HPD Library Pathfinders – Dentistry

SCOPE

This guide is designed to aid the beginning Dentistry student in finding online and print resources in the HPD Library.

It is not meant to be comprehensive.

PRINT MATERIALS
REFERENCE and OTHER USEFUL BOOKS
RESEARCH DATABASES
KEY JOURNALS
USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTES and AGENCIES
TUTORIALS for NSU DATABASES
NEW MATERIALS

PRINT MATERIALS

Dentistry books and multimedia are generally classified in the WU section of the library. To find topics on related subjects, such as drug information, surgical procedures or physiology, look in Novacat, NSU’s online catalog of all electronic, print, as well as other media materials.

REFERENCE and OTHER USEFUL BOOKS

This is just a partial list. For the newest books, see the last section of this pathfinder.

Boucher’s Clinical Dental Terminology. 4th ed. WU 13 B 753 1993.

Clark’s Clinical Dentistry. 6 vols. WU C613 1997.

Clinician’s Endodontic Handbook. WU 39 D896c 2000.

Delmar’s Dental Drug Reference. QV 39 H834d 2000.

Dental Implants: The Art and Science. WU 640 D4142 2001

Dental Terminology. WU 15 D653d 2000.

Dentofacial Deformities : Integrated Orthodontic and Surgical Correction. 4 vols. WU 101.5 E64d 1995

Mosby’s Dental Dictionary. WU 13 M894 1998.

Mosby’s Dental Drug Reference. QV 39 G132d 2005.

Dental Office Medical Emergencies: a Manual of Office Response Protocols. WB 105 M236h 2000.

Oral Cancer. WU S5250 2003.

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology : a Rationale for Diagnosis and Treatment. WU 140 M392o 2003

Phillips’ Science of Dental Materials. WU 190 P5625 1996

RESEARCH DATABASES

www.nova.edu/cwis/hpdlibrary

CINAHL: While incorporating all allied health disciplines, the database has many valuable

resources for dentistry.

EMBASE: Useful for locating drug information not covered in MEDLINE.

MEDLINE: Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Almost 12 million

records from 4,800 journals indexed and abstracted. From 1950 to the present.

UpToDate: A practical clinical reference designed to provide quick access to synthesized

medical information in an easy-to-use format.

KEY JOURNALS

To locate the available full-text dental journals, go to this site: http://0-atoz.ebsco.com.novacat.nova.edu/Search.asp?id=nseu and select the "Subjects" tab at the top of the page, or key in the title of a particular journal. For print journals go to http://www.nova.edu/cwis/hpdlibrary/pdf/sers.pdf and look under DENTISTRY.

Oral Diseases

Oral Oncology

Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research

Pediatric Dentistry

Periodontology

Seminars in Orthodontics

Endodontic Topics

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Journal of Dentistry

Journal of Endodontics

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Journal of Periodontal Research

Advances in Dental Research

American Journal of Dentistry

Caries Research

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Dental Materials

Dental Practice Management

USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES

For other valuable online resources go to: http://www.nova.edu/cwis/hpdlibrary/links.html

Biomedical Properties Database. Maintained and updated periodically by the University of Michigan.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/Dental_tables/intro.html

Case Studies in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Sponsored by Dalhousie University. Images and diagnoses.

http://bpass.dentistry.dal.ca/casestudies.html

Centre for Evidence Based Dentistry. Provides dentists with resources to practice using EBM techniques. http://www.cebd.org/?o=1007

Cochrane Oral Health Group. Maintains and promotes the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions. http://www.cochrane-oral.man.ac.uk/

Dental Review Online. Among other things, an extensive illustrated encyclopedia of dental procedures and conditions.

http://www.dentalreview.com/

DERWeb. Educational resources for dental professionals. Including recruitment and an image library. Based at Sheffield University, UK. http://www.derweb.co.uk/

Oral Pathology Image Database. A series of images of the most important oral lesions. Maintained at the University of Iowa. http://www.uiowa.edu/~oprm/AtlasHome.html

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTES and AGENCIES

(A partial list).

Combined Health Information Database (CHID). A bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the

Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health

education resources. http://chid.nih.gov/

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

Promotes and sponsors research to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health. http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/

NIH Consensus Development Program. The NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) manages the NIH Consensus Development Program, the focal point for evidence-based assessments of medical practice and state-of-the-science on behalf of the medical community and the public. http://consensus.nih.gov/

National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS). Includes indicators of oral health, information on state dental programs, and links to other important sources of oral health information. http://www.cdc.gov/nohss/

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

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.hhs.gov

OTHER PATHFINDERS with ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED LINKS

HealthWeb: Dentistry. University of Michigan’s portal to dental resources.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/hw/dent/

Tufts University, Hirsh Health Sciences Library. Good general orientation for Dentistry resources.

http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/subjectGuides/dental.html

University of Adelaide Library Guides, Dentistry Links. Very comprehensive list of resources, including those in the U.S.A., Australia, and the rest of the world. http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/dent/

TUTORIALS for NSU DATABASES

(HPD produced tutorials): http://www.nova.edu/cwis/hpdlibrary/tutorials.html

Tutorials developed by the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center.

http://www.nova.edu/library/help/techhelp.html

EBSCOhost tutorials and knowledge base.

http://support.epnet.com/CustSupport/Tutorials/Tutorials.asp

Ovid Technologies, Inc. tutorials.

http://www.ovid.com/site/help/sp_tutorials.jsp?top=28&mid=29&bottom=31&subsection=58

NEW MATERIALS

Calamia Successful esthetic and cosmetic dentistry for the modern dental

practice Dental clinics of North America ; v. 51, no. 2.

Nield-Gehrig Fundamentals of periodontal instrumentation & advanced root

instrumentation 6th ed. WU 113 N6673f 2008 CD-ROM

Nield-Gehrig Fundamentals of periodontal instrumentation & advanced root

instrumentation 6th ed. WU 113 N6673f 2008

Lolkus Nutrition in dentistry WU 113.7 L838n 2008 CD-ROM

Dofka Dental terminology 2nd ed. WU 15 D653d 2007 CD-ROM

Dofka Dental terminology 2nd ed. WU 15 D653d 2007

Cohen Atlas of cosmetic and reconstructive periodontal surgery 3rd ed. WU 17 C678a 2007 CD-ROM

September, 2007

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