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Dentistry Databases
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| Medline via OvidSP (1950 - present)
The U.S. National Library of Medicine´s premier bibliographic database covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the preclinical sciences, health administration, and the health care system. Medline is the primary database for dentistry. |
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| Embase.com (1966 - present) A major bibliographic database produced by Elsevier in The Netherlands. It has extensive coverage of pharmacy and pharmacology, toxicology, clinical and experimental medicine, biological sciences, biotechnology and biomedical engineering, health policy and management, as well as dentistry. It focuses on drug research and pharmacology, but has a selective coverage of dental journals. Whilst there is some overlap in the coverage of Medline and Embase.com, it is worth searching Embase separately to ensure that all possible references are retrieved. |
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EBM Reviews: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews via OvidSP Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews on the effects of health care prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration. |
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A collection of e-books in the medical sciences that is fully searchable. The dental collection consists of 8 textbooks covering oral pathology, treatment planning, implant dentistry, esthetic dentistry, dental pharmacology, and endodontics. |
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| STAT!Ref
Includes more than 34 full-text resources in the areas of medicine, pharmacy, health sciences and dentistry. The Stat!Ref collection is fully cross-searchable, the dental collection consisting of 17 titles covering oral medicine, periodontology, preventive dentistry, operative dentistry, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, clinical dentistry, orthodontics, dental materials, orofacial pain, and oral medicine. |
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| Meditext via Informit Online (1968 - present)
A full-text database that indexes Australian literature on all aspects of medicine and dentistry not covered by either Medline or Embase.com. It is worth searching if your research has an Australian focus, or would like to ensure that your research is complete. 
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| Scopus
A large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas, and provides access to scientific websites via Scirus. |
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| Web of Science via Web of Knowledge
One of the largest Scientific databases, providing access to current and retrospective information from high impact research journals. It also provides citation analysis of authors, journals and subject areas. Web of Science is especially useful in tracking a particularly relevant citation, allowing you to see who has cited it. It offers a good way of expanding your research. |
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| images.MD
This database features more than 48,000 medical images, each accompanied by explanatory text .Fullyy searchable if also includes a section on infectious diseases of the oral cavity. Register to create your own image library with personal notes. |
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AMH - Australian Medicines Handbook A reliable, up-to-date, comparative, practical formulary covering most of the drugs marketed in Australia published on behalf of ASCEPT, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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anatomy.tv Human anatomy in 3D. Complete anatomical 3D models from skin to bone for various body parts. Includes biomechanical animations, dynamic MRI, and movie clips. |
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| APAIS-Health : Australian Public Affairs Information Service - Health via Informit Online (1978 - present) Covers health and medicine in Australia, in particular the legal, social, economic and ethical aspects of health.
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BIOSIS Previews via Web of Knowledge (1926 - present) Covers life sciences and biomedical research worldwide including: journals, meetings, patents, and books. |
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| Cinahl via OvidSP (1982 - present)
A major resource for allied health professionals and nurses with coverage of allied health, management, behavioural sciences, biomedicine, dentistry, and education. |
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| Cochrane Library via Wiley Interscience
A collection of evidence-based databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence used to make informed decision-making in the provision of healthcare. In addition to the Cochrane reviews, it provides other systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and individual clinical trials. All material is full-text. |
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| Compendex via Engineering Village (1884 - present)
Comprehensive database of engineering research literature, containing engineering journals and conferences. Subject coverage: all engineering disciplines, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communication. It would be useful for finding information on biomaterials and their uses in dental implants. |
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Current Contents Connect via ISI Web of Knowledge (1998 - present) A quick and easy way of keeping up to date. Coverage includes clinical medicine, science, social science, arts and humanities. |
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| eTG Complete (Therapeutic Guidelines)
The recommendations in the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines are based on the latest international literature, interpreted by Australian experts, and aim to represent the essence of current available evidence for the management of patients with specific conditions. eTG includes an Oral and Dental subsection, that provides up to date information on treating periodontal disease and providing pain management.
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| Factiva.com
Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from Australian and overseas media sources. Factiva.com is a useful resource for locating information about dentistry appearing in the news media. |
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Health & Society : Health & Society Database via Informit online (1980 to present) Covers health policy and services and the social, psychological, legal and ethical issues associated with health that are of direct importance to Australian people and families.
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| INSPEC via OvidSP (1969 - present)
Subject coverage: physics, electronics, communications, electrical engineering, control engineering, information technology, computers, control engineering, computing, environmental science, manufacturing, health and safety. It would be useful for finding information on biomaterials and their uses in dental implants. |
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| Journal Citation Reports via ISI Web of Knowledge (2000 - present) Discover analytical information on selected journals such as impact factor and citation frequency. JCR is a useful tool to use when deciding on which journals you should submit your papers to. |
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MIMS Online An Australian pharmaceutical database, offering access to information on prescription and non-prescription drugs.
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PubMed Provides access to around 9 million records drawn primarily from the MEDLINE database and some citations to articles that are not indexed by Medline primarily some general science, general chemistry journals, and some life science journals that submit full text to PubMedCentral® and may not yet have been recommended for inclusion in MEDLINE and some physics journals that were part of a prototype PubMed in the early to mid-1990's. See also Medline via OvidSP. |
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Web of Knowledge via ISI Web of Knowledge This portal hosts Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, and via the Additional Resources tab, Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators. Its CrossSearch feature enables a "quick overview" search of these databases and also searches Agricola and Pubmed. |
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