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CAB Abstracts Plus Full Text Select Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.

CAB Abstracts covers agriculture in its broadest sense, including crop production, forestry, environment, animal health and nutrition, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water, agricultural economics, recreation and tourism, rural sociology, and human nutrition and health. It provides bibliographic citations with abstracts in English for records of all languages. Indexes journal articles, monographs, conferences, and other primary literature.

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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Web Info Service Authentication Required

Access to over 300,000 current, peer-reviewed international health and safety publications. Access to over 160,000 critical toxicological citations drawn form over 2500 sources. Access to over 200,000 material safety data sheets.

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CANCERLIT

This international bibliographic database pertains to all aspects of cancer therapy, including experimental and clinical cancer therapy; chemical, viral and other cancer causing agents; mechanisms of carcinogenesis; biochemistry, immunology, and physiology of cancer; and mutagen and growth factor studies. Indexes journal articles, letters, meeeting abstracts, government and technical reports, dissertations and monographs.

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CCINFOWeb Authentication Required

Collection of toxicology-related databases from Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). Databases include MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) and RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances)

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CHID (Combined Health Information Database)

Includes information from 16 different databases created by agencies of the US Federal Government. Specific subjects include AIDS, Alzheimer's, arthritis, cancer, complementary and alternative medicine, deafness, diabetes, digestive diseases, epilepsy, health promotion, kidney diseases, maternal & child health, medical genetics & rare disorders, oral health, prenatal smoking cessation, and weight control.

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CINAHL Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.

CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, has a multidisciplinary scope covering nursing, 17 allied health disciplines, biomedicine, consumer health, health sciences librarianship and selected standards of professional practice.

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Clinics Authentication Required

The first Clinics of North America were published in the early 20th century by W.B. Saunders Publishing Company in Philadelphia. In 1912, The Surgical Clinics of John B. Murphy and the Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic, known respectively as The Surgical Clinics of North America and Medical Clinics of North America, were launched. Today, there are nearly 60 different Clinics titles, each one covering a distinct area of surgery, medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, and dentistry.

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Cochrane Library Authentication Required

The Cochrane Library consists of a collection of regularly updated evidence-based health care databases. The Cochrane collection is designed to provide information and evidence to support health care decision-making. The available databases are: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (regularly updated reviews of the effects of health care interventions); Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness: DARE (critical assessments and structured abstracts of good systematic reviews published elsewhere); The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register: CENTRAL (bibliographic information on controlled trials); The Cochrance Database of Methodology Reviews: CDMR (systematic reviews of methodological studies); Health Technology Assessment Database: HTA (information about health technology assessments); NHS Economic Evaluation Database: NHS EED (National Health Service (UK), structured abstracts of articles describing evaluations of health care interventions); browse by Cochrane Collaborative Review Group; and the Cochrane Reviewer's Handbook.

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Consumer Health Complete Authentication Required

The single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full-text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Authentication Required

Annually published reference source for chemical & physical property data, nomenclature, structure, & composition of substances. Includes physical constants of organic & inorganic compounds, conversion factors, & much more.

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Current Protocols Authentication Required

Series of standard, authoritative guides to research laboratory methods in the life sciences; the U of M subscribes to 9 Current Protocols titles: Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Human Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Protein Science, and Toxicology.

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Current Protocols in Bioinformatics Authentication Required

Compendium of methods in bioinformatics and computational biology. Offers step-by-step instructions for working with hundreds of applications and databases, designed for research biologists. Guidance on selecting software parameters, analyzing data, interpreting results, and generating hypotheses. Includes appendix on user fundamentals and glossary of bioinformatics terms.

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Current Protocols in Cell Biology Authentication Required

Reference source of methods for study of the relationship between specific molecules and genes and their location, function and structure at the cellular level. Includes guidelines for isolating and culturing cells in two- or three-dimensional cultures, analyzing the morphology of the cell, and characterizing the functions of organelles and molecules in the cell and its environment. Includes special appendices on the use of inhibitors and pharmacologic agents, protein motifs, and absorption and emission maxima for common fluorophores.

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Current Protocols in Human Genetics Authentication Required

Guide to designing and running research projects involving large-scale molecular cloning methods, expression analysis, disease study, and clinical genetics. Includes methods in all areas of genetic research, including genetic linkage analysis, bioinformatics and internet tools, gene cloning, cytogenetics, and diagnostics. Offers basic to sophisticated methods, most equally applicable to other eukaryotic organisms, such as the mouse. Provides appendices including "Commonly Used Techniques" (molecular biology and cell culture methods, plus statistics basics), "Chromosome Karyotyping and Idiograms", and "Genetic Linkage Reference Maps."

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Current Protocols in Immunology Authentication Required

"Best-practices" collection of immunological methods. Covers antibody detection and preparation, molecular immunology, innate immunity, tumor immunology, engineering immune molecules and receptors. Includes chapter on sources for isolation and characterization of stem and progenitor cells, as well as animal models for analyses. Reference information including commonly used reagents, equipment and techniques, and the CD system of leukocyte surface molecules.

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Current Protocols in Microbiology Authentication Required

Handbook of methodologies for research in areas such as emerging and neglected infectious diseases, biodefense, microbe-host interactions, and host defense. Provides step-by-step instructions for analyzing bacteria, animal and plant viruses, fungi, protozoans and other microbes. Offers coverage of emerging technologies and concepts, such as biofilms, quorum sensing and quantitative PCR, as well as proteomic and genomic methods.

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Current Protocols in Molecular Biology Authentication Required

Standard compendium of laboratory methods in molecular biology. Offers basic methods for DNA preparation, to advanced procedures for microarray analysis, chromatin assembly, and more. Covers emerging areas, including Drosophila and C. elegans basic techniques, mouse phenotyping, chemical biology, DNA construction by recombination.

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Current Protocols in Neuroscience Authentication Required

Handbook of models and methods for core techniques in all types of neuroscience experiments. Draws from molecular neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, and behavioral neuroscience. Includes both in vitro and in vivo models, prepared for neuroscience research.

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Current Protocols in Protein Science Authentication Required

Guide for exploring protein structures and functions. Provides "best-practices" methodologies for expression, characterization, and purification of recombinant proteins, post-translational modification and structural characterization.

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Current Protocols in Toxicology Authentication Required

A "best-practices" collection of lab protocols for assessments of toxicity in whole organisms, organs and tissues, cells, and biochemical pathways. Provides models and methods from molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, and genetics, plus sophisticated toxicological procedures. Guidelines for evaluating the effects of substances on human physiology and metabolism. Reference information including stock solutions and equipment, commonly used techniques, and using toxicology information.

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