Data Bases Containing Rehabilitation Related Information Data Base Name Description Producer ** VENDOR/LABEL ABI/Inform Abstracts of business and related UMI/Data Courier ** BRS/ORBIT journal articles on management 620 South Third Street DIALOG and administration. Apples to Louisville, KY rehabilitation in market research, 40202 employment of disabled workers (800) 626-2823 and management in general. ABLEDATA Data base of commercially available Adaptive Equipment ** BRS/ABLE rehabilitation products from over Center 1,900 companies. Includes personal Newington Children's care, therapeutic, sensory, Hospital educational, vocational and 181 East Cedar Street transportation aids. Newington, CT 06111 (203) 667-5437 AgeLine Provides access to citations and American Association ** BRS/AARP abstracts for materials concerning of Retired Persons the socio-psychological, economic, National Gerontology health-related and political aspects Resource Center of aging. 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Health and Human Library Services of Medicine- 8600 Rockville Pike MEDLARS Bethesda, MD 20894 (301) 496-6193 BIOSIS Previews Offers comprehensive, BIOSIS ** BRS/BIOL international coverage of journal 2100 Arch Street DIALOG, 55 articles, research reports, reviews, Philadelphia, PA 19103 conference papers, symposia, books, (800) 523-4806 and other sources in biology, (215) 587-4847 medicine and interdisciplinary life sciences. Books in Print The only current, comprehensive R.R. Bowker ** BRS/BBIP and continually updated source of information on virtually the entire U.S. book publishing output. BBIP contains references to scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books, covering all subjects. CANCERLIT Consists of bibliographic documents National Cancer ** BRS/CANR to published cancer-related materials Institute including articles from journals, abstracts of papers presented at pro- fessional meetings, government reports and dissertations. Included are all aspects of experimental and clinical cancer therapy, chemical, viral and other agents that cause cancer, etc. Combined Health Contains over 62,000 citations and Combined Health Information abstracts which provide information Information Database Database relevant to health professionals, health (CHID) ** BRS/CHID educators, patients, and the general National Institute of public relating to AIDS information and Health education programs, Alzheimer's disease,Bethesda, MD arthritis, asthma, blood resource (301) 496-4236 information, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol education, deafness and other communication disorders, diabetes, digestive disease, eye health, kidney disease, etc. COMPENDEX Online counterpart to Engineering Engineering ** BRS/COMP Index, contains bibliographic infor- Information, Inc. DIALOG/8 mation on journal articles, books, 345 East 47th Street conference papers, and reports in the New York, NY 10017 areas of engineering technology. (212) 705-7615 Includes materials dealing with the (800) 221-1044 environment, geology, petroleum, computers, etc., including rehabilitation engineering. Comprehensive Includes the complete text of prominent BRS Information Core medical reference works and textbooks Technologies Medical Library and more than 70 leading medical and 8000 Westpark Drive ** BRS/CCML scientific journals. McLean, VA 22102 (703) 442-0900 (800) 955-0906 CCML: AIDS A subset of CCML containing BRS Information Articles Subset the complete text of articles, Technologies **BRS/AACC editorials, letters and other 8000 Westpark Drive materials identified as pertaining McLean, VA 22102 to AIDS and AIDS-related subjects. 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(415) 591-2333 Linguistics and Indexes selective international Sociological Language literature on language behavior. Abstracts, Inc. Behavior Includes citations on speech and P.O. Box 22206 Abstracts hearing problems, learning disabilities,San Diego, CA 92112 ** BRS/LLBA special education and other (619) 565-6600 DIALOG/36 rehabilitation related areas. Medical and Provides access to literature related BRS Information Psychological to clinical medicine and psychology from Technologies Previews approximately 240 core journals within 8000 Westpark Drive ** BRS/PREV 10 days of their receipt in libraries McLean, VA 22102 across the country. PREV also covers (800) 955-0906 psychiatry, nursing and hospital administration. Medical Device Contains information on medical Bradford Communications Database products and pharmceuticals from more 10742 Tucker Street ** Bradford than 5,000 manufacturers, repackagers, Beltsville, MD 20705 Communications and major distributors categorized under(301) 345-0100 Data Center a three-level generic item description concept. MEDLINE MEDLINE is the most comprehensive National Library of ** National online resource for national and inter- Medicine Library of national medical journal literature and MEDLARS Medicine/ includes citations to about 6.5 million 8600 Rockville Pike MEDLARS articles from approx 3,600 biomedical Bethesda, MD 20894 BRS/MESH journals published in the U.S. and (800) 638-8480 DIALOG/152, abroad. It covers all aspects of 153, 154 biomedicine, including the allied health fields, the bio- logical and physical sciences, veterinary medicine and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. MEDLINE A subset of the MEDLINE data base (MESH)National Library of References on covering aspects of AIDS MRAI focuses Medicine AIDS on the clinical and research aspects of ** BRS/MRAI the disease, epidiology and health policy issues. Nursing and Contains citations from over 330 Cumulative Index Allied Health journals in the nursing and allied to Nursing and -CINAHL health fields. Includes rehabilitation, Allied Health ** BRS/NAHL physical therapy and social service Literature DIALOG/218 in health care. Corporation 1509 Wilson Terrace P.O. Box 871 Glendale, CA 91209 (818) 240-2819 PAIS References to public policy oriented Public Affairs International literature of the social sciences Information Service ** BRS/PAIS emphasizing factual and statistical 11 West 40th Street DIALOG/49 information. Includes journals, books, New York, NY 10018 pamphlets, government documents (212) 736-6629 and agency reports. Contains rehabilitation information in the areas of public admin. service delivery, rehabilitation engineering and management. Physicians Data Contains comprehensive information National Cancer Query Cancer on more than 80 different types of Institute Information cancer. Includes up-to-date information File on prognosis, staging, cellular ** BRS/PDQC classification, standard and investigational treatments, along with references and medical literature. PSYCINFO Covers worldwide literature in American Psychological ** BRS/PSYC psychology and related disciplines Association DIALOG/11 such as psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, linguistics, and pharmacology. Journal articles, technical reports and dissertations are included. Rare Disease Contains health related information Rare Diseases Database Database with resources that can be contacted NORD ** COMPUSERVE for further information. P.O. Box 8923 New Fairfield, CT 06812 REHABDATA Database of rehabilitation literature NARIC ** BRS/NRIC reflecting the collection of the 8455 Colesville Road National Rehabilitation Information Silver Spring, MD 20910 Clearinghouse (NARIC). Includes (800) 346-2742 research reports from projects funded (301) 588-9284 by NIDRR and RSA also includes commercial publications, journal articles, other government documents etc. A sampling of subject areas includes disability management, functional evaluation, independent living, placement and transportation. Resources in Includes information on state and National Center for Vocational federally administered research, Research/Vocational Education curriculum development, and professional Education ** BRS/RIVE development projects in vocational Univ. of California- education. Berkeley SCISEARCH Index international biomedical journal Institute for ** DIMIDI/WO6 literature. Includes all significant Scientific DIALOG/34,87, items from over 1400 major biomedical Information 94, 186 journals. Covers biochemistry, biology,3501 Market Street psychology, neuroscience and pharma- Philadelphia, PA 19104 cology. (800) 523-1850 SOCIAL Multidisciplinary database covering the Institute for SCISEARCH social sciences including language, Scientific ** BRS/SSCI information science, management, Information DIALOG/7 political science, public health, DIMDI psychiatry, psychology, sociology, statistics, etc. Social Work Contains abstracts of articles National Assoc. of Abstracts published in more than 400 social work Social Workers, Inc. ** BRS/SWAB journals and journals in related 7981 Hastena Avenue fields. Covers aging, alcoholism and Silver Spring, MD 20910 drug abuse, crime and delinquency, (800) 752-3590 employment, family and child welfare, health and medical care, etc. Sociological The primary online source of Sociological Abstracts researchers, professionals and students Abstracts, Inc. ** BRS/SOCA in sociology and related disciplines, including political science, media, family studies, gerontology, policy sciences, urban and rural sociology, etc. SPORT Database Contains information on individual Sport Information ** BRS/SFDB sports including practice, training Resource Ctr. and equipment, recreation, sport 1600 James Naismith Dr. medicine physical education, sport Gloucester, Ontario facilities and international sports KIB5N4 history. Includes sports for persons (613) 748-5658 with disabilities. 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