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Medicine: Clinical Sciences
 
Catherine BodenLiaison Librarian: Catherine Boden
Location: Health Sciences
Room: HSC 205.4
Phone: 966-2931
Email: Catherine.Boden@usask.ca


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The Cochrane Library Independent high-quality evidence for health care decision making Coverage varies by database; 1800 - present Bookmark and Share
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. [details]
EMBASE: Excerpta Medica & EMBASE Classic 1947 - present Bookmark and Share
A "major biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing over 3,500 international journals in the following fields: drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, psychiatry, forensic medicine, and biomedical engineering/instrumentation." [details]
Healthstar Ovid Healthstar 1966 - present Bookmark and Share
Selected citations from the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) MEDLINE and former HealthSTAR databases covering published literature on clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery including health services, technology, administration, and research. [details]
MEDLINE® Ovid MEDLINE 1950 - present Bookmark and Share
Major bibliographic database for clinical medicine, including: internal medicine, general medicine, primary care, family medicine, and general practice, as well as: veterinary medicine, nursing, allied health, dentistry, and pre-clinical sciences. [details]
PsycINFO 1806 - present Bookmark and Share
Comprehensive international database for Psychology [details]
PubMed Includes open access version of MEDLINE® 1966 - present Bookmark and Share
Index and abstract database covering the fields of "medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. It includes access to MEDLINE® and to citations for selected articles in life science journals not included in MEDLINE. ..[It] also provides access to additional relevant Web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources." [details]

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Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) 1982 - present Bookmark and Share
Bibliographic index and abstract database covering bacteriology, including topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals. [details]
HSDB Hazardous Substances Data Bank Current Bookmark and Share
Contains comprehensive information on over 5,000 hazardous chemicals including coverage of significant human exposure, environmental fate, toxicity (including ecotoxicity), standards and regulations from the US National Library of Medicine. A database within the CHEM-BANK [details] suite.
Access Note: Search defaults to ALL CHEM-BANK databases. Narrow your search to one or more databases by clicking on Clear All then making your selection. [details]
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) 1970 - present Bookmark and Share
Abstract and indexing database covering pharmaceutical science and health related literature. [details]
RTECS Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances Current Bookmark and Share
Contains identification and toxicity data on over 168,000 chemicals. A database within the CHEM-BANK [details] suite.
Access Note: Search defaults to ALL CHEM-BANK databases. Narrow your search to one or more databases by clicking on Clear All then making your selection. [details]
TOXNET Toxicology Data Network Coverage varies Bookmark and Share
Portal to databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. [details]
Web of Science® with Conference Proceedings WOS SCI: 1899 - present; SSCI: 1956-present; A&HCI: 1975-present ; CPSI-S: 1990-present; CPSI-SSH: 1990-present Bookmark and Share
Collection of three citation databases, providing abstracts and indexing and cited reference searching to approximately 10,000 high impact scholarly research journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings, and covering topics in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Access Note: By default all five sub-databases are searched. To select one or more databases, change the default by clicking on [Change Limits and Settings] . [details]
Henry Stewart Talks: The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection [audio visual] Current Bookmark and Share
A collection of over 850 online animated audio-visual seminar-style talks each specially commissioned by leading scientists (including Nobel Laureates) from around the world. Access Note: Required Browser Plugins & Viewers (free downloads): Adobe (Macromedia) Flash Player 7+, Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0+ [details]
Natural Standard The Authority on Integrative Medicine Current Bookmark and Share
A collection of nine databases, providing high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies; compiled by an international research collaborative, with contributions from clinicians and researchers from eminent academic institutions. [details]
Scopus A&I: 1823 - present; complete metadata including references: 1996 - present Bookmark and Share
A very large abstract and index database of research literature and quality web sources covering the science, technology, and medicine (STM), and social sciences. [details]
Health & Safety Science Abstracts 1981 - present Bookmark and Share
A comprehensive bibliographic database with abstracts, it indexes government reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and other publications relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene, and covering the most important new developments in safety science and human factors research. [details]
Journal Citation Reports® JCR Science Edition; JCR Social Sciences Edition From 2004 to the last complete year. Updated in June of each year Bookmark and Share
"Allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries." There are two editions: JCR Science Edition and JCR Social Sciences Edition [details]
AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) 1985 - present Bookmark and Share
A bibliographic database indexing over 500 journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine. [details]
Annual Reviews & Backfile 1930 - present; Vol. 1 - present Bookmark and Share
A collection of review series in 45 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. [details]
GenBank coverage varies Bookmark and Share
Genetic sequence database
Health & Wellness Resource Center Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module 1980 - present Bookmark and Share
A reference database containing consumer related health information in full text, including "integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information". Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. [details]
Health Reference Center Academic 1980 - present Bookmark and Share
Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources, including:consumer health magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, topical overviews, and reference books. [details]