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  • JAMAevidence
    Tools for understanding and applying the medical literature and making clinical diagnoses.
  • Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
    ( Clarivate / Web of Science) Journal Citation Reports. Tool for ranking journals according to their citation influence.
  • JSTOR
    Scholarly books and journals in all disciplines.
  • JSTOR Sustainability
    Journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of sustainability. Covers climate change policy, environmental education, food security, resource economics, urban development, and more.
  • KoreaMed
    Provides access to articles published in Korean medical, dental, nursing, nutrition and veterinary journals.
  • LactMed
    A peer-reviewed, referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.
  • Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS)
    Health information from Latin America and the Caribbean countries, including systematic reviews, randomized controlled clinical trials, evidence synthesis, health technology evaluation studies, economic evaluation studies, clinical practice guidelines, technical reports, case reports and others.
  • LitMed: Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database
    Collection of literature, fine art, visual art and performing art annotations related to medical humanities. NYU School of Medicine.
  • LiverTox
    Information on the diagnosis, cause, frequency, patterns, and management of liver injury attributable to prescription and nonprescription medications, herbals and dietary supplements.
  • LocatorPlus
    Catalog of the National Library of Medicine collections.
  • MAGPIE (Map Assisted Generation of Procedure and Intervention Encoding)
    Interactive tool to find SNOMED CT and ICD-10-PCS codes for medical procedures and interventions. MAGPIE is developed in collaboration with the SNOMED CT to ICD-10-PCS Mapping Project Group.
  • MarciveWeb DOCS - Express Search
    Index to US government documents from 1976 through the present.
  • MedGen
    Portal to human medical genetics information available through NCBI
  • MEDLINE
    (Ebsco) The MEDLINE database is included in PubMed.
  • MedlinePlus
    Authoritative, curated consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other U.S. government agencies, and health-related organizations.
  • MEPS - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
    A set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States providing data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.
  • Micromedex 2.0
    NOTE: Micromedex is now part of DynaMedex. Evidence-based drug information, including drug comparisons, interactions, compatibility, toxicology, and reproductive risks.
  • Micromedex: CareNotes
    NOTE: Micromedex is now part of DynaMedex. Customizable patient information handouts.
  • MyChem
    UW EH&S MyChem MSDS/SDS search (requires NetID)
  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Publications Search
    Locate Data Briefs and other NCHS publications and products.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
    Criminal and juvenile justice literature maintained by the US Dept. of Justice.
  • Native Health Database
    Bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations.
  • Natural Medicines
    Provides high quality, evidence-based information on dietary supplements, functional foods, diets, complementary practices (modalities), exercises, and medical conditions. (Formerly Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database)
  • NCBI
    The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information, literature and databases. Submit data to GenBank or other NCBI databases
  • NCBI Genome Data Viewer
    Directly view DNA sequences/genes in the context of chromosome structures for all higher organisms.
  • NCSES Survey Data
    National Science Foundation data system providing access to a large body of statistical data resources for science and engineering (S&E) at U.S. academic institutions. Emphasizes S&E, but its data resources also provide information on non-S&E fields and higher education in general.
  • NEJM Resident 360
  • Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide
    The goal of the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide is to promote and facilitate the use of electronic health data standards in recording and transmitting newborn screening test results.
  • News: E-Newspapers
    US and global news sources.
  • NGO search engine
    Custom Google search engine designed to search across hundreds of NGO websites.
  • NIH RePORTER
    RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) query tool of research funded by NIH and other Public Health Services agencies. Includes NIH funding for each project (expenditures), and the publications and patents that have acknowledged support from each project (results). Replaced CRISP.
  • NLM Drug Information Portal
    See PubChem.
  • North American City Reports
    Over five million pages of in-depth surveys, reports, and research from more than six hundred North American cities and urban agencies.
  • OCCAM
    Online Clinical Care Advisories & Messages is a content management system that brings together UW Medicine-specific content in a single, mobile-optimized format. OCCAM was created in partnership with the University of Washington Health Sciences Library and UW Medicine as part of research conducted at the University of Washington.
  • OMIA - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals
    Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) is a catalogue/compendium of inherited disorders, other (single-locus) traits, and genes in 223 animal species (other than human and mouse and rats).
  • OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
    (NCBI) A freely available & continuously updated catalog of human genes and genetic phenotypes. It is thus considered to be a phenotypic companion to the Human Genome Project.
  • Open Think Tank Directory
    Global collection of think tanks and related organizations.
  • OpenGrey: System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe
    Bibliographical references of grey literature (paper) produced in Europe.
  • OTseeker
    Database of abstracts of systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions.
  • Ovid Books
    Ovid book collection providing healthcare industry and point-of care information.
  • PAIS Index
    Social and public policy literature.
  • PEDro
    Physiotherapy evidence database including randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines.
  • PolicyMap
    Online mapping with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more in communities across the United States
  • Project Muse
    ebooks and ejournals in humanities & social sciences, including gender studies, health policy, medicine, public health, psychiatry, and more.
  • Properties of Organic Compounds
    Search an extensive database of chemical compounds by name, physical property, structure, CAS registry number, and more.
  • ProQuest Congressional
    Provides daily updated information, including full text of US bills, public laws, committee reports, House & Senate documents; Congressional Record, Federal Register, National Journal and other government information.
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (Web of Science)
    Multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over five million citations and three million full-text works from thousands of universities.
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
    Index to doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present; includes 2 million+ full text dissertations published since 1997.
  • Proquest Ebook Central
    Books on all subjects from a wide range of academic publishers.
  • Proquest Statistical Insight
    Index to governmental and private statistical data. Includes tables from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

Select Databases

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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