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Literature Searching and Databases
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This site provides information on the performance of a database search. According to USDA. APHIS, Animal Care Policy #12, "a comprehensive search is an effective and efficient method for demonstrating compliance with the requirement to consider alternatives to painful/distressful procedures."

Animal Welfare Information Center logoMeeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
A one and half day workshop for individuals who are responsible for providing information to meet the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act.
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Guide to Searching for Alternatives to the Use of Laboratory Animals
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments.
A FRAME guide to literature searching, including terms, strategies, and links to useful information on the internet.
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Retrieval Approaches for Information on Alternative Methods
Altex- Alternativen zu Tierexperimenten.
Workshop held in Berlin in 2003 at ZEBET, Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments, in the BfR, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment.
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Current Status and Future Developments of Databases on Alternative Methods
Altweb.
A 1998 international report from ECVAM that lists factual databases related to alternatives, what they offer, lack, and recommendations for improvements.
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Last Modified: Nov 5, 2008  
Literature Searching and Databases
  Learn About Searching
  Literature Search Worksheet (PDF|120 KB)
  Sample Searches
  Document Literature Searches
  Animal Use Alternatives Thesaurus
  Guide for Indexers (PDF|58 KB)
  Databases
See Also
  Alternatives and the Animal Welfare Act Brochure (PDF|6 KB)
  Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
  Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives (NORINA)
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