Sage: Animal Welfare

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1. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 7th edition Key site
   Full text of of a 125-page book, published in 1996 by the National Research Council's Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources.[Full Description]
   http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/
   
2. IACUC.org - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee organization Key site
   A comprehensive Web site for institutional animal care and use committees (IACUC), with links to relevant law and regulations, organizations, training, and links to many institutional committees.[Full Description]
   http://www.iacuc.org/
   IACUC.org Bookmarks
   
3. Research Animal Methods (course materials) Key site
   Online course materials from a class on laboratory animals taught at the veterinary school at the University of Arizona. Features lecture notes for about 20 different topics. Older class notes are still available as well - see link below.[Full Description]
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   Older class notes
   
4. Agricola [UCSD Only]
   1979-present. Covers agriculture and related disciplines. Good for soil chemistry, plant cell biochemistry and plant genetics. Useful for fisheries & aquaculture.[Full Description]
   http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
   Instructions
   Quick Reference User Guide
   
5. Animal Welfare Information Center
   AWIC provides information for improved animal care and use in research, teaching, and testing. Includes information on searching for alternatives to use of animals in research.[Full Description]
   http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/
   
6. Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
   Provides technical information on laboratory animals and other biological research resources to the scientific community, the federal government, and the public. Reportsare available on the Web.[Full Description]
   http://www4.nas.edu/cls/ilarhome.nsf
   
7. Laboratory Animal Research: Online books from the National Academy Press
   Links to over 10 full-text books on aspects of laboratory animal welfare published by the National Academy Press. Most of these are also in paper at the UCSD Libraries.[Full Description]
   http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/records/LA.html
   
8. Office of Animal Care and Use
   An information resource for scientists provided by the National Institutes of Health. Contains information on NIH policy and assistance for institutional Care and Use committees.[Full Description]
   http://oacu.od.nih.gov/
   
9. PubMED (MEDLINE)
   1953-present. MEDLINE and genetics databases from the National Library of Medicine. Now offers e-mail alerting and RSS feeds! Choose Abstract display to see UC E-Links icons for linking to full text and ordering interlibrary loans.[Full Description]
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   PubMed Info for UCSD: guides, tips, etc.
   
10. Zoological Record [UCSD Only]
    1864-present. Indexes approx 4,500 journals, books, conference papers, & selected dissertations in zoology. Approx 30% abstracts. Strengths include: good subject vocabulary, taxonomic hierarchies. SIO Library has printed indexes back to 1864.[Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/108800
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