Drugs Subject Guide

Where to Start:

If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures. Why not try:

• Churchill's clinical pharmacy survival guide - REF RS91 .C48 1999
• The MIMS annual - REF RS141.8 .M552
• Pharmaceutical medicine dictionary - REF RS51 .A43 2001
• Physician's desk reference - RS141.2 .P55 2005

Books:

Use the Library Catalogue to search for books held in the Library.

• Basic & clinical pharmacology  - RM300 .B37 2007
• Goodman & Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics  - RM300 .G66 2002
• Pharmaceutical and medicines information management: principles and practice - RS189 .P52 2001
• The Washington manual of medical therapeutics - RM122 .W37 2007

Or you can look on the shelves at the following numbers:

• RS1-441 - Pharmacy
• RM1-950 - Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• RM147-180 Administration of drugs

Electronic Resources (Including Journal Databases):

Electronic resources including journal databases provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports. Access electronic resources (including journal databases) from the Library's Electronic Resources page.

• Cochrane - The Cochrane Library is the best single source of reliable evidence about the effects of healthcare
• Academic OneFile -  Multidisciplinary academic journals, magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images
• Stat!Ref - Search across internationally recognized textbooks
• Therapeutic Guidelines - Access to 9 textbooks covering a vast range of diseases and designed to help make expert therapy decisions

Journals:

Journals may have more up-to-date information than books. You can search for journals using the Library catalogue. Try the following to start:

• Advances in drug research ( 1989 - ) -  SER RM301.25 .A29
• Australian Prescriber ( 1994 - )  - Available via the Library catalogue
• Journal of pharmaceutical sciences ( 1996 - )  - Available on Wiley online database or via the Library catalogue
• Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety ( 1997 - ) -  Available on Wiley online database or via the Library catalogue
• Drug Safety: an international journal of medical toxicology and drug experience - Available on Academic Search Premier

Web Resources:

You can try searching the Internet for more resources.

• Auspharmacist.net - Pharmacist relevant sites
• Australian drug information network - Search across 700 quality assured websites. Funded by the Department of Health and Ageing under the National Illicit Drug Strategy
• Drug Information Online -  Information on over 24,000 different drugs and medicines, for both consumers and healthcare professionals
• Martindale's Health Science Guide : Virtual Pharmacy Center - Covers Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Pharmweb - Hosts an online community of pharmaceutical and healthcare-related professionals with approximately 25,000 self-registered users: includes a directory of information, including a library of archives from over 100 moderated discussion forums