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  • 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.

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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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