A-Z List of Databases

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ABI/INFORM Complete
Index to business and management information, including hundreds of fulltext articles. (Accessed via ProQuest)

Access Science
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Collection of Science and Technology and more...

Access World News
Newspapers from around the world, and a selection of American TV and radio news transcripts. 

AHFS Drug Information
Federally designated drug compendium issued by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

American Chemical Society Journals
Index to 38 titles published by the American Chemical Society with full text access to 22 of them.

America’s News Magazines
Selected US magazines on current events including business, entertainment and sports.

Biological Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for about 6500 biological and biomedical research journals.  The library’s subscription begins with 1997; contact the library about searching for years prior to 1997.  

BioOne
Searchable collection of journals published by biology associations and societies. The library subscribes to some collections which are available full text. Find fulltext access to these titles via our Journal List.

Business Source Premier
Use the Enhanced Business Interface to search the full text of 2,300 journals, company and industry reports, and more.

CHEMnetBASE
Online access to major chemical reference works from Chapman and Hall.

Chronicle of Higher Education
Weekly newspaper specializing in higher education. Complete fulltext available only in Library.

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Index to journals in nursing, medical technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and other allied heath disciplines (though not pharmacy).

Cochrane Library
Consists of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness.

CQ Researcher
In-depth reports on current social and political topics.  Each report includes statistics and references to other reliable sources.  

Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2011
Primary care and internal medicine topics, updated annually.

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D - F

Dissertations and Theses
Searchable database of over 2.3 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses. (Accessed via ProQuest)

eBooks
Browse a list of book titles available through the library in electronic form. Organized alphabetically and by subject.

Ebscohost
Search service includes the Professional Development database for teachers.

ERIC
Publicly available education database sponsored by the U.S. government.

Evidence Based Medicine Reviews
A suite of of databases available through Ovid to use a scientifically valid approach to the practice of clinical medicine.

Facts and Comparisons
Content includes Drug Facts and Comparisons, Drug Interactions Facts, Nonprescription Drugs, Review of Natural Products, and more.

FirstSearch
Search for citations to articles in a variety of journals, plus books from WorldCat.

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G-J

German Commission E Monographs
Monographs describing the therapeutic use of herbs and phytomedicines.

Goodman & Gilman's
Pharmacology text that discusses the application of pharmacodynamics to therapeutics.

Google Scholar
Google's search for scholarly articles.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Classic internal medicine textbook.

Health and Psychological Instruments (HAPI)
Provides keyword access to citations for measurement instruments in the health, psychosocial, organizational behavior, and library science fields.

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Index to over 700 pharmacy journals, many not indexed in Medline. No fulltext.

 

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K - M

King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures
Access through Lexi-Comp and click on I.V. Compatibility.

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances, including their properties, manufacturing and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. Additionally, environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology are also addressed.

Lexicomp
Drug Information.

Medical Letter
Considered one of the most trusted sources of information about drug therapy. The USP subscription also includes access to the handbooks of Antimicrobial Therapy and Drugs of Choice and Adverse Drug Reactions Database.

Methods in Enzymology
A series of scientific publications on the topics of biochemistry in over 480 volumes. The articles offer detailed descriptions of experimental techniques.

Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs
International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions

Micromedex
A collection of pharmaceutical recources including the following:

  • DrugDex: drug monographs with extensive reference lists;
  • Martindale: information on worldwide drugs and related substances;
  • Index Nominum: international drug directory;
  • Red Book: drug product and pricing data. See "RED BOOK Online®" link on top navigation bar.

For best results, it is recommended to use Internet Explorer v. 6 or 7 when accessing Micromedex. The vendor has developed Micromedex for Internet Explorer only, and cannot guarantee complete access through other browsers.

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N - O

NABPLAW
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy’s database of state’s pharmacy laws.

NewsBank
Includes Access World News and America’s News Magazines.

OT Search
Occupational therapy bibliographic database from AOTA.

Ovid
Search interface for PsycInfo, Evidence Based Medicine databases, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts and Medline, among others.

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P - R

Password Page
Some of the Library's online resources require password login. This page supplies the logins.

Pharmacist's Letter
Evidence for pharmacists on new developments in drug therapy.

Philadelphia Inquirer
Searchable full text of Philadelphia's major newspaper.

Pink Sheet
Online version of the weekly publication that covers the prescription pharmaceutical industry.

Project Muse
Searchable full text of academic journals in the arts and humanities.

Professional Development Collection (click on Ebscohost)
Database of education journals designed for professional educators.

ProQuest
Accessing ProQuest via this link offers combined search of ABI/INFORM Complete, ProQuest Research Library and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I.

ProQuest Research Library
Searchable full text database of articles in the humanities, sciences and social sciences.

PsycArticles
Full text articles from the American Psychological Association available through the Ovid interface.

PsycInfo
American Psychological Association database in Ovid providing abstracts and citations to literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.  It provides access to journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertations. 

PubMed
One of the largest biomedical databases, PubMed includes both clinical and basic research. Use the USciences link to PubMed so that you can access the library’s journal holdings.

R&D Insight

Pharmaceutical pipeline database. See Password Page.

Red Book
Drug product and pricing data. Access through Micromedex. See "RED BOOK Online®" link on top navigation bar.

Red Book
Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

RefWorks
Citation management service for creating bibliographies. For off-campus access, click here first.

Research Library (ProQuest)
Searchable full text database of articles in the sciences and social sciences. (Accessed via ProQuest)

Review of Natural Products
Available in Facts and Comparisons. Over 300 monographs describing natural products including clinical information.

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Science Direct
Searchable collection of over 2,500 journals from Elsevier publishers. The library subscribes to over 1,100 which are available full text.

Springerlink
Over 1500 journals in the sciences and social sciences.

Stat!Ref
AHFS Drug Information, Merck Manual, DSM-IV-TR, and Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, are the medical and pharmaceutical texts available in Stat!Ref.

Wall Street Journal
Newspaper recommended for business topics. (Accessed via ProQuest)

Wiley Journals
Collection of journals in the sciences and social sciences.

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