Electronic Databases & Directories: Subject List

Grants & Funding: US & International

Health Business

Health Services Research (HSR)

History of Medicine

HIV/AIDS

Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities: US & International

Library & Information Science

Medical Devices & Biomaterials

Medical Meetings, Proceedings, & Conference Abstracts

Medicine & Surgery

Nursing, Allied Health, & Rehabilitation

Psychology & Psychiatry

Public Health

Publishers & Publishing

Science - General

Scientific & Technical Reports

Social Work, Sociology, & Social Sciences

Statistics

Toxicology & Environmental Health

Veterinary Medicine & Animal Welfare

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Government Documents & Technical Reports

The NLM is a selective government depository.

To access GPO or NTIS microfiche, use the SRIM (Selected Research in Microfiche) record in LocatorPlus, the NLM online catalog. NLM Unique ID number: 9808010

• Alternative Press Index [On-Site Access Only]
• Code of Federal Regulations: CFR
• Congress.gov (formerly, THOMAS)
• DTIC Technical Reports, US Defense Technical Information Center
• Federal Register
• FDSys: Federal Digital System
• GPO Catalog of US Government Publications
• IEEE Xplore [On-site Access Only]
• MetaLib federated search engine
• NASA Scientific & Technical Information
• National Academies Press
• NLM Catalog, NIH: NLM
• NTRL: National Technical Reports Library, NTIS [On-site Access Only]
• Science.gov
• USA.gov
• USAID Documents and Reports, USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse

See Also: Free Full-Text Articles, Open Access, and Images

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Grants & Funding: US & International

• GrantForward [On-site Access Only]
• RePORT Expenditures & Results (RePORTER), NIH

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Health Business

• Health Business Elite [On-Site Access Only]
• Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook [On-Site Access Only]
  • Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook 2019-2020
  • Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook 2017-2018
  • Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook 2015-2016
  • Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook 2013-2014
  • The 2011 Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook
• Image Quick View Collection within Health Business Elite. On the top of the page use the MORE pull down to access IMAGES. [On-Site Access Only]
• JCI Accredited Organizations, Joint Commission International
• Medtrack Company Profiles on pharmaceutical, biotech and other health business companies within Health Business Elite [On-Site Access Only]. Click on the Company Profiles tab on top of page.
• New Medicines in Development
• NICHSR ONESearch, NIH: NLM
• Red Book Online Drug Information [Onsite Access Only – See Reference Librarian for login information]
• SciBX: Science-Business eXchange [On-Site Access Only]

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Health Services Research

• Alternative Press Index [On-Site Access Only]
• Finding Answers Intervention Research Database: FAIR
• Grey Literature Report , 1999 - 2016
• Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries
• MEDLINE/PubMed Health Services Research Subset, NIH: NLM
• NICHSR ONESearch, NIH: NLM
• Partners in Information Access NIH: NLM is a partner.
• ProQolid: Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database [On-site Access Only] - also, limited, free access

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History of Medicine

• Chronicling America, Historical American Newspapers
• Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), NIH: NLM
• IndexCat: The Index-Catalogue of the Library of the
  Surgeon-General's Office, NIH: NLM
• Local Legends: Celebrating America's Local Women Physicians, NIH: NLM
• MEDLINE/PubMed History of Medicine Subset, NIH: NLM
• Nobel Prizes & Laureates search
• Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects, NIH: NLM
• Profiles in Science, NIH: NLM

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HIV/AIDS

• CDC National Prevention Information Network (Beta): NPIN
• HIV/AIDS Information, NIH: NLM
• HIV/AIDS Medical Practice Guidelines, NIH
• MEDLINE/PubMed AIDS Subset, NIH: NLM

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Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities: US and International

• JCI Accredited Organizations, Joint Commission International
• Quality Check, The Joint Commission

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Library & Information Science

• American Library Directory [On-site Access Only]
• Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers. Choose from Gale's Ready Reference Shelf [On-site Access Only]
• Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts: LISTA
• Library Literature & Information Science Full Text [On-site Access Only]
• NLM Classification, NIH: NLM
• Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science: ODLIS

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Medical Devices & Biomaterials

• AccessGUDID: Global Unique Device Identification Database, FDA and NLM
• EMBASE [On-site Access Only]
• Espacenet European Patent Office, [On-site Access Only]
• IEEE Xplore [On-site Access Only]
• SCOPUS [On-site Access Only]
• ThomasNet.com, supplier discovery & product sourcing

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Medical Meetings, Proceedings, & Conference Abstracts

• BIOSIS Citation Index [On-site Access Only]
• CAB Abstracts [On-site Access Only]
• Conference Proceedings Citation Indices, Web of Science [On-site Access Only]
• F1000Research [On-site Access Only]
• NLM Gateway, NIH: NLM

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Medicine & Surgery

• EMBASE [On-site Access Only]
• MEDLINE/PubMed, NIH: NLM
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice [Onsite Access Only – See Reference Librarian for login information]
• SCOPUS [On-site Access Only]
• STAT!Ref [On-site Access Only]
• UpToDate [On-site Access Only]

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Nursing, Allied Health, & Rehabilitation

• Abstracts in Social Gerontology [On-site Access Only]
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Cumulative Index to Nursing &
  Allied Health Literature [On-site Access Only]
• MEDLINE/PubMed Nursing Subset, NIH: NLM
• OTseeker
• REHABDATA Literature Database

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Psychology & Psychiatry

• APA PsycNet [On-site Access Only]
• PsycARTICLES [On-site Access Only]
• PsycINFO, EBSCOHost [On-site Access Only]

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Public Health

• CDC National Prevention Information Network (Beta): NPIN
• CDC Stacks
• CDC Travelers' Health
• CDC Wonder
• Global Health [On-Site Access Only]
• Grey Literature Report , 1999 - 2016
• Health Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj), NIH: NLM
• Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR), World Health Organization
• LILACS, World Health Organization
• NIOSH Databases (National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health)
• POPLINE: POPulation information onLINE. Family planning & reproductive health
• WHO Global Health Observatory: GHO

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Publishers & Publishing

• Alternative Press Index [On-site Access Only]
• Book Citation Indices, Web of Science [On-site Access Only]
• Books in Print with Reviews [On-site Access Only]
• Conference Proceedings Citation Indices, Web of Science [On-site Access Only]
• Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Lookup
• Gale Directory of Databases. Choose from Gale's Ready Reference Shelf [On-site Access On]
• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. Choose from Gale's Ready Reference Shelf [On-site Access On]
• ISSN Online International Standard Serial Numbers [On-site Access Only]
• Journal TOCs (Table of Contents)
• Publishers Directory. Choose from Gale's Ready Reference Shelf [On-site Access On]
• Publishers, Distributors & Wholesalers [On-site Access Only]
• SCIELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory [On-site Access Only]
• WorldCat, OCLC

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Science - General

• BIOSIS Citation Index [On-site Access Only]
• Current Contents Connect [On-site Access Only]
• MathSciNet [On-site Access Only]
• MetaLib federated search engine

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Social Work, Sociology, & Social Sciences

• Abstracts in Social Gerontology [On-site Access Only]
• ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
  • US Department of Education
  • SearchERIC.org
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database: NCJRS
• PsycARTICLES [On-site Access Only]
• PsycINFO, EBSCOHost [On-site Access Only]

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Statistics

• CDC Wonder
• Data.gov
• FASTATS A to Z
• Health Business Elite [On-Site Access Only]
• Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook [On-Site Access Only]
• Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Databases, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• NIOSH Databases, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
• PeriStats: Maternal health information
• POPLINE: POPulation information onLINE. Family planning & reproductive health
• SEER Cancer Statistics Review, NIH: NCI
• State Health Facts, Kaiser Family Foundation
• WHO Global Health Observatory: GHO

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Toxicology & Environmental Health

• Carcinogenic Potency Database, NIH: NLM
• Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS), NIH: NLM
• ChemIDplus, NIH: NLM
• ChemSources: Chemical Sources International [On-Site Access Only]
• Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database (DART), NIH: NLM
• Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC), NIH: NLM
• Envirofacts
• GreenFile, Environmental Database
• INCHEM: Chemical Safety Information From
  Intergovernmental Organizations
• Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), NIH: NLM
• International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER), NIH: NLM
• LiverTox, NIH: NIDDK and NLM
• Material Safety Data Sheets
• NCRP Reports: Safety & Industrial Hygiene [On-site Access Only]
• NLM Toxicology & Environmental Health Databases, NIH: NLM
• PubChem, NIH: NLM
• Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM), NIH: NLM
• TOXLINE: Toxicology Literature Online, NIH: NLM
• TOXMAP, NIH: NLM
• Toxicological Profiles, Toxic Substances Portal. Contaminants found at hazardous waste sites
• Venomous Snakes and Antivenoms
• Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER), NIH: NLM

See Also: Drug Information

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Veterinary Medicine & Animal Welfare

• ALTBIB: Alternatives to Animal Testing, NIH: NLM
• CAB Abstracts [On-site Access Only]
• Consultant, Veterinary Medicine
• FDA Approved Animal Drug Products(Green Book) Animal Drugs @ FDA
• International Veterinary Information Service: IVIS (requires free registration)
• Martindale's Virtual Veterinary Center
• MEDLINE/PubMed Veterinary Subset and Veterinary Information, NIH: NLM
• The Merck Veterinary Manual
• NAL Catalog: AGRICOLA (Agricultural Online Access)
• Plumb's Veterinary Drug Resource [On-site Access Only]
• Venomous Snakes and Antivenoms
• Zoological Record [On-site Access Only]

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