TCC Database List - By Subject

To find books, AV materials, or anatomical models, please use the TCC Library Catalog

Anatomy	Homework
Bibliographic Databases	Journal Lists
Complemetary and Alternative Medicine	Patient Information
Drug Information	Point of Care
E-Books	Radiology
Evidence Based Medical Resources	Search Engines
Histology	Teaching, Education
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Anatomy
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Anatomy Atlases A digital library of anatomy information.
MedicalStudent.com A digital library of authoritative medical information for the medical student and all students of medicine. Resources include interactive anatomy tutorials to x-ray reviews.
Visible Human Project It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Acquisition of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers has been completed.
Visible Human Server This site gives instructions on how to navigate the Visible Human Project.
Winking Skull WinkingSkull.com is designed to let you study and test yourself on human anatomy. You can gauge your proficiency against a handy timer and see your test results instantly.
Yale Image Finder Search the actual image content of 548,165 (and growing!) Open Access images and figures from PubMed Central.
Bibliographic Databases
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Ali Baba Takes key words in PubMed abstracts and creates a graph showing their relationships.
Alt HealthWatch Information on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Alt Health Watch offers full text articles for nearly 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. This is an EBSCOhost resource.
CINAHL The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, is the most comprehensive resource for nursing and allied health literature. This is an EBSCOhost Resource.
Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of intervention in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, the Cochrane library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases.
Cochrane's DARE Library This alternative version of the DARE Cochrane database has more content than the version that is available through the traditional Cochrane website.
Ebsco eBook Collection Contains a large number of ebooks on many subjects including medicine.
EBSCOhost Databases EBSCO databases include Medline, CINAHL, Alt Health Watch and others.
ERIC Education Resources Information Center) Used primarily to find articles in education literature.
Google Scholar Yes, it is true. Google Scholar can be a beneficial resource for finding scholarly medical research. Many of its entries link to PubMed, but it also indexes less than reputable resources as well. Use it, but use it with caution.
GoPubMed Sorts PubMed by topic.
HubMed Users may track and download PubMed citations. Citations may be downloaded in RIS, and BIb Text formats for Endnote, ProCite, or RefManager.
Index to Chiropractic Literature This chiropractic only database searches approximately 40 journals, many of which are peer-reviewed and most of which are owned by the TCC library.
National Guideline Clearinghouse A government resource with evidence-based, clinical practice guideline summaries.
NCBI Bookshelf The National Institutes of Health growing collection of ebooks on medical issues.
PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 19,000 randomized trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
PubMed This extensive database constructed by the National Library of Medicine covers a wide range of medical subjects. The username for My NCBI is tcclibrary and the password is student.
TCC A-Z Journal List Lists a couple thousand medical journals with full-text online access. The entries that have print collection noted at the bottom are journals that are sitting on the library shelves.
TCC Library Catalog Find books, journals and videos at TCC through the catalog. The TCC Library is available on or off campus.
TexShare -- NOT YET AVAILABLE OFF CAMPUS TexShare covers biomedical and non-medical subjects. There is a section specifically for medical databases.
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database The Internet's leading resources for Evidence-Based Medicine. Allowing users to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products Created by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, this site provides objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems.
Alt HealthWatch Information on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Alt Health Watch offers full text articles for nearly 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. This is an EBSCOhost resource.
CAMbase CAMbase is a virtual sear engine that enables the user to easily find relevant literature of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in different resources.
CAM Index Created by the University of Maryland Medical Center, the CAM Index is searchable by a browse feature. Subjects may be found by treatment, depletions, conditions, drugs, herbs, and supplements. Information is written at a consumer level and references are provided.
CAM in UME Digital Depository The CAM in UME Digital Resource Repository (DRR) contains curriculum materials to support the teaching of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) topics in Canadian undergraduate medical education (UME) programs.
Dietary Supplements Labels Database Offers information about label ingredients in more than 6,000 selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to compare label ingredients in different brands. Information is also provided on the "structure/function" claims made by manufacturers.
Index to Chiropractic Literature This chiropractic only database searches approximately 40 journals, many of which are peer-reviewed and most of which are owned by the TCC library.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Complementary and Integrative Medicine From the Houston Medical Center, a very useful collection of resources designed to help physicians and patients decide how best to integrate CAM therapies into their care.
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Recognized as the scientific gold standard for evidence-based information on natural medicines. It is easy to navigate and updated daily.
Natural Standard This resource contains information on alternative medicine with an emphasis on herbs, supplements and alternative therapies. It includes detailed data on specific conditions and diseases, as well as herb, supplement and drug interactions, symptom checkers, calculators and genetic information.
NOAH New York Online Access to Health is a consumer information medical database. It distinguishes itself by having a prolific amount of medical information in Spanish.
Quackwatch A member of Consumer Federation of America, Quackwatch is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads and fallacies. Please remember Quackwatch is mainly based on one person's personal opinion.
VitaSearch Current research summaries in nutrition and integrative medicine.
Drug Information
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DailyMed DailyMed provides high quality information about marketed drugs. This information includes FDA approved labels (package inserts). This Web site provides a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts.
MedlinePlus: Drugs & Supplements Prescription and over-the-counter medication information is from AHFS Consumer Medication Information, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Information on herbs and supplements is from Natural Standard.
E-Books
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Ebsco eBook Collection Contains a large number of ebooks on many subjects including medicine.
NCBI Bookshelf The National Institutes of Health growing collection of ebooks on medical issues.
STAT!Ref This database is comprised of numerous resources including ACP Pier, and older editions of books such as Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas of Clinical Dermatology as well as many other titles.
TCC Library Catalog Find books, journals and videos at TCC through the catalog. The TCC Library is available on or off campus.
Evidence Based Medical Resources
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Bandolier Bandolier collects good quality evidence under a variety of different headings. It searches for systematic reviews of treatments, of evidence about diagnosis, epidemiology or health economics, and abstracts it.
Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of intervention in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, the Cochrane library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases.
Cochrane's DARE Library This alternative version of the DARE Cochrane database has more content than the version that is available through the traditional Cochrane website.
DynaMed A clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. With clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics.
Evidence Australia A search engine that indexes only evidence-based medical information for Australia.
National Guideline Clearinghouse A government resource with evidence-based, clinical practice guideline summaries.
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Recognized as the scientific gold standard for evidence-based information on natural medicines. It is easy to navigate and updated daily.
Natural Standard This resource contains information on alternative medicine with an emphasis on herbs, supplements and alternative therapies. It includes detailed data on specific conditions and diseases, as well as herb, supplement and drug interactions, symptom checkers, calculators and genetic information.
PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 19,000 randomized trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
STAT!Ref This database is comprised of numerous resources including ACP Pier, and older editions of books such as Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas of Clinical Dermatology as well as many other titles.
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database The Internet's leading resources for Evidence-Based Medicine. Allowing users to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
UpToDate – NOT AVAILABLE OFF CAMPUS UpToDate is located on computer #23 in the Learning Resource Center. It is a Point of Care resource that is very popular with medical students around the world.
Histology
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Histology This site was created as a supplement to a basic histology course. It explores microanatomy and the many links between form and function at the microscopic level.
Lumen Histology Created by Loyola University Medical Education Network, Lumen Histology presents slides on cell and molecular biology, host defense, and functions of the human body.
MedicalStudent.com A digital library of authoritative medical information for the medical student and all students of medicine. Resources include interactive anatomy tutorials to x-ray reviews.
Poja Histology Collections Search over 700 histology slides located in HEAL.
Yale Image Finder Search the actual image content of 548,165 (and growing!) Open Access images and figures from PubMed Central.
Homework
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Chiro.org General news, information and research for chiropractors and chiropractic students. Search chiropractic related topics.
Chiropractic Technique List A thorough list of chiropractic techniques and their creators.
MedicalStudent.com A digital library of authoritative medical information for the medical student and all students of medicine. Resources include interactive anatomy tutorials to x-ray reviews.
Medical Terminology This is a complete and self-contained course in modern medical terminology. It is suitable for all students of the health occupations who will have a need to communicate with physicians, dentists, and other medical professionals.
MediLexicon This database carries a "medical dictionary, pharmaceutical company search, hospitals, medical abbreviations and associations" as well as other information.
Medscape A free, integrated site for health professionals. Robust and very useful.
Merck Manuals Online These are online versions of Merck Manuals. They give quick and easy access to medical information.
Orthogate Gateway to the Orthopedic Internet. Orthopedic information and musculoskeletal health.
World Ortho This website has over 3000 pictures (another 3500 being added) with accompanying text, quizzes, and online books and Podcasts - directed at medical students, junior doctors, registrars, paramedics and other health professionals.
Journal Lists
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A-Z Journal List Lists a couple thousand medical journals with full-text online access. The entries that have print collection noted at the bottom are journals that are sitting on the library shelves.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) There are now 6724 journals in the directory, and they are always adding to the list.
Free Medical Journals Lists over 400 medical journals, books and podcasts with free access over the Internet.
Geneva Foundation of Free Medical Journals Categorizes journals by topic and their free/pay status. It does not let users look up specific articles, but links to publisher's websites where articles or citations may be found.
Highwire Press Free Full-Text Articles Largest archives of free full-text science journals. The list is easy to navigate.
Medscape A free, integrated site for health professionals. Robust and very useful.
Open Science Directory Open Science Directory contains collections of open access journals and journals in other special full-text programs.
OpenDOAR OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories.
Public Library of Science PLOS publishes their own peer-reviewed, full text online, medical journals.
Patient Information
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eMedTV EMedTV has videos and articles on health topics geared towards the consumer. As the name suggests, the site specializes in videos.
Familydoctor.org This is a consumer-based website with information for the patient. It is very easy to navigate.
Healia Online health communities and a search engine with good sources. Some advertising. For professionals and consumers.
Healthfinder.gov Healthfinder contains a small, online medical reference library and a collection of selected health topics organized for men and women, by age from kids to seniors, by race and ethnicity, for parents, caregivers, and health professionals. The site also features information about doctors, dentists, public clinics, and hospitals.
Mayo Clinic High quality patient level information. One must register (free registration) to get access to some of the information.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Complementary and Integrative Medicine From the Houston Medical Center, a very useful collection of resources designed to help physicians and patients decide how best to integrate CAM therapies into their care.
MedlinePlus MedlinePlus should be one of the first places a patient looks for information on his/her condition. Information is given in several languages.
NOAH New York Online Access to Health is a consumer information medical database. It distinguishes itself by having a prolific amount of medical information in Spanish and a CAM section.
Quackwatch A member of Consumer Federation of America, Quackwatch is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads and fallacies. Please remember Quackwatch is mainly based on one person's personal opinion.
Spine-Health Patient-oriented website on understanding and managing spinal diseases and conditions. Watch out for the advertisements.
WebMD WebMD provides valuable health information, tools for managing health, and support to those who seek information.
Point of Care
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Dynamed A clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. With clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics.
STAT!Ref This database is comprised of numerous resources including ACP Pier, and older editions of books such as Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas of Clinical Dermatology as well as many other titles.
UpToDate – NOT AVAILABLE OFF CAMPUS UpToDate is located on computer #23 in the Learning Resource Center. It is a Point of Care resource that is very popular with medical students around the world.
Radiology
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ARRS GoldMiner ARRS (American Roentgen Ray Society) GoldMiner provides instant access to 240,897 radiological images published in 262 selected peer-reviewed journals. You can search by findings, anatomy, imaging technique, and patient age and sex.
CHORUS (Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology) CHORUS is a "quick reference" hypertext for physicians and medical students. More than 1,100 documents describe diseases, radiological findings, differential-diagnosis lists ("gamuts"), and pertinent anatomy, pathology and physiology. CHORUS documents are indexed topically by organ system and alphabetically by title. Documents are interconnected by a network of more than 2,200 hyperlinks.
Learning Radiology.com LearningRadiology.com is aimed at medical students and radiology residents. Contains images, lectures, handouts, podcasts, cases, quizzes and more.
Medical Images & Illustrations A great resource of links to images on many medical subjects.
MedicalStudent.com A digital library of authoritative medical information for the medical student and all students of medicine. Resources include interactive anatomy tutorials to x-ray reviews.
My PACS Over 24,000 cases with over 138,000 radiologic images have been contributed by the medical community to create this site.
Radiology Assistant The Radiology Assistant is the educational web site of the Radiological Society of the Netherlands. They focus on common radiological issues in a problem oriented way for radiology residents and radiologists.
Radiopolis Radiopolis is a community formed to create a network for the needs of radiologists, residents, medical students, technologists and industry. It is based on a taking and giving principle, where you share your knowledge and others do the same.
Visible Human Project It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Acquisition of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers has been completed.
Visible Human Server This site gives instructions on how to navigate the Visible Human Project.
Yale Image Finder Search the actual image content of 548,165 (and growing!) Open Access images and figures from PubMed Central.
Yotta Look Medical imaging search engine for web, journals, teaching-files, images, books and more.
Search Engines
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Bandolier Bandolier collects good quality evidence under a variety of different headings. It searches for systematic reviews of treatments, of evidence about diagnosis, epidemiology or health economics, and abstracts it.
Evidence Australia A search engine that indexes only evidence-based medical information for Australia.
Google Scholar Yes, it is true. Google Scholar can be a beneficial resource for finding scholarly medical research. Many of its entries link to PubMed, but it also indexes less than reputable resources as well. Use it, but use it with caution.
Healia Online health communities and a search engine with good sources. Some advertising. For professionals and consumers.
Omni Medical Search Search several health related search engines at one time. There is a separate search function for images that lets you search more than 140,000 images from 100 different websites. RefDesk includes links to approximately 250 links to medical journal websites in 55 categories, and links to 47 free databases.
PogoFrog PogoFrog.com jumps over the layman-focused clutter on the Internet to find only credible medical information for physicians.
Science.gov Searches over 45 databases and over 2000 selected websites from 14 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
Scirus With over 410 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.
VitaSearch Current research in nutrition and integrative medicine.
WorldCat This database will let you search for books and journals in libraries around the country.
Yotta Look Medical imaging search engine for web, journals, teaching-files, images, books and more.
Teaching, Education
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CAM in UME Digital Depository The CAM in UME Digital Resource Repository (DRR) contains curriculum materials to support the teaching of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) topics in Canadian undergraduate medical education (UME) programs.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) Used primarily to find articles in education literature.
HEAL (Health Education Assets Library) HEAL is a digital repository that allows medical educators to discover, download, and re-use over 22,000 medical education resources.
IN-CAM Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research. This resource includes practical and accessible information on outcome measures within a framework of domains that are important to CAM researchers.
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