Right and Complete Information is Key for Success......Especially in Science. Majority of researchers/ students in biological sciences only rely on Pubmed for searching scientific information or literature. But on many instances it has been shown that literature search using Pubmed alone may not be enough and researchers are strongly recommended to check other scientific databases for complete and comprehensive information. Here, we provide links to major scientific databases which all reseachers should access for comprehensive literature search.
PubMed/MEDLINE-Most Comprehensive Database
US National Library of Medicine's database of references to more than 16 million articles published in 5000 biomedical journals medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health and pre-clinical sciences currently includes references to articles from 1950s to the present bibliographic database with author-provided abstracts added indexing terms from MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) thesaurus
Must understand PubMed to get comprehensive results Search Aids available directly from PubMed sidebar by clicking: “Help”-online book “Tutorial”-web-based & interactive Distance Education Program Resources available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html Focus on the use of - MeSH -added subject headings which often change along with the time
- Limits -not always obvious -“clinical trial” limits don’t include all observational studies
- My NCBI -can be used to get updates -could be important while trial in progress
Scirus Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 300 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly:
• Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web.
• Find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals that other search engines miss.
• Offer unique functionalities designed for scientists and researchers. Access Scirus: http://www.scirus.com/
Intute Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources. The database contains 115459 records.
Access Intute: http://www.intute.ac.uk/
TOXNET Toxnet-cluster of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health & related areas –National Library of Medicine (NLM) -
Embase™ Embase–pharmacological & biomedical literature - also includes drug side effects/interactions, toxicology, biotechnology, medical devices, health policy/management, public/occupational/environmental health, & alternative/complementary medicine -
Access Embase: www.embase.com
Micromedex Micromedex–summaries & detailed monographs for drugs, diseases, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks,& emergency care - Web of Science Web of Science®–includes Science Citation Index®& Social Sciences Citation Index®, multidisciplinary indexes to the journal literature of the sciences & the social sciences - Scopus Scopus®–scientific, technical, medical, and social science literature from 14,000 journals -includes patents &
BIOSIS Previews BIOSIS Previews®–biological, biomedical & life science research -traditional, experimental & interdisciplinary subjects & technical notes/letters -includes Biological Abstracts® Cochrane Library Regularly updated collection of evidence based medicine reviews & effectiveness of health care interventions for practitioners/policy makers.
Free full text and web information - PubMed/MEDLINE–can limit to items with links to free full text.
Tutorials Tutorial on Responsible Literature Searching from Weill Cornell Medical College – http://library2.med.cornell.edu/Tutorials/RLS/ Responsible Literature Searching for Research: A Self-Paced Interactive Program, CB Wessel, MedEdPORTAL, 2005, http://www.aamc.org/mededportal
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