basicsciencesdatabases

Basic Medical Sciences Databases

A selection of databases that may be useful to those in the basic medical sciences.

While the following databases are freely available on the internet, some of them provide bibliographic information for documents that are not owned by the Health Sciences Library. We may be able to borrow these items through interlibrary loan. Librarians can also perform searches of many proprietary databases, which are not listed, for a fee. Inquire at the library about our Online Search Service.

Agricola U.S. Department of Agriculture citations to publications encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.

Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database University of Minnesota search for compound, enzyme, microorganism, pathway, or BT rule names, chemical formulas, chemical structures, CAS Registry Numbers, or EC codes.

Canary Database Yale University a collection of studies from the biomedical literature that explore the use of animals as "sentinels" for the effects of chemical, biological, and physical hazards in the environment.

CRIS (Current Research Information System) U.S. Department of Agriculture the USDA’s documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry.

CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health a database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.

Ecotox U.S. Environmental Protection Agency single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life. Useful for examining the impact of chemicals on the environment.

Energy Citations Database U.S. Department of Energy bibliographic records for energy-related scientific and technical information in the fields of chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, etc.

Entrez Life Sciences Search Engine National Center for Biotechnology Information a subset of NCBI databases including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequence databases, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and more. Search individually or across all databases.

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Databases European Bioinformatics Institute a collection of resources featuring nucleotide and protein sequence databases, a genome browser, a macromolecular structure database, a microarray database, and a number of computational biology tools.

ExPASy (Expert Protein Analysis System) Databases Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics a collection of databases and tools for looking up annotated protein sequences, protein families and domains, protein images and models.

Invittox Various Research Groups information about the performance of in vitro techniques currently in use and under development, their applications, advantages and drawbacks. The information is obtained directly from scientists already employing such methods.

MareNet German Society for Marine Research a collection of marine and earth science resources from worldwide marine research groups and institutions. Features Marejournals, a list of free full-text journals, MareData, a list of databases and data centers, and other resources.

MEIC (Multicentre Evaluation of in vitro Cytotoxicity) in vitro Database and MEMO (MEIC Monographs) Database The Nordic Information Centre for Alternative Methods
The MEIC in vitro Database contains in vitro data for 50 reference chemicals, as well as the methodology of the in vitro assays used. The MEMO Database presents human toxicity data for these 50 chemicals.

MIND (The Meetings Index) InterDok locates future conferences, congresses, meetings and symposia.

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Databases National Center for Biotechnology Information a complete list of NCBI’s biotechnology databases and analysis tools. Includes the full group of nucleotide, protein, structure, taxonomy, genome, expression, and chemical databases.

Organism-Specific Genome Databases Christopher M. Smith at San Diego Supercomputer Center provides data on the genetics, genomics and biology of various species.

Protein Data Bank Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) a database of 3-D structures of biological macromolecules.

TIGR Genome Project Databases The Institute for Genomic Research a collection of databases containing DNA and protein sequence, gene expression, cellular role, protein family, and taxonomic data for microbes, plants and humans.

TOXNET National Library of Medicine a system of nine toxicology and environmental health databases. Search individually or across all databases.

Rev. by D. Crooke 9/17/07