Bibliographic Databases

A bibliographic database is an organized digital collection of references (i.e., citations) to published, scholarly, or specialized literature — such as journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and reports. Unlike search engines, bibliographic databases provide curated metadata (e.g., titles, authors, abstracts, keywords) to help users identify, find, and evaluate specific academic or research materials.

Databases

ALTBIB, Alternatives to Animal Testing

Bibliography onr alternatives to the use of live vertebrates in biomedical research and testing

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AMED: Allied and Complementary Medicine

AMED is a unique indexing service that covers journals in complementary ("alternative") medicine (CAM), palliative care, and several other allied professions from 1985 to present. Many of the titles…

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Animal Welfare Institute Enrichment and Refinement Database

Bibliographic database on refinement of housing systems and handling practices and environmental enrichment for animals kept as laboratory animals, covering species such as nonhuman primates, rodents, rabbits, cats, dogs, ferrets, farm animals, horses, fishes, amphibians and reptiles

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BIOSIS Citation Index

An expansive index to life sciences and biomedical research, covering pre-clinical and experimental research from 1926 to present.

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CINAHL

Provides access to nursing and allied health literature covering a range of clinically-oriented topics.

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CLIO

The complete Columbia University Libraries union catalog.

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Cochrane Library

Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation…

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CUIMC Publications

This database, compiled by the CUIMC Health Sciences Library, contains citations for scholarly journal articles representing original research on which one or more authors was affiliated with CUIMC at the time of publication. Updated monthly, the data are available for download.

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Current Contents Connect

The Current Contents Connect database allows users to browse or search journals' tables of contents.

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Data Citation Index

Research data sets and data studies from a wide range of international data repositories in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

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DB-ALM: Database on Alternative Methods

DB-ALM (formerly called the Scientific Information Service -SIS) is a database on advanced alternative methods in biomedical sciences, providing factual and evaluated (therefore ready-to-use) informative data sheets on advanced non-animal test development and validation for toxicology assessments.

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Derwent Innovations Index

The world's most comprehensive database of international patent information.

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Embase

Embase is a highly versatile, multipurpose and up-to-date biomedical database. It covers the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day and all articles are…

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ERIC, Education Resources Information Center

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, is an online resource to education literature and research.

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Faculty Opinions

An article recommendation service, including up-to-date notifications and information science. Global faculty of 8000 leading experts from across life, health and physical sciences recommend articles…

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Google Scholar

Search engine to broadly search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources.

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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)

Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access to information on measurement instruments in the health fields, psycho-social sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.

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JAMAevidence

Includes textbooks, education guides, calculators, and learning tools to equip healthcare professionals with skills and competences in evidence-based practice, ability to apply a systematic…

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MEDLINE-OVID

MEDLINE, produced by the National Library of Medicine, provides extensive coverage of the world's biomedical journal literature. MEDLINE covers more than 4000 journal titles and is international in…

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PsycINFO

Indexes and abstracts the worldwide periodical literature on psychology and related disciplines, from 1887 to the present. Selected books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations are also…

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PubMed

PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, is a database of biomedical citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations…

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SciFinder

SciFinder provides access to several Chemical Abstracts Service databases, including Chemical Abstracts, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, and CHEMCAT.

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Scopus

Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. Selected books, book chapters and technical reports are also indexed.

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Web of Science

A multidisciplinary citation index to the journal literature of sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities, Web of Science provides access to current information and retrospective data…

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