"Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est."
Knowledge itself is power.

- Francis Bacon (from Religious Meditations of Heresies)

 

Just for Students
Great resources for teachers, recommended by teachers / Search Engines / Science and Health Science Sites

Library and Reference Sites / Grant Resources

 

Just for Students!!

Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Virtual Labs
Fundamental Information Resources
            Links to a variety of resources available on UMMC campus and across the web.
Advanced Information Resources
            Links to advanced full text resource materials for BasePair Teachers and Students only.  *log-in required 
 Reference Sources
            Links to reference sources (dictionaries, directories, etc). 
Lifeworks: Explore Health and Medical Science Careers

Rowland Medical Library Subject Guides 
Scoping the Sciences and Topic Tracks:
Prepared reference material on a variety of topical subjects.

Great Resources for Teachers, Recommended by Teachers

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
 http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html

Learn.Genetics Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah
 http://learn.genetics.utah.edu

 

Search Engines 
Alta Vista                                                        www.altavista.com
Ask Jeeves                                                      www.ask.com
 Ask Jeeves for Kids                                         www.ajkids.com
 Awesome Library for Teens                            www.neat-schoolhouse.org/student5.html
 Google                                                            www.google.com
 HotBot                                                             www.hotbot.com
 Lycos                                                              www.lycos.com
 Yahoo!                                                            www.yahoo.com

Science and Health Science Sites
BasePair                                                         http://basepair.library.umc.edu/
 Consumer Health Education Center                http://chec.library.umc.edu
Howard Hughes Medical Institute                   www.hhmi.org
 HHMI Virtual Labs                                           Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Virtual Lab Series.htm
MedlinePlus                                                    www.medlineplus.com
NASA                                                              www.nasa.gov
 NSTA: The High School Science Classroom   www.nsta.org/highschool
 National Science Foundation                         www.nsf.gov
National Science Teachers' Association         www.nsta.org
 National Institutes of Health                            www.nih.gov
 NIH Office of Science Education                    http://science-education.nih.gov
University of Mississippi Medical Center         www.umc.edu

Library and Reference Sites
BasePair Scoping the Sciences                     http://basepair.library.umc.edu/scopingthesciences/index.htm
High School Hub: Science Guide                   http://highschoolace.com/ace/science.cfm
 www.jhlibrary.com
 MAGNOLIA Databases                                    www.lib.usm.edu/~magnolia/index.ht
Mississippi Library Commission                     http://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/
 PowerPoint in the Classroom Tutorial           www.actden.com/pp/
 Rowland Medical Library Topic Tracks          www.library.umc.edu/TopicTracks
Virtual Reference Desk                                  www.vrd.org/locator/subject.shtml

 

National Institutes of Health                           www.nih.gov

  • IBIDS - http://ods.od.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html
    Available via Office of Dietary Supplements of the NIH, provides published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals, to assist the public, health care providers, educators, and researchers in locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements. IBIDS was developed and will be maintained through an interagency partnership with the Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

National Library of Medicine                         www.nlm.org

  • Medline - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
    Available via PubMed, provides access to over 11 million citations from biomedical and life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. Coverage is from 1966 to the present.

    HIV/AIDS Search -     http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html
    Available via NLM's Specialized Information Services (SIS), provides direct links to HIV/AIDS facts, references, and other information.

    CANCERLIT -     http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/cancer_literature
    Produced by the National Cancer Institute's International Cancer Information Center (CancerNet), CANCERLIT has contains more than 1.5 million citations and contains references to the vast realm of cancer literature published from the 1960's to the present.

    HSTAT -     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat
    A free, web-based resource that provides access to full-text documents useful for providing health information and for health care decision making.

    NLM's Specialized Information Services -     http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/
    Provides information resources and services in toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and specialized topics in minority health.

    Other NLM Databases & Electronic Information Sources -     http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/index.html
    Available in various formats - searchable databases, bibliographic citations, full-text, archival collections, & images.

  • NLM's NCBI
    Nucleotide     Sequence - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Nucleotide
    Is a collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, and PDB.

    Protein     Sequence - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Protein
    Is a compilation from a variety of sources, including SwissProt, PIR, PRF, PDB, and translations from annotated coding regions in GenBank and RefSeq.

    Genome -     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Genome
    Provides whole genomes of over 800 organisms that can be found in Entrez Genomes, representing both completely sequenced organisms and those for which sequencing is in progress. All three main domains of life - bacteria, archaea, and eukaryota - are represented, as well as many viruses and organelles.

    Taxonomy -     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Taxonomy
    Contains the names of all organisms that are represented in the genetic databases with at least one nucleotide or protein sequence.

  • NLM's Toxnet
    TOXLINE -     http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE
    Provides references to literature on biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals.

    HSDB -     http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB
    Focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals, with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. HSDB is peer-reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel (SRP) with all data referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature.

    Toxic Release Inventory -     http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TRI
    Contains information on the annual estimated releases of toxic chemicals to the environment and is based upon data collected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). TRI's data covers air, water, land, and underground injection releases, as well as transfers to waste sites, and waste treatment methods and efficiency, as reported by industrial facilities around the United States.

    ChemIDplus -     http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
    Provides structure searching and direct links to many biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet for chemicals of interest. The database contains over 350,000 chemical records, of which over 80,000 include chemical structures, and is searchable by Name, Synonym, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, and Structure.
OVID Databases (UMC ON CAMPUS ONLY - via Library Home Page):
  • CINAHL - http://www.library.umc.edu/
    The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) database provides coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Most of the English-language publications are indexed along with the publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Selected journals are also indexed in the areas of consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship.
  • HAPI - http://www.library.umc.edu/
    Provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
  • PsycLit - http://www.library.umc.edu/
    Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1300 in more than 30 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language.

 

Grant Resources
American Cancer Society                              http://www.cancer.org/docroot/res/res_5_1.asp
 American Heart Association                           www.americanheart.org/research/
 Charles A. Dana Foundation                          www.dana.org/grants/
 Community of Science (COS)                        http://fundingopps2.cos.com/
ED.gov Grants &  Contracts                            www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt
 Foundation Center                                         www.fdncenter.org/
 GrantDoctor                                                   http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/
Grants.gov                                                     www.grants.gov
 GrantsNet                                                       www.grantsnet.org/
 GrantsWeb                                                     www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm
NIH Grants & Funding Opportunities              http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm
 NSF - Find Funding                                        www.nsf.gov/funding
 Natl. Center for Environmental Research       http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/
 NextWave                                                      http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/
 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation                 http://www.rwjf.org/applications/index.jsp
 SchoolGrants                                                 www.schoolgrants.org
Science Diversity Center                                http://sciencediversitycenter.org/
UMC Office of Research                                 http://research.umc.edu
 U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services         http://www.hhs.gov/grants/index.shtml