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Optometry: Articles (databases)
A brief overview of optometry resources you may find useful
If you need help with your search
You are always welcome to contact Heather! You can also try:
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Contact a librarianIn person, on the phone, by appointment, by email, or by online chat
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PubMed Online TrainingLots of short, focused tutorials showing you how to use various features of PubMed.
Some new optometry articles in PubMed
(Remember to login to PubMed through FLITE if you want to look for the full text)
Optometry and Life Sciences Librarian
SmartSearch
Search most of FLITE's resources right here (including many, but not all, optometry resources):
Primary subject databases
If you're doing in-depth research or just didn't find what you need in SmartSearch, it may be time for you to delve into these subject-specific databases. (Mouseover for more info on each.)
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PubMedThis is the preeminent database for finding health and medical articles. It is not only the largest biomedical database, but it is also freely available through the National Library of Medicine. Pubmed contains the contents of Medline, Old Medline, and Pre-Medline. In addition, there are many related links within PubMed including consumer health information, toxicology information, & more!
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Vision Net (call 231-591-3602 for username and password)Visionet is a database of journal citations produced by the Southern College of Optometry. It also includes vision science articles from general medical journals and ophthalmology journals. There is some overlap with Medline.
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Vision CiteVisionCite is a database of journal citations to vision science literature from over 110 periodicals. Coverage begins in 1984 and over 10,000 citations are added annually. VisionCite is produced by the Illinois College of Optometry.
Other useful resources
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AnatomyTVAnatomyTV provides 3D interactive models of humany anatomy as well as media, x-rays, MRIs, animations, and live-action movies. Video clips can be downloaded for use in presentations.
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Cochrane LibraryThe Cochrane Library is a collection of six unique evidence-based databases: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, The NHS Economic Evaluation Database, The Health Technology Assessment Database, The Cochrane Methodology Register, and the Cochrane Center Register of Controlled Trials, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.
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STAT!RefSTAT!Ref is an online library with cross searching of more than 30 up-to-date texts that have broad coverage in the areas of medicine and allied health. Condition/treatment overviews, clinical information, drug information, consumer health information, medical acronyms/definitions, and more may be found by searching this database.
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Health Reference Center AcademicThis database provides access to over eight million articles from nursing and allied health journals on a wide-range of topics from medicine, diseases and public health, occupational health and safety, alchohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and nutrition. Full-text is available for many articles. Coverage is from 1980 to the present.
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Ulrich's Periodicals DirectoryUlrich's is "the authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types--academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world." Entries for periodicals include publication details, indexing sources, and refereed (peer-reviewed) status for each title.