Library Services for Investigators by Ellen Marks Director, Shiffman Medical Library Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees are required by the Animal Welfare Act and the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals to review animal study proposals. This requirement assists in ascertaining whether investigators have adequately considered alternative methods and approaches to the use of animals and are not unnecessary duplication of previous experiments. Animal Welfare Information Center or other related organizations. To assist investigators with animal research compliance issues, the Shiffman Medical Library facilitates access to a variety of databases needed to conduct a comprehensive search of the scientific literature. Additionally, basic and specialized databases can be searched by librarians through an online commerical vendor.
Charges depend on the cost of the database's connect time and royalty charges.
Although the databases are fairly simple to search, the vocabulary needed to structure a comprehensive search requires some planning or consultation. Such materials are not indexed with great specificity. The most comprehensive, international database of biomedicine, it is indexed with a high degree of specificity. When the very latest literature is critical, several pertinent toolsare avalable. Current Contents' file of articles on LUIS extends back to 1993 and its journal issue table of contents extends back to 1994.