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AccessMedicine
Coverage: Current
Description: Updated daily by world-renowned physicians and expanded continuously, this resource provides direct access to information... Description: Updated daily by world-renowned physicians and expanded continuously, this resource provides direct access to information for completing evaluations, diagnoses, case management decisions, conducting research, medical education, or self-assessment and board review. The Clinical Library contains 12 reference sources including: Harrison’s Online, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Schwartz Surgery Online, and Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology. The Lange Educational Library contains both basic and clinical sciences for on-going study, review and reference. Users can search all subscribed AccessMedicine content or each source separately.

AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine)
Coverage: 1985 -
Description: Covers a selection of approximately 512 journals in complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry,... Description: Covers a selection of approximately 512 journals in complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine. Records are added annually, updated monthly and links are available to full text articles (Fulltext@MSK).

BioMed Central (BMC)
Coverage: Varies
Description: Provides open access to peer-reviewed journals in biology and biomedical research. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center... Description: Provides open access to peer-reviewed journals in biology and biomedical research. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is an institutional member of BioMed Central. A researcher or student can publish an unlimited number of research articles in BMC journals. A special feature on this Web site allows you to view articles by Memorial Sloan-Kettering authors published by BioMed Central.

Note: Personal registration is required if a user wants to save searches, submit manuscripts or receive email updates.

BIOSIS Previews via ISI Web of Knowledge
Coverage: 1969 -
Description: Encompasses the entire field of life sciences and provides coverage of the world's biological and... Description: Encompasses the entire field of life sciences and provides coverage of the world's biological and biomedical research. This includes traditional areas of biology, such as botany, zoology, and microbiology, as well as experimental, clinical and veterinary medicine, biotechnology, environmental studies, and agriculture. Interdisciplinary fields such as biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering are also included. About 5,000 journals and 1,500 international meetings are monitored for inclusion. References to books, book chapters, and patents are included as well. BIOSIS is updated monthly with links to full text articles.

Note: You do not need to log in to search BIOSIS Preview. Setting up a user name and password within this resource will allow you to save your search strategies for future use.

BoardCertifiedDocs
Coverage: Current
Description: This resource from Elsevier and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has been designed... Description: This resource from Elsevier and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has been designed to help a wide range of professionals and businesses in the medical community by providing certification status and complete biographical and professional information on board certified physicians. Monthly certification updates are done with daily biographical updates. This resource provides profiles on more than 600,000 physicians. My Alerts feature allows the user to save searches or lists of specialists and be notified via email when a specialist’s profile has been updated.

Note: Access is for two concurrent Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center users. If you receive an “access denied” message, please try your search again at a later time.

Business & Company Resource Center
Coverage: 1980 -
Description: Provides information to company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.... Description: Provides information to company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Ability to search by Company, Industry, Articles, and Advanced Search. This resource is part of the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (NOVEL) provided free to the public by the New York State Library. New York state residents may contact their local public, academic or school library for access information.
Authorization: Password Lookup for MSK Employees and Students

The Cochrane Library
Coverage: Current with a focused on evidence-based literature
Description: Provides reliable and up-to-date information from seven different databases on the effects of interventions in... Description: Provides reliable and up-to-date information from seven different databases on the effects of interventions in healthcare. Published on a quarterly basis and designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in healthcare and to inform those receiving care.

Note: You do not need to log in to search the Cochrane Library. Setting up a user name and password within this resource will allow you to save your search strategies for future use.

Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities
Coverage: Current
Description: Provides access to a comprehensive database of available funding with more than 22,000 records. Sponsors... Description: Provides access to a comprehensive database of available funding with more than 22,000 records. Sponsors include private foundations, public agencies, national and local governments, corporations, and more. Funding is available for work in all disciplines to include physical sciences, social sciences, life sciences, health & medicine, and arts & humanities. Updated daily, all information is verified with sponsor, edited for consistency, and optimized for accurate searching.

Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) via EBSCO
Coverage: 1981-
Description: This major indexing resource for nursing literature covering over 2,900 hundred English language nursing journals,... Description: This major indexing resource for nursing literature covering over 2,900 hundred English language nursing journals, as well as primary journals for the allied health disciplines. Abstracts are included for selected journal titles. The database also contains references to books, dissertations, selected conference proceedings, and standards of professional practice including publications of the American Nurses'Association and the National League for Nursing. CINAHL is updated monthly and links to full-text articles (Fulltext@MSK).

Current Contents Connect via ISI Web of Knowledge
Coverage: 1997 -
Description: Multidisciplinary current awareness resource, providing access to complete bibliographic information of over 8,000 of the... Description: Multidisciplinary current awareness resource, providing access to complete bibliographic information of over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books on such topics as agriculture; biology & environmental sciences; social & behavioral sciences; clinical medicine; life sciences; and physical, chemical, & earth sciences.

Custom Newspapers
Coverage: Varies
Description: This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from... Description: This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over fifty national and international newspapers.
Authorization: Password Lookup for MSK Employees and Students

EBM Guidelines: Evidence-Based Medicine
Description: Addresses the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of diseases and conditions and offers... Description: Addresses the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of diseases and conditions and offers a comprehensive collection of clinical guidelines. The evidence comes from clinical studies and clinicians who use the guideline collection. This tool is of special interest to clinicians, nurses, and medical students.

EMBASE.com
Coverage: 1966 (unique Medline records) to present; 1974 (EMBASE records) to present
Description: EMBASE.com is updated daily and contains biomedical and pharmacological information. This database allows you to... Description: EMBASE.com is updated daily and contains biomedical and pharmacological information. This database allows you to search both EMBASE and unique MEDLINE records simultaneously. Duplicate references are automatically removed and will not appear in search results. Subject areas covered include Drug Research; Pharmacology; Pharmaceutics; Pharmacy; Side Effects, Interactions and Toxicology; Human Medicine (Clinical and Experimental); Basic Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology; Health Policy & Management and Pharmacoeconomics; Public, Occupational & Environmental Health; Psychiatry; Alternative & Complementary Medicine; Forensic Science; Dentistry and Nursing.

Note: You do not need to log in to search EMBASE.com. Setting up a user name and password within this resource will allow you to save your search strategies for future use.

Faculty of 1000 Biology
Coverage: Current
Description: Literature awareness tool from BioMed Central that reviews the most interesting papers published in the... Description: Literature awareness tool from BioMed Central that reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences (divided up into 16 major areas). Based on recommendations of a faculty of over 1000 selected leading researchers, nine of whom are affiliated with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center [as of January 2007], this resource highlights papers on the basis of scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear, offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from leading scientists, systematically organizes and evaluates the mass of information within the scientific literature and presents an immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers. My Details section allows the user to set up email notifications and customize search alerts. Updated continuously as new evaluations are added.

Global Expertise Network for Industry, University, and Scholars (GENIUS)
Description: Searchable scientific and scholarly expertise profile system that contains curricula vitae from leading universities and... Description: Searchable scientific and scholarly expertise profile system that contains curricula vitae from leading universities and research institutions worldwide. Users can enter keywords that identify their areas of research interest and receive e-mail alerts. Search GENIUS database to identify collaborators and sponsored funding matches.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
Coverage: 1985 -
Description: Provides information about articles on questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes and manuals,... Description: Provides information about articles on questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes and manuals, rating scales, and other measurement instruments in the fields of health, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. This database is updated quarterly and links to full text articles (Fulltext@MSK).

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Coverage: Varies
Description: This database contains articles from medical publications and general interest publications on medical topics; medical... Description: This database contains articles from medical publications and general interest publications on medical topics; medical pamphlets; a health organization directory; medical and alternative health encyclopedias; a medical dictionary; drug and herb information; health assessment tools; and links to health news and Internet sources.
Authorization: Password Lookup for MSK Employees and Students

Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (HSRR)
Coverage: Current
Description: Contains descriptions of research resources available for population-based research, links to PubMed and web addresses... Description: Contains descriptions of research resources available for population-based research, links to PubMed and web addresses (URLs) of data resource providers. Content includes clinical records; discharge summaries; claims records; epidemiological surveys; health/behavioral/social surveys; disease registries; birth registries; and data about practitioners; programs; and facilities. A user can search about 300 research datasets, over 55 instruments/indices, and more than 20 software applications that are frequently used in health services research and in the behavioral and social sciences. These research-oriented tools may be used to assess data variables and data collection methodologies. The database default is to search all tools (i.e., datasets, instruments, and software). Alternatively, each type of tool can be searched separately or browsed by title or source. Any word or phrase can be searched in more than thirty fields.

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.

ISI Web of Knowledge
Description: Access to Current Contents Connect (1998-present); BIOSIS Previews (1969-present); MEDLINE (1950-2007); Journal Citation Reports... Description: Access to Current Contents Connect (1998-present); BIOSIS Previews (1969-present); MEDLINE (1950-2007); Journal Citation Reports (1997-2006, updated annually in June/July; 2007 data becomes available in June/July 2008); Web of Science (1945-present).

ISIHighlyCited.com via ISI Web of Knowledge
Coverage: Current
Description: Internet-based, free-access product that collects the work of the world's most cited and influential researchers. Description: Internet-based, free-access product that collects the work of the world's most cited and influential researchers.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR Impact Factors) via ISI Web of Knowledge
Coverage: 1997 -
Description: JCR Science Edition contains data from over 5,900 journals in science and technology. Use this... Description: JCR Science Edition contains data from over 5,900 journals in science and technology. Use this resource to locate journal impact factors.

JSTOR
Coverage: Some journals date back to the 1600s
Description: Unique database of complete back files of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences. The Library has access to General Science (includes: Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and publications of the Royal Society of London), Mathematics, and Statistics. Register for MyJSTOR account to save, email, and export citations into bibliographic management software (EndNote, RefWorks, and Reference Manager). Description: Unique database of complete back files of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences. The Library has access to General Science (includes: Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and publications of the Royal Society of London), Mathematics, and Statistics. Register for MyJSTOR account to save, email, and export citations into bibliographic management software (EndNote, RefWorks, and Reference Manager).

Knovel Library
Coverage: Varies
Description: Knovel is a unique collection of over 300 value-added reference eBooks. The MSKCC Library subscribes... Description: Knovel is a unique collection of over 300 value-added reference eBooks. The MSKCC Library subscribes to permanent access titles in the subject areas of Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology; Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Food Science; and Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics & Toiletries. A large proportion of the books are handbooks and data sources which are difficult and time consuming to search manually. Knovel's Interactive Tables and Graphs allow users to find and customize data such as selecting rows, sorting, finding and filtering data, hiding columns, changing column order, printing and exporting data to different formats.

Lexi-Comp (Hospital Formulary and Lexicomp Online)
Coverage: Current
Description: This drug information resource provides access to the approved drugs and dosage forms used at... Description: This drug information resource provides access to the approved drugs and dosage forms used at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee selects drugs for addition to the Hospital Formulary based on therapeutic efficacy, toxicity, and cost. These decisions are then evaluated by the Medical Board before they can be included. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee reviews new requests for additions on a monthly basis. Quarterly Formulary supplements are distributed to keep Healthcare Providers informed about additions, deletions, and changes. Access to specific links such as Pharmacogenomics Online, Infectious Diseases, Poisoning & Toxicology, Laboratory Tests, Diagnostic Procedures and Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis are available.

MD Consult
Coverage: Varies
Description: Clinical information resource designed to assist healthcare professionals answer questions and stay up to date... Description: Clinical information resource designed to assist healthcare professionals answer questions and stay up to date with the latest medical practices. This resource provides access to full-text clinical reference books and journals, practice guidelines, patient information handouts and drug information. There are some personalized features on MD Consult which requires the user to set up a user name and password. These features include patient education handouts, Pocket Consult for the PDA, and My Folder.

Medical Evidence Matters formerly Evidence Matters
Coverage: Current with a focus on evidence-based literature
Description: User-friendly application with a simple ask-a-question interface, which helps the user select the best therapy... Description: User-friendly application with a simple ask-a-question interface, which helps the user select the best therapy options based on published evidence, for a specific patient with a confirmed diagnosis. Ability to retrieve the latest peer-reviewed research results, which are organized in an evidence-based manner into summary graphs or tables based on therapy effectiveness, safety, and cost.

Note: You do not need to log in to search Evidence Matters. Setting up a user name and password within this resource will allow you to save your search strategies for future use.

MEDLINE via ISI Web of Knowledge
Coverage: 1966 -
Description: MEDLINE is a bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the... Description: MEDLINE is a bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the healthcare system, and the preclinical sciences. Resource contains citations and author abstracts from more than 5,000 biomedical journals published in the United States and 80 other countries. Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Medline is updated monthly. In-process & Other Non-Indexed Citations or PREMEDLINE provide basic information and abstracts before a record is indexed with Medical Subject Headings (controlled vocabulary terms).

Micromedex
Coverage: Current
Description: Clinical decision support databases and tools for healthcare professional includes information related to drugs,... Description: Clinical decision support databases and tools for healthcare professional includes information related to drugs, acute/emergency care, toxicology, and reproductive risk.

National Newspaper Index
Coverage: 1975 to present
Description: Provides indexing (1977 to present) of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The... Description: Provides indexing (1977 to present) of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
Authorization: Password Lookup for MSK Employees and Students

The New York Times Historical Newspapers via ProQuest
Coverage: 1851-2002
Description: The New York Times Historical Newspapers is a unique full-image archive that brings you the... Description: The New York Times Historical Newspapers is a unique full-image archive that brings you the entire issue as well as the historical collection of this newspaper. As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program, the database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. The database continues to grow with content added annually.

The New York Times via ProQuest (text only)
Coverage: 1995 -
Print issues of current week available at Nathan & CyberLibrary.
Description: Proquest offers a searchable database of text articles from the New York Times in its... Description: Proquest offers a searchable database of text articles from the New York Times in its current file.

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.

Ovid Databases
Coverage: Varies
Description: Access to Books@Ovid; Journals@Ovid; AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine); Health and Psychosocial Instruments from... Description: Access to Books@Ovid; Journals@Ovid; AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine); Health and Psychosocial Instruments from 1985; and PsycINFO from 1806.

Note: To obtain a personal Ovid password that allows you to set up saved searches, contact 212.639.7443 (MSK staff only).

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.

PsycINFO
Coverage: 1806 -
Description: Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing,... Description: Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, management, business, social sciences, neuroscience, law and social work. Coverage is worldwide and includes references and abstracts to over 2,000 journals, dissertations, book chapters and books in the English language. This database is updated weekly and links are available to full text articles (Fulltext@MSK).

Pubget
Description: A free database for finding full-text content in the life sciences. Nearly 20 million life... Description: A free database for finding full-text content in the life sciences. Nearly 20 million life science research documents are indexed, including those in PubMed. Immediate access to full-text content is available in the results of a search. Availability of full-text content depends on the Library’s subscriptions.

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.

ScienceDirect
Coverage: Varies, most start in 1996
Description: A research tool that provides access to Elsevier full-text online journals as well as search... Description: A research tool that provides access to Elsevier full-text online journals as well as search capabilities (basic and enhanced) for searching the Web using the Scirus search engine. Personalized features include personal journal lists, email alerts, and saved searches. Free abstracts for all journals for both guests and licensed users (regardless of which journals your institute subscribes to). Helps users to stay current with the literature. Links are available to full-text articles (Fulltext@MSK).

Scirus
Coverage: Current
Description: Search engine which crawls over 250 million science-specific Web pages, helping to pinpoint scientific, scholarly,... Description: Search engine which crawls over 250 million science-specific Web pages, helping to pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data. Allows users to locate reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre-prints, and journals that might not turn up in other search engines.

Scopus
Coverage: 1966 -
Description: Latest navigational tool and database from Elsevier to scientific, technical and medical literature. Users can... Description: Latest navigational tool and database from Elsevier to scientific, technical and medical literature. Users can search over 14,000 journal titles from more than 4,000 International Publishers. Updated daily, links to (Fulltext@MSK) are available to easily access or order journal articles. Search results can also contain Web site and patent sources.

Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)
Description: Large multidisciplinary funding database containing over 11,000 funding sources from federal and private agencies. Search... Description: Large multidisciplinary funding database containing over 11,000 funding sources from federal and private agencies. Search using SPIN keywords: Sponsor name(s), Award type(s), Applicant Type(s), Geographic Region, Deadline Date/Date Ranges, and more.

STAT!Ref via Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
Description: Resource for healthcare professionals which allows searching from selected major medical and drug reference text... Description: Resource for healthcare professionals which allows searching from selected major medical and drug reference text books. Subjects cover include drug information; pharmacology; physiology; diagnostic examination; pediatrics urology; surgery; obstetrics; psychiatry; and the Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. Click on the Advanced Search tab to see the list of publications included.

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.

UpToDate
Coverage: Current

Note: This resource may only be used on campus in clinical locations and in the Library facility

Description: A clinical resource designed to assist with diagnosis and treatment information, presented in the form... Description: A clinical resource designed to assist with diagnosis and treatment information, presented in the form of topic reviews. Each one addresses a particular clinical issue; those covering treatment or management topics include recommendations. Topic reviews contain links to other related topics and are fully illustrated and referenced. Users can view related charts, x-rays, photographs, and Medline abstracts by clicking on the associated links. Topic reviews are revised whenever important new information is published, not by any specific time schedule.

Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge
Coverage: 1945 -
Description: Two citation databases. Science Citation Index Expanded includes about 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific... Description: Two citation databases. Science Citation Index Expanded includes about 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines on biology; medicine; legal medicine; chemistry; cell biology; microbiology; medical informatics; oncology, psychiatry; toxicology; pharmacology and pharmacy; and physics. Social Sciences Citation Index covers about 1,725 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines on geriatrics and gerontology; health policy and services; nursing; rehabilitation; public health; biomedical social sciences; psychology; and psychiatry.

Wiley InterScience
Coverage: Varies
Description: Search interface to the publications from John Wiley. The MSK Library has institutional subscriptions to... Description: Search interface to the publications from John Wiley. The MSK Library has institutional subscriptions to several journals titles, Current Protocols and The Cochrane Library. Users can set up email notifications to Table of Contents for all journals available from this platform.

Note: MSK staff can access individual journal titles as well as any Current Protocol or The Cochrane Library by typing the specific title in the Library Resources Quick Search Box from the Library Web site.