Public Health Bibliographic Databases

s in Anthropology The only comprehensive abstracting journal in the field, Abstracts in Anthropology has established itself as an indispensable reference and research tool for the international community of anthropologists. Abstracts in Anthropology covers a broad spectrum of significant, current anthropological topics from a vast number of periodicals. Academic Search Premier Academic Search PremierTM is one of the most comprehensive interdisciplinary collections of full text peer-reviewed journals, It contains indexing for 8,172 publications, with full text for nearly 4,700, covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more. Adis PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News Use ADPR to find the latest issues in pharmacoeconomics and how they will affect your practice, institution or company, including pharmacoeconomic studies on a particular drug or class of drugs, the latest in regulatory affairs, and key opinions from world leaders in health economics. ADOLEC Literature on Adolescence Health ADOLEC contains bibliographic references of the international literature from the health area of adolescents and young adults. It indexes scholarly journals as well as theses, books, chapters of books, annals of congresses or conferences, technical and scientific reports and governmental publications. AEGIS (AIDS Education Global Information System) The AIDS Education Global information System is a non-profit organisation that was established in 1990 in response to the growing HIV/AIDS pandemic. Since AEGiS’ inception, it has matured into the largest free-access virtual AIDS library on earth. Today, AEGiS consists of more than 1,000,000 articles, covering the world from 1981 to the present. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health | New! Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health is a multidisciplinary journal that focuses on atmospheric consequences of human activities and their implications for human and ecological health. The journal publishes original research articles and integrative reviews on topics such as acid precipitation, air quality, climate change, environmental sciences, and more. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 2 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. African Index Medicus Printed health knowledge generated in African countries is given global exposure in the African Index Medicus. It promotes African publishing by encouraging writers to publish in their country or regional journals instead of competing for publication space in the few worldwide “prestigious” journals. AgeLine Published by the nonprofit American Association of Retired Persons, AgeLine indexes the literature of social gerontology. Intended audiences are the general public, researchers, practitioners, and providers and policymakers, with relevancy to a variety of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, psychology and medicine. AGRICOLA AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its co-operators. It covers all aspects of agriculture, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, agricultural economics, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has created this portal to support researchers and practitioners searching for information related to alcohol research. This page includes links to a number of databases, journals, and Web sites focused on alcohol research and related topics. Alcohol Studies Database The Alcohol Studies Database contains citations for 80,000 documents indexed by the Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies since 1987. The focus of the database is on beverage alcohol, its use and related consequences, along with a small collection of educational and prevention materials. AltHealth Watch Alt-HealthWatch is a full-text database of more than 160 periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional publications, magazines, research reports, and newsletters focused on complementary, alternative and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It provides coverage across the spectrum of more than 200 therapies, modalities and perspectives addressed by integrated medicine. Coverage dates begin in the early 1990s. Annual Review of Population Law This web site contains a database of summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the world relating to population policies, reproductive rights and health, women’s status and rights, children and adolescents, HIV/AIDS and related topics. Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. Aqualine Aqualine provides comprehensive coverage of technical and scientific literature concerning all aspects of water resources. Topics covered include water legislation, water quality, water treatment technologies, wastewater treatment, and ecological and environmental effects of water pollution. Articles on these topics are drawn from a source list of approximately 300 journals as well as from conference proceedings, scientific reports, books and theses. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 3 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts Major areas of coverage include: Aquaculture, aquatic organisms, aquatic pollution, brackish water environments, conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, freshwater environments, limnology, marine biotechnology, marine environments, meteorology, oceanography, policy and legislation, and wildlife management. BCERF: Breast Cancer Environmental Risk Factor Databasee BCERF is devoted to the investigation of risk factors for breast cancer. BCERF is critically evaluating the scientific information on pesticides, other chemicals, and diet and the relationship of these factors to breast cancer risk. This translational research allows for the synthesis and interpretation of of research on these environmental factors. Bibliography of Asian Studies Bibliography of Asian Studies contains over 590,000 references to books, journal articles, individually-authored monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, and anthologies on Asian Studies published from 1971 until the present day. BiblioMap BiblioMap, the EPPI-Centre database of health promotion research, has been compiled over a number of years as a result of searching and coding research for inclusion in systematic reviews. It contains approximately 14,300 records at present and is being added to each time a systematic review is completed. Bibliothèque Numérique Canadienne Française | New! This collection consists of the French-language titles in the Canadian Electronic Library. These major Quebec publishers are represented including: Les Éditions XYZ, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, and Les Presses de l'Université du Québec. Biological Abstracts Comprehensive coverage and context-sensitive indexing make the information in BA essential for all life sciences researchers. BA directs users to information on life science topics from botany to microbiology to pharmacology, serving to connect researchers with critical journal coverage. Biology Digest Biology Digest is a compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences. It is primarily intended for an audience at the high school or undergraduate college level. Its purpose is to aid in keeping students and instructors current on the latest developments in biological research. BioMed Central’s Databases BioMed Central maintains a catalog of the over 1100 online databases covering a wide range of biomedical topics from Alzheimer disease to zebrafish anatomy. Some of the databases contain experimental data; others provide synopses of published information. Most of the databases are freely accessible and should be of interest to researchers, teachers and students. CAB Abstracts CAB Abstracts is a comprehensive bibliographic database for agricultural and applied life sciences. Topic covered include agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine and the environment. It provides access to over 6 million records from 1973 onwards, with over 300,000 abstracts added each year. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 4 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Canadian Health Research Collection | New! This is a collection of monograph publications from Canadian research institutes, government agencies and university centres working in health and medical research. The organizations included in this collection are very active publishers of primary research in the field. Includes are general policy documents as well as those of a more technical nature. Canadian Publishers Collection | New! Over 60 leading Canadian publishers have partnered with GLC to distribute their current catalogues of copyright materials through the Canadian Publishers Collection. These publishers have made over 10,000 titles available for library use through the Canadian Electronic Library. Many volumes and series critical for the pursuit of Canadian studies are available here. Canadian Public Policy Collection | New! This is a collection of monograph publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups. The organizations included in this collection represent the leading edge of primary research and opinion in all areas of Canadian public policy. Their publications are vital to the understanding of developing issues in every arena of Canadian public life. Canadian Research Index Federal, provincial and municipal documents are included in Canadian Research Index. It provides access to fully abstracted and indexed publications from leading research centres in all Canadian jurisdictions. Canary The Canary Database is a compilation of curated peer-reviewed research articles related to the use of animals as sentinels of human health hazards. The database includes studies of animals for which either the exposure or the health effect could be considered potentially relevant to human health. CancerLit Produced by the U.S. National Cancer Institute, CANCERLIT is an important source of bibliographic records pertaining to all aspects of cancer therapy, including mechanisms of carcinogenesis, biochemistry, immunology, and physiology of cancer, and mutagen and growth factor studies. Indexed materials include articles from journals, abstracts of papers presented at professional meetings, government and technical reports, dissertations, and monographs. CareSearch CareSearch palliative care knowledge network is an online resource consolidating evidence-based and quality information for various groups within the palliative care community. The website has been funded by the Australian Government as part of the National Palliative Care Program. Catalog of U.S. Government Publications The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications provides an index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies. When available, links are provided to the full-text of these publications. Additionally, the locate libraries feature enables users to find libraries by state or area code that can make print publications available for their use. CDC Wonder: Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research CDC WONDER, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is an integrated information and communication system for public health. It provides access to statistical research data published by CDC, as well as reference materials, reports and guidelines on health-related topics. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 5 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Chemical Abstracts CAS monitors, indexes, and abstracts the world’s chemistry-related literature and patents, updates this information daily, and makes it accessible through state-of-the-art information services. Chemical Safety NewsBase A current awareness online database which takes the worry out of health and safety by providing up-to-date information on the relevant issues affecting the chemical and allied industries, plus the health and safety aspects relevant to laboratories. Chicano Database Chicano Database is a comprehensive bibliographic resource for information about Mexican-American topics. It provides subject access to literature about Chicanos and the broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants from 1992 present. It incorporates the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, a comprehensive resource covering psychological, sociological, and educational literature. CINAHL: Canadian Index in Nursing and Allied Health Literature CINAHL provides indexing for 2,818 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, as well as books, dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, and audiovisuals. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. It covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. CISILO CISILO is a bilingual, bibliographic database, which provides references to international occupational health and safety literature. The database is created by the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre which scans more than 400 journals annually on basic safety and health topics. Some 50% of the abstracts cover topics specific to occupational hygiene; another 30% cover occupational medicine; and about 20% cover industrial safety. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials Is a bibliographic database of definitive controlled trials. The distinguished contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration have identified these controlled trials. They and others, as part of an international effort to search the world’s health care journals (and other sources of information) systematically, have combined results to create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews. Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. In addition to Cochrane reviews, The Cochrane Library provides other sources of reliable information, from other systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials. CPDB: Carcinogenic Potency Database CPDB is a unique and standardized resource on results of chronic, long-term animal cancer tests. It includes results of bioassays from the National Toxicology Program and experimental results from the world’s published literature. It provides access to results on 1451 chemicals, analyses of experimental design for 6008 experiments, and analyses of tumour incidence at each target site. Criminal Justice Abstracts Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Prepared in co-operation with the Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University Law Library, it covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 6 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. CRISP: Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects CRISP is a searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. The database, maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health. Users can search the CRISP interface to for scientific concepts, emerging trends and techniques, or identify specific projects and/or investigators. Current Index to Statistics The Current Index to Statistics is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. The online CIS Extended Database indexes the entire contents of over 160 "core journals", in most cases from 1975 to the current end year, and pre-1975 coverage for some, selected articles with statistical content since 1975 from about 1200 additional journals (cumulatively) in related fields, and about 11,000 books in statistics published since 1975. Dairy Science Abstracts Dairy Science Abstracts is a fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published research on the composition and processing of milk and other dairy products, the physiology of lactation, and milk and dairy products in human nutrition. DARE: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects Contains summaries of systematic reviews on a broad range of health and social care topics. DARE contains summaries of systematic reviews which have met strict quality criteria. Included reviews have to be about the effects of interventions. Each summary also provides a critical commentary on the quality of the review. The database covers a broad range of health and social care topics and can be used for answering questions about the effects of interventions, as well as for developing guidelines and policy making. DART: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database DART/ETIC is a bibliographic database on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It covers teratology and other aspects of developmental and reproductive toxicology. It contains over 100,000 references to literature published since 1965. DESASTRES : Disaster Documentation Center Collection This database is produced by the Disaster Documentation Center, of the Pan American Health Organization. It contains bibliographic references resulting from analyses of PAHO’s and other United Nations agencies’ publications, books or chapters of books, non conventional literature, such as technical information, congress presentations, theses, emergency plans, etc., and scientific articles from specialized journals. DOE Information Bridge The Information Bridge provides the open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, renewable energy, and other topics. The Information Bridge consists of full-text documents produced and made available by the Department of Energy National Laboratories and grantees from 1995 forward. DoPHER, Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews The Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews (DoPHER) is a specialised register of health promotion reviews. It currently contains over 2,700 reviews, identified as a result of conducting systematic reviews within the EPPI-Centre. DoPHER is updated quarterly to keep it as current as possible. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 7 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. EconLit EconLit is the AEA’s electronic bibliography of economics literature throughout the world. EconLit contains abstracts, indexing, and links to full-text articles in economics journals. It abstracts books and indexes articles in books, working papers series, and dissertations. EconLit also provides the full-text of JEL book reviews. ECOTOX ECOTOX provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life. It is a useful tool for examining impacts of chemicals on the environment. It indexes peer-reviewed literature and abstracts pertinent information on the species, chemical, test methods, and results presented by the author(s) or each article. E-Medicine | New! eMedicine is an authoritative and accessible point of care medical reference available to health care professionals on the Internet. The evidence-based content, updated regularly by more than 8,000 attributed physician or health care provider authors and editors, provides the latest practice guidelines in 38 clinical areas. The Clinical Knowledge Base contains articles on over 6,500 diseases and medical topics, and is illustrated with some 28,000 multimedia files. EMBASE EMBASE.com provides you with content that keeps you up to date with the latest scientific developments. It is the Intelligent Gateway to Biomedical and Pharmacological Information. Environmental Protection Agency: Alphabetical List of Databases and Software ERIC ERIC is a bibliographic database of over one million abstracts of journal articles and reports in education. EthnoMed The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world. EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network Multilingual Library A database of health education materials available in the languages of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Forest Products Abstracts This database is a fully searchable abstract database of internationally published forest products research. It provides the latest information on forest products from harvesting, through wood anatomy to international trade of timber and non-wood forest products. Forestry Abstracts A fully searchable abstract database of internationally published research that provides the latest information on forestry and forest trees, from forest management to tree biology and forest ecology. Genetics Abstracts The amalgamation of recombinant DNA technology with traditional genetics has sparked a proliferation of specialised journals and primary papers heralding an era of immensely diversified research directions. Since recent studies have shown that research work conducted in one organism is relevant to many other experimental systems, scientists need a practical means for keeping up with wide-ranging findings that are important to their own studies. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 8 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. GEOBASE A unique multidisciplinary database supplying bibliographic information and abstracts for development studies, the Earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography. The database provides current coverage of over 1,800 journals and archive coverage of several thousand additional titles. GEOBASE is unequalled in its coverage of the international literature. General Reference Center Gold This resource center integrates a vast array of key business and general interest titles. Global Health Global Health is a database specialising in public health, human nutrition, parasitic, communicable and tropical diseases and medicinal plants. It provides access to over 1.41 milion abstracts of the world's research literature from 1973 to present with coverage of English and foreign language journals, books, patents and standards, dissertations, conference proceedings, annual reports, developing country information and other difficult to obtain literature. GovInfo This database provides access to government databases, directories, reports, statistics, statutes, & more from various Canadian and international jurisdictions. GPO Access The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. Grey House Directories Collection | New! Grey House, Canada’s most authoritative publisher of directory information, is releasing four of its key directories for inclusion in the Canadian Electronic Library. This important content is now being offered under a special perpetual access license to CEL subscribers. This new collection offers an effective way of making this content conveniently available to all library users with no wait time. Health & Wellness Resource Center Use the Health and Wellness Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Health and Psychosocial Instruments Health and Psychosocial Instruments features material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques. Over 2/3 of the tools are in medical and nursing areas such pain measurement, quality of life assessment, and drug efficacy evaluation. Health Communication Materials Database Gives access to the world’s most comprehensive and rapidly growing collection of health communication materials. Health Development Agency Evidence Base The Evidence Base is an information resource developed by the former Health Development Agency. It consists of evidence briefing papers and evidence reviews across a range of topics that provide an account of the state of the evidence, identify gaps in the research base, and make recommendations for future research. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 9 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Health Reference Center Academic This multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources. It integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals, consumer health magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, newspapers, and reference books. Health Services Research & Public Health Information Programs The National Library of Medicine’s link to collaborative projects, databases, training, outreach, and publications related to health services research and public health. Health System Evidence database osted by the McMaster Health Forum at McMaster University, Canada, this is a continuously updated repository of syntheses of research evidence about governance, financial and delivery arrangements within health systems, and about implementation strategies that can support in health systems. The syntheses address a broad range of questions, including those about the effectiveness of particular options for strengthening health systems. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database The HTA database contains information on healthcare technology assessments and is produced in collaboration with the INAHTA Secretariat, based at SBU, Sweden. HealthCommKey | New! A database of health communication literature, focusing on communication research and practice in the context of public health. It contains comprehensive summaries from published peer-reviewed studies related to health communication. You can use HealthCommKey to improve your public health programs by applying finding from previous studies and evaluations. Produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project Helping the public health workforce find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public’s health. HEED: Health Economic Evaluation Database HEED, the Health Economic Evaluations Database was initially developed as a joint initiative between the Office of Health Economics (OHE) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA). It contains information on studies of cost-effectiveness and other forms of economic evaluation of medicines and other treatments and medical interventions. Helminthological Abstracts A searchable abstracts database of internationally published research on Helminthology from molecular genetics to epidemiology History of Science, Technology, and Medicine This database integrates four separately created bibliographies to create the definitive international bibliography for the history of science, technology, and medicine, reflecting their influence on culture from prehistory to the present. Its value for interdisciplinary research is outstanding. HLAS, Handbook of Latin American Studies The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 10 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. HSTAT (Health Services/Technology Assessment Text) The Health Services Technology/Assessment Texts (HSTAT) is a free, Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision-making. HSTAT’s audience includes health care providers, health service researchers, policy makers, payers, consumers and the information professionals who serve these groups Human Genome Abstracts Human Genome Abstracts offers a comprehensive source for developments and promising applications emerging from international genome research, including the massive Human Genome Project. Major areas of coverage include Nucleic acid, Cloning vectors, Gene cloning, Sequencing, Gene therapy, Immunogenetics, RFLP, Mapping, Mutagenesis, Medical genetics, Genetic screening. IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements) The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, and scientific literature on dietary supplements. ICEBeRG Knowledge Translation Theories/Frameworks Database | New! This database provides access to models, frameworks, and theories of knowledge transfer. It was developed by the Improved Clicnical Effectiveness Behavioural Research Group using a research grant entitled Identification, Concept and Bibliometric Analyses of Knowledge Translation Theories/Frameworks. Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR) A cumulative index, covering the period 1987-1990, to over 9000 articles in the health sciences published by journals within the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. By documenting key bibliographic data for these articles, the index aims to increase awareness of research being conducted in this region and thus improve knowledge about the region's health problems as depicted in its local health literature. Index Medicus for the South-East Asian Region (IMSEAR) Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR) is a database of articles published in selected journals within the WHO South-East Asia Region. It is a collaborative effort of participating libraries in Health Literature, Library and Information Services (HELLIS) network in the region. Index Veterinarius Index Veterinarius is a comprehensive monthly subject and author index to the world’s veterinary literature. Aspects include anaesthesia metabolic disorders, anatomy, parasitology, animal behaviour, pharmacology and therapeutics, animal welfare, physiology, diagnostic techniques, reproductive disorders, haematology, surgery, husbandry, toxicology, immunology, zoonoses, meat inspection and hygiene. IndMED Database covering prominent peer reviewed Indian biomedical journals. Database designed to provide medical professionals/researchers/students and the medical library professional quick and easy access to Indian literature. INIS: International Nuclear Information System Leading information source for scientific literature published world-wide on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology dating back to 1970. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 11 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Inpharma Biomedical advances, solving the problem of monitoring and reading the vast volumes of literature necessary to keep informed on the latest developments in drug therapy and patient management. Inpharma brings together summaries of the most important research published in the world’s biomedical literature concerning drug therapy and disease management. International Bibliography of the Social Sciences The comprehensive coverage provided in the database, while based on the core disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, also reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of the social sciences. International Development Abstracts International Development Abstracts was founded in response to the need for a reference journal covering the growing literature on topics and issues relating to developing countries and remains the leading bibliographical reference source in the field International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | New! IJBNPA (IJBNPA) is an open cccess, peer-reviewed online journal devoted to furthering the understanding of the behavioral aspects of diet and physical activity. IJBNPA is unique in its focus on the behavioral aspects of diet and physical activity; its inclusion of multiple levels of analysis, including populations, groups and individuals; and its inclusion of epidemiology, and behavioral, theoretical and measurement research areas. Manuscripts that present theoretical innovations with respect to diet and physical activity behaviors are of particular interest. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public | New! International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, and short communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. It links several scientific disciplines including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, cellular and molecular biology, chemistry, computer science, ecology, engineering, epidemiology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, oncology, pathology, pharmacology, and toxicology, in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to environmental quality and public health. International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) 30 years of in-depth indexed reference to the world pharmacy (in the broadest sense) literature; plus, related health, medical, cosmetic journals, and state pharmacy journals; abstracts of presentations at major pharmacy meetings are also included. Irwin Law Collection | New! A collection of the key titles from Canadian legal publisher Irwin Law is now available from the Canadian Electronic Library. Over 100 titles published from 1997 to date are currently included in the collection, which is available to libraries on a subscription basis. ISI Web of Knowledge ISI Web of Knowledge, an integrated, versatile research platform, delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. KaiserEDU | New! KaiserEDU.org is designed to provide students, faculty and others interested in learning about health policy easy access to the latest data, research, analysis, and developments in health policy. This site includes narrated slide tutorials, background reference libraries, and issue modules on current topics and policy debates. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 12 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. KT Clearinghouse | New! The KT Clearinghouse website is funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) to serve as the repository of Knowledge Translation resources for individuals who want to learn about the science and practice of KT, and access tools that facilitate their own KT research and practices. The service and material of the website are provided by staff of the Joint Program in Knowledge Translation, a collaborative effort between St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. The goal of the program is to improve the quality of care by developing, implementing and evaluating strategies that bridge the knowledge-to-practice gap, and to research the most effective ways to translate knowledge into action. KU-UC Database This database contains documents on knowledge transfer and innovation. The KU-UC database is powered by the CHSRF/CIHR Chair on Knowledge Transfer and Innovation. LegalTrac Students, law school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal publications they need in LegalTrac. Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. LexisNexis® Academic Universe This flagship service provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. The 5,900 sources include: national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources,U.S. federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information, Shepard's® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789, business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news LILACS, Latin American and Caribbean Health Science Latin American and Caribbean Literature on the Health Sciences is a BIREME System’s cooperative database which covers literature related to the health sciences and has been published in countries of the Region since 1982. It contains articles from about 670 of the most well-known journals in the medicine field, reaching approximately more than 150,000 records and other documents, such as: theses, chapters of theses, books, chapters of books, congress and conference proceedings, technical and scientific reports and governmental publications. Maternal and Child Health Library The MCH Library maintains several databases to collect, manage, and disseminate knowledge about maternal and child health (MCH), with special emphasis on knowledge gained from initiatives and programs supported by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. MathSciNet MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world’s mathematical literature since 1940. McMaster Plus | New! McMaster PLUS is a division within the McMaster HKR that includes the process of having articles critically appraised through the Critical Appraisal Process (CAP) to identify those that are methodologically sound, and then having pass articles rated by clinicians for relevance and newsworthiness through the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE) system. The PLUS process is described in detail below Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 13 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. MedlineUnbound Unbound MEDLINE is a highly effective Web-based interface to the world's medical literature. It provides powerful searching of the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database, which includes MEDLINE®, PreMEDLINE, HealthSTAR, and publisher supplied citations. Unbound MEDLINE helps users—experienced and inexperienced— formulate sophisticated MEDLINE queries and find the most relevant literature on the topic at hand. When available, links are also provided to full articles. Unbound MEDLINE helps users to a) browse by journal or topic, b) search by keyword, author, and journal, and c) search using evidence-based medicine (EBM) search filters. MedlinePlus MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and non-prescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Medscape Medscape from WebMD offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and educational tools. After a simple, 1-time, free registration, Medscape from WebMD automatically delivers to you a personalized specialty site that best fits your registration profile. Mental Measurements Yearbook The database covers more than 2,200 commercially available tests in categories such as personality, developmental, behavioural assessment, neuropsychological, achievement, intelligence and aptitude, educational, speech & hearing, and sensory motor. MICROMEDEX® The MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series of databases is primarily a drug information system and is considered one of the most authoritative resources available. It includes full-text databases on chemical, pharmaceutical, and related biological substances used in clinical patient care. Topics covered include teratogenicity, toxicology, alternative medicine, and pharmaceutical information. Includes drug reviews, guidelines, clinical reviews, and information from package inserts and drug texts. NASD: National Agriculture Safety Database | New! NASD is a national central repository of agricultural health, safety, and injury prevention materials for the agricultural community and especially for agricultural safety specialists. The mission of the NASD project is to provide a national information resource for the dissemination of information; to identify and disseminate prevention information to agricultural workers on occupational hazards associated with injurie s, death and illness; to promote the consideration of safety and health issues into the management of agricultural operations for the purpose of reducing agricultural work-related injuries and illnesses; and to provide a convenient way for members of the agricultural safety and health community to share educational and research materials with their colleagues. National Center for Health Statistics As the Nation’s principal health statistics agency, we compile statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people. We are a unique public resource for health information—a critical element of public health and health policy. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) Systematic Reviews Registry The registry includes systematic reviews of research studies on disability and rehabilitation topics salient to researchers, persons with disabilities, their families, and service providers. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 14 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. National Guideline Clearinghouse The National Guideline ClearinghouseTM (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NGC was originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans (now America’s Health Insurance Plans [AHIP]). National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Library One of the largest publicly available print collections of terrorism-related resources in the country. Designed to meet the needs of a large and diverse audience of researchers, emergency responders and policy makers, MIPT’s library collection contains approximately 2000 titles and 1,100 reports and articles. National Newspaper Index Gives you quick access to the indexing of America’s top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times (Late and National Editions); The Wall Street Journal (Eastern and Western Editions); The Christian Science Monitor (National Edition); The Washington Post (Final Edition); and The Los Angeles Times (Home Edition) Native Health Database This database contains citations to literature about the health of the North American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations and includes many citations to literature about Canadian Aboriginal peoples. The database covers literature from 1970 to the present and includes links to MEDLINE and other citations. National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database It contains 24,000 abstracts of health economics papers including over 7,000 quality assessed economic evaluations and include details of abstracts in the process of being written and these can be 'fast-tracked' on request. NHSEED One of the databases that is part of the Cochrane Library and has a section to health economics that has proved helpful in certain situations. NHS Economic Evaluation Database Health care decision-makers need easy access to reliable information about the costs as well as the effects of drugs, treatments and procedures, to inform their decisions. NLM Gateway The NLM Gateway is a Web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). It allows users of NLM services to initiate searches from one Web interface, providing “one-stop searching” for many of NLM’s information resources or databases. It is being developed by the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 15 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. NTIS : National Technical Information Service Serves our nation as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. Here you will find information on more than 600,000 information products covering over 350 subject areas from over 200 federal agencies. Oceanographic Literature Review Comprises an annotated bibliography to the international research literature in all fields of oceanography including science, mathematics and methods as well as policy, laws, economics and resource management. It contains some 8000 citations per annum, most accompanied by an abstract. OLR is unique in citing non-oceanographic material in the basic sciences thought to be useful to oceanographers. OncoLink Penn cancer specialists founded OncoLink in 1994 with a mission to help cancer patients, families, health care professionals and the general public get accurate cancer-related information at no charge. Recent changes have been made to OncoLink to update the look and feel of our site. Open Repository Open Repository is a repository hosting service provided by BioMed Central. The Open Repository team will build and host your repository allowing you to get on with the important business of populating and running the repository. OSH (Occupational Safety and Health) References Collection The OSH References collection is Canada’s national occupational health and safety resource, from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). Outbreak Alert Database | New! The Center for Science in the Public Interest has tracked foodborne illness outbreaks -events where two or more people become ill from eating the same food -since 1997. The Outbreak Alert! database includes only outbreaks where both the food and pathogen have been identified and currently has information on 5,000 outbreaks that occurred between 1990 to 2004. Oxford Open Access Journals | New! Through this initiative, authors of accepted papers will be given the option of paying an open access publication charge to make their paper freely available online immediately via the journal website, meaning that readers will not need a journal subscription to view open access content. If an author does not choose to pay the open access publication charge, their paper will be published in the normal manner, but it will not be made freely available online immediately. OZone | New! OZone is a shared institutional repository service provided by Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). OZone content consists of collections produced by OCUL communities, which are managed, preserved and distributed by OCUL through OZone. OCUL Communities include: CORIL (Cooperative Online Repository for Information Literacy), Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), and the Ontario Government Documents Collection. PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service Public Affairs Information Service founded in 1914 and dedicated to providing better access to the literature of public affairs—current issues and actions that affect world communities, countries, people, and governments. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 16 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Physical Education Index CSA Physical Education Index has been covering a vast collection of material in the field of physical education since 1970. Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications. PILOTS Database An electronic index to the world-wide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events Pollution Abstracts This database provides fast access to the environmental information necessary to resolve day-to-day problems, ensure ongoing compliance, and handle emergency situations more effectively. Pollution Abstracts combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. Topics of growing concern are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, and mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues. POPLINE® POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE), the world’s largest database on reproductive health, provides more than 300,000 citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues. Population Index A primary reference tool to the world’s population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers and other materials on population topics. Poultry Abstracts A fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published research on all aspects of poultry production, from fertilization and embryology to slaughter and meat processing, consumption and marketing. PROQOLID: Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database The success of Quality of Life (QOL) and Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) studies depends a great deal on the choice of appropriate instruments. They must be selected according to the domains they measure and the populations and pathologies for which they are designed. Practical issues, such as the availability of different translations, copyrights, and access to instruments are also major criteria in the choice of instruments. From these observations, the project of a Quality of Life Instruments Database (QOLID) was initiated by Mapi Research Institute to provide all those involved in health care evaluation with a comprehensive and unique source of information on PRO and QOL measures available through the Internet. Proquest Public Health | New! ProQuest Public Health is designed to be the ideal starting point for public health information and research. It delivers core public health literature with centralized access to over 670 publications with over 500 in full-text. It covers a wide variety of disciplines ranging from social sciences and biological sciences to business. Journal results are indexed from core literature collected from a variety of publishers using appropriate public-health terminology. Protozoological Abstracts Protozoological Abstracts is an online bibliographic and abstracts database of internationally published research on parasitic protozoa. This database provides the latest information on parasitic protozoa, from molecular genetics to biology, pathology, epidemiology and disease control. Coverage includes taxonomy, life cycles, biochemistry, physiology, pathogenesis and immunology, and the diagnosis, transmission and treatment of diseases caused by Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 17 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. trypanosomes, leishmaniasis, intestinal and other flagellates, amoebae, microsporidia, malaria parasites and the many other protists that are parasitic in man and domestic and wild animals. PsycARTICLES Is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of ads and editorial board lists. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Psychology & Behavioral Sciences CollectionTM is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. PsycINFO® PsycINFO®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from approximately 2,050 periodicals in more than 25 languages. PubMed PubMed comprises approximately 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. PubMed also provides access to additional relevant Web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources. RAND Books and Publications The RAND Corporation is a non-profit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. Reactions Weekly Reactions helps you keep up to date with adverse drug reaction reports in just 30 minutes a week, solving the problem of monitoring and reading the vast volumes of literature necessary to keep informed on the latest issues in drug safety. REPIDISCA Repidisca is a database which contains bibliographic references on literature in the field of sanitary engineering and environment sciences, coordinated by CEPIS Pan-American Center of Sanitary Engineering and Environment Sciences, located in Lima, Peru this is an international center of the Pan American Health Organization. In 1994, it incorporated the records of the ECO’s database on human ecology and health. Reports of the Surgeon General, The The Reports of the Surgeon General contains official reports, conference and workshop reports, and proceedings from the Office of the Surgeon General. As part of its Profiles in Science project, the National Library of Medicine has digitized and made available over the World Wide Web the Reports of the Surgeon General for use by the public. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 18 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Research and Development Resource Base The Research and Development Resource Base (RDRB) at the University of Toronto is a literature database for educators and health professionals to assist them in their study of: program evaluation, physician performance, change and health care outcomes ReproLine®: Reproductive Health Online Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness Database The Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness is a gateway to freely available online resources related to public heath preparedness. Resources include expert guidelines, factsheets, websites, research reports, articles, and other tools aimed at the public health community. Review of Agricultural Entomology The database also covers slugs and snails as crop pests, and beneficial arthropods, such as silkworms, pollinators and natural enemies used in biological control of other arthropods and weeds. For completeness, damage by and control of vertebrate pests of crops and stored products is also included. Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology The database contains the latest information on fungi and actinomycetes of medical and veterinary importance, including clinical research, case reports, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, immunology and laboratory studies of the fungi themselves. Coverage includes all mycoses as well as allergies, mycotoxins and poisoning, and antifungal agents. Review of Plant Pathology Review of Plant Pathology (RoPP) is a fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published research. RoPP provides the latest information on plant pathogenic fungi, viruses, bacteria, phytoplasmas and spiroplasmas, including pathogen biology from genetics to geographical distributions. The production, control and toxigenic effects of mycotoxins are also covered. Risk Abstracts Major areas of coverage include: Review Article, General: Models, Forecasting, Technological Risks, Natural Hazards, Biological Risks, Environmental Risks, Medical and Environmental Health, Economics, Organization, Industrial and Labour, Policy and Planning, Sociological Factors, Psychological Aspects. Rural Development Abstracts The latest information on rural development in developing countries from environmental management to technical progress, poverty and women’s studies. Coverage includes policy and development, land reform, employment, land and water resources, biotechnology, microfinance, education and extension, health and nutrition. SafetyLit Information about injury occurrence and prevention is available from many sources. The weekly SafetyLit update provides abstracts of English language reports from researchers in 35 disciplines relevant to preventing unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm. Sage Family Studies Abstracts Your most complete resource in family studies contains abstracts of the most important current literature in the field. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 19 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Sage Race Relations Abstracts Provides a unique and priceless resource to scholars, researchers and activists who want access to cutting edge work on politics and race globally. It is a vital tool for academics and activists alike as we struggle to make sense of the 21st century colour lines that still divide the globe. SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online | New! SciELO is a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific journals on the Internet. Especially conceived to meet the scientific communication needs of developing countries, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean countries, it provides an efficient way to assure universal visibility and accessibility to their scientific literature, contributing to overcome the phenomena known as "lost science". Science Citation Index Expanded The Science Citation Index ExpandedTM provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines SciFinder Scholar Provides the most accurate and comprehensive chemical and related scientific information. SCOPUS Scopus is large multidisciplinary bibliographic database with coverage of scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature. It offers nearly 18,000 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals, 3.6 million conference papers, and more (40 million records total). It includes a citation tracking feature. SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results This database provides access to cancer incidence and survival data from 14 population-based cancer registries and 3 supplemental registries covering approximately 26% of the US population. Information on more than 3 million in situ and invasive cancer cases is included in the SEER database. SEER Registries collect data on patient demographics, primary tumour site, morphology, stage at diagnosis, first course of treatment, and follow-up for vital status. Smoking and Health Resource Library The database contains abstracts of articles from medical and professional journals; books and book chapters; dissertations; reports; conference proceedings and conference papers; government documents; fact sheets and policy documents from U.S. and international nonprofit organizations; and other documents. New Citations include recently published tobacco-related articles from peer-reviewed journals of behavioral, scientific, and medical literature. Social Sciences Citation Index® Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world’s leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world’s leading science and technology journals. Social Services Abstracts Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 20 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. Social Work Abstracts Plus Social Work Abstracts contains information on the fields of social work and human services from 1977 to present. The database provides exceptional coverage of more than 450 journals in all areas of the profession, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and social problems. It is designed for practitioners and researchers in areas such as social sciences, gerontology, welfare, and public health. Sociological Abstracts CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. STD Communications Database | New! The STD Communications Database is a tool to help public health practitioners create specialized STD prevention programs. It provides access to: best practices in communications, audience profiles, theoretical approaches, and training decision-support tools. Sugar Industry Abstracts Sugar Industry Abstracts brings you the latest information on the sugar industry, from the agronomy of sugarcane and sugarbeet to economics, nutrition and health. SUMSearch SUMSearch selects the best resources for your question, formats your question for each resource, and makes additional searches based on results Toxics Release Inventory Publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities. This inventory was established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and expanded by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. TOXLINE Extensive array of references to literature on biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network Integrated search of any or all of the following databases: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information (CCRIS), and Genetic Toxicology (GENETOX). ToxSeek US National Library of Medicine’s ToxSeek is a meta-search engine that enables simultaneous searching of many different information resources on the World Wide Web. The ToxSeek user interface allows selection of resources from a wide range of authoritative sources. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 21 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. TRIP Database TRIP database has been seen as the premier information server for health care information since it started in 1997 providing access to all the top health care publications relevant to clinical practice in one place. All the best evidencebased publications are searched monthly by experts and indexed fully before being presented in an easy-to-use format with access to full-text articles, medical images, patient leaflets and more. TRIS: Transportation Research Information Service Provides links to full text and to resources for document delivery or access to documents where such information is available. These may include links to publishers, document delivery services and distributors. TRoPHI: Trials Register of Promoting Health Interventions The Trials Register of Promoting Health Interventions (TRoPHI) is a web-based database of randomised controlled trials and controlled trials (non-randomised) of Public Health and Health Promotion interventions. It currently contains over 2,900 trials, identified as a result of conducting systematic reviews within the EPPI-Centre. Tropical Diseases Bulletin Providing the latest information on infectious diseases and public health from epidemiology to diagnosis, therapy and disease prevention for more than 90 years with a particular focus on patients and populations in the developing world, tropics and subtropics Veterinary Science Database The Veterinary Science Database (formerly known as VETCD) covers all aspects of veterinary medicine and anthropod, helminth, protozoal and fungal diseases of domestic and wild animals. Attention is given to farm animals, commercially important wild fish, zoo animals, wild animals, pets, and shellfish. The Veterinary Science Database contains more than 650,000 abstracts and citations, with 15,000 records added annually. Violence & Abuse Abstracts Current info. on all aspects of violence and abuse—from psychological treatments, to legal interventions, to the social ramifications of violence and abuse, among many others. Additionally, when you are struggling with a difficult problem or issue, you need answers and information now. Virology and AIDS Abstracts Comprehensive coverage of the world literature on every aspect of virology in humans, animals, and plants is featured, with topics ranging from replication cycles to oncology. The same comprehensive treatment is devoted to such topics as hepatitis B virus vaccination, viral genetics, interferon, and more demonstrating the breadth of coverage that has long helped researchers meet the challenges of this field. Water Resources Abstracts (Selected) Water Resources Abstracts provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Abstracts are drawn from journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports in the physical and life sciences, as well as from engineering, legal and government publications. Weed Abstracts Weed Abstracts covers all types of weed control in both crop and non-crop situations and the current research on herbicides, including formulations, herbicide resistance and the effects of herbicide residues in the environment. Public Health Bibliographic Databases © OPHLA 2006 | Updated October 2010 Page 22 of 22 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. WHOLIS: World Health Organization Library Database WHOLIS indexes all WHO publications from 1948 to the present, and articles from WHO produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present. Wilson Business Abstracts The database provides indexing and abstracting of 527 key international English-language business periodicals including Business Week, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and more. Also included are product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, reports of associations, societies and conferences. Broad areas of coverage include accounting, acquisitions and mergers, advertising, banking, finance and investments, government regulations, insurance, management, publishing, and taxation. Wilson General Science Index The database indexes 190 popular and professional science journals published in the United States and Great Britain, and the Science section of The New York Times. Subject headings have been designed for the non-specialist and student, with cross-references from technical terms or chemical designations to common-language terms, offering patrons of all ages and backgrounds an effective means of locating the scientific information they require. Subject coverage includes atmospheric science, earth science, conservation, food and nutrition, genetics, nursing and health, physiology, and zoology. Women’s Health Matters Resource Database You can search the database to retrieve listings of resources that have been reviewed by Women's Health Matters staff. They are categorized in many ways, enabling you to search specifically for author, organization, title, descriptive keywords, type of resource, intended audience or target group, geographic origin, language of the resource and topic. Use this database as an access point to women's health resources in English, French and other languages. We focus on information from Ontario and the rest of Canada, but our collection also includes information from around the world. WorldCat WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind. Zoological Record Because ZR’s coverage extends back to 1864, it has long acted as the world’s unofficial register of animal names. But this is only one aspect, as its scope of coverage represents every area of animal biology, from biodiversity and the environment to taxonomy and veterinary sciences.