Professional literature

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Household Products Database
Coverage: Current
Description: Links over 6,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided... Description: Links over 6,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. Users can find out about the percentage of chemical ingredients in specific brands, manufacturers of specific brands, how to contact them, and the acute and chronic effects of these chemical ingredients.

The New York Times Web site
Coverage: Current
Description: NYTimes.com offers a search of free content from the past week and premium content back... Description: NYTimes.com offers a search of free content from the past week and premium content back to 1996. In addition, all reviews on our site and many travel articles are available free of charge.

Physician Data Query (PDQ)
Coverage: Current
Description: PDQ is the National Cancer Institute’s comprehensive cancer database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on... Description: PDQ is the National Cancer Institute’s comprehensive cancer database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of approximately 4,000 open and 15,000 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; directories of physicians and professionals who provide genetics services; and organizations that provide cancer care.

PubMed
Coverage: Varies; earliest available dates start in the 1950s, but most start in the 1970s and 1980s.
Description: PubMed is a search service of the National Library of Medicine. It includes references from... Description: PubMed is a search service of the National Library of Medicine. It includes references from MEDLINE and MEDLINE in Process, as well as a small number of references not included in these databases. It features built-in search filters for diagnosis, therapy, etiology, and prognosis and includes links to databanks of DNA/protein sequence and 3-D structure data. This database covers a wide range of medical topics to include surgery, medical research, physiology, cardiology, oncology, nursing, nephrology, gastroenterology, and more. Of interest, a user can search cancer literature as a subset by using the Limits feature. A search also allows the user to restrict to nursing journals only. Content is updated daily. Links are available from PubMed to full text articles (Fulltext@MSK).

PubMed Central
Coverage: Varies
Description: The National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature contains links to... Description: The National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature contains links to full text articles covering the areas of: Biochemistry; Biology; Biotechnology; Health Sciences; Life Sciences; Medicine; Microbiology; Physiology; and Public Health.

Tri-Cat
Coverage: Current
Description: A tri-institutional online catalog providing holdings information to the collections of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer... Description: A tri-institutional online catalog providing holdings information to the collections of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Library (MSK), Weill Medical College of Cornell University Library (WMC) and the Rockefeller University Library (RUL). Employees are invited to use Document Delivery Services should they be unable to locate needed materials (i.e., books or journal articles).

Note: Employees need to register with their home institution’s library in order to check out printed materials at any of the libraries.

BMC cancer
Coverage: Available from 2001 volume: 1.
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BMC pediatrics
Coverage: Available from 2001 volume: 1.
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BMC public health
Coverage: Available from 2001 volume: 1.
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BMC women's health
Coverage: Available from 2001 volume: 1.
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CA
Coverage: Available from 1950 volume: 1 issue: 1.
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Environmental health perspectives
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Available from 1972 from DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Available from 1972 until 2007 from JSTOR Health & General Sciences
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PLoS medicine
Coverage: Available from 2004.
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Approaching Death

Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the U.S.

Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Alternative Medicine
Description: Access databases, government, and Web resources on alternative medicine. Description: Access databases, government, and Web resources on alternative medicine.

American Cancer Society
Description: Events and programs for participating in fundraising efforts, and supporting legislation on a local and... Description: Events and programs for participating in fundraising efforts, and supporting legislation on a local and national level. Also includes cancer statistics; information on cancer treatment, clinical trials and coping with cancer.

Cancer.gov
Description: Considered an award winning site, this portal has information on cancer statistics, research and funding,... Description: Considered an award winning site, this portal has information on cancer statistics, research and funding, clinical trials, and latest news. The Web site also provides live help. Users have the option to talk on the phone or chat online with a NCI information specialist. The hotline is 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) or connect to LiveHelp to access online chat.

ClinicalTrials.gov
Description: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) database provides information for patients about clinical research studies. Description: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) database provides information for patients about clinical research studies.

Fox Chase Cancer Center
Description: Cancer research institution providing cancer information for patients and family including clinical trials, cancer treatments... Description: Cancer research institution providing cancer information for patients and family including clinical trials, cancer treatments and prevention.

Health Finder
Description: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, this Web site provides... Description: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, this Web site provides information on healthcare, drugs, alternative medicine, news, organizations, and government agencies.

Health World Online
Description: Information on health conditions, health centers, and alternative therapies. Description: Information on health conditions, health centers, and alternative therapies.

HealthCentral
Description: Comprehensive interactive Web site on general health including information on drugs, diseases, research centers, etc. Description: Comprehensive interactive Web site on general health including information on drugs, diseases, research centers, etc.

MayoClinic.com
Description: The Mayo Clinic provides in-depth information on health, drugs, diseases, and treatment. Description: The Mayo Clinic provides in-depth information on health, drugs, diseases, and treatment.

MedlinePlus
Coverage: Current
Description: Site directs users to healthcare information and brings together authoritative information from the National Library... Description: Site directs users to healthcare information and brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and the latest health news.

Merck Manual of Medical Information
Description: Written in everyday language by 300 outstanding contributors. Explains disorders, who is likely to get... Description: Written in everyday language by 300 outstanding contributors. Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated; also provides information about prognosis.

MSK Cancer & Treatment
Description: Provides information regarding cancer and treatment. Description: Provides information regarding cancer and treatment.

MSK Clinical Trials
Description: Provides information on clinical trials conducted at the Center as well as at other biomedical... Description: Provides information on clinical trials conducted at the Center as well as at other biomedical institutions.

MSK Integrative Medicine
Description: Provides information on alternative medicine, educational programs, herbs, fitness, and clinical trials. Description: Provides information on alternative medicine, educational programs, herbs, fitness, and clinical trials.

MSK Patient Information
Description: Provides information for current and new patients as well as Pediatric Cancer Care and Survivorship... Description: Provides information for current and new patients as well as Pediatric Cancer Care and Survivorship & Support.

National Cancer Institute
Description: Major source of cancer information including clinical trials, cancer topics, cancer statistics, latest news. Description: Major source of cancer information including clinical trials, cancer topics, cancer statistics, latest news.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Description: An alliance of the world’s leading cancer centers, which provides general cancer care information including... Description: An alliance of the world’s leading cancer centers, which provides general cancer care information including treatment guidelines and clinical trials.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network – Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients
Description: Information for patients on the way breast cancer is treated at the nation’s leading cancer... Description: Information for patients on the way breast cancer is treated at the nation’s leading cancer centers. Originally developed for cancer specialists by the National Comprehensive Cancer network (NCCN), these treatment guidelines have now been translated for the public by the American Cancer Society (ACS).

National Program of Cancer Registries
Description: Data collected by state cancer registries which enables public health professionals to better understand and... Description: Data collected by state cancer registries which enables public health professionals to better understand and address the cancer burden.

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
Description: Provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is... Description: Provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. Links to cancer information is available from this site.

OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania
Description: Provides information on clinical trials, oncology resources, and specific cancer topics. Description: Provides information on clinical trials, oncology resources, and specific cancer topics.

OncoLink – Breast Cancer: The Basics
Description: Description of breast cancer risk, prevention, screening and treatment from the Abramson Cancer Center of... Description: Description of breast cancer risk, prevention, screening and treatment from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Oncology Tools
Description: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research offers information related... Description: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research offers information related to cancer and approved drug therapies for consumers, patients, and healthcare professionals. The Web site is also available in French, German, Dutch, Japanese, and Arabic.

Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL)
Description: SPIRAL is a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University... Description: SPIRAL is a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Health Sciences Library. The Web site provides consumer health information in different Asian languages: Chinese, Cambodian/Khmer, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Tox Town
Description: An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life,... Description: An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places.

World Health Organization (WHO)
Description: General health information on diseases and statistics accessible in six different languages: Arabic, Chinese, English,... Description: General health information on diseases and statistics accessible in six different languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.