| Search Tool | Description | Search |
|---|---|---|
| National Guidelines Clearinghouse (www.guideline.gov) |
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines | Guidelines are formed from clinical and analytical utility data. Tests that are in development do not yet have this data available. |
| Networked Digital Library of Theses (www.ndltd.org/index.en.html) |
Organization dedicated dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paperbased theses and dissertations | Theses are preliminary reports from academic research programs. The majority are not commercially active and those that are will be seen in other reports. |
| System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe
(SIGLE) (www.york.ac.uk/services/library/guides/sigle.htm) |
Computerized index to reports and other gray literature produced in Europe | Gray Literature search tool that requires a subscription. |
| TheseNet (www.sudoc.abes.fr/) |
French Theses collection. Now called Systeme Universitaire de Documentation | Non-English. |
| AMICUS (National Library of Canada) (http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb/aalogine.htm) |
Canadian national library catalogue | Library holdings overlap significantly with Medline and reports contained therein are based on clinical and analytical data. |
| Australian National Library Catalog (http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/) |
Australian national library catalogue | Library holdings overlap significantly with Medline and reports contained therein are based on clinical and analytical data. |
| CABOT (Canadian Research Database) (http://cahspr.ca/cabot/) |
Canadian research database. | This Web site had a nonfunctional search tool. |
| British Library (www.bl.uk/) |
British library catalogue | Library holdings overlap significantly with Medline. Similar to searching NLM. |
| FDA OIVD new products (www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumerotcdatabase.html) |
New OIVD products as of 7/1/05 | Web site still under construction. |
| National Library of Medicine's LocatorPlus (http://locatorplus.gov/) |
Search for book, journal and audiovisual titles in the NLM collections | Searches NLM. This source will return a similar dataset to other library holdings. |
| Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) (www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/darehp.htm) |
Structured abstracts of quality-assessed reviews | Included in HTA database search above. |
| CMA Infobase (http://mdm.ca/cpgsnew/cpgs/index.asp) |
Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines. | Guidelines are formed from clinical and analytical utility data. Tests that are in development do not yet have this data available. |
| BIREME Databases (www.bireme.br/bvs/bireme/I/homepage.htm) |
Scientific and technical health information with the countries and among the countries of the Latin America and the Caribbean region | We are only interested in Health Sciences Section. The search tools used are Medline and LILACS. |
| Search Adobe PDF Online (www.searchpdf.adobe.com) |
Searches PDF files online | Nonfunctional search tool |
| DIMDI databases (www.dimdi.de/static/en/db/recherche.htm) |
German Institute of Medical documentation and information | Not In English and uses Medline |
| DIRLINE (http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/) |
Directory of Health Organizations Online | Not applicable to our report. Organized by National Library of Medicine. |
| Directory of Database of Research(JAPAN) (http://read.jst.go.jp/EN/) |
Listing of research taking place in Japan | Reports similar to those of Medline |
| Dissertation Abstracts (http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/0035.html) |
Subject, title, and author guide virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861 | Dissertations are preliminary reports from academic research programs. Utility of dissertations for purposes of this report is unclear. |
| ERIC database (www.eric.ed.gov/) |
Education literature | Not applicable to our report. |
| DrugResearcher.com (www.drugresearcher.com/) |
Drug development in Europe | This site is not directed towards biomarker development and thus is not applicable to our report. |
| ThePinkSheet.com (www.thepinksheet.com) |
Prescription pharmaceuticals and biotechnology information | A subscription is needed for information beyond the title. |
| Reuters Health (www.reutershealth.com) |
Supplier of health and medical news on the Internet | A subscription is needed for information beyond the title. |