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Databases
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Bibliographic and Citation Databases
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Biomedicine (MEDLINE, in-process citations, PMC citations and e-books) |
FREE (the access link activates TROVA) |
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Biomedicine (MEDLINE and e-pubs on the Ovid platform) |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine |
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| Embase | Biomedicine | SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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Nursing and other health care professions (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature). |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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Italian nursing literature (Index of Italian Literature of Nursing edited by Collegio IPASVI, Rome) |
FREE (search functions only available in Italian) |
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Psycho-social aspects of illness and medical practice |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO Department of Psychology/School of Medicine |
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| Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source (DOSS) | Dental and oral sciences |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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Bibliographic and citation database (includes Journal Citation Reports, for journals Impact factor) |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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Bibliographic and citation database |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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Education sciences |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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| ERIC | Education Resource Information Center - Education sciences | SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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Review of tests within psychology, education, business, and leadership |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
Evidence-Based Practice
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DESCRIPTION |
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Clinical decision support resource for point-of-care decisions |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine |
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A collection of six databases about different types of evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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| GIDEON | Evidence-based information about the diagnosis, epidemiology, and therapy of infectious diseases. | SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine |
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Database of systematic reviews, EBP synthesis, and evidence-based primary studies |
FREE |
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Current best evidence from research provided by DynaMed Plus and McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit |
FREE (registration required) |
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Search engine providing access to selected clinical research evidence |
FREE (basic search) / Advanced search upon INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTION |
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Search engine for evidence in health and social care: clinical governance documents by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK National Health Service |
FREE |
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Registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world, from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) |
FREE |
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WHO portal allowing access to multiple registers of controlled trials all around the world |
FREE |
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Systematic reviews and Italian translations of reviews of best practice and international guidelines by Centro Studi EBN, Policlinico S. Orsola – Malpighi, Bologna (Italy) |
FREE |
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Complete EBP content set from the JBI, one of the world's leading evidence-based practice organisations to assist nurses and health professionals |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine |
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| PEDro | Physiotherapy Evidence Database | FREE |
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Search engine for selected studies about evidence-based speech therapy |
FREE |
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| International HTA Database | Bibliographic information about ongoing and published health technology assessments | FREE |
Guidelines
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DESCRIPTION |
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| ECRI Guidelines Trust | Publicly available web-based repository of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines assessed with TRUST scorecards | FREE (registration required) |
| GIN - International Guidelines Library | Collection of international guidelines published or endorsed by GIN - Guidelines International Network member organizations | FREE |
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Guidelines provided by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, UK |
FREE |
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Guidelines provided by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, UK |
FREE |
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National and regional guidelines provided by the Sistema Nazionale Linee Guida, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy (Italian) |
FREE |
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Guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA |
FREE |
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Guidelines provided by the Canadian Medical Association |
FREE |
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Guidelines provided by the Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council |
FREE |
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Nursing practice guidelines provided by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Canada |
FREE |
Pharmacology
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DESCRIPTION |
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| MICROMEDEX |
A suite of evidence-based databases about drugs, drug interactions, toxicology, laboratory analysis, and alternative medicine. The subscribed MICROMEDEX solution includes: Alternative Medicine - DRUGDEX System - Imprint Codes in Identidex - Interaction Checking - Italian Drug Database - IV Compatibility - MARTINDALE Access instructions are available at the bottom of this section. |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine and Dept. of Drug Science and Technology |
| AIFA | Drug information database provided by AIFA (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) | FREE |
| EMA (European Medicine Agency) | Human and veterinary drug information to healthcare professionals and patients provided by European Medicine Agency | FREE |
| FDA (Food and Drug administration) | Information about human and veterinary drugs, toxicity, food, cosmetics provided by FDA | FREE |
| BDC Banca Dati Cancerogeni Istituto Superiore di Sanità | Database about carcinogens provided by Istituto Superiore di Sanità | FREE |
| DailyMed | Information about marketed drugs in the United States | FREE |
| Drug Information Portal | Drug information provided by The National Library of Medicine | FREE |
| HIV insite |
Information on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention from the University of California San Francisco |
FREE |
| MMGs MEDICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR ACUTE CHEMICAL EXPOSURES | Information about toxic substances and how they affect our health by Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | FREE |
| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) | Database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and other communication provided by CDC (Center of Disease Control and Prevention) | FREE |
| PharmGKB | Database about drugs and genetics | FREE |
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Open Data Drug & Drug Target Database: detailed drug data (i.e. chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) with comprehensive drug target information (i.e. sequence, structure and pathway) |
FREE |
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| REACH |
Group of databases of chemical substances to inform the European citizens |
FREE |
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Bibliographic references in chemistry and related sciences, with substances and reactions (Chemical Abstracts + MEDLINE databases). Account creation required: click to register from UniTO network or from Bibliopass |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics
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DESCRIPTION |
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All the life sciences databases provided by NCBI |
FREE |
Patient Information
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NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
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Up-to-date patient information selected by the National Library of Medicine |
FREE |
Public Health
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DESCRIPTION |
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Health-related statistics for 194 WHO Member States |
FREE |
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| WHO Mortality Database | Data on causes of death for more than 100 WHO Member States | FREE |
| WHO Europe - European Health Information Gateway | Health indicators for the European Region | FREE |
| Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) | Global cancer statistics | FREE |
| Centralized Information System for Infectious Diseases (CISID) |
Data about infectious diseases in the WHO European Region |
FREE |
Legislation
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DESCRIPTION |
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Italian laws, codes, verdicts, and other jurisprudence sources |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
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Official publication of Italian laws. Please note: online issues have no legal value |
FREE (issues published in the last 60 days) |
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Official publication of Piedmont Region acts. Please note: online issues have no legal value |
FREE (issues from 2001) |
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Legislation, information, and notices from the European Union |
FREE (issues from 1998) |
Thesis and Dissertations
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DESCRIPTION |
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Thesis and dissertations in health and medicine, science and technology, social sciences, and other subjects |
SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members |
Web search engines
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DESCRIPTION |
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Google web search for scholarly literature citations and full-texts |
FREE |
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Google web search for books |
FREE |