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Guides & Tutorials: Integrated Graduate
Program (IGP) Resource Guide
This
resource guide is intended for students in the Integrated Graduate
Program. While not an exhaustive list of available resources, it
should serve as a springboard for research and self-directed learning. We have included links to guides and interactive tutorials for a number of resources, enabling you to learn how to use these resources independently. Click the  link to find additional information on specific resources.
For resources specific
to Molecular Biology you may wish to consult the Molecular
Biology and Genetics Resource Guide.
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Access
many of the databases listed below and more by going to the Galter
Library home page and clicking the Databases
link. Also, many of these databases can be found in the "QuickLinks" near the top of the Galter Library home page.
Catalog (NUcat)
NUcat is the online catalog of all the Northwestern University Libraries as well as affiliated hospital libraries. Use NUcat to find out if NU libraries own a particular book, journal, or multimedia item.
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PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million
citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from
MEDLINE and additional life science journals.
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Ovid
The Ovid MEDLINE database contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts
from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the United States and in
70 other countries.
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Beilstein
and Gmelin
Two distinct but related databases.
Beilstein indexes three primary data domains in
organic chemistry: substances, reactions, and
literature. Gmelin is a comprehensive data collection
in organometallic and inorganic chemistry.
It is searchable by structures, substructures, and reactions.
You
will need to install client software on your computer
to access Beilstein and Gmelin.
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BIOSIS
Biosis provides access to the Biological Abstracts database, containing citations and abstracts to literature in more than 5,000 international journals.
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Chemical
Information
The ChemIDplus database provides chemical information on drugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and other potential toxins. Search by keyword or chemical structure.
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EMBASE
Drugs & Pharmacology
Containing more than 1,560,000 abstracts and citations, EMBASE: Drugs & Pharmacology provides comprehensive coverage of drug and pharmacology literature.
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NCBI's Entrez Life Science Database
Cross-database search engine from the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the NIH. Searches databases for proteins, nucleotides, genes, SNPs and provides many tools for gene and molecular visualization.
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OMIM-Online
Mendelian Inheritance in Man
OMIM is a database of human genes and genetic disorders. Entries for each gene
include links to PubMed citations and links to sequence records in other NCBI
resources.
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SciFinder
Scholar
SciFinder Scholar contains citations with abstracts
from the Chemical Abstracts database covering the literature
in chemistry, biochemistry,
chemical engineering, materials science and related subjects.
Users
may search by chemical substance or reactions, by research
topic, by author, or by Chemical Abstracts or patent
number. You will need to install client software on your
computer to access SciFinder Scholar.
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TOXNET
(Toxicology Data Network)
TOXNET is a set of databases on toxicology, hazardous
chemicals, and related areas. Users can search multiple
databases or one database at a time.
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Web
of Science-Web of Knowledge
Web of Science-Web of Knowlege is a suite of citation
databases including Science Citation Index Expanded,
Social Sciences Citation Index,
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To
find journals (both print and electronic) at Galter, search
NUcat using the journal title. To see if the journal you seek
is available electronically, click on E-Journals
on the Galter home page.
Dates of coverage and access methods vary from journal to
journal. Check the
link on the E-Journals
page beside each title for full details.
To access these resources from an off-campus location, Sign
in to the Health SmartLibrary.
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To
find books at the Galter Library, you can search the Catalog
(NUcat).
Alternatively you can browse the book stacks on Level 2 in
the following call number areas:
| QD
Chemistry |
QU
Biochemistry |
| QH426-470
Genetics |
QV
Pharmacology |
| QH506
Molecular Biology |
QW
Microbiology/Immunology |
| QS
Human Anatomy |
WD300
Allergy |
| QT
Physiology |
WG
Cardiovascular System |
Galter
Library provides access to a growing collection of electronic
books. Visit E-Books
to search for electronic books by title, keyword, or subject.
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The
Core
Resource List represents a core subset of the larger Galter
collection. It contains materials, both print and electronic,
recommended by faculty and other advisors as a guide for students
during their studies and continuing education. The list is
searchable by title, author or subject.
Subjects
include:
| AIDS |
Microbiology |
| Allergy |
Molecular
Biology |
| Anatomy
/ Embryology |
Neurology
/ Neuroscience |
| Biochemistry
/ Chemistry |
Oncology |
| Genetics
& Heredity |
Pharmacology
& Therapeutics |
| Immunology |
Physiology |
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Integrated
Graduate Program Home Page
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Community
of Science (COS)
COS is a suite of resources and databases that provides tools and services
enabling research professionals to communicate, exchange information
and find the people and technologies that are important to their work.
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CRISP
- Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
Crisp is a database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted
at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.
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EndNote Guide
EndNote is bibliographic management software which allows
you to create libraries of references. After you have created
a library you can quickly and easily insert references
into your papers and automatically create bibliographies.
Current NU students, faculty, and staff can download
EndNote from the E-Academy site. See our EndNote
support page for more details.
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Faculty
of 1000
Faculty of 1000 is an online literature evaluation service, offering
a systematic and comprehensive approach to identifying important research in
the biological sciences. Researchers provide
commentaries and evaluations of the most important papers they read, typically
submitting 2-4 commentaries per month.
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GrantsNet
GrantsNet provides information on funding opportunities
for training in the biological and medical sciences.
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HealthWeb
HealthWeb is a searchable and browsable database of health-related resources
on the Internet. All of the resources included in HealthWeb have been evaluated
by health sciences librarians. HealthWeb is a project of health sciences libraries
in the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
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Information
Retrieval Skills for Chemistry
This step-by-step guide teaches you how to
develop search strategies and locate information in major
medical and scientific databases such as MEDLINE, Web of
Science, and SciFinder Scholar.
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| ORSP
(NU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs) Funding
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