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| Print and digital books, magazines, journal titles, and other materials available through all the Dartmouth College libraries can be found by using the Dartmouth Library Catalog. Search by author, title, subject headings or keyword; the Library Catalog will give you the call numbers and locations of the print items, and the URLs for the digital materials. For other evaluated biomedical resources see the Dartmouth College Biomedical Libraries website. |
FINDING ARTICLES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS Academic Search Premier Large scholarly, multi-disciplinary, mostly full text database. You can limit your results to peer reviewed journals, as opposed to magazines. |
| Google Scholar The Google search engine indexing the more scholarly material for which the basic descriptive information is freely available, such as title, author and abstract. Generally, the coverage of the material in Google is less consistent, less thorough, and less reliable than the coverage in the other indexes |
| MathSciNet A database of bibliographic information and reviews (summaries) for mathematical research literature created and maintained by the American Mathematical Society. Includes books, 1700 journals and serials, conference proceedings. |
| PubMed Provides coverage of biomedical literature, including the biological and physical sciences. |
| PubMed Core Journal Set |
| Search360 Search360 is an interface that allows you to simultaneously search multiple article indexes. Right now there are approximately 50 article indexes included in Search360. |
| WoS Web of Science indexes about 8000 journals in all subject areas. Web of Science offers the unique Cited Reference Searching which allows you to search forward in time based who has cited a paper. Most material in WoS is peer reviewed. |
FINDING ARTICLES ELSEWHERE |
| AccessScience Contains access to articles, dictionary terms, and research updates in all areas of science and technology. Also includes biographies of leading scientists, updates of breakthroughs and discoveries in science and technology, and links to related websites. |
| eResources, Math for a listing of indexes, databases, and other electronic resources licensed by Dartmouth in Mathematics. |
| eResources in Medicine and Health |
| Math Research Guide This guide provides a selection of core reference resources (both print & electronic) in Mathematics |
| MathWorld A free authoritative resource similar to an encyclopedia |
| FINDING STATISTICAL AND OTHER DATA |
| Health Services Research (HSR) Queries A search interface to find PubMed citations relating to health care quality or to health care costs |
| National Center for Health Statistics The nation's principal health statistics agency. Full-text of many of their publications is available on the Web, including Vital and Health Statistics series, Healthy People 2000, Vital Statistics of the United States, National Vital Statistics Report, and Life Tables. |
| Statistical Universe Statistical Universe is a guide to federal, state, private, and international statistical sources in print and in electronic forms. Includes full text and complete tables of many of the federal tables indexed. PowerTables provides a good starting point for your research or a quick look-up for statistics on a particular topic. Search the Abstracts for access to a much broader collection of statistical material from many sources, such as non-profit organizations, journals and trade publications. How to cite information found through LexisNexis Statistical Universe |
| Statistical Abstract of the United States Health and Nutrition subsection A statistical reference and guide to over 250 statistical publications and sources from government and private organizations. Includes statistics on health care utilization and expenditures. |
| Other Statistical Sources For Health Information |
| MEDICAL SUBJECT DIRECTORIES & DATABASES |
| MedWeb from Emory University. MedWeb is a catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University |
| HealthWeb HealthWeb provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest. Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs. |
| Hardin Meta-Directory of Internet Health SourcesHardin MD is a "list of lists" providing access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects. Lists that are most frequently cited by people in the field are selected, offering a rudimentary form of peer evaluation. |
| Diseases Database Search for information on a disease, symptom, physical sign, non-brand drug or common laboratory abnormality.
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| UpToDate A clinical information resource which offers up-to-date, fully referenced expert answers to patient-care, diagnosis, and treatment questions. Topic reviews are written by recognized authorities who review the topic, synthesize the evidence, summarize key findings, and provide specific recommendations. (Access restrictions: UpToDate is licensed for on-site use only at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Remote access is not permitted.) |
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SEARCHING, EVALUATING, CITING, & MANAGING SOURCES
Web Searching Tips and Techniques from the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries
"Life Cycle" of Scholarly Information Website Evaluation and Citing from the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries The HON Code of Conduct Principles From Health on the Net Critical Evaluation of Resources, a guide from the UC Berkeley Library that covers issues like determining bias and objectivity in a source. "How to Read a Paper" BMJ series. Includes: Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) ; Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses); Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses); Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests; Papers that report drug trials; Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls; Statistics for the non-statistician; Assessing the methodological quality of published papers; Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about); The Medline database I don't know what to believe Sort the good science from the bad with this short guide to peer review. How do I find out if a journal is peer reviewed/ refereed
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Sources Their Use and Acknowledgement (Dartmouth College)
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