Biomedical Databases

Useful literature search sites for your research

Free Databases:

1. Pubmed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

2. Hubmed: http://www.hubmed.org/

3. Scirus: http://www.scirus.com/

4. Medline Plus: http://medlineplus.gov/

5. National Rehabilitation Information Center: http://www.naric.com/public/default.cfm

6. ABLEDATA: http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&sectionid=19327

7. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease: http://www.niams.nih.gov/

8. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

9. Protein Data Bank (RCSB): http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do

10. NLM Gateway: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd

11. NLM Toxnet: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB

12. http://www.edqm.eu/site/page_581.php

13. US FDA: http://www.fda.gov/

14. Orange book -Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/ob/docs/queryai.cfm

15. World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/medicines/en/

16. World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/pharmacopoeia/overview/en/index.html

17. NLM Toxnet: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

18. Integrated Risk Information System: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?IRIS

19. Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?CCRIS

20. Genetic Toxicology: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?GENETOX

21. LactaMed: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT

22. HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT DATABASE: http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/

23. Toxline: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE

24. Development and Reproductive Toxicology / Environmental Teratology Information Center: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?DARTETIC

25. PubChem Substance: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pcsubstance

26. PubChem Compound: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pccompound

27. PubChem BioAssay: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pcassay

28. Entrez Search: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery

29. OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=OMIM

30. Genetic Database: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ and http://www.genetests.org/

31. Testing laboratories for a rare disease or syndrome: http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/home.php?Lng=IT

32. Evidence based medicine databases:
a. http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/ir/netting/
b. http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/index.html
c. http://www.rehabtrials.org/
d. Turning Research into Practice (TRIP): http://www.tripdatabase.com/index.html

33. Health Technology Assessment Databases:
a. INATHA – International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment http://www.inahta.org/Home/
b. http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/

34. Health Service Research: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat

35. Health Services Research Resources: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/

36. Database Catalogs: http://databases.biomedcentral.com/browsecatalog and http://databases.biomedcentral.com/search