Pharmacy

This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Pharmacy program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Pharmacy: Alison Bobal, ph# 737-7274, alison.bobal@oregonstate.edu

 
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 Off-Campus Access | ILL Forms | MEDLINE | Micromedex


  
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Finding Books       Other Useful Internet Sites
Finding Journals Articles Other Useful Subject Research Guides
Reference Sources

Drug name information
Pharmacology and therapeutics
Drug adverse reactions/interactions/side effects
Drug identification
Pharmacognosy: "Natural Products"
Laws and legislation
Patents
Poisons and toxicology

 

Finding Books

OSU Libraries Online Catalog: OSU Libraries Online Catalog is the primary finding tool for locating books, journals, conference proceedings, government documents and reports in the library. You can search by author, title, and subject. Keyword searching is also available, as are other searches, such as call number, government document number (SuDoc and OrDoc), and ISSN/ISBN.

Summit (Orbis): OSU is part of Summit, a combined online catalog for many academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. Links from the OSU Libraries Online Catalog allow you to duplicate a search in Summit, and if the item is available at another library, you can request it and it will be delivered within three days to The Valley Library Circulation desk.

WorldCat: Index to over 30 million records cataloged by most North American and European libraries. Materials indexed include books, journals, conferences, films, videos, recordings, musical scores, computer software, maps and manuscripts. Materials date back to the 11th century.

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Finding Journal Articles

Journal indexes: To find individual articles in journals, you will typically use periodical indexes/databases which can either be in printed form or online. Most indexes allow you to search by author or title of the article, as well as subject or topic. Many online indexes also allow you to search the article citation and abstract with a keyword or free text search.

Locating journals: With the exception of journals that are full-text online, you will need to locate the actual journal to read the article. You can search the OSU Libraries Catalog for the Journal Title (name of the journal) to determine if we own the journal. If not, you can get copies of journal articles through our Interlibrary Loan service at: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/.

Electronic Journals: Search or browse the E-Journal list to see if a journal is available online.

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Basic searching

  • Health Source - Available as an academic or a consumer edition. Provides full text for nearly 550 health periodicals, including almost 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes over 1,000 health pamphlets and over 130 health reference books. Coverage is from 1975-present.

Comprehensive searching

For a complete listing of electronic databases see The Valley Library Alphabetical List of Research Databases. 

  • Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS - This databases indexes over 6,000 serials published in over 90 countries, as well as monographs, published theses, literature reviews, symposia, conference proceedings, bibliographies, institutional or governmental reports and scientific book reviews.  The subjects that maybe of interest to those in pharmacy are:  information on drug development, toxicity, pharmacological studies, bibliographies on pharmacognosy topics, agrochemicals, environmental pollutants, occupational hazards and food additives. Coverage is from 1990-present.
  • International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (Print Index) - Published by the American Association of Hospital Pharmacists. IPA indexes approximately 700 pharmacy and pharmacy related journals. IPA covers pharmaceutical technology, institutional pharmacy practice, pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, adverse drug reactions and toxicology, microbiology, environmental toxicology and law, history education and information science as they relate to pharmacy. Major parts are the author and subject index. IPA uses a controlled vocabulary, but there are numerous cross references in the subject index. Drugs are indexed by nonproprietary names (approved generic names) where possible. Chemical substances are indexed by the complete chemical name. Ref RS 1 .I67. IPA Journal List is published in the January 15 issue and in the IPA User's Guide, RS 1 .I6721.
  • MEDLINE - NLM's biomedical bibliographic database of over 15 million citations. Contains information related to clinical and experimental medicine; health care administration; microbiology; nursing; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; reproductive biology; psychology; toxicology; and veterinary medicine. Coverage is from 1950-present.
  • Merck Index - The subtitle describes this as "an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals". Covers approximately 10,000 substances. Entries give Chemical Abstracts Service name, alternate names, chemical formula and sometimes molecular structure, physical properties, uses, toxicity data, journal and patent references. Includes a formula index, a CAS name and registry number index, and a detailed cross index of alternate names. There are miscellaneous tables of abbreviations, isotopes, standard solutions, conversion factors, prescription notation, and alchemical symbols used in biology and botany. Available in Print (Ref RS 356 .M555) and on CD at the Valley Library Reference Desk.
  • Micromedex - Micromedex provides information on drugs, poisons, toxic substances, and other chemicals information. Information includes: identification of drugs, dosages, symptoms, reactions, acute care and much more. Access is available in the Information Commons on the 2nd floor of the library / Full-text / Updated quarterly.

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Reference Sources

Drug Name Information // Pharmacology and Therapeutics // Drug Adverse Reactions/Interactions/Side Effects // Drug Identification // Pharmacognosy: "Natural" Products // Laws and Legislation // Patents // Poisons and Toxicology

Drug Name Information

  • American Drug Index.  Philadelphia, Lippincott.  RS355 .A5
  • USP Dictionary of USAN and International Drug Names.  Rockville, Md. : United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., c1994- .  Reference, 2nd floor.  Ref RS55 .U54
  • Martindale: the complete drug reference.  London : Pharmaceutical Press, 1999.  Reference, 2nd floor.  Ref  RS141.3 .M4 1999

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

  • AHFS Drug Information.  (American Hospital Formulary Service.) Reference, 2nd floor.  Ref RS 131.2 .A451
  • Drug Facts and Comparisons.  St. Louis : Facts and Comparisons, c1981-  .  Reference, 2nd floor.  Ref RM300 .D761
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs.  Washington, D.C. : American Pharmaceutical Association.  Reference, 2nd floor. Ref RM671.A1 H36
  • Mousy's OTC drugs : an over-the-counter drug resource for health professionals / [edited by] Richard P. Donjon, Br yon J. Hoecake.  St. Louis : Mos by, c1999.  RM671.A1 M67 1999
  • Physician's Desk Reference (PDR).  Bordello, N.J. : Medical Economics Co.,  Reference Desk 2nd floor .  Ref RS75 .P5
  • Martindale: the complete drug reference.  London : Pharmaceutical Press, 1999.  Reference, 2nd floor.  Ref  RS141.3 .M4 1999
  • *USP DI Available in Print 2nd floor, Reference (Ref: RS 141.2 .P51) and through Micromedex.

Drug Adverse Reactions/Interactions/Side Effects

  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation.  Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1983- Reference, 2nd floor.  Ref RG627.6.D79 D798
  • Meyler's side effects of drugs.  Amsterdam, Excerpta Medica; [New York, sole distributors for the USA and Canada:  Elsevier/North-Holland] Reference, 2nd floor.  Ref RM300 .S5

Drug Identification

  • Physician's Desk Reference (PDR).  Oradell, N.J. : Medical Economics Co.,  Reference Desk, 2nd floor.  Ref RS75 .P5
  • USP DI Available in Print 2nd floor, Reference (Ref: RS 141.2 .P51) and through Micromedex.
  • IDENTIDEX Database
    The IDENTIDEX® System identifies pharmaceutical tablets and capsules by imprint code and secondary characteristics, such as color and shape. Includes prescription and over-the-counter drugs (both trademarked and generic) along with international and street drugs. Access is available in the Information Commons on the 2nd floor of the library through Micromedex.

Pharmacognosy:  "Natural Products"

  • CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs.  James A. Duke. Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press.  Reference 2nd floor.  Ref QK99.A1 D83
  • A Dictionary of Natural Products : Terms in the Field of Pharmacognosy Relating to Natural Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Materials and the Plants, Animals, and Minerals from which they are Derived.  George Macdonald Hocking.  Medford, NJ : Plexus Pub., c1997.  Reference 2nd floor.  Ref RS160 .H55 1997
  • Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals:  a Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis.  edited and translated from the second German edition by Norman Grainger Bisset ; with a foreword by J. David Phillipson ; German edition edited by Max Wichtl ; with contributions from F.-C. Czygan ... [et al.]. Stuttgart : Medpharm Scientific Publishers ; Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1994.  Reference 2nd floor.  Ref RM666.H33 T43813 1994
  • Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal plants.  Jean Bruneton ; preface by A. Cavé ; translated by Caroline K. Hatton.  Paris ; New York : Lavoisier ; Andover, England : Intercept, c1995.  Reference 2nd Floor.  Ref RS164 .B771 1995

Laws and Legislation

Title 21 of the CFR contains most government regulations regarding drugs:

  • Code of Federal Regulations.  Section 21:  Food and Drugs.  Section 42:  Public Health.   Annual.  Updated in the Federal Register.  Washington. DC:  U.S. Government Printing Office 1949- Government Documents , 3rd floor.  Docs KF70 .A3.
    Also available on the web by National Archives and Records Administration at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

Patents

Poisons and Toxicology

  • Handbook of Poisoning:  Prevention and Diagnosis and Treatment. Robert H. Dreisbach, William O. Robertson. Norwalk, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, c1987.  Reference 2nd floor.  Ref RA1211 .D7 1987
  • Poisoning and Drug Overdose.  San Francisco Bay Area Regional Poison Control Center ; edited by Kent R. Olson ... et al. .  Norwalk, CT : Appleton & Lange, 1999.  Reference 2nd floor.  Ref RA1215 .P75
  • POISINDEX®
    This database is divided into two major sections:  Product/Substance Identification and Management Treatment Protocols. The product and substance identification section contains over 1,000,000 entries that can can be used to identify:  common household products, industrial chemicals, industrial products, pharmaceutical products and biological entities (botanic, zoologic and food poisoning).  The management and treatment protocols offer over 850 detailed courses of treatment for any exposure to a substance. Available to OSU affiliates only through Micromedex.

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Other Useful Internet Sites

HerbMed
HerbMed® - an interactive, electronic herbal database - provides access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.  It is an evidence-based information resource  for professionals, researchers, and general public. HerbMed® is a project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc, provided as a freely available, public resource.

Martindale's Health Science Guide - The Virtual Pharmacy Center

MedWeb
This site is is collection of links to medical sites developed by the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Library of Emory University.  To locate Pharmacy links, select "browse for keyword" and select the link "Pharmacy and Pharmacology".

Oregon Board of Pharmacy
This site links to Oregon pharmacy laws, pharmacy documents and other valuable information.

Oregon State University College of Pharmacy Web Page

Pharmweb
This site provides a variety of services to Pharmacy professionals and organizations. These services include a a directory World Wide Pharmacy Colleges/Departments/Schools, conferences, employment vacancies and opportunities, mailing lists and discussions groups, as well as a wealth of other information.

United States Food & Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation & Research

United States Food & Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiologic Health

Virtual Library Pharmacy
This site contains links to Pharmacy professional organizations, listservs, Pharmacy Schools, Pharmaceutical Companies, Hospitals, Journals and Books, Government sites, Conferences, etc.

Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet 
This site is maintained by Ron Toreki of Interactive Learning Paradigms, Incorporated.  It contains a variety of information about MSDS and links to over 85 free MSDS sites on the internet.

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Other Useful Subject Research Guides

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