GUIDES TO ONLINE RESOURCES
PHARMACY
INTRODUCTION
Hello,
my name is Radia Banu Jan Mohamad, Liaison Librarian for the
REFERENCE
DRUG INFONET
http://www.druginfonet.com/
Aims to be a
"one-stop WWW site for all healthcare informational needs". This
excellent site provides both information and links to areas on the Web
concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical-related topics.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND SYMBOLS USED IN PHARMACOLOGY
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/www/busm/pharmacology/programmed/framedGlossary.html
An A-Z glossary of
terms and symbols used in pharmacology, accessible online.
http://www.merck.com/
Web version of the
Merck, the standard medical reference for diseases and their treatment. Use
their site search engine to look for information, or browse by topic.
http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pwb/pharmwebb.html
Lists the companies,
pharmacies, hospitals, etc. on the Internet.
http://www.usp.org/
Well organised and current site for drug information. Information is
organised for 5 groups of users: health care professionals, pharmaceutical
manufacturers, patients and consumers, USP volunteers and
distributors/resellers. Has also information about the people, policies, and
procedures of the USP.
http://www.virtualdrugstore.com
One-stop reference
guide to pharmaceuticals, the newest research and the latest reports with
details on side effects and drug interactions.
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Pharmacy.html
A part of Martindale's
Health Science guide. It provides access to medical dictionaries and
glossaries, metabolic pathways and genetic maps, interactive anatomy browser,
on-line journals, pharmacy courses, tutorials and lectures including
multimedia, drug databases, Pharmacy & pharmacology databases and images
& animations.
SUSCRIBED DATABASES
(Accessible via USM Library’s website: www.lib.usm.my)
EBSCOhost
MEDICAL:
DENTISTRY, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Health Business, Psychology, Sociology & Sports
Medicine; DynaMed: Evidence-Based; Point of Care Reference;
PROQUEST
ProQuest Health and
Medical Complete
Health, Medicine: Journals, Magazines
Designed to serve a wide range of people who need health
information -- from hospital administrators to medical professionals to
consumers. The database provides coverage from leading health journals and
essential medical journals in key medical specialties.
Pharmaceutical News
Index
Database of pharmacological news, research, and regulatory
information. Covers the most important specialized publications in the
pharmaceutical, health care, biotechnology, and medical device industries.
ProQuest Health and
Medical Complete
Health, Medicine: Journals, Magazines
Designed to serve a wide range of people who need health information
-- from hospital administrators to medical professionals to consumers. The
database provides coverage from leading health journals and essential medical
journals in key medical specialties.
ProQuest Family Health
Health: Journals, Magazines
Find complete, full-text information from covering numerous
aspects of family health from sports injuries to women's health, from food and
nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.
SPRINGERLINK
Biomedical and Life
Sciences
SCIENCE
DIRECT
Health Sciences
Medicine and Dentistry, Nursing and Health Professions,
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Science and
Veterinary Medicine.
OVID
Content covers a wide range of core and niche scientific,
medical, and healthcare disciplines and topical areas including clinical
medicine, evidence based medicine, pharmacy and pharmacology, etc.
MDCONSULT
Offers the
most comprehensive information available in one convenient online resource.
With instant access to full-text articles from over 80 medical journals and
Clinics, 50 leading medical references across a wide range of specialties,
clinically relevant drug information, and over 10,000 patient handouts, MD
Consult is truly all you need.
MICROMEDEX
Evidence based information from Micromedex. This includes
all the unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases,
acute care, and alternative medicine you need to make informed clinical
diagnosis and treatment decisions.
SUBSCRIBED ELECTRONIC
JOURNALS
(Accessible via USM Library’s website www.lib.usm.my)
A-to-Z
Journals
Use index or browse titles/subjects to find subscribed
journals of your preference. Journals available such as aaiPharma, Inc. SWOT analysis, Pharma DD: Tracking
Discovery & Development, Pharma; Claygate, Pharmaceutica acta Helvetiae,
Pharmaceutical biology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, Pharmaceutical
development and technology, Pharmaceutical Discovery, Pharmaceutical Executive,
etc.
E-Journals
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology; Clinical and
Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology; Journal of Pharmacokinetics and
Pharmacodynamics.
E-BOOKS
(Accessible via USM Library’s website www.lib.usm.my)
e-brary
Springer
e-books
John
Wiley Online Books
Springer
E-books
ADDITIONAL/SUGGESTED/RELATED
LINKS
GENERAL
The World- Wide Web
Virtual Library: Pharmacy
This website includes all the Pharmacy Related (loosely defined) Internet
Resources that includes Community Pharmacy pages, Associations, Jobs and
Pharmacy, Miscellanous Pharmacy Pages, searching the www, pharmacy schools on
www, pharmaceutical companies, journals and books, conferences, listserv, etc.
GOVERNMENT
AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Pusat
Racun Negara
Provides information on health care services, particularly
in the areas of information
technology and informatics. Also aimed at auditing of health
information as upgrading
and strengthening the handling of drug and poison
information directed towards health
and allied professionals as well as lay public
National
Pharmaceutical Control Bureau
http://www.bpfk.org/html/index.htm
This bureau was established to implement quality control on
pharmaceutical products
Pharmaceutical
Services Division
http://www.pharmacy.gov.my/html/index0.htm
To provide the best pharmacy service for the health and
well-being of the nation.
Food and
Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/default.htm
The site to check out for food and drugs information in the
World
Health Organization
Provides health information and statistics from around the
world. Also links to other UN and other health-related WWW sites.
PROFESSIONAL
BODIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Malaysian
Pharmaceutical Society
http://www.mps.org.my/html/index.htm
The National association of pharmacists in
PharmWeb
- Societies
http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pw9/pharmweb9.html
Links to pharmaceutical societies worldwide.