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University
of South Alabama Biomedical Library  Electronic Databases & Resources |
| Below is a list of the various electronic databases and resources currently available to USA Biomedical students, faculty and staff. To access each resources just click on the name below. (Please note: although many of these databases are accessible from home through our proxy server, a few are only available through a hard-wired, campus work station.) For a brief description of each database/resource see alaphabetical listing below. If you have difficulty accessing certain databases and/or full-text from home please click HERE for further assistance. Otherwise you can contact us by phone: (251) 460-7044 or email: medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu. | |
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 Trial Area/Testing Often the library has the opportunity to test products. Normally these products will be available to us from on-campus computers only and for a limited time. Currently there are no trials running. |
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 Alabama
Virtual Library - Includes AccessScience
(an online McGraw-Hill Science and Technology Encyclopedia), EBSCOhost,
Electric Library, Encyclopedia Britannica, FirstSearch, Grolier Online,
Proquest. Can be used from any hardwired University of South
Alabama computer. |
| Bioterrorism
Resources - Web Resources on Medical and Public Health Response
to Bioterrorism. |
| Clinical
Pharmacology - The Clinical Pharmacology website contains
information on prescription, OTC, new and investigational drugs; herbal
and nutraceutical products; pediatric, adult and geriatric dosing;
drug photos and product identification; patient education in English
and Spanish; drug interactions and adverse reactions screening; intravenous
compatibility reports; patient-speicific profiles and clinical alerts;
advanced searching and drug comparisons; state-specific prescription
writing. Now available from home! |
| Cochrane
Database - The premiere resource for Evidence-Based Medicine
reviews. Now available from home! Click here for help with Cochrane Database. |
| The Current Contents Life
Sciences section and Current Contents Clinical Medicine section is
now available through the ISI
Web of Science (see below for further details).The
library provides a fee-based service for searching Current Contents
as each weekly update is received. Contact the library at medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu
if you would like to subscribe to this service. Now
available from home! |
| EBSCO
Medical Databases - Includes the Biomedical Reference
Collection, Nursing & Allied Health Collection, Health Business
Elite and lists all other EBSCO databases the University has access
to. There are over 475 fulltext online journals in the Biomedical
Reference Collection, almost 300 in the Nursing & Allied Health
Collection, and over 100 in the Health Business titles. |
| Electronic
Publications - Alphabetic listing of electronic journals and
books - some full text, some selected full text, some only abstracts
and tables of contents. Certain titles are only available from
a University hardwired computer, need passwords, or may need prior
registration. Also included are Instructions
for Authors and Medical
Library Newsletters. |
| Evidence-Based
Medicine - Includes links to Evidence-Based Medicine sites
and a link to the Cochrane
Database Now available
from home! |
| FirstSearch
- Includes WorldCat, Article1st, Contents1st, ECO (full text scholarly
journals online), ERIC, Proceedings, GPO, and more. Now
available from home! |
| Harrison's
Online - The online version of Harrison's Principles of Internal
Medicine. Now available from home!
Click here for help with Harrison's Online. |
| Hurst's
The Heart - The online version of Hurst's The Heart is
a recognized authority on cardiovascular health and disease and the
anatomy of the heart. This comprehensive site provides the full text
in a cross-referenced, searchable format plus links to MEDLINE abstracts,
regular updates, and other features. |
| Integrated
Medical Curriculum - The IMC website offers major courses
taught in medical school. Developed from Gold Standard Multimedia's
core collection of medical education CD-ROM products, then converted
into an easy-to-use online format with powerful search features, the
IMC contains in-depth text coverage, animations, streaming audio and
video, photos and illustrations, interactive quizzes, quality content
and more. |
| Internet
Search Tools - A selection of Medical and General Search Tools
for finding information on the World Wide Web. |
ISI
Web of Science - includes:
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| MD
Consult - MD Consult provides answers
to clinical questions and helps the clinician keep up-to-date.
Now available from home!
Click here for help with MD Consult.
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| Metabolic
and Molecular Bases of Inherited Diseases
(MMBID) - The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease
(MMBID) database is an in-depth source for information on human genetics.
It includes information from the entire field of genetics and users
can obtain answers to the molecular and metabolic underpinnings of
a growing list of diseases as well as retrieve updates on pathophysiology
and treatment.Now available from
home! |
| Newspaper
Vertical File Online - A collection of articles about the
University of South Alabama Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied
Health from 1992 to present. (This service is not up to date due to
technical difficulties.) |
| OVID
Medline/CINAHL - OVID Medline/CINAHL is available to University
patrons. This page also contains a link to an interactive, online OVID tutorial. |
| PDR
Electronic Library - besides the full text of the Physician's
Desk Reference itself, PDR Electronic Library has the capability of
looking up items by side effect, contraindication, indications, drug
interactions, manufacturer, product name, product category and photo.
It also has multi-drug interaction report where the user may enter
multiple drug names and PDR will show a report if the drug insert
says two or more of the drugs are incompatible or that there is a
cautionary note when the drugs are combined. Now
available from home! |
PubMed -
offers free access to MEDLINE through the National Library of Medicine's
Website. Using this link and adding the search command 'loprovusalib[sb]'
will limit results to electronic journals to which the library subscribes.
For example: a search for drugs from our electronic holdings
would be worded: loprovusalib[sb] AND drugs |
| ScienceDirect -
offers full-text access to journals from 16 fields of science, including
the social sciences. Full-text is available from approximately
600 journals subscribed to by the University of South Alabama or by
other academic libraries in Alabama. Can be used from any hardwired
University of South Alabama computer. Now
available from home! Click here for help
with ScienceDirect. |
| Selected
Medical Links - a collection
of librarian-selected medical links broken down into two major categories:
Medical Specialties and Medical Subjects. |
| SOUTHCat:
The Library Catalog - SOUTHcat may be used to look up books
and journals owned by the University's libraries. Our library catalog
is now web-based so you may use Netscape or Internet Explorer to look
up items. If you wish, you may use a simple telnet program for
text-only access. You may renew items from home! |
| STAT!Ref
Contains 24 full-text online medical books including: drug information,
dermatology, pharmacology, family medicine, immunology and lots more!
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