ted by the MMHCC and other NCI-supported projects
- NIH Model Organisms for Biomedical Research (http://www.nih.gov/science/models/)
- This web site provides information about national and international activities and major resources that are being developed to facilitate biomedical research using the animal models listed here.
- NORINA (http://oslovet.veths.no/NORINA/search.html) – Norwegian Inventory of Alternatives, Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives.
- Database of audiovisuals, computer programs, cd-roms, interactive videos, and other alternatives for use in the biological sciences
- NTIS (http://www.ntis.gov/products/ntisdb.aspx) – National Technical Information Service
- The central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information.
- PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi)
- Citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, molecular biology and genetics. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Covers 1950s to present.
- PsycInfo (http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/index.aspx)
- PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA). It provides citations to articles in professional journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, dissertations and even important internet sites in psychology and related disciplines, most with abstracts.
- Covers 1840s to present.
- RePORTER (http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm) – Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures & Results
- A searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. It is a biomedical database system containing information on research projects and programs supported by the Department of Health and Human Services
- RTECS (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/rtecs/default.html) – Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances.
- Provides toxicological information on over 140,000 chemical substances. Records include toxicological data and reviews, international workplace exposure limits, references to US standards and regulations, analytical methods and exposure and hazard survey data. RTECS is a compendium of data extracted from the open scientific literature. Six types of toxicity data are included in the file: (1) primary irritation; (2) mutagenic effects; (3) reproductive effects; (4) tumorigenic effects; (5) acute toxicity; and (6) other multiple dose toxicity. Specific numeric toxicity values such as LD50, LC50, TDLo, and TCLo are noted as well as species studied and route of administration used.
- TOXNET (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/)
- Network of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and environmental health. National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. Includes: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS), Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology and Environmental Teratology Information Center (DART/ETIC), GENE-TOX, TOXLINE, Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER), CHEMIDplus among others. New databases or services include Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER); Haz-Map, Household Products Database, and TOXMAP.
- Web of Science (http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/web_of_science/)
- Provides access to the three ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Citation Databases: Science Citation Index; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. Unique capability to search for articles that cite a known author or work
- Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide (http://search.ebscohost.com/l