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[In the Library] [Databases] [Health Sites] [U.S. Government]
[Other Resources] [Societies & Organizations]
[Accreditation, Certification, Standards]

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Library offers print and electronic resources to the students and faculty of the UMD Department of Medical Laboratory Science.

IN THE LIBRARY…

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Library, Online Catalog Voyager provides bibliographic records for the holdings of the UMass Dartmouth Library, including books, media, and journals. Access points include author, title, subject, and call number. Library location and availability of each item is given. The catalog can be searched from terminals in the library, in computer clusters, from office or home.

Books are organized on the shelves by Library of Congress call numbers. Call numbers beginning with RB indicate much of the clinical laboratory science material. (R includes all medicine). For best results, search by subject heading (i.e. diagnosis, laboratory; laboratory techniques and procedures; blood transfusion; helicobacter plyori infections; microbiology; hematology; etc.

Journals (periodicals) in the UMass Dartmouth Library are shelved in by title on the 3rd floor of library. For complete journal holdings, both UMD Library access to full-text online and the volumes located on the 3rd floor, check the UMD Journal Locator. Journals of particular interest to the MLS students and faculty include:

• Acta Cytologica
• American Journal of Clinical Pathology
• American Journal of Hematology
• Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science
• Blood
• Canadian Journal of Medical Laboratory Science
• Clinical Chemistry
• Clinical Immunology Newsletter
• Clinical Laboratory Science
• Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
• Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious disease
• Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
• Journal of Allied Health
• Journal of Automatic Chemistry
• Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• Journal of Clinical Pathology
• Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Journal of Leukocyte Biology
• National Intelligence Report
• Research in Microbiology
• Seminars in Hematology
• Transfusion
• Vox Sanguinis

Some journal publishers provide access to a current issue or to table of contents on their web page (see the following two examples):

Clinical Laboratory Science, the Journal of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Recent issues table of contents available via the Society’s web page:
http://www.ascls.org/leadership/cls/index.asp

National Intelligence Report
A newsletter published by Washington G-2 Reports "Covering Government Policy for Diagnostic Testing & Related Medical Services"
http://www.g2reports.com

Databases

CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (EBSCO) - Provides indexing and abstracting for over 1,600 current nursing and allied health journals and other publications dating back to 1982 and contains over 700,000 records. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, this database covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.

MEDLINE/INDEX MEDICUS
Considered the major index to the world’s biomedical literature, MEDLINE/Index Medicus indexes more than 3600 journals in the fields of pre-clinical sciences, health care, clinical medicine, biomedical research, nursing, allied health, among others. Bibliographic citations and abstracts are available from articles published in the United States and 70 other countries (approximately 8.8 million records).

Check the List of Journals indexed in Index Medicus (located at the Reference Desk) for a listing of the journals covered.

INDEX MEDICUS
Print Index issued monthly in two parts, subject and author. Cumulated annually.
Available: UMD Reference Collection (Ref R1.C9)

Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine
(National Center for Biotechnology Information)—Provides access to searching individual databases (such as PubMed, PubMed Central, OMIN, Human Genome, GenBank) or to searching across all the NCBI databases simultaneously.

PubMed Central (National Center for Biotechnology Information) –Provides free access to full text articles in over 130 life sciences journals. It is linked to PubMed and fully searchable.

PUBMED (National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM) – Provides free access to the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE database. Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts to articles in more than 4600 journals in the fields of pre-clinical sciences, healthcare, clinical medicine, biomedical research, nursing, allied health, among others. Now includes links to full-text articles in PubMed Central.

Health Sites

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/

HealthWeb
A joint project of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Member medical and health sciences libraries provide health related information from reputable sources.
http://healthweb.org/

HospitalWeb
An Index to Hospital Pages on the Web
http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.shtml

Medicine Online
A commercial site providing medical information and education in Oncology. Includes a comprehensive list of cancer links on the web.
http://www.meds.com/

Medscape
A commercial site requiring free membership and registration for full access to materials
http://www.medscape.com/

MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources
http://www.medweb.emory.edu

The Microbiology Network
http://www.microbiol.org

The Virtual Hospital
http://www.vh.org/

U.S. Government Sites

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://cms.hhs.gov/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov

Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Inspector General
http://oig.hhs.gov/

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org/

National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Other Resources

Medical Education Online, an Electronic Journal
Information for physicians and health professionals
http://www.Med-Ed-Online.org/

Scientific Style and Format, The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 6th Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
This style manual from the Council of Biology Editors is required for students in the UMass Dartmouth, Medical Laboratory Science program.
Available: UMD Library Reference Collection (Ref T11.S386 1994)

Washington G-2 Reports :
"an independent news and information service specializing in diagnostic testing and related medical services. We provide timely, accurate reporting and analysis of legislative, regulatory, legal and business affairs directly affecting the operations and finances of our clients in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and overseas.
http://www.g2reports.com

Societies and Organizations:

American Association for Clinical Chemistry
http://www.aacc.org

American Association of Blood Banks
http://www.aabb.org/

American Association of Physician's Offices & Laboratories
http://www.aapol.com

American Medical Technologists
http://www.amt1.com/

American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
"ASCLS, as the preeminent organization for clinical laboratory science practitioners, provides dynamic leadership and vigorously promotes all aspects of clinical laboratory science practice, education and management to ensure excellent, accessible cost-effective laboratory services for the consumers of health care".
http://www.ascls.org/

American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
http://www.ashi-hla.org

American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians
http://www.aspt.org/

Association of Genetic Technologists
http://www.agt-info.org/

Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science
http://www.csmls.org

Clinical Laboratory Management Association
http://www.clma.org/

International Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists
http://www.iamlt.org

National Society for Histotechnology
http://www.nsh.org/

Accreditation, Certification, Standards

American Academy of Family Physicians - Proficiency Testing
http://www.aafp.org/pt/

COLA: A national healthcare accreditation organization
http://www.cola.org/

NAACLS National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
http://www.naacls.org/

NCA National Certification Agency: The national credentialing agency for laboratory personal
http://www.nca-info.org

NCCLS, National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards: A voluntary consensus standards-developing organization
http://www.nccls.org/