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MEDLINE U.S. National Library of Medicine BRS, Data-Star, Dialog, Medlars, STN, Questel medicine, life sciences... 

Producers. The producers of databases are sometimes called database publishers because they make pubHc their databases. Some producers pubhsh hardcopy counterparts to databases and so are pubHshers in the traditional sense others pubHsh data only in electronic form. Database producers are responsible both for the deterrnination of content and for database production. Most producers offer their databases for lease or Hcense to private organisations or database vendors. Vendors offer database search services to the marketplace on a fee basis. An increasing number of producer/vendors such as Mead Data Central, U.S. National Library of Medicine, and DRI/McGraw-HiU. (formerly Data Resources), offer search services (batch or online) from their own databases as well as from the databases of other products. 

Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) on compact disc from the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (can buy at CCOHS web site). "The HSDB(R) (Hazardous Substances Data Bank(R)) database contains data profiles on 4,500 potentially toxic chemical substances. It is created and updated by specialists at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Compiled from an extensive range of authoritative sources, HSDB is widely recognized as a reliable and practical source of health and safety information. Much of the data is peer reviewed. 

ChemIDplus. Published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, ChemIDplus [62] is a web-based search system, http //chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/ chemidplus/, that provides free access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases. ChemIDplus also provides structure searching and direct links to biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet. The database contains over 349,000 chemical records, over 56,000 of which include chemical structures, and is searchable by name, synonym, CAS registry number, molecular formula, classification code, locator code, and structure. 

TOXNET. 2007. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases website, http //toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/... 

Air Pollution. Sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, this page focuses on health issues related to air pollution, http //www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/airpollution. html. Accessed on September 1, 2006. 

Research articles of interest to biochemists may appear in many types of research journals. Research libraries do not have the funds necessary to subscribe to every journal, nor do scientists have the time to survey every current journal copy for articles of interest. Two publications that help scientists to keep up with published articles are Chemical Titles (published every 2 weeks by the American Chemical Society) and the weekly Current Contents available in hard copy and computer disks (published by the Institute of Science Information). The Life Science edition of Current Contents is the most useful for biochemists. The computer revolution has reached into the chemical and biochemical literature, and most college and university libraries now subscribe to computer bibliographic search services. One such service is STN International, the scientific and technical information network. This on-line system allows direct access to some of the world s largest scientific databases. The STN databases of most value to life scientists include BIOSIS Pre-views/RN (produced by Bio Sciences Information Service covers original research reports, reviews, and U.S. patents in biology and biomedicine), CA (produced by Chemical Abstracts service covers research reports in all areas of chemistry), MEDLINE, and MEDLARS (produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and Index Medicus, respectively cover all areas of biomedicine). These networks provide on-line service and their databases can be accessed from personal computers in the office, laboratory, or library. Some... 

MEDLARS. The U.S. National Library of Medicine s (NLM) Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System contains over 30 bibliographic databases covering medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacology, toxicology, cancer, veterinary medicine, and allied health professions (37). The MEDLARS electronic storage and retrieval system was established at NLM to provide bibliographic access to NLM s biomedical literature collection. 

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E-mail Address info ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Web Address www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software for analyzing genome data and disseminates biomedical information. It is part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Chemical structure database, structure viewing support by Chemscape Chime U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health http //sis.nlm.nih.gov/Chem/ ChemMain.html... 

PUB MED includes MEDLINE and PREMEDLINE. MEDLINE, the U.S. National Library of Medicine s premier bibliographic database, covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health-care systems, and the preclinical sciences. The above-mentioned TOXLINE searches include MEDLINE citations. PREMEDLINE, also produced by NLM, provides citation and abstract information before full records are added to MEDLINE. 

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, one of the worst results of the ill effects of patent medicine use in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the number of healthy babies who became addicted to morphine, heroine, opium, or alcohol. How did babies develop these addictions Well, imagine being a mother or father with an infant who won t stop crying. The baby shrieks night and day. You never get to sleep. You can t rest. You re exhausted and your child is miserable. As a parent, if you could find a cure for your baby s misery, would you buy it Of course you would, just as thousands did at the turn of the twentieth century. 

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