines
* 5 simultaneous users!
Herbs and dietary supplements are evaluated by medical professionals in this comprehensive database.

* Natural Standard
Information on Integrative Medicine, including herbs & supplements, complementary practices; can also search by medical condition, drug interactions, or brand name; developed by international collaborators from highly regarded academic institutions to provide quality information that has been validated and peer reviewed.

NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Different molecular databases for sequences, structure, and taxonomy; also access to the OMIM and PubMed bibliographic databases.

* NDA Pipeline Online (now Inteleos)
Drug Industry R&D activity

*NeoFax
Neonatal drug dosing information covering more than 150 substances. Access through the Micromedex search pages; A separate UN/PW is required (see our password page) after you click on the NeoFax link

*NetAnatomy.com
A website designed to teach human anatomy to health profession students.

* New York Times §
Full-text from 1995. Also included in Academic OneFile.

NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse)
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in partnership with the AMA and the American Association of Health Plans.

*NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED)
Use Cochrane Library

NLM Databases & Electronic Resources
An A-Z list of resources from the National Library of Medicine; Includes descriptions and links.

NLM Gateway
Allows you to search in multiple retrieval systems at the NLM ( eg: MEDLINE/PubMed, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, meeting abstracts).

NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)
- MCPHS does NOT subscribe to this database, but you can find very basic information about rare diseases from their index.

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OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
A catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the WWW by NCBI; contains textual information and references; also contains copious links to MEDLINE and sequence records in the Entrez system, and links to additional related resources at NCBI and elsewhere.

* Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center ß
Information on today's hottest social issues; Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
More info

* Oxford Reference Online
A collection of Ready Reference materials on science & medicine, language, humanities & social sciences, business & professional topics, and general reference.

* Ovid Databases
Includes:

• EMBASE
• MEDLINE
• IPA (International Pharmaceuticals Abstracts)
• PsycINFO
• Books@Ovid
• Journals@Ovid Full Text

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* Pharmacist’s Letter
** Available to School of Pharmacy faculty & students only!**
You must activate your subscription before you can access Pharmacist’s Letter. Then, at your first login, you will be prompted to create a personal password.

• Pharmacy Faculty – your subscription is activated for you by PL. Please contact your Dean’s Administrative Assistant if you have not received your activation letter from Pharmacist’s Letter.
• Pharmacy Students – activate your subscription at www.studentpharmacists.com/walmartgift

PDQ (Physician Data Query)
A comprehensive database of information and peer-reviewed summaries about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics & supportive care, plus clinical trials. From the National Cancer Institute.

PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database)
Bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy; Developed by the University of Sidney, Australia. ( 1955 + )

* PIER Online (Physicians’ Education and Information Resource)
Provides health care professionals with evidence-based guidelines; produced by the American College of Physicians; available to MCPHS users through Clinical Pharmacology under the "Resource Center" drop-down menu.

Population Index
An annotated bibliography that provides a searchable and browsable database of the world's demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000; From the Office of Population Research, Princeton University.

PubChem
"... contains the chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities." Includes PubChem Substance, Compound, and BioAssay databases; Search on the basis of descriptive terms, chemical properties, and structural similarity; When possible, PubChem's chemical structure records are linked to other NCBI databases, including PubMed and NCBI's protein 3D structural database; Provided by the NCBI.

* PubMed(for MCPHS users only)
NOTE: FULL TEXT access to MCPHS licensed journals available to MCPHS users only!

Provided by the NLM, this FREE database includes access to Medline, citations to other life sciences journals not indexed in Medline (primarily general sciences and chemistry), and links to the molecular biology databases maintained by NCBI.

PubMed (for anyone to use)
NOTE: Full text from this link limited to free resources!!

* PsychINFO
- 30 simultaneous users
- “citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.” ( 1872 +)
- Through OVID - **No additional username or password needed unless you want to save a search!**

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* RDS Business & Management Practices, Tablebase, RDS Business & Industry ß
3 business databases:

• Business & Management Practices: focuses on practical approaches to management processes and methods.
• TableBase: a database comprised of tabular information of a strategic nature.
• Business & Industry: a broad-based business information database that focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets.

More info

*RefWorks
A web-based bibliographic citation manager; Allows one to create a personal database by importing references from text files or online databases; References can then be inserted into papers, manuscripts, and bibliographies; Automatically formats the footnotes and bibliography in the style chosen.
Click here for more information

ReleMed
A search engine that searches MEDLINE for the best matches to your query. The most relevant results are displayed at the top of the list. Developed by the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

ResearchGATE.net
A scientific network that connects researchers; Allows you to find research partners, collaborate with scientists and explore journal articles; Journal Finder will help you discover which journals are most relevant to your research; FREE registration is required.

*Rittenhouse R2Library Collection
* Most allow 1 simultaneous user
A collection of books in the Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health professions.

RSNA: Index to Imaging Literature
*** “After 20 years of publication, both in print and online, the RSNA Index to Imaging Literature has been discontinued.”

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Science.gov
Research and development, science information from selected U.S. government agencies. Includes NASA, Food and Drug sites, a huge selection of physical science sites and allows searching by a large variety of subjects.

* ScienceDirect
A database of all electronic journals published by Elsevier Science. Can be searched by subject or by specific journal title. Full text is available for subscribed journals. For access to non-subscribed journals, please see reference staff for assistance.
Full text: beginning dates vary - present.

* Science Resource Center ß
Topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations; the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
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* SciFinder
* 3 simultaneous users!
* Pre-registration required (contact Pat McNary at 617-732-2810 for more information.)
Includes references to over 10,000 printed scientific journals (including chemistry, the life sciences, and related disciplines) & patent information from over 57 patent authorities; Provides the largest collection of organic and inorganic substance information; Chemical structure searching available; References added daily. From CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service), a division of the American Chemical Society; (Coverage: mid 1800s+ ).

Scirus
A science-specific search engine that focuses only on Web pages containing scientific content. Searches web information, digital archives, preprint servers, repositories, and patent and journal databases for reports, different data, and peer-reviewed articles. Filters out non-scientific sites.

Scitopia.org
A gateway to the research most cited in scholarly work and patents; More than 3.5 million documents, including peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 350 years of science and technology; Created through the collaboration of 21 leading science and technology societies.

*Scopus
A multidisciplinary database containing over 28 million records from over 14, 000 peer-reviewed journal titles, including over 500 Open Access journals; Includes all the citations from MEDLINE and Embase; Also includes patent searching through the web; Can export your results to RefWorks; Updated daily. (Abstracts 1966 +) (References 1996 +)

Smoking & Health Resource Library
Literature on the scientific, medical, technical, policy, behavioral, legal, and historical aspects of smoking and tobacco use and its health effects. Includes abstracts of hard to find conference proceedings and government documents, many with historical significance. Although most items have been published since 1965, several records date back to the 1800s. From the Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Covering the Social Sciences, the SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: 1) an Abstract Database containing abstracts on scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers, and 2) an Electronic Paper Collection containing downloadable full text documents.

*Stat!Ref - MCPHS
Through MCPHS
* 5 simultaneous users
A collection of electronic books and other resources for the healthcare profession

* Stat!Ref - MAHSLIN
Through MAHSLIN (Massachusetts Health Sciences Library Network)
* Shared use with other institutions
A collection of electronic books and other resources for the healthcare profession

STAT USA
Economic, business and trade information provided by the federal government; Provided by the US Department of Commerce.

* Student Resource Center Gold ß
Covers history, literature, science, social studies, and more; reference material includes more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.
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SUMSearch
Evidence-based material available on the Internet; the majority of links are from the NLM, DARE, and the NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse); From The University of Texas HSC at San Antonio.

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* Taylor Video Guide to Clinical Nursing Skills
Multiple modules describing and demonstrating various skills used in the clinical setting.

*Teacher Reference Center§
Indexing and abstracts for over 270 popular teacher and administrator journals to assist professional educators.

TOXNET
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas; Includes HSDB, IRIS, GENE-TOX, CCRIS, TOXLINE, DART/ETIC, TRI, ChemIDplus; From the NLM

TRIP Database
Direct, hyperlinked access to a large collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web as well as articles from premier on-line journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM etc.

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* UpToDate
* Available on 1 computer in each library! Not accessible off-campus!
A peer reviewed resource to help answer clinical questions. Written by physician authors and editors; Includes treatment recommendations covering 13 medical specialties, patient information, calculators, a drug information database, links to Medline abstracts.

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR)
The major source of food composition data in the United States. Contains data on over 100 nutrients for over 7300 foods. From the Nutrient Data Laboratory, part of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

US Patent Full Text and Image Database
Includes information about all US patents (including utility, design, reissue, plant patents and SIR documents) from the first patent issued in 1790 to the most recent issue week. Can search issued patents (full-text) since 1976 and full-page images since 1790. From the US Patent and Trademark Office.

* USP-NF
* 1 simultaneous user!
- Combines the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary (NF). Provides end product standards for prescription and nonprescription drug products, dosage forms, medical devices, excipients, botanical and nonbotanical dietary supplements and ingredients; Step-by-step test procedures
UN/PW REQUIRED

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WHOLIS (World Health Organization Library Database)
"Indexes all WHO publications from 1948 onwards and articles from WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present. An on-site card catalogue provides access to the pre-1986 technical documents."

World Biodiversity Database
A taxonomic database that allows one to search online species banks; provides taxonomic information, species names, synonyms, descriptions, illustrations, and literature references (when available) on over 25,000 taxa; from ETI BioInformatics in the Netherlands.

WorldWideScience.org: the Global Science Gateway
Includes government-sponsored science content from over 50 member countries and 40 international portals, as well as everything in Science.gov.; Developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), an element of the Office of Science within the U.S. Department of Energy.