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). Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses
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: Free to the public. Password: empirelink Audience: Administrators, Patients
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. Audience: Researchers
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
Directory of Published Proceedings (DoPP) Coverage: 1965 – Description: DoPP is a comprehensive source, updated daily, for locating available literature from over 280,000 international... Description: DoPP is a comprehensive source, updated daily, for locating available literature from over 280,000 international conferences, meetings, and symposia and covers a wide range of disciplines such as Science/Technology, Medical/Life Sciences, Social Sciences/Humanities, and Pollution Control/Ecology. Special feature includes MInd: The Meeting Index. This index provides over 10,000 entries on future conferences, meetings, and symposia through 2014. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
Library Document Delivery Services (DDS) Description: Premier in-house service designed to deliver journal articles, book chapters, books from other libraries and... Description: Premier in-house service designed to deliver journal articles, book chapters, books from other libraries and other materials to our users. Requests submitted by Memorial Sloan-Kettering staff are usually for materials not available within the collection and are requested via the online form accessible from the Library Homepage. With the exception of books, completed requests are provided electronically whenever possible. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Patients, Researchers
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.
EndNote Description: EndNote is one of several commercially available software programs that can help you manage your... Description: EndNote is one of several commercially available software programs that can help you manage your references. It functions as a reference and image database, an online search tool, and a bibliography and manuscript maker. EndNote is a useful and time saving resource especially for those who publish on a regular basis. Note: Memorial Sloan-Kettering employees may request installation of this application by contacting the Information Systems Help Desk at 646-227-3337. Audience: Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Clinicians, Researchers
Google Description: Want to get the most out of your web search? Learn Google search tricks and... Description: Want to get the most out of your web search? Learn Google search tricks and how to find articles, books, images, and patents in this one-hour class given by Library staff. In addition, see how to set-up alerts and RSS feeds to keep track of the latest news and research, as well as understand about other information resources available from the Library Web site.
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). Audience: Clinicians, Librarians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Clinicians, 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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
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). Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Clinicians, Nurses, Pharmacists
Library Orientation Description: The “Know Your Library” orientation covers the essentials about using both the print and electronic... Description: The “Know Your Library” orientation covers the essentials about using both the print and electronic resources the Library offers and supports. In addition, you will have an opportunity to tour both the Library Web site as well as the physical Library space located in the Rockefeller Research Laboratories Building. This orientation is open to all MSKCC staff. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Patients
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). Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Patients, Researchers
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. Audience: Administrators, Nurses, Patients
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Researchers
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
One Good Article Leads to Another Description: One hour class given by Library staff. Learn how to enhance your database search... Description: One hour class given by Library staff. Learn how to enhance your database search results by searching for references based on one that you already have. Explore features such as “Cited Reference” and “Related Articles.” At the top of this page, click on the link to the Library Class Registration Form for current schedule and to sign up for a class. Audience: Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Patients, Researchers
PLoS (Public Library of Science) Description: The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists committed to making... Description: The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. Dr. Harold Varmus is one of the founders. MSK has an institutional membership which provides a 10% discount on publication charges for all PLoS journals to MSK authors. Journals include: PLoS Biology (awarded an impact factor of 13.9) and PLoS Medicine; community journals PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics and PLoS Pathogens and PLoS Clinical Trials. Audience: Clinicians, Researchers
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). Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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). Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
RefWorks Description: A web-based bibliographic management service that allows you to create your own personal database of references. Users can import references from a search performed in an online database automatically, or enter references manually. Searching tools within RefWorks enables easy navigation for the user within their database and organize folders. MSK staff must sign up for an individual account. More information about RefWorks is available on the Training & Tutorials page. At the top of this page, click on the link to the Library Class Registration Form for current schedule and to sign up for a class.Description: A web-based bibliographic management service that allows you to create your own personal database of references. Users can import references from a search performed in an online database automatically, or enter references manually. Searching tools within RefWorks enables easy navigation for the user within their database and organize folders. MSK staff must sign up for an individual account. More information about RefWorks is available on the Training & Tutorials page. At the top of this page, click on the link to the Library Class Registration Form for current schedule and to sign up for a class. Audience: Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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). Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
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.
Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Patients
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. Audience: Clinicians
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. Audience: Administrators, Clinicians, Nurses, Researchers, Patients
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.
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