Where to do a Three Rs literature search

Lists of Three Rs-related search terms

• Fund for the Replacement of Animal in Medical Experiments (FRAME) (n.d.) Planning a Search: Search Terms and Strategies.
  - guidance on selecting search terms and a list of Three Rs-related terms
• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (n.d.) Animal Use Alternatives Thesaurus Terminology - Alphabetical Listing.
• European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) (n.d.) ECVAM Database Service on Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments.
  - choose Thesaurus from upper right hand corner of screen

Database resources

• Altweb (n.d.) Databases.
  - a table of Three Rs-related research, teaching and testing databases that describes the type of information in each database
• UCDavis Center for Animal Alternatives Information (n.d.) Guide to Bibliographic Databases for Alternatives Searching.
  - organizes databases by Three Rs-related keywords
• CCAC Three Rs Microsite (n.d.) Databases of humane teaching alternatives.
• CCAC Three Rs Microsite (n.d.) Testing and Three Rs.
• Go3R, semantic search engine to avoid animal experiments
• Hooijmans C.R., Tillema A., Leenaars M. and Ritskes-Hoitinga M. (2010) Enhancing search efficiency by means of a search filter for finding all studies on animal experimentation in PubMed. Laboratory Animals 44(3):170-175.

“Embedded” alternatives searches

• ALTBIB: Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing (n.d.) Live PubMed searches on selected topics.
• UCDavis Center for Animal Alternatives Information (n.d.) Bibliographic Searching Tools on Disease Models: Locating Alternatives for Animals in Research.
• UCDavis Center for Animal Alternatives Information (n.d.) Noninvasive Imaging in Research.