WSU Libraries: Article Databases

Hand Press Book Database

The Hand Press Book Database is a unique and growing catalog of European printing in the early modern era or “hand-press period” (15th century to the 1830s). This resource integrates descriptive records for major European national, university and research library holdings. It is especially valuable for research in intellectual history, social history and transmission of thought—as well as the history of printing and the history of the book.

Harrison's online

Since 1998, Harrison's Online has facilitated immediate access to the most widely used resource in clinical medicine and research. Now, the new Harrison's Online continues its tradition of offering unmatched cutting-edge content! Updated daily, the site delivers the complete text, illustrations, and expanded features from the 15th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine , including additional references, many links to MEDLINE abstracts, and important information from emerging fields. The fully searchable database regularly presents new and revised content from the distinguished editors and contributors of Harrison's. Harrison's Online features -- Full search capabilities of the new 15th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine -- Dynamic new coverage from the Harrison's editors and contributors updated daily -- Acronyms made easy -- Nobel Prize Winners at your fingertips -- Late-breaking clinical trial data -- Updated therapy -- Concise reviews and editorials -- Self-assessment questions -- Expanded related sites.

Haz-Map Haz-Map is an occupational toxicology database designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is a relational database of chemicals, jobs and diseases. The Haz-Map Jobs table is based on the 1997 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. The Industries table is based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Diseases table is based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9). Information from textbooks, journal articles, and electronic databases (HSDB, ACGIH Documentation of TLVs, ATSDR Toxicological Profiles, NIOSHTIC, and others) was classified and summarized to create the database.

HazDat database HazDat, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database, is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations. The following information is included in HazDat: site characteristics, activities and site events, contaminants found, contaminant media and maximum concentration levels, impact on population, community health concerns, ATSDR public health threat categorization, ATSDR recommendations, environmental fate of hazardous substances, exposure routes, and physical hazards at the site/event. In addition, HazDat contains substance-specific information such as the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous Substances, health effects by route and duration of exposure, metabolites, interactions of substances, susceptible populations, and biomarkers of exposure and effects. HazDat also contains data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) database, including site CERCLIS number, site description, latitude/longitude, operable units, and additional site information.

Health & wellness resource center (Gale)

Provides full-text materials, abstracts, and citations to patient and consumer health information.

Health and psychosocial instruments (Ebscohost)

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) produced by Behavioral Measurement Database Services, is a comprehensive bibliographic database providing information about behavioral measurement instruments. Information in the database is abstracted from hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences. Additionally, instruments from Industrial/Organizational Behavior and Education are included. Records contained in HaPI provide information on questionnaires, interview schedules, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, rating and other scales, checklists, indexes, tests, projective techniques, and more.

Health reference center academic (Gale)

Provides both full-text materials and references to patient and consumer health information.

Health services and sciences research resources HSRR contains information about research datasets and instruments/indices employed in health services research, and the behavioral and social sciences with links to PubMed and additional resources.

Healthfinder Healthfinder is a gateway consumer health information Web site from the United States Government. This site, launched April 15, 1997, contains selected health and human services information resources such as online publications, clearinghouses, databases, Web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

Hein Online

Full-text online access to legal journals, rare and out-of-print collections, and all back issues of indexed legal journals.

Hein-on-line: U.S. Federal Legislative Histories Library (Hein Online)

The Legislative History Title Collection is a collection of full-text legislative histories on some of the most important and historically significant legislation of our time. In addition to major complete legislative histories this collection includes texts related to legislative histories. A legislative history is the collection of documents that are produced in Congress during the enactment of a law.

Hein-on-line: U.S. Statutes at Large (Hein Online)

The United States Statutes at Large, commonly referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the official source for the laws and resolutions passed by the U.S. Congress. Publication began in 1845 by the private firm of Little, Brown and Company under authority granted by a joint resolution of Congress. In 1874, Congress transferred the authority to publish the Statutes at Large to the Government Printing Office, which has been responsible for producing the set since that time.

HelpingPatients.org (Partnership for prescription assistance) Helping Patients brings together AmericaÆs pharmaceutical companies, doctors, patient advocacy organizations and civic groups to help low-income, uninsured patients get free or nearly free brand-name medicines. Its mission is to increase awareness of and enrollment in existing patient assistance programs for those who may be eligible. Through this site, Helping Patients offers a single point of access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies..

HerbMed HerbMed is an herbal database, hyperlinking directly to the scientific evidence on the use of herbs for health. The herb database is fully searchable and covers: evidence for activity, warnings and contraindications, methods of preparation and mechanisms of action. Free access to 45 herbs. (Free access to 45 herbs. Some links may request payment.)

HeritageQuest Online (MelCat Database)

HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 22,000 digitized book titles, including early family histories and local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records and more. It also includes Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, the Freedman’s Bank Records, and the U.S. Serial Set Private Relief Actions, Memorials and Petitions.

Hispanic American periodicals index The searchable Web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index is your source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.

Historical abstracts (EbscoHost)

Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present. Coverage is identical to the expanded edition of the CD-ROM version.

Historical Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune (1849-1986) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Historical Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times (1881-1986) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Historical New York Times. (Proquest)

The New York Times (1851-2004) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge Journals Online)

The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field.

Historical Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (1889-1991) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Historical Washington Post

The Washington Post (1877-1992) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) (FirstSearch)

HSTM integrates four premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and citations from the Wellcome Library) to create an international bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine. It reflects the influence of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the present and offers outstanding value for interdisciplinary research. Database records describe journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals.

HIV InSite This site strives to provide fair and balanced representation of points of view on the many aspects of AIDS. HIV InSite is designed as a gateway to in-depth information about particular aspects of HIV/AIDS. Views, policies and recommendations contained within HIV InSite materials are not necessarily shared by all HIV InSite staff, editors or sponsoring or contributing organizations. HIV InSite provides links to specific evaluated information on AIDS related research and attendant policy issues.;Site also features the new chapters of HIV InSite Knowledge Base, the comprehensive work on HIV research. The work has been a consummate source of authoritative AIDS-related knowledge. The scope of the textbook is wide and inclusive of topics of interest to those in all branches of AIDS and HIV research, medical treatment and patient care.

Household products database This database links over 4,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.

HSDB--Hazardous substances data bank Information on toxicity, human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, and regulatory requirements of over 4500 chemicals. Searchable through TOXNET's Toxicology data search.

HSTAT HSTAT is a free, electronic resource that provides access to the full-text documents useful in health care decision making. HSTAT includes: clinical practice guidelines, quick-reference guide for clinicians, consumer brochures, and evidence reports sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR); AHCPR technology assessment reports; National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus development conference and technology assessment reports; NIH Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center research protocols; HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) resource documents; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA/CSAT) treatment improvement protocols; and the Public Health Service (PHS) Preventive Services Task Force Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. It also provides a link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Guidelines Database. HSTAT was developed by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Information Technology Branch of the Lister Hill Center, and is part of the expanded Health Services Research Information Program coordinated by NLM's National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR). NICHSR works closely with AHCPR to improve the organization and dissemination of the results of health services research, including practice guidelines and technology assessments.

Human genome resources A challenge facing researchers today is that of piecing together and analyzing the plethora of data currently being generated through the Human Genome Project and scores of smaller projects. NCBI's Web site serves an an integrated, one-stop, genomic information infrastructure for biomedical researchers from around the world so that they may use these data in their research efforts.

Humanities & social sciences index retrospective, 1907-1984.

This database offers the ability to search a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences as far back as 1907. Coverage also includes content from H.W. Wilson’s International Index. Combine this valuable resource with other Wilson databases such as Humanities Full Text and/or Social Sciences Full Text for a century of research in hundreds of journals.

HyperStat Online Presents HyperStat Online, an online introductory level hypertext statistics book that provides access to additional statistics resources, provided by David M. Lane. Offers access to a glossary, analysis tools, instructional demos, and exercises. Contains information on univariate and bivariate data, probability, normal distribution, confidence intervals, testing hypotheses, Chi Square, and related topics. Links to other online statistics resources.

Arthur Neef Law Library

Arthur Neef Law Library

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