Pharmacy
Databases & Journals | Catalogs | eBooks | Websites | Writing the Paper
Databases & Journals
Databases listed below will help you locate journal articles on your topic.
How to Find a Specific Journal Article
Is It a Scholarly Journal or Isn't It?
Full Text Journals
ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan
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| AccessMedicine A collection of medical references including Harrison's Online, Hurst's the Heart, Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology and the Lange Educational Library. |
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| Adverse Drug Interaction Program An evidence-based, proprietary database of adverse drug interactions. Searches for interactions between 2 and up to 12 drugs; also includes management recommendations and references are hyperlinked to the original literature. Updated regularly. |
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| CareNotes System CareNotes documents enable you to conveniently provide your patients with complete, easy-to-understand information about all aspects of their care and health. |
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| Clinical Pharmacology Clinical Pharmacology is the primary drug information and medication management resource of more than 1,000 hospitals, the majority of the country's largest retail pharmacy chains and consultant pharmacy corporations, the majority of U.S. pharmacy and medical schools, well-known health information websites, and hundreds-of-thousands of healthcare professionals and consumers worldwide. |
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| Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) serves as the most comprehensive source of reports of controlled trials. CENTRAL is published as part of The Cochrane Library and is updated quarterly. Many of the records in CENTRAL have been identified through systematic searches of MEDLINE and EMBASE but are also from multiple sources,including searches of other bibliographic databases, handsearches of many hundreds of journals and conference proceedings, and searches of other trial registers. Since the overriding aim is to create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews, all known controlled trials are included irrespective of language of publication or where and when the studies were conducted. |
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| Cochrane Collection Plus Cochrane Collection Plus is an essential source of high quality health care data for both providers, patients and those responsible for researching, teaching, funding and administrating at all levels of the medical profession. It combines the NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) and Health Technology Assessments (HTA) with the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Methodology Register. |
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| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews The Cochrane Database includes the full text of regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare from The Cochrane Collaboration. The reviews are presented in two types: Complete reviews - Regularly updated Cochrane Reviews, prepared and maintained by Collaborative Review Groups. Protocols - Protocols (background, objectives and methods) for reviews currently being prepared. |
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| Drug Facts & Comparisons Drug Facts and Comparisons is a comprehensive drug information compendium. Organized by therapeutic drug classes, the format is designed to provide a wide scope of drug information in a manner that facilitates evaluations and comparisons. |
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| embase Covering international biomedical literature from 1947-present, embase includes all 20 million+ MEDLINE records, plus over 5 million records from 1800 additional journals. Embase is commonly used to track drugs and devices, as a source for evidence-based medicine and systematic reviews, and to support research and discovery. |
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| Iowa Drug Information Service The Iowa Drug Information Service (IDIS) database provides access to the serial literature of medicine and pharmacy. Articles from over 180 English-language journals (about one-quarter are published outside the US) concerning human drug therapy, the clinical pharmaceutics of drugs or the economics of drug use are indexed in the database. IDIS/Web Tutorial. |
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| Lexi-Comp Online Lexi-Comp is an industry-leading provider of drug information and clinical content for the healthcare industry. We provide the tools necessary to help improve patient safety, ensure compliance, and elevate the quality of care patients receive. |
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| Medical Letter Online access to current issues of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics and Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter, as well as CME Online, Adverse Drug Interactions Program, Antimicrobial Therapy online handbook, and more. |
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| Medline - PubMed MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database that covers biomedical literature, allied health, and biological and physical sciences. More than 18 million records from 5,400+ journals are indexed; English abstracts are included for about 82% of the records. PubMed "Quick Tours" Tutorials. |
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| MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series Evidence based information from Micromedex. This includes unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine needed to make informed clinical diagnosis and treatment decisions. Includes PDR embedded in product. INTERNET EXPLORER MUST BE USED TO ACCESS THIS PRODUCT. |
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| Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Provides evidence-based, clinical information on natural medicines, herbal medicines, and dietary supplements. Compiled by pharmacists and physicians, this database provides reliable information on safety and efficacy and is updated daily. |
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| Natural Standard Natural Standard was founded by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. This international multidisciplinary collaboration now includes contributors from more than 100 eminent academic institutions. |
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| NeoFax NeoFax is designed to help clinicians accurately prescribe, calculate, formulate, and administer essential drugs and parenteral nutrition solutions for infants. By providing complete neonatal drug information covering more than 180 substances, NeoFax helps reduce medication errors and decreases time spent ordering and compounding. NOTE: YOU MUST USE INTERNET EXPLORER VERSION 5.0 OR HIGHER TO ACCESS THIS RESOURCE. |
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| PDR (Physicians Desk Reference) PDR® provides instant access to FDA approved drug information to include drug interactions, side effects, recommended dosages, contraindications, and more. You must register at this site. |
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| PharmacyLibrary PharmacyLibrary from American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is leading the next generation of online pharmacy resources. PharmacyLibrary features content from a selection of APhA's authoritative textbooks, an interactive NAPLEX review, case studies, article abstracts from the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association and a variety of news sources. |
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| SciFinder SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the Chemical Abstracts Service databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more! Each user must create their own username and password. To do so, you must set this up on campus using this link. If you are accessing this from off campus, contact us for assistance. For help see SciFinder Online Tutorials. |
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| Scopus Scopus is a multidisciplinary navigational tool that contains records going back to the mid 1960s, offering newly-linked citations across the widest body of scientific abstracts available in one place. |
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| STAT!Ref STAT!Ref lets you cross-search more than 31 medical texts and more, including Medline, Stedman's Medical Dictionary and popular texts from McGraw Hill, Mosby, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. How to Use STAT!Ref (Online Tutorial). |
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| UpToDate UpToDate is an electronic resource offering evidence-based, synthesized medical information quickly at the point of care. It is comprised of original topics that are written, reviewed and continually updated by a faculty of physician experts. UpToDate Tutorials. |
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Catalogs
The following is a listing of selected subject headings relating to Pharmacy. Each is a live link directly into the UNE Libraries catalog.
Drug Industry -- Economics
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacology
Pharmacy -- History
Plants, Medicinal
Toxicology
If you need a book that is not available through the UNE Libraries catalog, you can request it through MaineCat or ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan.
Reference Sources
Subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks are a good place to begin your research. They are written by scholars in the field and usually provide definitions, background information, and bibliographies on your topic/s. The following is a general list.
Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs [Koda-Kimble]
Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery
Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
Martin's Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements and Herbs
Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System [Smith]
Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
Textbook of Therapeutics: Drug and Disease Management [Helms]
Websites
Web Site Evaluation criteria.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American Pharmacists Association
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
ConsumerLab.com
Drug Watch
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
Maine Pharmacy Association
Maine Society of Health-System Pharmacists
National Guideline Clearinghouse
NLM Drug Information Portal
Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Worst Pills, Best Pills
Writing the Paper
Writing the Paper & Style Manuals
For assistance with Pharmacy research, please contact Beth Dyer at the Portland Campus library, edyer@une.edu, 207-221-4333 or Ask a Librarian.