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LABORATORY ANIMALS IN RESEARCH

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Books, Journals & AudioVisuals


CLIO - COLUMBIA LIBRARIES INFORMATION ONLINE
The Online Public Access Catalog that can be used to identify and locate books, journals, videos and other material housed at the Health Sciences Library, as well as other Columbia University libraries. 
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1612 
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Indexes & Abstracts


AGRICOLA
1970 to the present. U.S. and international database for agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, chemistry, cooperative extension, energy, entomology, food science, forestry, geography, home economics, human nutrition, insect pests and their control, life sciences, natural resources, plant diseases, rural sociology, veterinary medicine. 
URL: http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/ 
BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS (OVID)
1969 to the present. This is the index for the life sciences. All of biology, plant and animal science, ecology, and paleontology are covered. Interdisciplinary fields such as pharmacology, biochemistry, biophysics and bioengineering are also included. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?ANZ5712  
CRISP - A DATABASE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) is not a bibliographic database (i.e. database of journal articles, etc.) It is a factual searcheable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. 
URL: http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/ 
MEDLINE (OVID)
Three separate components of Medline available through OVID interface: Medline 1966 - present (offers author/journal/keyword/subject, or MESH, searching), Oldmedline 1950 - 1965 (offers same but subject searching), and In-Process around 2 recent months (offers same but subject searching).  
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1301 
PSYCINFO (OVID)
Coverage is from 1806 - Present. Indexes psychology and psychiatry articles from a variety of journals. 
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1203 
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides


DRUG DOSAGE IN LABORATORY ANIMALS
R.E. Borchard, C.D. Barnes, and L.G. Eltherington.  Ref QL55 .B26 1990 Q. 
IACUC HANDBOOK
Silverman, J, ed., et al..  "The IACUC Handbook... addresses questions and problems that often confront institutions, providing answers that are both accurate and succinct. It features comprehensive updates for pertinent federal laws, regulations, and policies. It also contains an expanded survey of IACUC practices from institutions around the nation." 
REF HV4708 .I23 2007. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE POLICY ON HUMANE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.  RESERVE QL55 .P84. 
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Directories and Associations


AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE
URL: http://www.aalas.org/ 
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LABORATORY ANIMAL PRACTITIONERS - ASLAP
URL: http://www.aslap.org/ 
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - AVMA
URL: http://www.avma.org/ 
ASSOCIATION FOR ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION OF LABORATORY ANIMAL CARE INTERNATIONAL
URL: http://www.aaalac.org/ 
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR ANIMAL CELL TECHNOLOGY (JAACT)
'JAACT is an arena for the exchange of academic information by researchers and engineers specializing in science and technology concerning animal cells'.  
URL: http://www.jaact.org/e/ 
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Audio Visual and Software


HUMANE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS [VIDEORECORDING].
1 videocassette (ca. 35 min.) 
HEALTH SCIENCES MEDIA SF406 .H85 1990. 
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Internet Guides and Resources


AWIC - ANIMAL WELFARE INFORMATION CENTER
AWIC is the division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. Provides information for improved animal care and use in research, teaching, and testing. Offers guidelines, legal and government information, literature, links, etc. on care for lab animals and alternatives for use of lab animals in research. 
URL: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/ 
BRAIN ATLASES OF RAT, MOUSE AND MONKEY ONLINE
Offers browsable and downloadable atlases. 
URL: http://www.loni.ucla.edu/Atlases/ 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL RESEARCH WITH ANIMALS
Covers CU policies, research profiles, links, etc. on research at CU involving use of laboratory animals. 
URL: http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/research/animal/ 
NIH OER ANIMALS IN RESEARCH WEBSITE
Offers "latest news, policies, education, training, and information on animals in research." 
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/air/index.htm 
VETGATE
VetGate offers free access to a searchable and browsable database of quality reviewed Internet resources in Animal Health. New resources are added to the database on a weekly basis. 
URL: http://vetgate.ac.uk/ 
ZEBET DATABASE ON ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE INTERNET (ANIMALT-ZEBET)
Hello of the imperative nature of animal experiments by providing information on possible alternative methods. To this end, the ZEBET database offers validated information on alternative methods.  
URL: http://www.bfr.bund.de/cd/1508 


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