Veterinary Sciences Guide: Getting Started
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Key databases for Veterinary Science
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MIMS IVS Cloud This link opens in a new windowMIMS IVS Cloud gives detailed product and prescribing information for veterinary practitioners, classified by therapeutic category, on veterinary medicines and products available throughout Australia. The IVS Annual contains information on over 2,500 products, one-third of which are revised each year.
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Vetstream Canis This link opens in a new windowVetstream Canis provides full text access to canine clinical information resources for veterinary practices. The collection includes evidence based point of care information, comprehensive peer reviewed articles, images, videos and sounds, surgical and diagnostic techniques, and owner factsheets.
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Vetstream Equis This link opens in a new windowVetstream Equis provides full text access to clinical information resources on horses and related animals for veterinary practices. The collection includes evidence based point of care information, comprehensive peer reviewed articles, images, videos and sounds, surgical and diagnostic techniques, and owner factsheets.
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Vetstream Felis This link opens in a new windowVetstream Felis provides full text access to feline clinical information resources for veterinary practices. The collection includes evidence based point of care information, comprehensive peer reviewed articles, images, videos and sounds, surgical and diagnostic techniques, and owner factsheets.
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Vetstream Bovis This link opens in a new windowVetstream Bovis provides full text access to clinical information resources on cattle for veterinary practices. The collection includes practical articles, images, videos and sounds, and Farmer Information Sheets to assist in daily clinical and non-clinical decision making, surgical skills and herd health.
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MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new windowMEDLINE ® covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed has been available since 1996 and contains more than 25 million references. It includes MEDLINE and PMC (PubMed Central).
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Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science provides citation indexes spanning every discipline.
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