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Ovid MEDLINE This link opens in a new window Search journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature published worldwide. Ovid, like PubMed, is a search interface to MEDLINE. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
PubMed LinkOut This link opens in a new window Search MEDLINE for biomedical literature. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
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Scopus This link opens in a new window Citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Covers the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities from over 5,000 international publishers.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window Subscription includes Science Citation Index Expanded (1998-present). Indexes 8,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals across 150 disciplines. Provides Cited Reference Searching and Times Cited data.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window *Users must create a personal account to use Scifinder-n* SciFinder® is a portal to chemistry and related information providing easy access to the most trusted collection of chemical substances, reactions and literature references in the world curated by expert scientists. PatentPak® is an integrated workflow solution designed to radically reduce time spent acquiring and searching through full-text patents to find vital chemistry insights.

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NEJM Evidence The original research that NEJM Evidence publishes falls along the full spectrum of human investigation — from first-in-human studies that offer insight into the safety and potential efficacy of novel therapeutics to the late-stage confirmatory trials that solidify the evidence base that forms the foundation of clinical practice. The journal also offers a number of unique article types and features — designed to challenge clinical thinking and connect evidence with medical practice.

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Cell Signalling Biology This link opens in a new window Freely accessible resource for researchers, teachers and students which describes the biology of cell signalling. The emerging information on cell signalling pathways is integrated and presented within the context of specific cell types and processes. Sponsored by the Biochemical Society and Portland Press Limited.

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Current Protocols This link opens in a new window Access laboratory manuals in Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Cytometry (through Jan 2008), Human Genetics, Immunology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (non-updating since Jan 2008), Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Nucleic Acid Chemistry (through 2010), Pharmacology, Protein Science, Stem Cell Biology, and Toxicology.

Springer Protocols This link opens in a new window Database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the biomedical and life sciences. Protocols are compiled from the book series Methods in Molecular Biology and other sources.

Conducting a Literature Search Using PubMed This video demonstrates the search process, starting with finding keywords and ending with executing the search and accessing the literature. Topics covered include advanced searching techniques, using filters in PubMed, and accessing literature through open access websites like PubMed Central. 20:51
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H-Index: A Measure of a Scientist's Impact This video provides an explanation of the H-Index and demonstrations of both how to manually calculate the H-Index and how to find it in Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.
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Save Searches and Set E-mail Alerts in PubMed/MyNCBI In this video, learn how to save searches and set up e-mail alerts for new results in many NCBI databases.
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Navigating the NIH Manuscript Submission Process This video gives you detailed help in submitting, reviewing, and approving your manuscript in the NIHMS (NIH Manuscript Submission) system. The NIHMS supports deposit of manuscripts into PubMed Central (PMC) as required by the public access policies of NIH and other participating funding agencies. https://nihms.nih.gov/
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