Tools
Subject Guides
Drugs
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 | |
| Physician's desk reference companion guide: keyed to PDR 56 edition | REF RS75 .P59 2002 |
Books:
Use the Library Catalogue to search for books held in the Library.
| Basic & clinical pharmacology | RM300 .B37 2001 |
| 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 2001 |
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 |
| Drug topics ( 1983 - ) | Available on Factiva online database or 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 |
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 |