Electronic Databases

More than 20 specialized electronic databases in pharmacy & medicine/health are available below. Most databases are also available remotely . Several databases offer full text of articles, while others offer complete bibliographic information and often include abstracts of the articles.

     Pharmacy Research Databases

CINAHL Provides articles about medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, biomedical, consumer health journals, and publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing Includes health care books, nursing dissertations, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts and educational software. A few full-text articles are provided.
Drug Information Fulltext (DIF) Full-text access to two books: Handbook on Injectable Drugs and the American Hospital Formulary Service. Good for all kinds of information about a particular drug such as: uses, cautions, chemistry, adverse effects, preparation, pharmacokinetics, etc.
Drugs & Pharmacology: EMBASE Provides comprehensive journal coverage of drug and pharmacology literature from 1990 to present. Includes article citations and abstracts.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provides access to more than 500 scholarly journals (approximately 400 full-text). Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Plus access to Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 1984-present. Click here for a complete list of  Journals.
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Includes article citations and abstracts from over 400 pharmacy-related journals. Covers 1970-present.
Medline (via FirstSearch) Indexes articles including abstracts from more than 3,900 medical journals. This version indicates whether UH Libraries own the items and allows you to request those we don't via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Covers 1966-present. Click here for a complete list of Journals
Medline (via EBSCO Host) Indexes articles including abstracts from more than 3,900 medical journals. This version also includes seachable access to the Medcial Subject Headings (MESH)-- the subject list backbone on the Medline database. Covers 1966-present
Medline (via PubMed) Indexes articles including abstracts from more than 3,900 medical journals. This version includes "pre-Medline" publications and therefore will have more of the recently published articles. Covers 1966-present
Pharmacy Covers all aspects of drug formulation including the manufacture of drugs and related chemicals. Specific areas include: drug packaging and storage, drug vehicles and excipients, formulation procedures, drug delivery systems, additives, regulations and legal aspects, quality procedures, and pharmaceutical technology. Covers 1990-present.
USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient Full-text access to the book: USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient. Provides patient-oriented drug information in lay language. Covers such things as Proper Use of This Medicine, Precautions, and Side Effects. Also included are pronunciations of drugs and special considerations such as age, allergies, pregnancy, and breast-feeding. The full text is easily accessed through the Result List or Full Display.

      Other Useful Health Related Databases

Academic Universe
       (Useful for full text of all FDC Newsletters)
Includes full-text of all the FDC Newsletters: Pink Sheet, Gold Sheet, Gray Sheet , Tan Sheet, Blue Sheet , Green Sheet, and Rose Sheet. To search, choose the option "Medical" then "Medical News." Next, change the drop-down box to "FDC Newsletters" and begin your search. Click here for a complete list of   Resources Covered .
Agricola Includes the biological and agricultural sciences. Covers 1970 to the present. Click here for a complete list of  Journals .
Biology Abstracts The premier database for the life sciences. Covers more than 10,000 journals in all areas of the life sciences.
Biotechnology Abstracts Includes abstracts and citations from over 1200 major scientific publications, including primary journals and conference proceedings, and from the patents literature.
Chemical Abstracts (Core Edition) Indexes over 200 of the most widely used journals from the full Chemical Abstracts database. Covers 1967 to the present. Click here for a complete list of  Journals.
Clinical Reference Systems (CRS) CRS offers thousands of essays, many full-text with images, covering eight major health related subjects including: adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, womens health and sports medicine. In addition, Spanish records have been added to the CRS database..
Health and Wellness Resources Center Including the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Health & Wellness Resource Center delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. It also includes descriptions of and links to several Web sites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness. Click here for a list of Reference Sources, Journals & Newletters, and Pamplets.
Health Reference Center Academic Includes journals articles many (full-text) and miscellaneous other reference sources on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. Covers 1980-present.
Ingenta   (Formerly Carl Uncover) Offers access to article citations and summaries from over 20,000 publications from over 140 publishers. Able to view table of contents of journal issues. Click here for a complete list of  Journals.
PubScience A World Wide Web service developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to facilitate searching and accessing peer reviewed journal literature in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines. Allows the user to search across abstracts and citations of multiple publishers at no cost.
Science Citation Index® Covers all areas of the sciences and offers a unique citation approach in locating articles that have cited a particular article. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. This database is part of the Web of Sciencedatabase. Covers 1995-present.

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