Tufts Resources

• Consumer reports
  Search Serial Solutions by its title. (Coverage is available from LexisNexis Academic, ABI Inform (delay for last 3 months) and Expanded Academic ASAP.)
• Consumer reports annual buying guide
  Available on Infotrac under General Reference Center Gold.
• Faculty of 1000 - Biology
  • one-time registration, then login
  • evaluates selected articles by members
  • browse Biology faculties by subject or search by keyword
  • search Faculty Member List by name, institution, or country
• Faculty of 1000 - Medicine
  • one-time registration, then login
  • evaluates selected articles by members
  • browse by subject or search by keyword
  • search Faculty Member List by name, institution, or country
• Health care state rankings
  Reference WA 900 AA1 H454
• ISI Essential Science Indicators ranks productivity by publications of scientists, institutions, countries. journals. Provides highly cited papers, baselines for citation analysis & topical lists of citations
• ISI Journal Citation Reports ranks journals in the sciences and social sciences.

General Resources

• Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
  • evaluates cost effectiveness of high-use drugs.
  • currently ranks drugs for arthritis and pain, cholesterolemia, and heartburn.
• Health Plans
  U.S. News & World Report [paid archive service]
• Hospitals
  U.S. News & World Report's criteria:
  • reputation calculated from responses of board-certified specialists
  • mortality rate provided by the Sachs Group
  • data from American Hospital Association's annual surveys
• Medical Schools
  U.S. News & World Report