- Academic Search Premier
EBSCOhost's Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary, full text database designed specifically for academic Institutions. Through the database, the HS/HSL has provided links to over 600 full text journals in many areas of study - including the social sciences, chemistry, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more.
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- AGELINE
Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), this database contains citations and abstracts to books, journals, research reports, consumer guides and book chapters. The references in AgeLine come from the gerontology collection of AARP's Research Information Center, as well as selected articles from 300 magazines and journals, aging-related dissertations from UMI's Dissertations Abstracts database, and descriptions of videos. It covers topics such as government-sponsored programs for elders, healthcare costs and policy, elder care, financial and retirement planning, and fitness. 1978 to present. Updated three times a year.
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- AGRICOLA
Provides access to information on all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, entomology, soil and water resources, and food and nutrition, and animal welfare. The Journal Article Citation Index covers information from 1979-present.
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- BioMed Central
BioMed Central provides immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. Includes the group of online MBC journals, which cover the whole of biology and medicine, as well as many other online or online/print journals, including Journal of Biology, Genome Biology & Arthritis Research & Therapy.
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- Business Source Premier
Indexes over 2,100 journals and provides full text for nearly 1,400 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
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- CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Indexes majority of English-language nursing journals including publications from state nursing associations, ANA & NLN publications, and primary journals from allied health disciplines. Links to selected full-text articles. 1982 to present. Updated monthly.
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
This consumer-friendly database, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, provides patients and members of the public easy access to information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation and additional disease and treatment information.
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- Current
Index to Statistics - Extended Database (CIS-ED)
A bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields from 1974 to the present (currently defined as publications through the end of 1998 plus some early 1999 publications). Included are 106 "core journals", as well as selected articles from about 900 additional journals, and about 8,000 books in statistics. Each year, it is updated with an additional year of coverage. CIS is a joint venture of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
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- Current
Research @ University of Maryland, Baltimore
This database contains dissertations and theses from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore that have been published in UMI’s Dissertation Abstract database.
Full-text (PDF) is available free for titles from 1997 to the present. Selected
titles from 1996 are also available full-text. Citations and abstracts are
available for earlier years.
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- EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost provides information on a broad range of academic areas including
general reference, business, social sciences, humanities, science, medicine,
and education. The Health Sciences and Human Services Library subscribes to
the following EBSCO databases: Academic Search Premier, Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Edition, Clinical Pharmacology, CINAHL, Health Source: Consumer Edition, ERIC,
Business Source Premier, Regional Business News, MasterFILE Premier and Military
& Government Collection.
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- Entrez
Integrates information from a number of databases (nucleotide sequences, protein
sequences, macromolecular structures, whole genomes, and MEDLINE) at the National
Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Entrez provides access to over
10 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases with
links to participating online journals.
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- ERIC
Provides citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals
and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center as
well as educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967.
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- ETOH
(Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database)
Produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),
ETOH covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. It includes abstracts
and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertations, conference
papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works.
Updated monthly, ETOH contains research findings from the late 1960s to the
present, as well as historical research literature.
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- ETS
Test Collection
The Collection includes a library of
20,000 tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900s to the present.
It was established to make information on standardized tests and research
instruments available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers. Information
on obtaining the tests is included.
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- Evidence
Based Medicine Reviews
The EBMR Multifile includes: ACP Journal club (ACP), Cochrane Controlled Trials
Register (CCTR), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (COCH), and Database
of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE).
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- Facts and Comparisons
Facts and Comparisons includes Drug Facts and Comparisons®, Drug Interaction FactsTM, The Review of Natural Products® and Med Facts: Patient Information. Drug Facts and Comparisons is a comprehensive drug information compendium. Drug Interaction Facts includes more than 1,200 interactions monographs detailing possible drug interactions. The Review of Natural Products provides detailed information about natural products; including their botany, history, chemistry, pharmacology, medicinal uses, toxicology, and patient information. Med Facts: Patient Information Hand-outs is designed for patient education, counseling and drug therapy management.
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- GeneTests
GeneTests is a medical genetics information resource developed for physicians,
other healthcare providers, and researchers, available at no cost to all interested
persons. Contains information on genetic testing and its use in diagnosis,
management, and genetic counseling.
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- Google Scholar
Scholar is Google's effort to index scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Because many of the full-text resources in Google Scholar are only available to subscribing institutions, Google has provided a solution that makes it easier for you to access the electronic and print resources at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL), University of Maryland. For more information click on Instructions for Use.
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- Haz-Map
Haz-Map is an occupational health and toxicology database, designed to link
jobs and hazardous job-related tasks to exposure to chemicals and occupational
diseases and their symptoms.
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- Health
and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
A database of testing/evaluation instruments in health, the psychosocial sciences,
organizational behavior, and library and information science. Identifies measures
needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, and
program evaluation. 1985 to present with many earlier measures. Updated quarterly.
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- Health
Source: Consumer Edition
Provides full text for nearly 280 health periodicals, over 1,000 health pamphlets
and 20 health reference books. Updated twice a week.
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- Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Indexes over 510 journals and provides full text for nearly 480 scholarly
journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Updated weekly.
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- HealthSTAR
Contains citations to the published literature on health services technology,
administration, and research. Topics include evaluation of patient outcomes;
effectiveness of procedures, services and processes; administration and planning
of health facilities; health insurance; health policy; health economics; laws
and regulations; licensure; and accreditation. HealthSTAR is derived from
MEDLINE, CATLINE, Hospital Literature Index, and selected journals and is
produced by the National Library of Medicine and the American Hospital Association.
1975 to present. Updated monthly.
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- IngentaConnect
IngentaConnect.com is online web service. Free to use, it offers patrons access
to over 6,100 online titles and 28,500 fax and Ariel-delivered titles, and
a total of over 17 million articles.
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- International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
Contains pharmaceutical literature, including clinical drug information, pharmacy
practice, and legal aspects of pharmacy and drugs. Comprehensive information
is included for drug therapy; toxicity; technology; pharmacy practice; biopharmaceuticals;
and ethics, as related to pharmaceutical science and practice. Produced by
the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 1970 to present. Updated
monthly.
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- Journal
Citation Reports on the Web
A resource for scholarly and technical journal evaluation and comparison,
using citation data drawn from more than 8,400 journals worldwide. Coverage
is both multidisciplinary and international, and incorporates journals from
over 3,000 publishers in 60 nations. JCR Web is available in two editions:
The Science Edition and The Social Sciences Edition. Updated annually.
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- Journals@Ovid
The Journals@Ovid database is an aggregate of scientific, technical, and medical
journals from selected publishers and societies. The Health Sciences and Human
Services Library subscribes to eighty-four of these journals, which are linked
to the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases to provide full-text access to articles.
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- Lancet
Archive
The Lancet Archive is a collection of The Lancet from 1993 to December 1999.
It is a fully searchable full text collection including many of the capabilities
of the Ovid Full Text Collections.
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- LISTA
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960.
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- Maryland
Digital Library (MDL)
The state-funded MDL program provides access to the following databases: Academic
Search Elite, Business Source Premier, CINAHL w/ Headings, ERIC, Health Source
Plus, Project Muse, NetLibrary, The Oxford English Dictionary, Access Science,
and CIS History Universe: Access to African American Studies.
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- MasterFile
Premier
Provides full text for approximately 1,840 general reference, business, consumer
health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. It also offers indexing
and abstracts for approximately 2,810 periodicals. Full text backfiles go
as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as
far back as January of 1984. Updated daily.
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- MD
Consult®
Provides access to over 30 medical texts, articles from more than 40 clinical
journals, practice guidelines, drug information, 2500 patient education handouts,
CME and daily medical updates. This resource is available only to faculty,
staff and students of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and to staff of
the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).
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- MEDLINE
The MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine includes citations
with abstracts from approximately 3,900 biomedical, dental and nursing journals.
MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature,
International Nursing Index and selected journals. Links to over 80 full-text
journals (Journals @ Ovid Full Text) are provided. The database is divided
into various year segments.
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- MEDLINE
Daily Update
The MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine includes citations
with abstracts from approximately 3,900 biomedical, dental and nursing journals.
MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature,
International Nursing Index and selected journals. This is a rolling weekly
file.
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- MEDLINE
In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, includes records with citations
and abstracts that are in the process of being indexed for MEDLINE. After
indexing is completed, records are added to MEDLINE and the preliminary record
deleted from this database.
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- MICROMEDEX®
Healthcare Series
A collection of twelve databases which support clinical decision-making and
high-quality patient care by providing comprehensive drug, acute care, and
toxicology information. Updated quarterly. Micromedex® is available free to
current faculty, staff and students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
and to staff at the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS). Through
special agreements, School of Pharmacy preceptors may also access the system.
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- Military
and Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military,
this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals
and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military
& Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300
journals and periodicals. The database also includes full text for 245 pamphlets
and offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
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- NLM
Gateway
This site provides a single interface that lets users search multiple retrieval
systems at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The NLM Gateway accesses
MEDLINE/PubMed (includes PREMEDLINE), OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus (NLM's online
catalog), AIDS Meeting abstracts, MEDLINEplus (consumer health), HSRProj (health
services research projects), DIRLINE (directory of health organizations),
document delivery through Loansome Doc and the UMLS Metathesaurus.
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- OLDMEDLINE
via OVID
OLDMEDLINE contains citations to articles from international biomedical journals
covering the fields of medicine, pre-clinical sciences and allied health sciences
during the period 1951 through 1965. Subject searching of this database is
available through key words and text phrases. Unlike MEDLINE, this file contains
neither abstracts nor MeSH headings (MH) from NLM's current controlled vocabulary.
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- Physiotherapy
Evidence Database (PEDro)
PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. It has been developed to give
rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomized controlled
trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database
have been rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials
that are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not.
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- PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts to journal articles, dissertations, book chapters,
technical reports and other documents. Covers literature in psychology and
the behavioral sciences as well as psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Updated monthly. 1887 to the present.
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- Professional
Development Collection
Designed for professional educators,
this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 750
full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
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- Proquest
Digital Dissertations
The database includes bibliographic
citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted
in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Citations for dissertations
published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the
author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word
abstracts. The full text of more than 1.7 million of these titles is available
in paper and microform formats. The University of Maryland is an institutional
subscriber to ProQuest Digital Dissertations so we receive on-line access
to the complete file of dissertations in digital format starting with titles
published from 1997 forward.
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- Psychology
and Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides coverage of
nearly 550 full text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional
and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes,
anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full
text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database
is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
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- PubMed
Provides access to a combined file of MEDLINE and PREMEDLINE, as well as linking
citations to full-text. The full-text option is currently available for a
limited number of journals. If there are any charges for an article, it is
the user's responsibility to pay. PubMed also provides access to several genome
databases.
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- PubMed
Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive
of life sciences journal literature. Access to PMC is free and unrestricted.
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- Regional
Business News
This is a full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from
all over the world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa
News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American
Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business News Wire, Canadian Corporate
News, News Bytes News Network and Phillips Business Information Highlights.
This database is updated on a daily basis.
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- Science
Citation Index Expanded
SCI Expanded is a multidisciplinary database covering over 5,300 scientific
and technical journals across 164 disciplines from around the world. Approximately
70% of the articles indexed include searchable, full-length, English-language
author abstracts. 1992 to present. Updated weekly. Click on ISI Web of SCIENCE
to access the database.
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ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is a database of full text journals. The full text of over 300
Elsevier titles is available. ScienceDirect also allows you to search by topic
within its journal collection. However, full text is only available for those
journals to which the Library subscribes.
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- SciFinder
SciFinder Scholar is a desktop research
tool providing chemical and related scientific information. It retrieves information
contained in databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) as well
as the MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine. In addition
to patent and journal references, CAS's REGISTRY database provides information
about organic and inorganic compounds and sequences. CASREACT provides chemical
reaction information. Chemical source and registry information is provided
through the CHEMCATS and CHEMLIST databases.
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- Social
Sciences Citation Index
A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the
journal literature of the social sciences. Indexes 1,700 journals spanning
50 disciplines, as well as individually selected items from over 3,300 of
the world's leading scientific and technical journals. 1992 to present. Updated
weekly. Click on ISI Web of SCIENCE to access the database.
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- Sociological
Abstracts
A primary resource for accessing information about the latest research sponsored
in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Subjects covered include anthropology, business, criminology, demography,
education, law, and social psychology. 1963 to present. Updated quarterly.
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- TOXNET
(Toxicology Data Network)
Provides information on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
It includes databases for toxicology data, toxicology literature, toxic release
information and chemical information. It is sponsored by the National Library
of Medicine, through the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program
of its Specialized Information Services Division.
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