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Key Resources
Clinical & Translational Research Toolkit
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ClinicalTrials.gov
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Cochrane Library
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EMBASE
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Gene (NCBI)
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Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
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MedGen (NCBI)
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MyNCBI
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PubMed
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Web of Science
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SpringerNature Experiments
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Biomedical Literature Databases
PubMed
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Major index to articles covering all aspects of medicine.
Web of Science
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Citation index for the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
EMBASE
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Biomedical and pharmaceutical journals and conference proceedings
SciFinder
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Chemical information database covering journals, patents, conference proceedings & technical papers.
ACM Digital Library
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Association of Computing Machinery journals, magazines, and conference proceedings.
Engineering Village
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Information sources in applied science and engineering
Books
View HSL Books by Subject:
Allergies & Infectious Diseases
Biochemistry
Bioethics
Evidence-Based Medicine
Genetics
Immunology
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Statistics
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Freely-Available Collections:
InTech Open Access
Nature Education
NCBI Bookshelf
Finding Conference Abstracts
There is no single best database for biomedical conference abstracts. Try the following approaches.
Many databases contain conference publications. Try
Embase
or
Web of Science
first.
Go directly to a meeting or association website to search for abstracts.
Search Google for your topic and require that the terms "meeting" or "conference" be used. For example, to find meeting abstracts where the phrase "tumor paint" was used, type:
(meeting OR conference OR proceedings) "tumor paint"
UW Clinical Research Tools and Resources
Clinical & Translational Research Toolkit (UW HSL)
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Clinical research resources commonly used by UW faculty and staff.
ITHS - Clinical Research Services
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Variety of services to support the entire research lifecycle.
ITHS - Leaf Cohort Discovery Tool
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Browser-based tool for querying the UW Medicine data warehouse
ITHS - REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)
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Secure, HIPAA-compliant web application supporting data capture and online surveys for research studies.
ITHS - REDCap Class Schedule
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Weekly classes held on Zoom. Open to all.
Participate in Research
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UW/ITHS clinical trial recruitment site
UW OSP Human Subjects Division
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Guidelines for proposing and running clinical trials at UW.
Clinical Trials Databases
ClinicalTrials.gov
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Registry and results database hosted by the NIH.
Cochrane Library
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Includes CENTRAL controlled trials database
WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)
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Data for over 15 registries around the world
European Union Clinical Trials Database
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Protocol and results on trials conducted in the EU
CenterWatch
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Portal for actively recruiting pharmaceutical industry-sponsored clinical trials.
Protocols Online - Databases and Journals
Bio-protocol
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Peer-reviewed, validated, open access protocol journal for the life sciences.
Biological Procedures Online
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Peer-reviewed, open access journal from BioMed Central with emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches.
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
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Peer-reviewed scientific video journal of methods and protocols.
Methods in Cell Biology
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Techniques for studying cell biology
Methods in Enzymology
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Subjects include Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Biology, and Genetics.
MethodsX
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Multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes methodological advances and protocols.
PhenX Toolkit
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Catalog of recommended measurement protocols for studies (genomic, epidemiological, clinical, translational) with human participants.
Progress in Brain Research
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Laboratory neuroscience and clinical brain research
Protocols.io
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Site for protocol creation, modification, and sharing. Offers protocols registration, including DOI creation and long-term preservation
SpringerNature Experiments
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Access to Springer Protocols, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, and Nature Reviews Methods Primers.
Drug, Device, and Biological Approvals
CBER-Regulated Products with Supporting Documents
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Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research regulated vaccines, blood products, and biologics not included in Drugs@FDA. Caveat: These are products for which CBER has supporting documentation.
Drugs@FDA
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Approval reports for FDA-approved drug products: New Molecular Entities, generic drugs, and many biologics.
FDA 510(k) Database
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Premarketing submissions made to FDA to demonstrate that a medical device is substantially equivalent to a legally marketed device that is NOT subject to premarket approval
FDA Premarket Approval (PMA) Database
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Class III medical devices approved for marketing by the FDA
MyNCBI
MyNCBI
can be used to...
Set up email alerts
to find out when new articles publish on your search topic.
Save search strategies
and
collections of references
in PubMed to return to your research at a later time.
Customize filters and site preferences
to see links to UW's electronic journal subscriptions, limit results to full-text articles, and customize the PubMed search interface.
Use
My Bibliography
to generate a list of publications for your
NIH biosketch
and maintain compliance with the
NIH Public Access policy
Funding Resources
Health Sciences Grant Resources
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Recommended databases for biomedical and cross-disciplinary funding for students, early-career investigators, and other researchers.
Graduate School Funding: Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants
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Helping current and admitted UW graduate students learn the skills and tools to find funding
Additional tips for using funding databases:
Use
databases of active funding opportunities
to identify current funding announcements relevant to your project.
Use
databases of awarded grants
to find examples of successfully funded projects in your field and see the types of research funded by a particular funding body (foundation, agency, association).
Use
Foundation Directory Online
to identify organizations, their funding priorities, and projects they've funded.
Also go directly to agency, foundation, and professional association websites relevant for your field.
NIH-Related Research Resources
Data Resources in the Health Sciences
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Inventory of resources to support research data needs in the health sciences field
DMPTool Guide
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Free, open source application for researchers writing data management plans (DMPs).
NIH Biosketches with SciENcv and My Bibliography
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Step-by-step guide for creating a NIH biosketch using SciENcv and My Bibliography
NIH Data Sharing Repositories
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Data repositories that accept submissions of appropriate data from NIH-funded investigators (and others). Sorted by
Domain-Specific
and
Generalist
repositories.
NIH Public Access Policy Help Guide
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Explains the NIH Public Access Policy, the process for submitting peer reviewed articles to PubMed Central and using myNCBI to verify compliance.
Research Data Management
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Resources related to the many aspects of research data management, including collecting, organizing, describing, sharing, and preserving data.
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