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  • Academic Search Complete
    Scholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
  • AccessGUDID
    The Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) contains key device identification information submitted to the FDA about medical devices that have Unique Device Identifiers (UDI).
  • AccessMedicine
    Textbooks, images and illustrations, self-assessment, case files, and diagnostic tools.
  • AccessPharmacy
    Select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search pharmacy references.
  • AccessPhysiotherapy (including F.A. Davis Physical Therapy Collection)
    Textbooks, procedures and exercise videos, and images for physical therapy education. Note: this resource is managed by a non-UW Library department and is included here as a courtesy. Access may be subject to change at any time.
  • ACCESSSS
    Federated search of clinical evidence-based medicine resources, from McMaster University. Free registration required.
  • AccessSurgery
    Textbooks, multimedia, images, drug information, quick answers sources.
  • Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
    Educational anatomy videos known for their realism, simple language, and three-dimensional quality.
  • ACM Digital Library
    Association of Computing Machinery journals, magazines, and conference proceedings.
  • AGRICOLA
    Food, nutrition, agricultural economics, veterinary medicine and parasitology.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
    (Proquest) Scholarly articles and other material covering environmental sciences. Formerly Environmental Science Collection.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Search
    AAP Gateway search of publications and policies.
  • American Sociological Society (ASA) Conference Archive
    Search abstracts of ASA annual meetings from 2003 forward.
  • Animal Testing Alternatives (ALTBIB)
    Resources on alternatives to the use of live vertebrates in biomedical research and testing.
  • AP Images
    Millions of news photographs dating back to 1826, and more than one million audio sound bytes dating from the 1920's, among other digital resources.
  • ASTM Compass
    Engineering standards, technical reports, articles and books. Biomedical, chemical, environmental, health and safety, and industrial disciplines.
  • ATSDR ToxProfiles
    Toxicological profiles for hazardous chemicals.
  • AVON - Academic Video Online
    Over 70,000 documentaries and films spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music & more.
  • BCC Research
    Specialized market research reports covering high-tech, energy, and healthcare sectors.
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
    Information from the CDC BRFSS telephone survey of US health risks.
  • Bibliomap
    EPPI-Centre database of health promotion research.
  • BioOne Complete
    Collection of research journals focused on the biological, biomedical, ecological, and environmental sciences.
  • Bloomsbury Food Library
    Collection of reference works & ebooks on food studies.
  • BMJ Best Practice
    Point-of-care tool that draws on the latest evidence-based research to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
  • Bookshelf
    (NCBI) Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
  • Business Source Complete
    Magazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines.
  • CAB Direct
    International literature across the applied life sciences, including Agriculture, Environmental Science, Veterinary Science, Microbiology and Parasitology, Plant Science, Human Health and Food Science.
  • Cambridge Structural Database System
    Link here to download the CSD client software package and analysis tools.
  • Campbell Collaboration Library
    Database of systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions in crime & justice, education, international development, and social welfare.
  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
    Descriptive records for historical and current federal publications; search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on Advanced Search for more options.
  • CDC WONDER
    Searchable compilation of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, guidelines, and health data for disease and demographic groups. Includes surveillance data, Healthy People, MMWR, and other CDC publications.
  • CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
    Commercial database of international clinical trials actively recruiting patients.
  • Centre for Research and Dissemination (CRD) Database
    Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) databases. Updating of DARE and NHS EED ceased April 2015.
  • CHE Toxicant and Disease Database
    Searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions.
  • ChEMBL Database
    Open access database of bioactive molecules.
  • Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS)
    Archived; no longer updated. Chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results.
  • CHEMnetBASE
    Collection of chemistry dictionaries and handbooks, including The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Combined Chemical Dictionary, Properties of Organic Compounds, Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds, Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, and more.
  • ChemSpider
    Chemical structure database providing text and structure search access to over 43 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
  • Child Care and Early Education Research Connections: Research Collection
    Online catalog of child care and early childhood education research documents.
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    Online catalog of state and county policy and procedure manuals, administrative rules, licensing standards, handbooks for families, and other resources about child welfare.
  • Chromosomal Variation In Man
    Important citations from the world's literature reporting on all common and rare chromosomal alterations, phenotypes, and abnormalities in humans. The database is organized by variations and anomalies, numerical anomalies, and chromosomal breakage syndromes. Over 24,000 entries updated continuously since 1974.
  • CINAHL Complete
    (Ebsco) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
  • ClinicalKey
    Selected medical texts, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts & CME materials
  • ClinicalTrials.gov
    Information about ongoing clinical trials and registering clinical trials.
  • Cochrane Library
    (Wiley) Systematic reviews (CDSR), DARE, controlled trials register, technology assessments, economic evaluations.
  • Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
    Manually curated data describing cross-species chemical-gene/protein interactions and chemical- and gene-disease relationships.
  • Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS)
    WA state hospital inpatient coded discharge information derived from billing systems.
  • Congressional Bills & Bill Status
    Full text of legislation from the 101st Congress (1989) to date, and bill summaries from the 93rd Congress (1973 - 1974) to date.
  • Consumer Product Information Database (CPID)
    Health effects information for products that contain chemicals used in the home and in some commercial/institutional settings.
  • Counseling & Therapy in Video
    (Alexander Street) Collection of videos available for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.

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PubMed
(MEDLINE) Major index to articles covering all aspects of medicine.
Embase
(Elsevier) Biomedical international database with strong focus on drugs and pharmacology, medical devices, clinical medicine, and basic science relevant to clinical medicine. Saving, exporting, and emailing your results and searches requires a personal Embase account. This account is free, but it is a separate step from accessing Embase with your UW NetID.
Web of Science
Multidisciplinary database covering journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, with searchable cited references.
CINAHL Complete
(Ebsco) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
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