Databases
Please read: Responsible Use of Online Resources
Library databases are available in-library and to the Health Sciences Library's primary users without restriction, unless noted otherwise.
These databases search journal articles, evidence-based health care reviews, statistics, definitions, textbooks and more.
Some of the functionality of this page (search by subject) is temporarily unavailable.
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| Academic OneFile | Science/Social Science Arts and Sciences | more info |
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| Academic Search Premier | Arts and Sciences Science/Social Science General Topics and Magazines Business Law Mental Health |
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| ACM Digital Library (Association of Computing Machinery) | Information Technology Computers/Information Technology |
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| ACP Journal Club [ACP] | Evidence Based |
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| ACP Medicine | Books, online Clinical Medicine | Limited to one concurrent user. (Formerly Scientific American Medicine.) more info |
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| ACP PIER ( via STAT!Ref) | Evidence Based Clinical Medicine | more info |
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| ACS Surgery Online | Books, online Clinical Medicine | Limited to one concurrent user. |
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| AgeLine | Aging Studies | more info |
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| AgeSource Worldwide | Aging Studies |
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| Aging Links and Resources | Aging Studies | compiled by the UC Denver Health Sciences Library |
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| Agricola | Agriculture | ||
| Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH) | Alcohol Problems | more info |
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| Alt HealthWatch | Alternative Medicine | more info | |
| American Periodicals Series Online | Newspapers/Historical Interest | more info |
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| APA FAQ: Finding Information about Psychological Tests | Tests, Scales, Measurement |
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| Asia-Studies Full Text Online | Asia Studies |
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| Asia-Studies Humanities | Asia Studies |
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| Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination, 4th Edition | Clinical Medicine Multimedia (Health Sciences related) |
Passworded resource.
Streaming video (Windows Media)Click the link to get the password. If off campus, library login required. Access is avail. only to UCD-AMC primary patrons. Technical requirements: please view the information about supported browsers and plugins after clicking the link. |
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| Biomaterials Properties Database (from U. Mich.) | Dentistry |
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| BioMed Central (BMC) | Clinical Medicine Science/Social Science Open Access Publishers | Note: The University of Colorado is an institutional member of BioMed Central, making it a cost-effective publication option for CU authors. |
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| Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic | Clinical Medicine |
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| Business and Company Resource Center with PROMT | Business |
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| Business Index ASAP | Business |
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| Business Source Premier | Business |
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| ChemID Plus | Genetics |
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| Chemknowledge: Integrated Index Search (from Thomson Micromedex) | Pharmacology Drug Information Toxicology | Formerly known as "TOMES Plus®", this database includes the TOMES information as well as the Meditext®, Infotext®, Hazardtext®, CHRIS®, HSDB®, IRIS®, RTECS®, Reprotext®, Reprotox®, Shepard's Catalog of Teratogenic Agents, and TERIS information databases. Also known as: Corporate Solutions from Thomson Micromedex. | |
| CINAHL (EBSCO version) | Business Nursing Mental Health Physiotherapy | Trial Access. Limited to 8 concurrent users. more info |
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| CINAHL (Ovid) | Business Nursing Mental Health Physiotherapy | Limited to 8 concurrent users. CINAHL via Ovid will be replaced by CINAHL via EBSCO on 12/31/08. List of journals indexed, Tipsheet, Tutorial on Ovid Tip: Accessing Full Text Online through PubMed, Ovid and Other Databases |
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| Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project | Clinical Medicine |
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| Clinical Evidence | Evidence Based Clinical Medicine | Limited to 2 concurrent users. more info | |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines from the CMA Infobase | Guidelines |
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| ClinicalTrials.gov | Clinical Trials | more info |
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| Cochrane Library | Evidence Based Physiotherapy Clinical Medicine Mental Health | Tipsheet available, Web help |
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| Cold Spring Harbor Protocols | Genetics Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Proteomics Chemistry/Biochemistry | Frequently Asked Questions
CSH Protocols News Note: Password not required for general access; user name, password, and registration are optional for personal pages. |
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| Colorado Revised Statutes | Law | Made available for public use by the Committee on Legal Services of the Colorado General Assembly. Includes the Colorado and US Constitutions. |
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| Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection | Colorado History Newspapers/Historical Interest | more info |
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| Computer Database | Information Technology | ||
| Corporate Resource Net | Business |
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| CRISP | Funded health research | more info |
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| Cytokine Reference | Cytokines Genetics |
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| Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) | Funded health research Patents | From the DoD (Department of Defense) |
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| Defining Gender, 1450-1910 | Newspapers/Historical Interest History Gender Studies | A collection of original documents and essays relating to Gender Studies in the period of 1450-1910. Primary documents are from libraries and archives around the world. |
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| DIRLINE, Directory of Health Information Resources Online | Directories of Health Organizations | more info |
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| Dissertations & Theses (Proquest) | Dissertations | Univ. of Colorado dissertations are free to CU faculty, staff, and students. Dissertations from other institutions are available for a fee. more info |
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| Dynamed | Clinical Medicine Evidence Based |
Available to HSL primary users only.
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| EBSCO | Arts and Sciences |
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| Eighteenth Century Journals II | History Newspapers/Historical Interest Arts and Sciences | Full-text, searchable database of 70 British newspapers and periodicals published from 1699 - 1812. Covers wide-ranging topics from this time period including the writings of Sir Isaac Newton, the French Revolution, reviews of literature, and political debates. |
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| Electronic Textbooks | Books, online |
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| EMBASE | Clinical Medicine Pharmacology Dentistry Mental Health Physiotherapy Biotechnology Genetics |
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| eMedicine World Medical Library | Clinical Medicine | more info |
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| Empire Online | Arts and Sciences History Newspapers/Historical Interest | A collection of primary documents and scholarly essays relating to the field of Empire Studies (Egyptian Empire, British Empire, etc.) |
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| ERIC | Education Nursing Mental Health | more info |
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| Essential Evidence Plus (formerly InfoPOEMs) | Clinical Medicine Evidence Based Physiotherapy | more info
info on PDA/Handheld version user guide Register to receive daily POEMs via email | |
| Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (ENWH) | News and Current Events | Access is available to the historical section of this database, 1960-1989. |
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| ETHXWeb | Biotechnology Ethics/Bioethics | Journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics. |
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| ETS Test Collection | Tests, Scales, Measurement |
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| Everyday Life and Women in America 1820-1900 | History | ||
| Evidence Database for Social Care of the Aged | Aging Studies |
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| Exam Master | USMLE Exam Preparation Dentistry | Exams offered include: NAPLEX (North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam), NBDE (National Board Dental Exam), PANCE (Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam), and USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam). | |
| Examiner's Instruction Sheet | Tests, Scales, Measurement |
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| Expanded Academic ASAP | Arts and Sciences Nursing Mental Health Science/Social Science | more info |
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| Database | Subjects | Notes | Other |
| Factiva | Business | ||
| Faculty of 1000 Biology | Biology | more info |
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| Faculty of 1000 Medicine | Clinical Medicine | more info |
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| Find Journals | Online Journals Journal Holdings | The library's Find Journals portal contains all the library's print and online journal holdings, and is searchable by title or subject. |
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| FirstConsult | Clinical Medicine Evidence Based | more info |
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| FirstSearch | Arts and Sciences Science/Social Science | ||
| Food Processor: Nutrition Analysis Software | Nutrition | Available to HSL primary users only. |
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| Free Patents Online | Patents | Free, full-text, searchable access to patents from 1976 to the present; TIFF or PDF copies of patents can be downloaded for free (TIFF is downloaded one page at a time); free registration required to display PDF files. |
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| FREIDA | Graduate Medical Education Programs | more info |
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| Fuente Academica | Arts and Sciences | en español | |
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| General Business File ASAP | Business |
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| General OneFile (INFOTRAC) | Science/Social Science News and Current Events Arts and Sciences | more info |
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| General Reference Center Gold | General Topics and Magazines | more info |
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| GenETHX | Ethics/Bioethics Genetics | Books, journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, news articles and audiovisuals relating to ethics and public policy issues in genetics. |
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| Genetics Home Reference | Genetics Consumer Health Information |
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| Google Patent Search | Patents | Beta site offering searchable access to US patents from 1790 to mid-2006 (Google plans to expand coverage over time); patents can be downloaded as PDF files. |
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| Grants and Scholarships | Graduate Medical Education Programs Grants and Scholarships | compiled by the UC Denver Health Sciences Library |
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| Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) | Guidelines |
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| HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (from Ovid) | Mental Health Science/Social Science | Limited to one concurrent user. | |
| Harrison's Online | Clinical Medicine Books, online | more info |
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| Health and Wellness Resource Center | Consumer Health Information |
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| Health Reference Center Academic | Clinical Medicine Physiotherapy Nursing Mental Health Consumer Health Information | more info |
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| Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection | Biology Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Proteomics Multimedia (Health Sciences related) Signal Transduction |
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| HSRProj, Health Services Research Project | Funded health research | more info |
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| HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources) | Tests, Scales, Measurement |
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| HSTAT, Health Services/Technology Assessment Text | Evidence Based |
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| IEEE Xplore | Dentistry Computers/Information Technology | Limited to 5 concurrent users. Includes
information on dental materials. The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library
provides libraries and researchers with a single source to almost a
third of the world's current electrical engineering and computer
science literature, granting unparalleled access to publications from
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the
Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). |
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| IMPULSE (UCD HS Library Catalog) | Library Catalogs | Look here for books and other items available from the library. more info |
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| Informe | News and Current Events | en español | |
| INFOTRAC | Arts and Sciences |
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| Interactive Guide to Physical Therapist Practice w/ Catalog of Tests and Measures | Physiotherapy | Available only to HSL primary users. |
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| IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts) (from Ovid) | Pharmacology Drug Information | Limited to one concurrent user. | |
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| Database | Subjects | Notes | Other |
| Journal Citation Reports | Impact Factors | Web tutorial | |
| Journals at Ovid Full Text | Clinical Medicine Arts and Sciences | Limited to two concurrent users. |
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| JSTOR | Science/Social Science Arts and Sciences | Date availability of full text in JSTOR is delayed by several years. Access is provided to JSTOR's Arts and Sciences I, II, III, IV, Biological Sciences, Health & General Sciences, and Arts and Sciences Complement collections. |
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| Database | Subjects | Notes | Other |
| Knovel | Science and Engineering |
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| Database | Subjects | Notes | Other |
| LactMed | Drugs and Lactation |
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| LegalTrac | Law |
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| Linscott's Directory of Immunological and Biological Reagents | Biology Chemistry/Biochemistry Cytokines | Online
directory of more than 110,000 supplier listings of antibodies, assays,
cytokines, enzymes, recombinant proteins, tissues, organs and custom
services. more info |
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| Database | Subjects | Notes | Other |
| Macbaby 6.0: Fundamentals of Human Embryology | Embryology | Available only to HSL primary users. |
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| Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963 | History Newspapers/Historical Interest | ||
| McClatchy-Tribune Collection | News and Current Events | ||
| MD Consult | Clinical Medicine Books, online | more info |
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| Medical Humanities | Arts and Sciences |
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| Medical Multimedia Links | Multimedia (Health Sciences related) | from the UCD Health Sciences Library |
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| MedicLatina | Clinical Medicine | en español |
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| MEDLINE (from Ovid) | Genetics Pharmacology Clinical Medicine Mental Health Physiotherapy Biotechnology | Tip: Accessing Full Text Online through PubMed, Ovid and Other Databases Tipsheet available, Web tutorial, Comparison to PubMed | |
| MEDLINEPlus | Consumer Health Information Mental Health |
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| MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary | Dictionaries |
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| Medspeak Terms (Medical Library Association) | Dictionaries |
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| MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) | Dictionaries | MeSH is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles for MEDLINE/PubMed. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different terminology for the same concepts. |
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| Micromedex Healthcare Series | Pharmacology Drug Information | Web tutorial Micromedex® includes the DRUGDEX®, DRUG-REAX®, IDENTIDEX®, IV INDEX®, Index Nominum, Martindale, PDR®, POISINDEX®, REPRORISK®, USP DI®, DISEASEDEX®, TOMES®, Lab Advisor®, and Alternative Medicine databases. |
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| Multicultural and Multilingual Health Information | Consumer Health Information | from the UCD Health Sciences Library |
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| My Endnote Web | Citation Management | Upon first visit, you must register to create your own free account. | |
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| National Guideline Clearinghouse | Guidelines |
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| National Guidelines Clearinghouse - Oral Medicine and Dentistry Practice Guidelines | Dentistry | At NGC, select desired subject specialty under "Clinical Specialty" in order to find clinical guidelines. |
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| National Newspaper Index | News and Current Events Newspapers/Historical Interest | ||
| Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database | Alternative Medicine Evidence Based Clinical Medicine | Large comprehensive database of herbs and supplements. | |
| NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) | Biotechnology Genetics Clinical Medicine |
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| NCBI Books | Biotechnology Books, online Genetics |
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| NHS National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) | Guidelines |
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| NLM Gateway (National Library of Medicine) | Genetics Clinical Medicine |
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| Nucleic Acids Research Database Collection | Genetics |
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| Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence | Nursing |
Available to HSL primary users only.
Choose the Enter the VLRC link at the site Streaming video At the site, see the Support link for technical requirements including download links for browser plugins.. |
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| Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Basic | Nursing | ||
| Nursing Consult | Nursing Books, online | more info |
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| Nutrition in Medicine (from UNC) | Nutrition | Instructions for access at the site: * Click on the N.I.M. link to left * In column to right under Online Courses choose Webcourses Login * Create a new account * Choose the University of Colorado School of Medicine from the Institution drop down menu * You will need to activate your account from the email sent to the email account you entered * The password you chose is for login only * When you login again, you will see your course listings. nutrition is the password for these modules. |
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| Nutrition Series on CD-ROM | Nutrition | Available to HSL primary users only. Precursor to the UNC Nutrition in Medicine web site.
7 Titles: Diabetes & Weight Management, Lifecycle I, Nutrition and Cancer, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease, Nutrition and Stress, Nutritional Anemias |
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| OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) | Genetics | more info |
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| Orthopedic Patient Management | Physiotherapy | Available to HSL primary users only. |
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| OTseeker | Physiotherapy |
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| Ovid Databases | Evidence Based Drug Information Mental Health Dentistry Nursing Clinical Medicine | Accessing Full Text Online through PubMed, Ovid and Other Databases Tipsheet (PDF), Web tutorial |
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| Oxford English Dictionary | World History Arts and Sciences Dictionaries | more info | |
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| Database | Subjects | Notes | Other |
| PapersFirst | Arts and Sciences Science/Social Science | ||
| PDA Guide | PDA/Handheld Resources | compiled by the UCD Health Sciences Library |
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| Pearson Assessments | Tests, Scales, Measurement |
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| PEDro - Physiotherapy Evidence Database | Physiotherapy |
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| PILOTS Database | PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) | more info |
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| PLoS (Public Library of Science) | Science/Social Science Biotechnology Open Access Publishers Genetics Clinical Medicine Biology | Note: The University of Colorado is an institutional member of Public Library of Science, making it a cost-effective publication option for CU authors. |
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| POEMS at Essential Evidence Plus | Physiotherapy Evidence Based Clinical Medicine | more info user guide info on PDA/Handheld version Register to receive daily infoPOEMS via email | |
| POPLINE | Population Studies |
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| Pre-CINAHL (EBSCO version) | Nursing Mental Health Physiotherapy Business | Trial Access. Limited to 8 concurrent users. more info |
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| Proceedings | Science/Social Science Arts and Sciences | An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. | |
| PROMT | Business | ||
| Prospector | Library Catalogs | more info |
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| Protein Lounge | Chemistry/Biochemistry Biotechnology Genetics | The
CU Libraries' Protein Lounge subscription provides access to all
ProteinLounge databases and tools with the exception of the Pathway
Builder, "a downloadable application for drawing depictions of signal
transduction and other kinds of pathways". CU-affiliated faculty,
staff, and students can purchase the Pathway Builder individually for a
significantly discounted price of $75. The Pathway Builder is not
necessary to use the site. more info | |
| PsychiatryOnline | Mental Health | more info |
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| PsycINFO (from Ovid) | Mental Health | journal coverage | |
| PubChem | Biology Chemistry/Biochemistry | Includes: PubChem Compound, PubChem Substance, PubChem Bioassay |
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| PubGene | Genetics | user guide, FAQ Plugin: The free Adobe SVG plugin enhances use of PubGene. |
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| Public Health Resources | Public Health | compiled by the UCD Health Sciences Library |
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| PubMed (MEDLINE) | Mental Health Dentistry Clinical Medicine Nursing Biotechnology Physiotherapy Genetics Pharmacology | More Info, Comparison to Ovid MEDLINE Tips: Accessing Full Text Online through PubMed |
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| Quick Health Data Online | Health Data and Statistics |
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| REALM Word List | Tests, Scales, Measurement |
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| ReferenceUSA | Business | Includes information on businesses, healthcare providers and real estate. | |
| Regional Business News | Business |
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| REHABDATA | Rehabilitation Medicine |
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| Science Signaling (formerly Science STKE) | Signal Transduction Genetics | more info |
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| ScienceDirect | Clinical Medicine Science/Social Science |
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| SciFinder Scholar (Chem Abstracts) | Chemistry/Biochemistry Genetics | Limited to 6 concurrent users. From CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service). Off campus access is not allowed. |
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| SPIE Digital Library | Science and Engineering Optics / Photonics Information Technology |
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| STAT!Ref | Books, online Dentistry Clinical Medicine Nursing Pharmacology | Limited to 10 concurrent users. |
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| Stedman's Medical Dictionary | Dictionaries | Limited to 10 concurrent users. Part of the STAT!Ref Database. | |
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| Test Reviews Online (Buros Institute of Mental Measurements) | Tests, Scales, Measurement |
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| TOXNET | Toxicology Pharmacology | more info |
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| Transfusion Medicine Learning Software | Blood Transfusion | Available to HSL primary users only. |
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| TRIP Database | Evidence Based | more info |
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| UpToDate | Clinical Medicine | Available on campus only |
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| Users' Guides Interactive | Evidence Based | more info |
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| USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) Databases | Patents | Free, full-text access to all patents filed with USPTO; patents from 1976 to the present are searchable and patents from 1976 to the present are available as images. |
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| VH Dissector Pro (Visible Human) | Anatomy | Available to HSL primary users only. |
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| Visual Histology | Histology | Passworded resource.
Click the link to get the password. If off campus, library login required. Access is avail. only to UCD AMC campus primary patrons. |
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| Web of Science | Clinical Medicine Pharmacology Mental Health Physiotherapy Science/Social Science | Web tutorial | |
| WebWISER | Toxicology | WISER is the Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders, a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WebWISER is the web version. See also: WISER versions for Palm, PocketPC, and Windows PC. |
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| WikiPatents | Patents |
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| WorldCat | Library Catalogs | OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide | |