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The prime databases to find Veterinary Literature.
The largest collection of veterinary literature, this database is one of the most important databases to search veterinary literature.
Indexes a number of veterinary titles despite being primarily for human medicine, due to its sophisticated search features, it is a great place to build your searches.
A large interdisciplinary database like Web of Science Core Collection but carries more veterinary literature in the ‘‘Basic list of veterinary medical serials, third edition’’ than any other database.
Large multidisciplinary database that covers a large amount of veterinary journals, a combined search can also be conducted with Biosis and Zoological Record to reach more veterinary content.
BIOSIS carries many unique veterinary titles that may not be available in larger veterinary databases like CAB Abstracts and Scopus.
This can be searched together with Web of Science Core Collection and Zoological Record.
Carries many unique veterinary journals including veterinary nurse or technician titles.
This database can be combined with Web of Science Core Collection and BIOSIS.
Indexes synthesis evidence in veterinary literature (systematic reviews and scoping reviews). Article citations are imported via searches in CAB Abstracts and PubMed.
Indexes literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians; covering all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management …
WAHIS Interface provides access to all data held within OIE’s new World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS) …
Generic Animal Drug and Patent Restoration Act requires that a list of all animal drug products approved for safety and effectiveness be made available to the public …
OMIA is a database of genes, inherited disorders and traits in more than 135 animal species …
Covers environmental science topics and agricultural research including agricultural economics, animal and veterinary sciences …
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas …
Nursing, biomedical, allied health and consumer health literature …
Current database of systematic reviews of medical research …
Global infectious disease knowledge management tool …
Brings together two international databases: Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PHTM) and the human health and diseases information extracted from CAB Abstracts …
Consolidates interdisciplinary bioethics material …
These are resources designed to be used at the point of care or in the clinical environment to get fast, reliable answers for the clinician and the client.
An online, point-of-care veterinary clinical reference source, currently covering dogs, cats, rabbits and horses
Diagnostic support system for veterinary medicine created by and maintained at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Creates differential lists based on clinical signs or affected system.
Formerly called Associate, this is a tool that allows the reader to find diseases by category or to use the “Diseases to Consider Tool” by listing species and clinical signs or diagnostic results. VIN is free to veterinary students but requires registration.
VPN needed, this is another online textbook with very quick and digestible information about a number of diseases.
Comprehensive information about vitamin, herbal and other supplements, and nutritional products for both humans and pets. Includes ConsumerLab.com’s independent product evaluations, lists of quality-approved brands, product recalls, safety warnings, and test results for ConsumerLab.com selected products. Note: 12 simultaneous users, please log off when done.
Information on the health problems affecting animals, addressing the range of diseases, disorders, management issues.
Critically Appraised Topics (Secondary research or filtered interpretation of primary research like Randomized Control Trials) are regularly produced by this Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine product. Produced by the University of Nottingham’s Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine
On the shelves of every practice, this is a leading formulary for veterinary medicine. New site includes drug interactions and client sheets.
On the shelves of every practice, this is a leading formulary for veterinary medicine. This is the legacy site that will discontinue 11 June 2021.
This formulary is put out by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association which means some drugs listed may not be available in the USA. In some cases, this can be helpful because they may have drugs that eventually will be available in the USA (like Jurox’s Alfaxalone).
This formulary is put out by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association which means some drugs listed may not be available in the USA.
Registration Required but freely accessible to veterinary students.
Provides a number of tools:
Published in 2014, this eBook focuses on equine specific pharmaceuticals.
Published 2018, this contains a formulary for a wide range of species including avian and invertebrates.
Dr. Mark G. Papich is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, and Supervisor of the Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. He is a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology (ACVCP), and has served as president of ACVCP. He is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He has served on the Council of Experts and has been Chairman for the Veterinary Drugs Expert Committee for the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and a member and vice chair of the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI, formerly NCCLS) Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing subcommittee (VAST). In addition, he served as a member of the Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). |
Content produced by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) is available in this resource which includes manuals(books), special topics, proceedings, client handouts, podcasts, formularies and more. Many reserved readings are BSAVA Manuals and they are available here online.
A resource to refer clients (freely accessible) or print various handouts. It covers a wide range of species:
Often will have a number of client handouts with each disease covered.
17% of veterinary literature is attributed to being grey literature. What is grey literature? Anything unpublished but still very relevant like conference proceedings, PhD theses, and company or organizational white papers
Incorporates a great deal of production animal conference proceedings like namely, the Annual Convention of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.
Freely available but requires registration
Contains a number of veterinary conference proceedings around the world as well as e-books.
Registration Required but freely accessible to veterinary students.
Provides a number of tools:
Contains proceedings of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
contains a number of conference proceedings as well as the largest quantity of veterinary titles.
LILACS (Latin American & Caribbean Health Sciences Literature) covers literature related to the health sciences and has been published in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean since 1982, and is published by WHO Regional Offices. It contains articles from about 670 of the most well-known journals in the medicine field, plus other documents such as: theses, books, conference proceedings, scientific reports and governmental publications.
Contains dissertations and theses since 1997.
International in scope, electronic analogues to paper-based theses and dissertations.
International in scope, open access resource to theses and dissertations.
Open access theses and dissertations on the ProQuest platform interface.
Theses and dissertations in the Library and Archives of Canada.
Google Scholar is a search engine that combs a wide variety of sites that contain proceedings, white papers, and theses from multiple disciplines.
Resources for identifying researchers in the field and the impact of an institution, author, journal or article.
Find researcher profiles, research units, projects, research output, and other key aspects of research at UC Davis School of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and School of Nursing.
Elsevier’s Scopus has one of the largest collections of Veterinary Core Literature. Authors can also be found by Orcid ID. Additionally, literature can be found by institution output.
Clarivate’s Web of Science Citations Index is a strong tool to find author publications. Also allows investigation of literature by institution and subject area.
Provides Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor, Contributions by Country and Institution.
Provides Citescore, Scientific Journal Ranking (SJR Scimago) and Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
Provides H-index and includes examination of citations per document of articles within or outside the journal and measures international collaboration.
Provides H-factor from Google Scholar data, whereas Scimago provides H-factor from Elsevier’s Scopus.
As long as you publish in an open access journal published in the Directory of Open Access Journals, UC DAvis Library will help cover your APC fees.
paste your article abstract and JANE will match your abstract to similar journals.
Put in your research field and your article title and abstract and this tool will help you find a journal.
Below is a very incomplete list of the veterinary electronic journals accessible at UC Davis. Use article databases such as CAB or PubMed, or Browzine or the ‘Library Catalog’ tab in Library Search to find and access the myriad print and online journals available. Links to full-text should work if you are on the UC Davis Network or logged onto the VPN.
Contact us with any problems or questions.
Library Catalog Journals A-Z
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Anipedia Regularly updated One Health content on livestock diseases, parasites and toxins. |
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Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary VP Studdert, CC Gay & KW Hinchcliff 2021 |
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Veterinary Cytology LC Sharkey, MJ Radin & D Seelig 2021 |
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Papich Handbook of Veterinary Drugs MG Papich 2021 |
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de Lahunta’s Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology A de Lahunta, E Glass & M Kent 2021 |
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Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner
CM Faux & TR Kane 2021 |
These are a few of the electronic books that the UC Davis Library has on veterinary-related topics. Use the ‘Library Catalog’ tab in Library Search to find and access the myriad print and electronic books available. Links to full-text should work if you are on the UC Davis Network or logged onto the VPN.
Contact us with any problems or questions.
Readings (including books, chapters, articles, websites, and tutorials) for each veterinary medicine block.
These guides are based on the recommended reading lists for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Recognized Specialty Veterinary Organizations (RSVOs) examinations. The information is intended to help UCD’s veterinary residents readily locate the UC Davis Library copies of these materials.
The tutorial introduces the concepts of Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM), and aims to give you a foundation from which you can start to apply EBVM to your own veterinary work. After a general introduction to the principles of EBVM, each chapter explains one of the five main principles of the methodology. These chapters include detailed examples, opportunities for you to reflect on what you’ve learned, and quizzes for you to check your understanding.
A set of open-source teaching modules on antimicrobial resistance in veterinary medicine. These open-source teaching modules are designed for integration into existing veterinary school courses regarding Pharmacology, Microbiology, Public Health, and Species-specific medicine. Other interested visitors to the site include researchers, microbiologists, epidemiologists and animal scientists. Contributors include Michigan State University, the University of Minnesota and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A virtual module on bovine necropsy, this module provides a step-by-step video demonstrating the bovine field necropsy, diagnostic sample collection, packaging, and shipping procedures. The visual reference contains images and text descriptions of normal tissues and gross pathologic lesions. Versatile search parameters support both diagnostic and educational uses. This is a free resource designed for vet students and vets. Registration is required.