Research Guides: Pharmacy: Databases

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Finding Journal Articles

Medline Ultimate Searchable citations for over 5,600 biomedical journals with full text available for more than 1,650 titles. See a full list of the titles available here.
Embase Embase includes six million+ records and 2,900+ journals that are not covered by MEDLINE including international journals. Over 30 million abstracts and indices from published, peer-reviewed biomedical literature, in-press publications and conferences are available on Embase. Full-text indexing of drug, disease and medical device data, supported by the Embase thesaurus Emtree, facilitates precise searching.
PubMed@Belmont search more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from the MEDLINE database, life science journals, and online books. PubMed@Belmont includes links to full text of Belmont journal holdings
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) IPA is a collection of abstracts from the world pharmacy literature, including related health, medical cosmetic and stat pharmacy journals. It also includes abstracts of major pharmacy meeting presentations and references to alternative and herbal medicine. Use of this resource is limited to two (2) simultaneous users. If you are unable to access it, please try again later.
Academic Search Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
SciFinder SciFinder Scholar provides access to research from biomedical sciences, chemistry and patents from many patent authorities. SciFinder Scholar is searchable by chemical structure, biological sequence, substructure and reaction. Registration is required. Go to http://bit.ly/SciFindernp to register.
SCOPUS Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. It delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Interlibrary Loan
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Additional Online Databases/Resources

Anatomy TV
Cochrane Library
Medical Letter
Nexis Uni
RXSelect: Student Pharmacist
Here's how you can login:
1. Access RxSelect: Student Pharmacists: https://apps.therapeuticresearch.com/profile/account/create-sph
2. Complete new profile creation form (all students will need to create a new account, even if you had one prior)
3. Create your username and password when prompted
4. Once your username and password is created, you will be prompted to log in with that new information
5. You’re ready to start using RxSelect: Student Pharmacist
UpToDate

Major Compendia

United States Pharmacopeia Resources

USP-NF Online

All students must create their own Access Point account by going to https://register.usp.org and clicking on the “Create new Account” link at the bottom of that page. Follow the instructions on the screen. Please note, you do not need a subscription key, but you must use the your Belmont email address in order to get access.
USP Compounding Guidebook

user ID: belmont4 ; Password: vase8oaks
USP Dictionary Online of USAN and International Drug Names

User ID: belmont7; Password: lyam3aret

McGraw Hill Resources

Natural Products Database

Natural Medicines

Merck Manual

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy by Robert S. Porter
ISBN: 9780911910193

Unique Features of Major Compendia

The following is a summary of the unique features of the major compendia: