Databases
Databases and Other Resources
Resource Title |
Annotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| E-Resource Portal - Journals and Books |
Gateway to the library's online journal and textbook subscriptions. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
General Sites |
 e-Mental Health in Central Massachusetts |
Information about mental health conditions and diseases as well as links to services available to the Central Massachusetts region. Access is freely available to all. |
Psychiatry |
 DynaMed |
A clinical reference tool created by a physician for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the point-of-care. Updated daily. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
General Sites |
| Drugs@FDA |
Search for official information about FDA approved brand name and generic drugs and therapeutic biological products. Access is freely available to all. |
Pharmacology |
| Drugs.com™ |
Data on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products. Access is freely available to all. |
Pharmacology |
| Drug InfoNet |
Provides drug and disease information. Access is freely available to all. |
Pharmacology |
| DoPHER, Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews |
Coverage of systematic and non-systematic reviews of effectiveness in health promotion and public health worldwide. Access is freely available to all. |
Public Health |
| DOE Information Bridge | Access is freely available to all. | Science |
| Disability Statistics |
Online Resource for U.S. Disability Statistics from Cornell University. Access is freely available to all. |
Statistics |
| Digital Commonwealth |
Portal to the cultural heritage held in museums, historical societies, colleges, libraries and other cultural repositories in Massachusetts. You can search or browse the digital collections of member institutions for manuscripts, images, and documents. Access is freely available to all. |
Libraries |
| Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology | Access is freely available to all. | Ophthalmology |
| Dictionary.com |
Links to language-specific dictionaries. Features a crossword solver. Premium content requires registration. Access is freely available to all. |
Dictionaries |
| DICT Development Group, The | Access is freely available to all. | Dictionaries |
| Developmental & Reproductive Toxicology (DART/ETIC) | Access is freely available to all. | Toxicology |
| DESASTRES, Disaster Documentation Center Collection | Access is freely available to all. | Public Health |
| Dermnet |
Contains over 9000 images of skin disease. It is an educational resource for medical professionals. Dermnet is designed for rapid access so that a number of images can be viewed simultaneously. Access is freely available to all. |
Dermatology |
| DermIS |
Offers image atlases (DOIA and PeDOIA) complete with diagnoses and differential diagnoses, case reports and additional information on almost all skin diseases. Access is freely available to all. |
Dermatology |
| DermAtlas |
Provides access to thousands of dermatology images. Images can be searched by diagnosis, disease category, body site, pigmentation, image contributor, patient age, image name, and/or keywords. Images can be freely used for educational purposes. Access is freely available to all. |
Dermatology |
| Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) |
The U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Access is freely available to all. |
General Sites |
| Database of Virtual Cervical Cytology | Access is freely available to all. | Cytology |
| Data.gov |
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the executive branch of the federal government. Access is freely available to all. |
Statistics |
 DailyMed |
Provides health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts. Access is freely available to all. |
Pharmacology |
| Current Index to Statistics |
Bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields, from 1974-present. Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
Statistics |
| CPDB (Carcinogenic Potency Database) |
A searchable database of quantitative and qualitative analyses of published literature relating to chronic, long-term animal cancer tests. Contains materials published through 1997/98 by the National Cancer Institute and the National Toxicology Program. Access is freely available to all. |
Neoplasms |
 Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities |
Database of available funding sources, including private foundations, public agencies, national and local governments, and private business. All disciplines are represented (sciences to humanities). Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service. |
Science |