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
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

Clinical Pharmacology Clinical Pharmacology provides content and tools for the following areas: monographs, drug class overviews, search capabilities, reports, product identification, product information, patient education and IV compatibility (by Trissel's).
Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Facts & Comparisons eAnswers provides the most up-to-date drug information including access to Drug Facts and Comparisons, Drug Interaction Facts, Nonprescription Drug Therapy, Off-Label Drug Facts, clinical calculators, black box warnings, medication guides, and information on orphan drugs.
Lexi-Comp Online Lexi-Comp provides information on drug and drug interactions, drug allergies, drug therapy duplication, drug dose checking, diagnosis and disease management, formulary services, patient education, and clinical support. The monographs include point-of-care pharmacology, dosing, warnings, adverse reactions, IV compatibility, drug identification, poisoning and toxicology, and lab & diagnostic information.
MICROMEDEX Micromedex is unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine. This includes information on critical emergency, acute care and disease data as well as scientifically sound alternative medicine information.

United States Pharmacopeia Resources

USP Compounding Guidebook USP on Compounding offers convenient electronic access to all compounding-related and supporting General Chapters from the United States PharmacopeiaNational Formulary, plus General Notices and Requirements. Please click "more..." below for information on how to access this resource.
user ID: belmont4 ; Password: vase8oaks
USP Dictionary Online of USAN and International Drug Names The most comprehensive, official source of established drug names and other essential drug information. Please click "more..." below for information on how to access this resource.
User ID: belmont7; Password: lyam3aret

McGraw Hill Resources

Natural Products Database

Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Facts & Comparisons eAnswers provides the most up-to-date drug information including access to Drug Facts and Comparisons, Drug Interaction Facts, Nonprescription Drug Therapy, Off-Label Drug Facts, clinical calculators, black box warnings, medication guides, and information on orphan drugs.

To access the "Review of Natural Products" within Facts and Comparisons, search for the natural product in the home page search bar. The Natural Product Database should populate as a search result.

Natural Medicines Formerly Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. Provides information on dietary supplements, natural medicines and complementary alternative and integrative therapies.

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: