Electronic Databases

Covers fields allied to medicine and complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, and palliative care. Coverage: 1985 - Present. Produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library.

Encompasses the Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PHTM) database, previously produced by the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (BHTD), and the human health and diseases information extracted from CAB ABSTRACTS.  Global Health covers communicable diseases (including HIV/AIDS), tropical diseases (including field and experimental studies), parasitic diseases and parasitology-medical entomology, human nutrition (including food composition, food poisoning, effects of diet on health, nutritional disorders, and experimental aspects), community and public health (including chronic diseases, occupational health, health status indicators, the impact of agriculture on health, and cancer epidemiology), and medicinal and poisonous plants (including pharmacology, tissue culture, animal studies, plant composition, allergens, and toxins).  Coverage: 1973 - Present. Produced by the CABI Publishing.

Comprehensive catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports, and journal articles published in the 17th-20th centuries; useful for research on the history of medicine or science.   Coverage: 1400s - 1950. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Index to health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information.  Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.  Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Index to health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information.  Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.  Coverage: Basic information and abstracts before a record is indexed with MeSH® heading(s) and added to Ovid MEDLINE.  Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Search NLM's PubMed interface for MEDLINE which contains references and abstracts from 4300 biomedical journals and covers 1950 through the present. Free access.

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Serial and monographic literature in the areas of sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning.

Produced by the Sport Information Resource Centre.

Continuously updated international source of evidence on the effects of clinical interventions.   Summarizes current state of knowledge and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions, based on thorough searches and appraisal of the literature.  Produced by the BMJ Publishing Group.

Knowledge-based information system that provides access to peer-reviewed, continuously updated medical reference articles, PDA downloadable textbooks, and image library. Also provides personalized education system and CME, CE, and OCEU.  Download information to a PDA; PDA downloads segmented by specialty.

PDA Instructions

Clinical knowledge system provides access to electronic textbooks, practice guidelines, drug information, journal search, news, and patient education materials with emphasis on full-text materials.

Contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care; a registry of approximately 1,800 open and 10,300 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care. Produced by the National Cancer Institute.

Drug monographs arranged by generic name include information on drug name, phonetic pronunciation, class, trade name, action, indications, contraindications, administration and dosage, interactions, lab test interferences, adverse reactions, warning box, warnings and precautions, overdosage, and patient and family information.  Abbreviated monographs available for combination drugs, orphan drugs, and AIDS drugs in development.

FDA database that allows users to FDA approved drugs to determine therapeutic equivalence.  Users may search by active ingredient, proprietary name, applicant holder, or application number, or patent.

Comprehensive drug information tool, provides access to fifteen clinical drug and pharmacology databases including Lexi-Drugs® and AHFS Drug Information and AHFS Drug Information Essentials.  Includes more than 1600 drug monographs as well as a Lexi-Interact (drug interaction module), Lexi-Drug ID (tablet and capsule identification), Lexi-CALC (medical calculators), I.V. Compatibility, and a Patient Care Module (patient education handouts).

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Information on natural medicines including alternate and scientific names, uses, safety, efficacy, mechanism of action, active ingredients, adverse reactions, interactions, drug influence on nutrient levels and depletion, dosage and administration, brand names, and patient education handouts.

Covers fields allied to medicine and complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, and palliative care. Coverage: 1985 - Present. Produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library.

Index to health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information.  Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.  Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

The leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation. The main file describes over 12,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities. The types of documents described in REHABDATA include research reports, books, journal articles, and audiovisual materials.

Produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center.

Serial and monographic literature in the areas of sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning.

Produced by the Sport Information Resource Centre.

Provides online access to primary and secondary material including state and federal law, reports, and cases in the areas of Safety/OSHA, Health Care Reimbursement, Health Care Compliance, and Food and Drug.  Also covers areas of Human Resources Management, Payroll, Benefits, Pension, and Labor and Employment Law. 

Encompasses the Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PHTM) database, previously produced by the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (BHTD), and the human health and diseases information extracted from CAB ABSTRACTS.  Global Health covers communicable diseases (including HIV/AIDS), tropical diseases (including field and experimental studies), parasitic diseases and parasitology-medical entomology, human nutrition (including food composition, food poisoning, effects of diet on health, nutritional disorders, and experimental aspects), community and public health (including chronic diseases, occupational health, health status indicators, the impact of agriculture on health, and cancer epidemiology), and medicinal and poisonous plants (including pharmacology, tissue culture, animal studies, plant composition, allergens, and toxins).  Coverage: 1973 - Present. Produced by the CABI Publishing.

Covers Latin American and Caribbean health sciences literature. Indexes articles from 670 + medical journals and also includes : theses, thesis chapters, books, book chapters, congress and conference proceedings, technical and scientific reports, and government publications. Produced by BIREME, a PAHO Specialized Center.

Index to health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information.  Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.  Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

International coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues. Produced by  the INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Center for Communication Programs.

Interdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 14,200 peer-reviewed journals. 

Scopus Tutorial

Cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas, including HSDB, IRIS, ITER, GENE-TOX, CCRIS, Multidatbases, TOXLINE, DART/ETIC, TRI, ChemIDPlus.  Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, through the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program of its Specialized Information Services Division.

Access to information on measurement instruments (questionnaires, index measures, rating scales, tests, etc.) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, and organizational behavior field.

Comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments in psychology, education, etc.  Test entries include descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts.

RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. References can be used in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.  Available to GWUMC faculty, staff, and students.  Sign up for an individual login and password. 

Perform cited reference searches. Produced by ISI.

Collection of full-text clinical and basic sciences textbooks that includes Harrison's Online, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Hurst's The Heart, Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, and the Lange educational library series.  Content sections can be downloaded to a PDA.

PDA Instructions

Knowledge-based information system that provides access to peer-reviewed, continuously updated medical reference articles, PDA downloadable textbooks, and image library. Also provides personalized education system and CME, CE, and OCEU.  Download information to a PDA; PDA downloads segmented by specialty.

PDA Instructions

PDA database containing evidence-based, comprehensive drug information resources includes alternative medicine, acute care, toxicology, and drug interactions. Also provides disease and laboratory test information.  Note: Available to medical students only.

PDA Instructions
Note: Requires Customer Number. Send email to library@gwumc.edu to request Customer Number; availble to GWUMC students only.

Multi-disciplinary database with emphasis on scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals.  Full-text available for many titles.

Full-text access to global information on women in over 150 countries.  Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets and  includes links to full-text articles for many citations.  Coverage: 1992 - Present. Produced by the Gale Group.

Coverage of status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering as published in CQ Today and CQ Weekly; legislative tracking also available.

Business information resource that also offers full-text news sources.

LEXIS-NEXIS® Academic Universe provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical news/journals, and reference information.

Public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers.  Selected full-text links.

Data from 152 economies with populations of more than 1 million and 14 country groups, plus selected indicators for 56 other smaller economies. Indicators are shown for the most recent year or period for which data are available and, in most tables, for an earlier year or period (usually 1990).   Produced by the World Bank.