Liaison Librarian
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Genevieve Gore
514-398-3472
Life Sciences Library
Library Services
Sources for Background Information
Core and additional databases
- MEDLINE (1996-) - premier biomedical database produced by the National Library of Medicine.
MEDLINE (1950-)
- Cancer - produced by the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CCDPC) - Canadian information on common cancers, funding opportunities and statistics
- CancerLit: Cancer Literature in PubMed - the NCI oncology subset of PubMed/Medline
- CancerNet - up-to-date full-text cancer information for health professionals, researchers, or patients
- Carcinogenic Potency Database - a unique resource on results of chronic, long-term animal cancer tests. Includes results of bioassays from the National Toxicology Program
- ClinicalTrials.gov - an international registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials
- PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database - peer reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, support, and other aspects of cancer related care
- EMBASE - biomedical and pharmaceutical database with extensive coverage of the European and Middle East literature
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Online - an index of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Includes full text for many but not all entries.
- PUBMED - free version of Medline, the premier biomedical database
- Web of Science - multidisciplinary research database. Features citation indexing, H-index indicators and access to Journal Citation Reports for journal impact factor information
Evidence Based and Point of Care Resources
- UpToDate - provides concise answers to patient care, diagnosis and treatment questions. Start here!
- ACP Pier - is a point-of-care decision-support tool that contains over 425 modules that provide information and guidance on more than 300 diseases and conditions
- Clinical Evidence - Oncology - a collection of systematic reviews on common cancers and interventions
- Clinical Trials (NCI) - a cancer registry from the NCI
- CMA InfoBase - Canadian practice guidelines
- Cochrane Library - a collection of databases that provide high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Contains the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Cochrane Reviews/Protocols listed by Cochrane Review Group - view a comprehensive list of systematic reviews prepared by different oncology groups
- CPS: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals & Specialties - English version of Canada's leading pharmaceutical database
- CPSP: Compendium des produits et spécialités pharmaceutiques - French version of Canada's leading pharmaceutical database
- DARE: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects - contains summaries of systematic reviews which have met strict quality criteria. Each summary also provides a critical commentary on the quality of the review
- MD Consult Core Collection - provides access to medical books and journals, clinical practice guidelines, a drug database, and over 5,000 patient information pamphlets
- National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) - international listing of clinical practice guidelines
- PubMed Clinical Queries - divided into three sections, Clinical Queries offers a user-friendly approach to evidence-based searching on the PubMed database
- STAT!Ref Electronic Medical Library - a digital medical library with access to leading drug, and medical textbooks. To view the oncology e-books in this collection, click in the "Search by Discipline" drop down menu and select "oncology"
- TRIP: Turning Practice Into Research - allows users to rapidly and easily identify high quality medical literature from a wide range of EBM sources
- Users' Guides to the Medical Literature (JAMA) - authored by EBM experts, these series of chapters provide an excellent introduction to evidence based practice.
Other Oncology Sites of Interest