Databases & Journals: Indexes, Abstracts & Articles

Databases for Dentistry

Last update 10/14/2009
Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source (Ebsco)
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Dentistry & Oral Science Source covers all facets relating to the areas of dentistry including dental public health, endodontics, facial pain & surgery, odontology, oral & maxillofacial pathology/surgery/radiology, orthodontology, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and prosthodontics. The database is updated weekly on EBSCOhost.

PubMed
Free (public) database

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PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related materials.
PubMed Clinical Queries

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Use Clinical Queries located on the left blue navigational bar under PubMed Services. This PubMed service uses filters to limit search retrieval to Clinical Queries or Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analysis Studies.
Lexi-Comp Online for Dentistry

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Drug interactions, drug information, and clinical reference.
Campus access including UHC.

 

Cochrane Library
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Contains articles from the following evidence based medicine databases:

  • The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews) [includes Complete Reviews and Protocols]
  • Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
  • The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
  • The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methodology Reviews)
  • Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)

Online Help Manual

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HELP_Cochrane.html#manual

EndoMSDS
by University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Endodontic Department

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Endodontic Material Safety Data Sheet Database

Evidence-based Endodontic Literature Database (EBE)
by University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Endodontic Department

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Basic search by author/title or advanced search by category and EB ranking.

EviDents, the Evidence-Based Dentistry Search Engine
Some full-text, some abstract-only
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According to the site the strategies for PubMed searches are based on original research of the Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry. A searchable MeSH browser links to the NLM's MeSH database.
Health Statistics and Reports. Michigan Department of Community Health
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The Department of Community Health is responsible for the collection of information on a range of health related issues. The information is collected to monitor the general health and well-being of Michigan's citizens. These data are useful for health program development, targeting and evaluation of program progress. The information is used to identify emerging health issues and trends and can be made available for epidemiological research. Statistics are developed from the data collected to provide basic information on these health events in Michigan. The data are provided at the state, county and community level. Included are data on: Natality, Mortality and Other Vital Statistics; Communicable Diseases; Health Care Statistics; Community Health Information; Birth Defect Statistics; Cancer Statistics; Population Trends. Published reports of the Department are also available.
Wiley InterScience
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Blackwell Synergy titles are now included in the Wiley Interscience database. Blackwell Synergy contains the online versions of more than 870 scholarly journals published by Blackwell. As of July, 2008, nearly 885,000 full text Blackwell articles are included. Full text is available for all of these journals from at least 2001 (except for new journals) and coverage for some goes back to the 1970s. Listings and indexing on InterScience include ALL Wiley journals as well as the former Blackwell Synergy titles, but with few exceptions, only the Blackwell titles are availaible in full text.

Science Direct
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Provides full-text of nearly 1900 journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries. Beginning coverage for journals varies, but most start in 1995 or 1996 and continue to the most recent issue. For many titles, articles in press are also available. Most journals are in the fields of science, technology or medicine, but journals in the social sciences, humanities and business are also included. The title holdings listed in "Full Text Journals in UDM Databases" show the start date for journals included in the Science Direct Freedom Collection; for most dates prior to 1995, only abstracts are available.

ClinicalQuestions Collection
by National Library of Medicine

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A growing repository of questions collected from healthcare providers in clinical settings across the country.  May be searched or browsed.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (Ebsco)
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides abstracts and indexing for more than 830 journals, of which 550 are availabile in full text. About 450 of the journals are peer-reviewed. This database includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.

Health Source contains articles related to dental hygiene
RefWorks
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RefWorks is a web-based database and bibliography creator. RefWorks users can import references from online databases and use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.

See the Quick Start Guides and Tutorials for assistance using RefWorks.

Other Databases for Dentistry

Academic OneFile (Gale)
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Academic OneFile is a major source of  full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times 1985-date. Updated daily.

Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System - CCRIS
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CCRIS is a toxicology data file of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It is a scientifically evaluated and fully referenced data bank, developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It contains over 9,000 chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results. Data are derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources. Test results have been reviewed by experts in carcinogenesis and mutagenesis.

ChemIDplus
Free (public) database

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ChemIDplus is a free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, including the TOXNET® system. ChemIDplus also provides structure searching and direct links to many biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet for chemicals of interest. The database contains over 380,000 chemical records, of which over 289,000 include chemical structures, and is searchable by Name, Synonym, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, Structure, Toxicity, and/or Physical properties.

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology/Environmental Teratology Information Center (DART/ETIC)
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"Bibliographic database covers teratology and other aspects of developmental and reproductive toxicology. It contains over 100,000 references to literature published since 1965".
GENE-TOX
Abstracts & indexes
Free (public) database

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"Toxicology data file, contains genetic toxicology (mutagenicity) test data, resulting from expert peer review of the open scientific literature, on over 3,000 chemicals".
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
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"Toxicology data file, focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. All data are referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature. HSDB is peer-reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), a committee of experts in the major subject areas within the data bank's scope. HSDB is organized into individual chemical records, and contains over 4800 such records". 
Haz-Map
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"Occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work". 
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
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"Toxicology data file, contains data in support of human health risk assessment. It is compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and contains over 500 chemical records. IRIS data, focusing on hazard identification and dose-response assessment, is reviewed by work groups of EPA scientists and represents EPA consensus. Among the key data provided in IRIS are EPA carcinogen classifications, unit risks, slope factors, oral reference doses, and inhalation reference concentrations".
International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER)

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"Toxicology data file, contains data in support of human health risk assessments. It is compiled by Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) and contains over 600 chemical records with key data from the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR), Health Canada, National Institute of Public Health & the Environment (RIVM) - The Netherlands, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and independent parties whose risk values have undergone peer review. ITER provides a comparison of international risk assessment information in a side-by-side format and explains differences in risk values derived by different organizations".
TOXLINE
Abstracts & indexes
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"Bibliographic database for toxicology. TOXLINE records provide bibliographic information covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. It contains over 3 million bibliographic citations, most with abstracts and/or indexing terms and CAS Registry Numbers".
WorldCat Dissertations (FirstSearch)
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This database contains bibliographic records for all dissertations in the OCLC database, currently numbering in excess of 5,000,000 items. Many of these dissertations are available electronically from their publishing institutions.
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