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Biosis

http://www.biosis.org

Biological/biochemical information

CABI Publishing

http://www.cabi-publishing.org/

Abstracts/databases

CAS

http://www.cas.org

Chemistry, toxicology, chemical engineering information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov

CINAHL

http://www.cinahl.com

Nursing and allied health information

Cochrane Library

http://www.update-software.com/cochrane

EMBASE.com

http://www.embase.com

Biomedical and pharmacological information

Gale Directory of Online, Portable, and Internet Databases

http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0230.html

GDB Human Genome Database

http://www.gdb.org

Human Genome Organization (HUGO)

http://www.genenames.org

Human Genome Variation Society

http://www.hgvs.org

Institute of Medicine

http://www.nas.edu/iom

MEDNDX

http://www.medicalndx.com/

Medical search engine

Medstract.org

http://www.medstract.org

Acronyms and initialisms specific to biology and medicine

The Merck Manual

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp

National Academy of Sciences

http://www.nas.edu

OncoLink

http://cancer.med.upenn.edu

Physician’s Guide to the Internet

http://physiciansguide.com

ProMED-mail

http://www.promedmail.org

Global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins, a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

PsycINFO

http://www.apa.org/psycinfo

Psychiatry/psychology information (abstracts only)

Thomson Scientific

http://www.isinet.com

US National Library of Medicine Databases

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Includes MEDLINE, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), NLM Gateway, and PubMed

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/en