Websites and Databases for Stem Cell Research Information
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UDM Library Catalog: contains information on books, and government documents, which include
congressional hearings and committee reports as well as presidential commission reports.
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Databases
- Infotrac OneFile: includes both scholarly and general interest journal and magazine articles in
a wide variety of subjects, including medicine, sociology, politics and general news.
- CINAHL: a nursing and allied health database with full-text professional journal articles in
health and medicine.
- Academic Universe (Lexis Nexis) --on campus only – this database contains the full-text
articles from national and international newspapers, and newswires, as well as transcripts
from some congressional hearings.
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Websites
- New England Journal of Medicine (http://content.nejm.org/) and JAMA
(http://jama.ama-assn.org/) --.Search for articles in the journals (See the reference
librarian for access to full-text articles)
- FirstGov.gov (http://www.firstgov.gov/) This official federal government webpage has links
to local, state, and federal government branches and agencies, and links by topics.
*Start by using the search box on the top, and then look at the agency tab in the clustered
results.
- National Institutes of Health: Stem Cell Information (http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp)
includes information basic background information on stem cell research including ethics,
government policy, research protocols and resources, and recent developments.
- Thomas (http://thomas.loc.gov/) Created by the Library of Congress, this website includes
information on:
 Bills and resolutions, including their full-text, status, sponsors, and voting results
 Committee reports
 Congressional Record transcripts
- Google Uncle Sam (http://www.google.com/unclesam) A subset of google that searches the
.gov and .mil domains of the Internet. You can find some Congressional hearings here.
- National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/diabetes.htm)
includes statistics on disease incidence, mortality, health care use, and more.
- Congressional Research Service Reports (http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/) includes
research reports created by the Library of Congress for members of Congress
- White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/) Search for information on presidential policies
- President’s Council on Bioethics (http://www.bioethics.gov/) reports on ethical issues.