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  W AARP Ageline See Ageline
F R ACS Publications (American Chemical Society) 1879 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1879 - present.
 New  Now available: full text from 1879-1995 has been added through purchase of the ACS Legacy Archives.
Chemistry and related fields.
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  W Ageline (AARP) 1978 - present, with selected coverage 1966-1977.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Citations and abstracts for articles and other publications related to older adults (age 50+) and aging.
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F R Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOHost) 1990 - present.
Full text 1990 - present; coverage varies by title.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Alternative health care and wellness.
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F R American Physiological Society Journal Legacy Content See APS Journal Legacy Content
F R Annual Reviews (Annual Reviews) 1996 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1996 - present.
Reviews of primary research in 30 focused disciplines in the biomedical, physical and social sciences.
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F R APS Journal Legacy Content (American Physiological Society) 1898 - 1998; coverage varies by title.
Full text 1898 - 1998; coverage varies by title.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text of journals published by the American Physiological Society.
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  R Biological Abstracts (Ovid) 1980-present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Biological Abstracts (Ovid) 1985-present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Biological Abstracts (Ovid) 1997-present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.usBiology and related fields.
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F R BioOne 2000 - present.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text. Coverage varies by title.
Biology journals.
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F R BioOne Abstracts and Indexes (CSA) 2000 - present.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text. Coverage varies by title.
Biology. Indexes and abstracts BioOne journals.
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F R Books@Ovid (Ovid)    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Electronic health science books.
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  W Canary Database (1970 - present)    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Indexes articles relating to animals as sentinels of human environmental health hazards.
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F R Cell Press journals (ScienceDirect) Coverage varies
Full text. Coverage varies by title.
Access through ScienceDirect    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us.
Biology journals.
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F R CINAHL (Ovid) 1982 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1993 - present.
Nursing, allied health, biomedical.
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F R Clinical Pharmacology (Gold Standard) Current edition    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Drug information for physicians and patients. Includes PDA component.
Link to a description of the databases.
  R Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
F R Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  W CUFTS Journal Search Current edition    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Online journal locator.
Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web
F R Current Contents (Ovid) July 1993 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text 1998 - present.
Science, engineering, medicine, technology, humanities
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F R Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects See EBM-Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
F R Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) 1861 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1963 - present (Includes UMKC dissertations and theses only).
Citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses.
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F R Dissertations & Theses @ University of Missouri - Kansas City (ProQuest) 1958 - present.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1963 - present.
Citations and abstracts of UMKC dissertations and theses.
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F R EBM Reviews - Full text databases only (Ovid)    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
EBM Reviews - All databases (Ovid)    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1991 - present.
Medical research information for clinical problems.
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F R EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club (Ovid)    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1991 - present.
Medical research info for clinical problems.
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  R EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Ovid) 1953 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Information on controlled medical trials.
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F R EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Ovid) Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Health care.
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  R EBM Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (Ovid) Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Medicine.
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F R Education Full Text (Wilson) 1983 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1996 - present.
Education.
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F R Electronic Collections Online (ECO) (FirstSearch) 1995 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1995 - present.
Science, technology, humanities, social sciences, business.
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F R ERIC (CSA) 1966 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to selected full text, 1993 - 2004.
Education.
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F R Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - ACP Journal Club See EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club
  R Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
F R Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
F R Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects See EBM-Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
  R Faculty of 1000 (BioMed Central) 2002 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Current awareness tool for all fields of biology.
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F R Freedom Collection See ScienceDirect
  R Health and Psychosocial Instruments (Ovid) Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us   New 
Measurement instruments for medical or medically related conditions and treatments.
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F R Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost) 1984 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1984 - present
Consumer health and nutrition.
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F R Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost) 1975 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1975 - present.
Medical disciplines.
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F R HealthSTAR (Ovid) 1966 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
HealthSTAR (Ovid) 1966 - 1998    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
HealthSTAR (Ovid) 1999 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text 1993 - present.
Health services, technology and related topics.
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F W HighWire Press, Stanford University 1844 - present, coverage varies.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text, coverage varies by title.
Access for UMKC students, faculty and staff. All others should use the link detailed here.
Electronic journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social science, some humanities.
Link to a description of the database.
  R ISI Web of Science
Note: This database is no longer available.

Science, social science, arts and humanities.
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F R Journals@Ovid (Ovid) 1993 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1993 - present.
Science, technology, medicine.
Link to a description of the database.
F W KCResearch (Kansas City Public Library) 1990 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1990 - present.
Research about issues in the bi-state area surrounding Kansas City.
Link to a description of the database.
F R Lancet Archive (Ovid) 1993 - 2000.
Full text 1993 -2000.
Available through Journals@Ovid.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Articles published in British medical journal The Lancet.
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F R Lippincott Williams & Wilkins High Impact Collection (Ovid) Coverage varies by title.
Full text; coverage varies by title.
Available through Journals@Ovid.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Clinical medical journals.
Link to a description of the database.
F R Marquis Who’s Who on the Web Current edition    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Biographical information.
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F R MEDLINE (Ovid) 1950 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
MEDLINE (Ovid) 1950 - 1995.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
MEDLINE (Ovid) 1996 - present.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
MEDLINE Daily Update (Ovid) Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text.See also MEDLINE In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations
Biomedicine.
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F R MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations (Ovid) Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Formerly PreMEDLINE.
See also MEDLINE
Basic medical database.
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F W MedlinePlus Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Reviewed source for trusted consumer health information.
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  R Mental Measurement Yearbook (EBSCOhost) Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Reviews of tests in psychology, education, business, and leadership.
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F R Natural Standard Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
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F R Nature Clinical Practice Journals (Ovid) 2004 - present; coverage varies by title.
Full text 2004 - present; coverage varies by title.
Note: beginning December 18, 2007, available through Journals@Ovid.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full-text access to selected health sciences journals published by the Nature Publishing Group.
Link to a description of the database.
F R Nature Research and Reviews (Nature Publishing Group) Coverage varies by title.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text; coverage varies by title.
Full-text access to selected journals published by the Nature Publishing Group.
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F W NLM Databases and Electronic Resources.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text.
Biomedical and health sciences resources available from the National Library of Medicine.
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F R Oxford Life Sciences journals (Oxford University Press) 1983 - present; coverage varies by title.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1983 - present, coverage varies by title.
Select life sciences journals published by Oxford University Press.
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F R Oxford Reference Online Premium (Oxford University Press) Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Online access to 170 Oxford reference books.
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F R PreMEDLINE See MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citaitons
F R Psychiatry Online. Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Psychiatry and mental health.
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  R PsycINFO (Ovid) 1872 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
PsycINFO (Ovid) 1967 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
PsycINFO (Ovid) 1985 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Psychology.
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  W PubMed 1951 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text.
Citations to biomedical articles. Many entries include links to full text.
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F R Science Citation Index See ISI Web of Science
F W science.gov 1990 - present; coverage varies.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1990 - present; coverage varies.
U.S. government information on science, technology, medicine, agriculture, environment, and science education.
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F R ScienceDirect    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us (Elsevier) 1823 - present; coverage varies by title.
Selected full text 2000 - present; Clinics of North America titles 1996 - present.
 New  Additional journals are now available with the addition of the Freedom Collection.
Multidisciplinary database.
Link to a description of the database.
  R SciFinder Scholar. 1907 - present. UMKC students, faculty and staff can use this database from the workstations in the Miller Nichols Library Information Commons or elsewhere on campus, by using the SciFinder Scholar Downloading Information (http://merlin.missouri.edu/merlin/pages/scholar.htm) to download a copy of the client software. Access available 24 hours a day except Saturday from 10:00 p.m. until midnight and on the first Saturday of each month: available until 4:00 p.m.
Note: The 2004 version of SciFinder Scholar has been retired. Please install the 2007 version.
Chemistry.
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  W Scirus 1920 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Science-specific search engine.
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  R Sociological Abstracts (CSA) 1963 - present.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Sociology.
Replaces SocioFile.
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F R SpringerLink (Springer) Coverage varies.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text. Coverage varies by title.
Science and social science full-text journals.
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F R STAT!Ref Electronic Medical Library Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Health sciences textbooks.
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F R Stat!Ref Nursing Collection Current edition.    delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Full text.
Nursing textbooks.
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  R Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) Current edition.     delicious logo Save to del.icio.us
Reviews of tests in psychology, education, business, and leadership.
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F   UpToDate. Access is restricted to computers located in the UMKC School of Medicine and Truman Medical Center, www.utdol.com. For more information, contact the Health Sciences Library at (816) 235-1880 or HSL Email Reference.
Current edition.
Clinical medical information.
Link to a description of the database.
F R Web of Science See ISI Web of Science
F R Who's Who on the Web See Marquis Who’s Who on the Web

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