List of Books received at the Dental Library in 2007 and Earlier
List of Books received at the Dental Library in 2008
List of Books received at the Vet Library in 2008
List of Books received at the Vet Library in 2006
List of Books received at the Vet Library in 2007
WildPro is an excellent place to find information on treating and managing wildlife, from facts on wild animals and diseases to photos and video clips on surgical procedures. It includes information on emerging infectious diseases
On the Wildpro homepage you will find the Library, Encyclopedia, and Volumes. The contents of each are described below.
- Library
- Access full text of more than 100 factsheets, papers, and handbooks on the following topics:
- Ethics, Standards and the Law [complete list]
- Disease Investigation and Habitat Management [complete list]
- Animal Species Information & Management Guidelines (non-marine) [complete list]
- Marine Wildlife Guidelines [complete list]
- Encyclopedia
- Here you can search WildPro by keyword. Just type in the term you are looking for and click “Start Search.”
- Volumes
- Located on the right hand side of the homepage, the volumes include useful
- information on several diseases and treatment for selected wildlife.
In addition to the above resources located on the homepage, there are seven additional sections in WildPro. These sections can be found using the links at the top of the webpage, and include:
- Species
Find information on a particular species, including Habitat, Morphology, Physiology, and Behavior, as well as images. - Chemicals
Nutrients, toxins and other chemical substances are covered in this section, with special attention towards associated diseases. - Physical Factors
In this section, explore the intersection of environmental factors and disease. Currently contains information related primarily to Waterfowl, with notes on Bears and Hedgehogs. - How To…
Find how to best manage species, diseases, and habitats using WildPro’s guides. This section provides flowcharts to aid in your decision-making process—click on the chart to learn more about each step. Be sure to check out the video clips. - Diseases
Look up wildlife diseases by Disease Category or WildPro Volume. For each disease listed you will find Alternative Names, Disease Agents, General Description, Further Information, Associated Techniques, and Host Species. - Environments
View a variety of habitat types, including Continental Land Zones, Aquatic Zones, North American Mosquito Habitats, and Individual Living Species Zones. Note: These pages are currently under construction. - References & Glossary
Especially useful in this section is a list of references used in WildPro for future research, video clips of veterinary procedures, and legislation (with an emphasis on British and European law).
Call#: Dental Library Stacks DENTAL QM105 .C74 2008
Call#: Dental Library Stacks DENTAL RK652.5 .G56 2009
Call#: Dental Library Stacks DENTAL RK652.5 .G56 2009
-from Highwire Press - Radiological Society of North America
Holdings: 1980-
-from ScienceDirect
Holdings: 1995-
The topics covered in this USDA database include: agriculture, agronomy, animal science, biology, biotechnology, botany, breeding, chemistry, conservation, crop management, dairy science, ecology, entomology, farm management, feed science, fertilizers, food and nutrition, forestry, horticulture, hydrology, hydroponics, microbiology, nutrition, pesticides, physiology, plant science, pollution, soil science, water quality, and zoology. Resources in all languages are represented.
| Feature | Ovid Medline | PubMed |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Penn only | Free to the world, PubMedPlus limited to Penn only |
| Update Frequency | daily file; weekly file | daily |
| Subject Searching | Maps search terms to MeSH. Extremely easy to find and search using a Medical Subject Heading | Algorithm includes MeSH and textword searching. More difficult to look for a Medical Subject Heading |
| Focus, Explode, Subheading | Easy, All options display when executing a single topic search | Must use MeSH Database search feature |
| Combine Search Statements | Yes, refer to set numbers | Yes, using History tab and then refer to set numbers |
| Email Results | Yes | Yes |
| Save Search Strategies | Yes, requires setting up individual account | Yes, requires setting up individual account using MyNCBI |
| Send to EndNote/RefWorks | Yes, Direct Export | Yes, Download then Import |
| Limits | Yes, same as Pubmed | Yes, same as OVID Medline |
| Truncation Symbol | $ | * |
| Access Full-text | Use PennText Link | PubMed Plus users should use PennText Link |
When Should I Use OVID Medline?
- Use OVID Medline when you need to do a comprehensive search. The OVID system will suggest additional terms that you can include in your search query.
- Use OVID Medline when you need to do a targeted search. The OVID system suggests and allows you to select more specific Medical Subject Headings and Subheading that can greatly improve specificity.
When Should I Use PubMed Plus?
- Use PubMed if you need to run a quick search. PubMed immediately responds with results (some relevant, some not).
- Use PubMed when you have having trouble finding enough articles. PubMed's "related articles" feature can help improve your results.
- PubMed is also the best resource if you know the article that you need. Use the "Single Citation Matcher" to find a known article.
- Because you will unlikely have access to OVID Medline once you leave Penn, it's important to get comfortable with the PubMed system.
What Other Resources Should I Consider Using?
- The Cochrane Library provides access to "high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making."
- Embase, similar to MEDLINE/PubMed, is produced in Europe. This database is especially strong in Drug Research occurring in other parts of the world.
-from Wiley InterScience
Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. The reviews are presented in two types: 1) Complete reviews - Regularly updated Cochrane Reviews, prepared and maintained by Collaborative Review Groups 2) Protocols - Protocols for reviews currently being prepared (all include an expected date of completion). Protocols are the background, objectives and methods of reviews in preparation.
COCH is produced by the Cochrane Collaboration - an international network of individuals and institutions committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care. In pursuing its aims, the Cochrane Collaboration is guided by six principles: collaboration, building on people's existing enthusiasm and interests, minimizing duplication of effort, avoidance of bias, keeping up to date, and ensuring access.
Reflecting the current practice in medicine to base clinical decisions on accumulated evidence from the primary medical literature, Ovid has created a collection of resources called Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews which is designed for use by clinicians, researchers and students. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is one of the databases in Ovid's evidence-based medicine collection, which also includes the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) and Best Evidence (which consists of ACP Journal Club from the American College of Physicians-American Society for Internal Medicine [ACP-ASIM] and Evidence Based Medicine from the BMJ Publishing Group).
In Medline a limit to Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews will restrict your retrieval to those articles or studies that have been included by the Cochrane Collaboration when creating a Topic Review or articles that have been reviewed in the ACP Journal Club or BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine publications or in the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE). By their inclusion in these publications, these studies have met strict Evidence-Based Medicine criteria. Use this limit to narrow a large search to only those articles or studies which are considered "Evidence-Based" by experts and for which an article or topic review exists.
Holdings: 1991 to the present. Updated quarterly.
The premier database for bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index, as well as other sources of coverage in the areas of allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology. Resources in all languages are represented.
-from PubMed Central
PubMed is the public access version to Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature. PubMedPlus is an enhanced version with links to full-text journals that the Penn Library subscribes to. Once the "Log-in" is completed, any full-text articles to which Penn Libraries subscribe will become available within the PubMed system by clicking on the Penn Text icon. The MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. The PubMed version of MEDLINE includes the PREMEDLINE database, which provides very current basic citati on information and abstracts before the full records are prepared and added to MEDLINE. New records are added to PREMEDLINE daily. In addition, for participating journals that are indexed selectively for MEDLINE, PubMed includes all articles from that journal, not just those that are included in MEDLINE. PubMed is also the literature component of the Entrez retrieval system for molecular biology information. For additional information, see the PubMed Overview.
Holdings: 1950 to the present. Updated daily.
Holdings: 1980-
Global Health provides a unique resource which offers a substantially deeper subject coverage of information related to human health and communicable diseases.
Try Global Health
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This OVID interface allows users to search multiple databases simultaneously. Deduping allows one to remove duplicates from the resulting search before viewing, saving, or printing the set.
Formerly produced by Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, this database comprises international coverage of veterinary medicine, agriculture, forestry and related bio-science fields, including: human health; human nutrition; animal health; and resource management and conservation. The database includes over 3 million records with 30% of the coverage relating to crop production, 24% in veterinary and human health, 13% in animal sciences, 13% in crop protection, and 19-20% of the content covering a wide array of other, related topics.
Holdings: 1910 to the present. Updated monthly.
Holdings: 1979 to present. Updates monthly.
Information on all aspects of marine and freshwater aquaculture. Major areas of coverage include; Aquaculture management and economics, Growth and development of cultured species, Techniques, equipment, methodology, feasibility studies, replenishing natureal stocks, and laboratory culture, Culture of fish and other vertebrates, Crustaceans, mollusks, and other invertebrates, Aquatic plants and algae, Protozoa and microorganisms, Reproductive biology, Biotechnology
Holdings: 1984 to the present. Updated Bimonthly.
The world's most comprehensive reference database in the life sciences. It covers original research reports and reviews in biological and biomedical areas. Coverage includes traditional areas of biology, such as botany, zoology and microbiology, as well as related fields such as plant and animal science, agriculture, pharmacology and ecology. Interdisplinary fields such as biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering are also included. Resources in all languages are represented.
Holdings: 1993 to the present. Updated monthly.
This diagnostic support system is used to suggest possible diagnoses or causes for clinical signs and symptoms and to provide a brief synopsis of the diagnosis/cause including: 1) a general description, 2) species affected, 3) the signs/symptoms associated with it, and 4) a list of recent literature references.
Holdings: Current and retrospective
Holdings: 1980-
Global Health consists of more than 800,000 records from 1910 on - equivalent to 300 volumes of research covering public health, tropical and communicable diseases, nutrition, helminthology, entomology and mycology.
Holdings: 1910-
A growing veterinary portal offering access to full-text journal articles, conference proceedings, and books. Contains a search program allowing you to search all indexed resources.
Holdings: Varies depending on resource
The ISI Citation Indexes include the Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address, as well



