Stimson Library LibGuides: Alternative Literature Searching: Alternative Literature Databases

If you want or need help with searches

The Stimson Library at the US Army Medical Center of Excellence has literature searching assistance available. We can help you create and run literature searches for alternatives. Contact us @ at 210-221-6900 to ask for assistance or to discuss your information needs.

The Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) outreach services also include literature searching assistance. AWIC information specialists are available to help you or will perform literature searches on a cost recovery basis. You may contact them at http://awic.nal.usda.gov/contactus

Recommended Databases

AGRICOLA

ALTBIB-Resources for Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing
National Library of Medicine

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ALTBIB provides access to animal alternatives news sources, such as the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM). The portal has an extensive collection of links to key organizations providing information on alternatives to animal testing. ALTBIB also offers access to ICCVAM’s “International Acceptance of Alternative Methods, 1998-2012” and “U.S. and International Milestones in Alternative Test Method Development and Evaluations.”
ALTWEB: Search for Alternatives
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Altweb, the Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site, was created to serve as a gateway to alternatives news, information, and resources on the Internet and beyond. Altweb now is the U.S. home of the journal ALTEX: Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, which is the official publication of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT).
Animal Welfare Institue
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Since 1951, the Animal Welfare Institute has been dedicated to reducing animal suffering caused by people.

We seek better treatment of animals everywhere - in the laboratory, on the farm, in commerce, at home,
and in the wild.
Current Research Information System (CRIS)
United Stated Department of Agriculture. National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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The Current Research Information System (CRIS) provides documentation and reporting for ongoing agricultural, food science, human nutrition, and forestry research, education and extension activities for the United States Department of Agriculture; with a focus on the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant programs.

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)

Electronic Research Administration (eRA)
A NIH database
Use to search for duplication of research.
International Cancer Research Partnership (ICRP)
Use to search for duplication of research.

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ICRP aims to improve access to information about cancer research being conducted and enables cancer organizations to maximize the impact of their independent efforts, for the benefit of researchers and cancer patients worldwide.

Medline (Ovid)

Run your search, then select "Additional Limits". Under the Publication Type heading, select the type of study you desire such as a systematic review, meta-analysis or randomized controlled trial.
Medline (PubMed)

Run your search, then select the desired type of study under the Article Types limit on the left sidebar.
You first must customize the studies you wish to appear on the sidebar.

Norwegion Inventory of Alternatives (NORINA): Audiovisual Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Teaching
Norwegion Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Sciences & Alternatives
May not be able to access on the AMEDDC&S network.

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Provides information on over 3800 audiovisual aids and other alternatives such as computer programs to the use of animals or animal products in teaching, at all levels from junior [elementary] school to university.

Refinement and Enrichment fo All Laboratory Animals
Animal Welfare Institute

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These databases were created in August 2000 and are updated frequently, They are freely accessible and disseminate information on all aspects of species-appropriate housing and species-appropriate handling of animals in research laboratories. One database deals with nonhuman primates, and the other with rodents, rabbits, cats, dogs, ferrets, farm animals, horses, birds, fishes, amphibians and reptile
Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORTER)
Department of Defense (DoD) mandates a duplication search be performed in either the Federal Research in Progress (FRIP) database or Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORTER)

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The Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH supported research.
Unified Research and Engineering Database (URED)
Department of Defense (DoD) mandates a duplication search be performed using this database.
Must use CAC.

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Provides a simplified user interface that supports data collection of DoD research projects and related laboratory activities.

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