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The Cochrane Library provides access to databases such as the Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of
Effectiveness, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Cochrane Methodology
Register (formerly 'Review Methodology Database'), Health
Technology Assessment Database and the National Health Service (NHS)
Economic Evaluation Database. It enables users to make well-informed
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IEEE Xplore is produced
by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. It contains the
full-text publications such as conference proceedings, periodicals and
standards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). IEEE Xplore
contains publications which IEEE or IEE has the sole copyright and starts
from 1988 onwards. Updated monthly. 1988- |
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MD Consult is a web-based online medical information service
founded by the world's leading medical publishers, Mosby, W.B. Saunders,
and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It provides access to over 30
renowned medical texts, more than 45 medical journals and Clinics of
North America, yearbooks, over 600 clinical practice guidelines
contributed by more than 50 medical societies and government agencies,
as well as to Mosby's GenRx, the leading drug reference with information
on over 30,000 medications. MD Consults also contains nearly 3000
patient education handouts which you can customise with your own notes
and comments, 450 continuing education modules and daily medical updates
customised to your interest. |
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MEDLINE (via PubMed)
Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at
the National Library of Medicine (NLM). PubMed provides access to over
11 million citations from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, HealthSTAR,
publisher-supplied citations, and other related databases, with links
via the “Linkout” feature to participating online journals. It also
provides access and links to the molecular biology databases available
at NCBI. These databases contain DNA and protein sequences, 3-D protein
structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete
genomes in an integrated system. |
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Web of Science/Web of Knowledge
includes the following indexes produced by the Institute of Scientific
Information (ISI). It also allows cited reference searches:
1) Social Science Citation Index, 1988-
2) Science Citation Index Expanded, 1988-
3) Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1993- |
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