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  • DailyMed Product Identification System
    Drug labeling information for marketed drugs in the U.S.
  • Data Analysis System for SAMHSA Studies
    Explore and analyze data from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) studies, includes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the Behavioral Health Services Information System, etc.
  • Data-Planet
    See Sage Data.
  • Database of promoting health effectiveness reviews (DoPHER)
    Systematic and non-systematic reviews of effectiveness in health promotion and public health worldwide.
  • Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
    See CHEMnetBASE. Descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical and biological properties of compounds.
  • Dictionary of Drugs
    (CHEMnetBASE) Chemical data, structures, and bibliographies.
  • Dictionary of Inorganic & Organometallic Compounds
    See CHEMnetBASE. Structure-searchable database of over 107,000 compounds.
  • Dictionary of Natural Products
    (CHEMnetBASE) A comprehensive structure database containing over 270,000 natural products.
  • Dictionary of Organic Compounds
    (CHEMnetBASE) Over 106,000 entries comprising more than 314,000 organic compounds.
  • Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID)
    Provides estimated levels of ingredients in dietary supplement products sold in the United States.
  • Dietary Supplement Label Database
    Searchable label contents from dietary supplement products marketed in the U.S.
  • Drugs@FDA
    Regulatory approval reports for drug products approved by the FDA.
  • DynaMedex
    Clinical medical reference tool for diseases, disorders, symptoms, treatments, and Micromedex's evidence-based drug information.

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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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