Electronic Databases & Directories - Subject List

• NLM Databases & Electronic Resources
• MEDLINE/PubMed
• MEDLINE/PubMed Subsets and Filters

Search multiple databases at one time using:

• ALL NLM Databases - Entrez

• AGRICOLA: Agricultural Online Access
• Dietary Supplements Labels Database
• FNIC Databases, Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA

• FoodSafety.gov
• LactMed: Drugs and Lactation Database
• PubMed Subset for Dietary Supplements, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

• ETOH, NIAAA Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
• NCADI: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Databases

• Smoking & Health Resource Library

• Visible Human Project^®

• Bioethics Research Library, Georgetown University
• The Hastings Center

• The Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Institute of Ethics
• NLM Bioethics Resources
  Includes MEDLINE/PubMed Bioethics Subset

• NLM Local Legends: Celebrating America's Local Women Physicians

• Nobel Laureate search
• Profiles in Science

• Cancer Topics (Formerly, PDQ), National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• MEDLINE/PubMed Cancer Subset
• OncoLink

• AHRQ Evidence-based Practice
• AHRQ Clinical Practice Guidelines
• BMJ Clinical Evidence
• HIV/AIDS Medical Practice Guidelines
• HSTAT: Health Services/Technology Assessment Text

• MEDLINE/PubMed Search for Clinical Practice Guidelines and Systematic Reviews
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• NIH Consensus Statements
• PubMed Clinical Queries
• TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice)

• CenterWatch
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• NIH RePORTER, Formerly, CRISP

• TrialsCentral
• Veritas Medicine
• New Medicines in Development Database

• Cancer Topics, Formerly, PDQ
• CDC A - Z Index
• Drug Error Finder Tool: Look-alike and/or
  Sound-alike Drugs
• Drug Information from the National Library of Medicine (Also called, Learn About Drugs)
• healthfinder
• Health Hotlines

• Household Products Database
• MedlinePlus
• MedlinePlus en español
• NIH Health Information Index
• Rare Diseases Database, NORD: National Organization for Rare Disorders
• Tox Town^®

• US Copyright Office
• Copyright Clearance Center

• Creative Commons
• Patent Grants and Patent Applications Database
• TESS: Trademark Electronic Search System

• Abbreviations.com
• CPT: Current Procedural Terminology® Codes
• DIRLINE^®: Directory of Information Resources Online
• English-Spanish Language Resources for Library and Information Professionals
• ICD-9 & ICD-10 codes
• mediLexicon

• MedlinePlus: Directories
• MedlinePlus^® Medical Dictionary
• MedlinePlus: Organizations
• MeSH: Medical Subject Headings
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes, Centers & Offices
• ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

• Drug Information from the National Library of Medicine (Also called, Learn About Drugs). Links to all NLM drug FAQs and databases
• Drug Error Finder Tool: Look-alike and/or Sound-alike Drugs
• FDA Consumer Health Page
• FDA Post-Approval Database

• FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Food and Drug Administration
• New Medicines in Development Database

• ComAbstract, Communication Institute for Online Scholarship

• Described and Captioned Media Program
  Requires free registration.
• ERIC: Education Resources Information Center

• BNET, Formerly FindArticles.com
• DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
• Google Books and Google Scholar
  Require free registration; Free full-text on
  selected content
• LocatorPlus^®

• NCBI Bookshelf, National Library of Medicine
• PubMed (links to selected full-text articles at publisher sites)
• PubMed Central^®
• SCIELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online
• Also, check your local public library

• GeneTests
• Genetics Home Reference™ (GHR)

• NCBI: National Center for Biotechnology Information

• FDSys: Federal Digital System
  GPO: Government Printing Office. Databases on US federal laws, legislation, and government operations. Replaces GPO Access.
  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
• NTIS: National Technical Information Service
• NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts

• Science.gov
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• USA.gov
• USAID Documents and Reports

• NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts

• Index to Chiropractic Literature (ICL)
• MedlinePlus: Health Occupations
• MedlinePlus: Occupational Health
• MedlinePlus: Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers
• MEDLINE/PubMed Complementary and Alternative Medicine Subset
• MEDLINE/PubMed Dental Subset

• MEDLINE/PubMed Nursing Subset
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
• NIH Consensus Statements
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Databases
• OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice
• AHRQ Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries
• MEDLINE/PubMed HSR Filters

• HSRProj: Health Services Research Projects in Progress
• HSRR: Health Services and Sciences Research Resources
• HSTAT: Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
• Health Services Research & Public Health Information Programs
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

• Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
• IndexCat™
• MEDLINE/PubMed History of Medicine Subset

• NLM Local Legends: Celebrating America's Local Women Physicians
• NLM Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects
• Profiles in Science^®

• AIDSinfo
• CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
  
  • Search for Conferences
  • Search for Funding
  • Search for Materials
  • Search for News
  • Search for Organizations

• HIV Structural Database
• HIV/AIDS Information
• HIV/AIDS Medical Practice Guidelines
• MEDLINE/PubMed AIDS Subset

• Joint Commission International: List of accredited hospitals overseas
• MedlinePlus: Find a Hospital

• Quality Check

• Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

• U.S. Government Photos & Images: USA.gov

• ComAbstracts, Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
• LISTA: Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
• MedlinePlus: Find a Library

• NLM Classification
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

• FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

•  MedlinePlus: Drug and Medical Device Safety

• Google Books and Google Scholar
  Require free registration; Free full-text on
  selected content

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Events
• NLM Gateway

• FDSys: Federal Digital System
  GPO: Government Printing Office. Databases on US federal laws, legislation, and government operations. Replaces GPO Access.
  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
• Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Lookup

• ISBNdb.com
• ISSN Online

• DTIC Technical Reports, US Defense Technical Information Center
• NASA Scientific & Technical Information

• National Academies Press
• NTIS: National Technical Information Service
• Science.gov

• MEDLINE/PubMed Space Life Sciences Subset

• CDC WONDER
• Data.gov
• FASTATS A to Z
• MEDLINE/PubMed
• PeriStats

• POPLINE
• State Health Facts
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO), World Health Organization
  WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) and other statistics for the WHO member nations.

• ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
• LocatorPlus, NLM Online Catalog

• NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
• OCLC WorldCat
• OhioLINK

• Canary Database, Animals as sentinels of human environmental health hazards
• ChemIDplus^®
• Envirofacts
• EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Explorer: Chemical Report
• INCHEM: International Chemical Safety Database

• NIOSH Pocket Guide To Chemical Hazards (NPG)
• Smoking & Health Resource Library
• Toxicological Profile Information Sheet
• NLM Toxicology & Environmental Health Databases

• CDC Travelers' Health
• MedlinePlus: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• MedlinePlus: Traveler's Health
• MIMCom: Multilaterial Initiative on Malaria

• Altweb^®, Alternatives to animal testing
• Canary Database, Animals as sentinels of human environmental health hazards
• Consultant
• Entrez - ALL NLM Databases, Search multiple databases at one time.

• Martindale's Virtual Veterinary Center
• MEDLINE/PubMed Veterinary Subset and other resources
• MedlinePlus: Pets and Pet Health
• Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program

• Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts
• Algology, Mycology & Protozoology: Microbiology Abstracts Section C
• AMED: Allied and Complementary Medicine Database
• America: History and Life
• American Library Directory
• Animal Behavior Abstracts
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
• ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts
• ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts
• ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources
• ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality
• Bacteriology: Microbiology Abstracts Section B
• Biological Abstracts
• Books in Print with Reviews
• Books Out of Print
• Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts
• Chemoreception Abstracts
• CINAHL Plus: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
• Cochrane Library
• ComAbstracts, Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
• Conference Papers Index
• CSA Neurosciences Abstracts
• Current Chemical Reactions
• Directories in Print
• Directory of Libraries and Information Centers
• Drug Information Full Text
• Ecology Abstracts
• EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements
• EMBASE
• Encyclopedia of American Religion
• Encyclopedia of Associations (National and International)
• Entomology Abstracts
• Environmental Abstracts
• Environmental Engineering Abstracts
• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database
• ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
• The Faculty of 1000
• Gale Directory of Databases
• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
• Genetics Abstracts
• Global Health
• Government Research Centers Directory
• GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Printing Office publications (CGP)

• HAPI: Health & Psychosocial Instruments Database
• Health & Safety Science Abstracts
• Health Business Elite
• Historical Abstracts
• Human Population & Natural Resource Management
• IEEE Xplore: Electrical engineering, computer science and electronics literature published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Immunology Abstracts
• Index Chemicus
• Industrial and Applied Microbiology: Microbiology Abstracts Section A
• International Research Centers Directory
• IPA: International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
• JCR: Journal Citation Reports
• Library Literature & Information Science
• Marquis Who's Who Current & Previous Biographies
• Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts
• Newsletters in Print
• NTIS Search Library: National Technical Information Service
• Nucleic Acids Abstracts
• Oncogenes & Growth Factors Abstracts
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• PDR Electronic Library (Physicians Drug Reference)
• PILOTS database: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events
• Plant Science
• Pollution Abstracts
• Publishers, Distributors & Wholesalers
• Publishers Directory
• PsycINFO
• Research Centers Directory
• Risk Abstracts
• Science Citation Index Expanded
• SCOPUS
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Social Services Abstracts
• Sociological Abstracts
• SPORT Discus
• Toxicology Abstracts
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
• Virology and AIDS Abstracts
• Water Resources Abstracts
• World Biographical Information System