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Academic Search Premier Authentication Required
Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
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ACP's PIER: The Physician's Information & Education Resource Authentication Required
PIER is a product of ACP, The American College of Physicians and is a web-based authoritative, evidence-based guidance tool. PIER's disease modules include sections on diagnosis, prevention, screening, drug therapy, patient education and case scenarios.
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AGRICOLA Authentication Required
Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly.
Search here to find citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books on agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics, rural sociology.
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AIDSLINE
Coverage: 1980 - present
Covers citations to information about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related topics in journal articles, government reports, letters, technical reports, meeting abstracts/papers, monographs, special publications, theses, books and audiovisuals.
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AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine Authentication Required
Coverage: 1985 - present
Subjects covered include acupuncture, terminal care, symptom control, osteopathy, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, chiropractic, holistic treatments, and podiatry.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time.
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AnimalScience.com Authentication Required
Coverage: 1973 - present
Covers all aspects of veterinary science, including parasitology and zoonotic disease, as well as animal nutrition, equine science, animal production and animal genetics, and aquaculture and fisheries.
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Biological Abstracts Authentication Required
Coverage: 1980-2003
Biological Abstracts (part of BIOSIS Previews) is one of the foremost sources of bibliographic references to the life science journal literature.
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BIOSIS Previews Authentication Required
Coverage: 1996 - present, updated monthly.
Covers the biological and medical sciences, including biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, botany, environment, microbiology, and zoology. Provides citations and abstracts to articles, conference papers, technical reports and chapters of books from over 5000 publications.
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CAB Abstracts Plus Full Text Select Authentication Required
Coverage: 1910 - present
CAB Abstracts covers agriculture in its broadest sense, including crop production, forestry, environment, animal health and nutrition, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water, agricultural economics, recreation and tourism, rural sociology, and human nutrition and health.
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Web Info Service Authentication Required
Coverage: 1900-present; dependent on collection
Access to over 300,000 current, peer-reviewed international health and safety publications.
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CANCERLIT
Coverage: 1983 - present, updated monthly
This international bibliographic database pertains to all aspects of cancer therapy, including experimental and clinical cancer therapy; chemical, viral and other cancer causing agents; mechanisms of carcinogenesis; biochemistry, immunology, and physiology of cancer; and mutagen and growth factor studies.
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CCINFOWeb Authentication Required
Collection of toxicology-related databases from Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS).
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CHID (Combined Health Information Database)
Includes information from 16 different databases created by agencies of the US Federal Government.
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CINAHL Authentication Required
Coverage: 1982 - present, updated monthly.
CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, has a multidisciplinary scope covering nursing, 17 allied health disciplines, biomedicine, consumer health, health sciences librarianship and selected standards of professional practice.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 35 users at any one time.
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Cochrane Library Authentication Required
Coverage: 1996 - present
The Cochrane Library consists of a collection of regularly updated evidence-based health care databases.
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Current Contents Authentication Required
Coverage: 1994 - present, updated weekly
FYI: Current Contents Database to be Replaced on January 1, 2006!
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Digital Dissertations Authentication Required
Coverage: 1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations); 1962 - present (Masters theses).
Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities.
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Environmental Impact Statements: Full-text and Digests Authentication Required
Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) are documents that help the government and the general public understand the effects of developments on the environment and to decide whether developments should go ahead.Full text statements are available from 2003-present and digests (summaries) are available from 1985-present.
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Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database Authentication Required
Coverage: 1967 - present
This database provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of the environmental sciences.
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Faculty of 1000 - Biology Authentication Required
Current literature awareness service which highlights the "most interesting papers" in biology, based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading scientists.
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Faculty of 1000 - Medicine Authentication Required
Current literature awareness service which highlights the "most interesting papers" in medicine, based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading scientists.
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FIRSTConsult Authentication Required
FIRSTConsult contains electronic text books, e-journals, drug info and more.
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Global Health Authentication Required
Coverage: 1973 to Present
Global Health brings together the resources of two internationally renowned databases - the Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PHTM) database, previously produced by the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (BHTD), and the human health and diseases information extracted from CAB ABSTRACTS. Over 16,000 serial sources from more than 130 countries are scanned regularly for inclusion in the Global Health database, to produce approximately 25,000 new entries per year.
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Google Scholar Authentication Required
Use Google Scholar through the Libraries' web site, or by setting your Scholar Preferences to the "University of Minnesota (FindIt@U of M Twin Cities) to gain off-campus access to all the articles and journal subscriptions the library has already acquired for you.
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Health and Medicine in the News
Coverage: May 1994 - present.
Lists citations to health-related articles reported in the Star Tribune - Newspaper of the Twin Cities [Minneapolis Edition].
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Authentication Required
Coverage: 1983 - present, updated quarterly.
Describes instruments used to assess health and behavior of infants, children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
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Health and Safety Science Abstracts Authentication Required
Published in association with the University of Southern California's Institute of Safety and Systems Management, this database provides a comprehensive, timely survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene.
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Health Economic Evaluations Database Authentication Required
Coverage: 1967-Present
The Health Economic Evaluations Database (HEED) covers worldwide bibliographic citations and economic evaluations of medicines, medical interventions and other treatments as well as studies on the cost of illness.
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History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Authentication Required
Coverage: Science, 1976 - present; Technology, 1987 - present; updated annually.
Indexes articles, books, proceedings, reviews, and dissertations on the history of science and technology.
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HubMed
Alternative interface to the MEDLINE/PubMed health and biological sciences database.
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Hypnosis and Related States Research Database
Database from the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis containing 11465 references to hypnosis related materials in journals and books.
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IBIDS - International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
Coverage: 1986 - present
IBIDS contains bibliographic records, including abstracts published in international scientific journals on the topic of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements from the Office of Dietary Supplements at the NIH.
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images.MD Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies
images.MD compiles over 48,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine, all derived from Current Medicine's series of illustrated atlases.
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Index to Chiropractic Literature
Coverage: 1985 - present
Index to Chiropractic Literature is created by a group of health science librarians working in chiropractic colleges throughout the world.
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IndexCat
Coverage: 1400-1961
Digital version of the printed "Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office.
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InfoPOEMS Authentication Required
Coverage: 1996 - present
InfoPOEMs consists of two products -- InfoRetriever and the Daily InfoPOEMs.
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IngentaConnect Authentication Required
Coverage: October 1988 - present, updated daily
This index provides bibliographic citations for academic and professional research articles online - some 20 million articles from 30,000 publications.
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Inside Information Plus
Coverage: 1996 - present, updated weekly.
Inside Information Plus will not be available after June 30, 2007.
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International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Authentication Required
Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly.
Provides information on all phases of the development and use of drugs and on professional pharmaceutical practice.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 3 users at any one time.
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Journal Citation Reports Authentication Required
Coverage: 1998-2006
Journal Citation Reports on the Web provides easy access to data that helps you evaluate and compare approx 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide.
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LexisNexis Academic Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference.
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LexisNexis Government Periodicals Authentication Required
Coverage: 1988-present
Provides bibliographical information about articles in US government periodicals in all fields, and provides links to the web sites for most of the titles.
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Literature, Arts & Medicine Database
The Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database is an annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video and art which was developed to be a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource in MEDICAL HUMANITIES, for use in health/pre-health and liberal arts settings.
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MasterFile Premier Authentication Required
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.
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MD Consult Authentication Required
Full text access to selected medical texts, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts, and CME materials.
Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty.
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MEDLINE (OVID) Authentication Required
Coverage: 1966 - present, updated weekly.
MEDLINE covers the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 40 users at any one time.
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MedlinePlus
Coverage: updated daily
MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 590 diseases and conditions.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook Authentication Required
Coverage: 1985-
MMY, from the Buros Institute, contains the most recent descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from the Buros Institute's 9th and more recent Yearbooks.
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MICROMEDEX Authentication Required
Provides access to drug information resources, including DRUGDEX; POISINDEX; Martindale, the Extra Pharmacopoeia; Index Nominum; and Physician's Desk Reference.
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Morgue - Mortuary Journals Database
Coverage: 1997 - present
Author/subject index to 11 English language journals within the field of Mortuary Science.
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Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Authentication Required
This database contains authoritative, current information on herbal medicines and supplements, including safety, effectiveness, known constituents, and possible interactions with other substances.
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Natural Standard Authentication Required
Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies.
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OT Search (formerly OT BibSys) Authentication Required
Coverage: 1947 - present.
This bibliographic index covers the literature of occupational therapy and related subject areas.
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Patents (United States)
Coverage: 1790 - present, updated weekly
The USPTO Web Patent Database offers the full text of all US patents issued since January 1, 1976 and full-page images of each page of every US patent issued since 1790 through the most recent weekly issue date. Publisher/Producer is the U.S.
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Physical Education Index Authentication Required
Coverage: 1970-present
Search PEI for a wide range of Physical Education & Kinesiology topics including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sports psychology & sociology.
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Pollution Abstracts Authentication Required
Coverage: May 1981- present
Combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource.
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POPLINE
Coverage: 1970 - present
Covers information family planning, population law and policy, and primary health care, including maternal/child health in developing countries in journal articles, monographs, technical reports, and unpublished works.
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PsycINFO Authentication Required
Coverage: 1872 - present, updated monthly
Covers all areas of psychology.
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Public STINET
Coverage: 1974-present
Public STINET provides access to citations to unclassified documents that have been entered into the Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC) Technical Reports Collection since December 1974 as well as some full text reports for those citations.
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PubMed - Public Version
Coverage: 1950 to present
Primary source of journal citations for the health sciences - the public version provides only limited full text access to journal articles.
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PubMed - U of M Students, Staff & Faculty Authentication Required
Coverage: 1950 to present
Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all Medline e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries.
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Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI) Authentication Required
Coverage: 1975 - present, updated weekly.
Covers the most of the sciences, including veterinary medicine and zoology.
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SciFinder Scholar Authentication Required
Coverage: 1907-present
SciFinder Scholar is the best database for chemistry-related topics - you need to download special software to use it from your home or office computer (PC 2000/XP/Vista or Mac OS 10.3/10.4) or you can access it from a public computer in the Walter, BioMedical, or Magrath libraries by clicking on the SciFinder icon on the desktop (note: access is contractually restricted to current U of MN faculty, students and staff).
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SPORT Discus Authentication Required
Coverage: 1800 - present, updated monthly.
The world's most comprehensive bibliographic resources for all aspects of sport and fitness.
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STAT!Ref Authentication Required
Provides keyword searchable access to the full text of more than thirty medical and drug textbooks.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 5 users at any one time.
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Toxicology Abstracts Authentication Required
Covers social poisons and substance abuse, natural toxins, legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues; toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and other substances, and the in vivo effects of toxic substances; the effects of alcohol and smoking, drug abuse, hydrocarbon studies, nitrosamines, radiation and radioactive materials; and toxicity testing methodology and analytical procedures for toxic substances.
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TOXLINE
Coverage: 1965-present
TOXLINE includes citations to journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, and meeting abstracts, papers and reports on Toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals
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TOXNET
Online collection of toxicology-related databases including HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank), IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System), TOXLINE, and several others.
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Web of Science (ISI) Authentication Required
Coverage: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1975-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1975-present; Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present.
Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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