• How to cite TOXNET databases (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/toxnet_faq.html#cite)
  
• TOXNET Frequently Asked Questions (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/toxnet_faq.html#import)
  
• TOXNET training manual (Jan 2011) (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxnetmanualfeb2011.pdf)PDF
  

• Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/toxicology-set-c.php)
  
• Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
  

• Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/toxline-set-c.php)
  
• Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
  

• Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/pollution-set-c.php)
  
• Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
  

Indexes 1000s of scientific studies from MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts, and Agricola to facilitate review of the evidence of animals as "early warning" sentinels of human health hazards.

For each study, curators add information about animal species, exposures, health effects, location, and whether the study includes data providing evidence linking animal sentinel events to human health risk. You can browse the database by year, journal, author, exposure, risk factor, species, outcome, or by methodology.

• PubMed Tutorial & more (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html)
  
• Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (Saving & Managing Searches) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53592/)
  
• NLM Searching PubMed with Mesh tri-fold handout (http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/meshtri.pdf)PDF
  
• NLM PubMed Basics tri-fold handout (http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf)PDF
  
• PubMed Training Manual [NLM] (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/manuals/pm_workbook.pdf)PDF
  Extensive 148-page training manual from day-long PubMed training class. Updated April 2011.
  
• Tutorials, Guides & Instructional Resources (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/guides/instguides.php#pubmed)
  Lots of information from UCDavis' Health Science Libraries
  
• For help from a Shields BioAg librarian send email to: bioagquestions@lib.ucdavis.edu
  
• Human medicine, veterinary medicine, and health-related questions (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/)
  Carlson Health Sciences Library (530)752-7042, hslref@lib.ucdavis.edu / Blaisdell Medical Library (916)734-3529, mclref@lib.ucdavis.edu
  

NEW interface loaded July 17, 2011 -- result retrievals will be larger due to search design changes.

More than 22 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, plant biology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology, and zoology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents.

• FAQ -- NEW July 2011 Interface! (http://wokinfo.com/wok5/faq/)
  
• OLD Version BIOSIS Access (http://webofknowledgev4.com/biosis) VPN
  Backup until end of 2011. Most complete load as of week of July 18th.
  
• Quick Reference Card: BIOSIS Previews, ISI Web of Knowledge (http://wokinfo.com/wok/media/pdf/qrc/bpqrc.pdf)PDF
  
• Online BIOSIS information (http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK45/help/BIOSIS/h_database.html)
  
• Video training: Saving Histories and Creating Alerts for current awareness. (https://www.brainshark.com/brainshark/vu/view.asp?pi=27087902)
  
• Register for a library class! (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/classes/descriptions.php#class35)
  

• Register for SciFinder (Required) (http://ucdavis.libguides.com/scifinder) VPN
  
• About SciFinder: Use On & Off-Campus, Troubleshooting & Help, Guides (http://ucdavis.libguides.com/scifinder)
  
• Questions should be directed to UCD's campus contact: Cory Craig, cjcraig@ucdavis.edu, 530/752-0347.
  
• Download Java Runtime (http://www.cas.org/misc/downloads/jreplugin.html)
  Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Version 6.2 or higher is required to use the structure drawing editor. Get both the Windows and Mac versions at the URL above.
  

Embase is a biomedical and pharmacological database containing bibliographic records with citations, abstracts and indexing derived from biomedical articles in peer reviewed journals, and is especially strong in its coverage of drug and pharmaceutical research and conference abstracts.

Embase contains over 22 million records spanning 1974-present, with over 1 million records added annually. Each record contains the full bibliographic citation, indexing terms, and codes; and 80% of all citations in Embase include author-written abstracts. The Embase journal collection is international with over 7,500 active peer-reviewed journals more than 90 countries.

All MEDLINE records produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) are included, as well as over 5 million records not covered in MEDLINE. To *exclude* these duplicate MEDLINE/PubMed records, go to Advanced Search and uncheck MEDLINE under the "Records from" category.

Scope which is more extensive or has more European coverage than MEDLINE/PubMed includes the following areas:

• Drug therapy and research, including pharmaceutics, pharmacology and toxicology
• Biotechnology and biomedical engineering, including medical devices
• Health policy and management, including pharmacoeconomics
• Public, occupational and environmental health, including pollution control
• Alternative and complementary medicine

• Embase Getting Started videos (http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/videos/embase-getting-started)
  
• Embase FAQ (http://www.embase.com/info/customer-support/faq)
  
• Saved Searches/Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (http://www.embase.com/info/helpfiles/email-alerts/setting-email-alert)
  
• Embase Indexing Explained (http://www.embase.com/info/UserFiles/Files/EMBASE%20indexing%20guide%202.3.pdf)PDF
  Comprehensive 18-page guide to Embase indexing policies and practices
  

• Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/risk-set-c.php)
  
• Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
  

• NTRL (http://uclibs.org/PID/144637) VPN
  Use NTRL to access NTIS bibliographic records plus digitized full text reports for technical reports. The content dates back to 1964.
  
• NTRL (direct link) (http://ntrl.ntis.gov/) VPN
  
• NTIS - National Technical Information Service (http://www.ntis.gov/)
  NTIS home page; the free site offers information about NTIS, and bibliographic records for technical reports. For access to full text reports, use NTRL (UCD License)
  

NEW interface loaded July 17, 2011 -- result retrievals will be larger due to search design changes.

Multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines. Search for articles that cite a known author or work.

• How to create Author Citation Reports (http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/h_citationrpt.html)
  
• Online tutorial to Cited Reference Searching (http://www.thomsonisi.com/tutorials/citedreference/crs1.htm)
  
• Saving Histories and Creating Alerts for current awareness. (http://thomsonscientific.com/media/scpdf/wos7_tips_hist.pdf)PDF
  

• Current Research @ University of California, Davis (http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucdavis/main)
  Searches all University of California, Davis dissertations published in the Dissertation Abstracts database.
  

Faculty of 1000 (F1000) Biology & Medicine are merged into one and now called F1000Prime. Includes over 40 Faculties (Broad subject areas such as biochemistry, ecology or plant biology), which are further subdivided into over 300 Sections. On average, 1,500 new evaluations are published each month. Faculty members are more than 5,000 experts worldwide, assisted by 5,000 associates.

F1000Prime is a "literature awareness tool that is updated continuously and comprehensively and systematically highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological and medical sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of leading researchers. Through immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, F1000 [Prime] highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than that of the journal in which they appear."

• F1000 Prime tour (http://f1000.com/prime/tour)
  

• Access Issues (http://blogs.lib.ucdavis.edu/pse/2009/05/08/accessing-online-crc-books-through-the-vpn/)
  

Includes five sections on OECD criteria for testing of: Physical Chemical Properties, Effects on Biotic Systems, Degradation and Accumulation, Health Effects, and Other Test Guidelines. Two OECD Series also included are "Principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring" and "OECD Series on Testing and Assessment". Includes all Test Guidelines up to and including the 18th Addendum (January 2007).

• Background information from the OECD Environment Directorate (http://www.oecd.org/findDocument/0,2350,en_2649_34377_1_1_1_1_1,00.html)
  

• CDL webpage describing the UC Libraries Springer eBooks Pilot (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/springerebooks/)
  

• Previously know as EPA National Environmental Publications Information System (NEPIS) integrated into the NSCEP.
  

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Science of Synthesis provides an authoritative review of synthetic methods from the early 1800s to the present, for the field of organic and organometallic chemistry. Each method is evaluated and includes full experimental details. Source literature includes all published journal articles, books, and patent literature. Science of Synthesis is full-text, structure, and reaction searchable. A plug-in may be required for structure searching; chemical drawing packages can be used (see "Related" section below). The database also provides links to the primary literature and to related information in the Houben-Weyl electronic archive. (All 4 editions, and the supplemental "E-series" volumes, of the Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations are included in Science of Synthesis.)

• Chemical Drawing Packages (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/resources/sos/index.html)
  
• Getting Started (Brief Guide - PDF 15 pgs) (http://www.science-of-synthesis.com/help/gsm30.pdf)PDF
  
• Plug-in for Structure Searching (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/resources/sos/index.shtml)
  
• Publication Schedule (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/sos/info/show_pdf.html?thieme-chemistry/sos/info/include/pdf/volumelist.pdf)PDF
  
• System Requirements (http://www.thieme-chemistry.com/thieme-chemistry/resources/sos/index.html)
  

Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by Thomson Reuters with each yearly data analysis being completed in the following year. The most recent edition is always published in the summer following the year analyzed. Journal Citation Reports can show you the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field, and the largest journals in a field. JCR Science Edition contains data from over 7,300 journals in science and technology. JCR Social Sciences Edition contains data from over 2,200 journals in the social sciences. NOTE: For disciplines that have longer timespans for citation, consider sorting for ranking by using the newer 5-year Impact Factor.

• Journal Citation Reports: Information for New Users (http://admin-apps.isiknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_info.htm#information)
  
• Impact Factors in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor)
  Definition of terms, details on how the metrics are calculated, and information on the validity, manipulation, and misuse of Impact Factors
  
• Using Journal Citation Reports Wisely (http://admin-apps.isiknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_using.htm)
  

• RSS feed of new titles in Safari (http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/rss)
  

• Browse Table of Contents within specific Current Protocols Titles (http://cda.currentprotocols.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-380242.html)
  

• Ten-page User Guide (http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/SpringerProtocolsUserGuide.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-517798-0)
  

A definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. The database covers specific sections on: Antibodies, Bioinformatics/Genomics, Cell Biology, Chromatography, Computational Biology, DNA Delivery/Gene Transfer, Electrophoresis, Genetics, High-Throughput Analysis, Imaging/Microscopy, Immunology, Laboratory Organisms, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Proteins and Proteomics, RNA Interference (RNAi)/siRNA, Stem Cells, and Transgenic Technology. Unique to this resource is the ability to submit a protocol. Other unique features include protocol recipes and protocol cautions.

• Search Help (http://www.cshprotocols.org/help/search_help.dtl)
  

The Merck Index contains over 11,000 entries (referred to as monographs) mostly for single substances and related compounds (isomers, salts, etc.). Some families of natural products and biological substances are included as well. Data provided include: chemical, generic, and brand names; CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) registry numbers; physical data and literature references; structures and stereochemistry; toxicity; and information on therapeutic and non-medicinal uses.

The Merck Index Online also includes sections on: organic name reactions, and additional tables. The Merck Index can be searched by structure with installation of a free ChemDraw plug-in available on the structure search page.

• Merck User Help Guides (http://themerckindex.cambridgesoft.com/TheMerckIndex/help/helpsmall.asp)
  
• Also in print
  PSE Reference (Chem Ref Table) & Shields Ready Ref (1st Flr Ref) RS51 M4 1996 (PSE) 2006 (Shields)
  

• MSDS via ChemQuick (http://www.ucmsds.com/)
  

Includes information (some full-text) on thousands of potentially hazardous chemicals, focusing on effects of hazardous substances on humans and the environment. Among the databases available via the ChemKnowledge link are: Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS); Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Oil and Hazardous Material Technical Assistance Data (OHM/TADS); Chemical Hazard Response Information System (CHRIS); and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.

• How To Search the Household Products Database (http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/help.htm)
  

• Backup address to homepage (http://uclibs.org/PID/96484)
  
• Print copy
  PSE Reference T55.3 H3 S3
  use the index to locate substance by name, or CAS number
  

• Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) (http://uclibs.org/PID/20834)
  Includes Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds, Dictionary of Drugs (formerly Pharmasource), Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Dictionary of Natural Products, and Dictionary of Organic Compounds
  
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (http://uclibs.org/PID/1406)
  
• Polymers: A Property Database (http://www.polymersdatabase.com/)
  
• Properties of Organic Compounds (http://www.chemnetbase.com/scripts/pocweb.exe)
  

SEE ALSO Open-i listed below. The NCBI Images database is no longer directly searchable but can be accessed via searching in PubMed Central. Included are millions of scientific images from NCBI full text resources.

See "related" note below about the change.

Copyright Notice: These images are drawn from journal articles and other documents that are protected by copyright. The same copyright applies to the images. Some documents - a relatively small subset - are available with a Creative Commons or similar license that generally allows more liberal redistribution and reuse of the material. In the absence of a copyright or license statement to the contrary, users should assume that standard copyright protection applies. See the PMC copyright notice for more information.

• Change to NCBI Images access (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so10/so10_pm_display_ncbi_images.html#note)
  May 26, 2011: From NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region NCBI Images Database One of our Network members wondered if the NCBI Images database had disappeared because the link no longer worked. I checked the drop down menu in PubMed—the last location I had seen the Images database. It wasn’t there! Here’s the answer I received from CustServ: “The Images database was incorporated into PubMed Central (PMC). For example if you go to PMC and search for Protease-coupled PPIase assay, you will see on the right the “PMC Image Search” box. Then you can click on the images. Here’s the original announcement about the Images database for more details: Canese K. PubMed® Display Enhanced with Images from the New NCBI Images Database. NLM Tech Bull. 2010 Sep-Oct;(376):e14.