Pharmacy

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Databases and Journals

Annual Reviews
AR provides critical reviews of primary research in specific disciplines. These reviews are intended to guide you to the principal contributions in your field and help you keep your knowledge of your field current.
 · AR Genetics (1996 - )
 · AR Medicine (2008- )
 · AR Pharmacology and Toxicology (1997 - )
 · AR Public Health (1997 - )
 · All disciplines ...

  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff on and off campus.
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ChemFinder
Search for information on over 17,000 common chemical compounds by chemical name, CAS Number, molecular formula, or molecular weight.

Cochrane Library: All Cochrane Databases (EBSCOhost)
Search the three Cochrane Library databases simultaneously. For detailed information about individual Cochrane Library databases see below:

  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff on and off campus.
  • Maximum number of simultaneous users: 4
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Cochrane Library: Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
Cochrane Reviews are full text articles reviewing the effects of healthcare. The reviews are highly structured and systematic, with evidence included or excluded on the basis of explicit quality criteria, to minimize bias. Data are often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually.

  • See this guide (.pdf) for tips and hints on searching the CDSR.
  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff on and off campus.
  • Maximum number of simultaneous users: 4
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Cochrance Library: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
DARE includes structured abstracts of systematic reviews from around the world, which have been critically appraised by reviewers at the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York, England. DARE also contains references to other reviews which may be useful for background information.

  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff on and off campus.
  • Maximum number of simultaneous users: 4
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Cochrane Library: Controlled Trials Register (CCTR)
CCTR is a bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others, as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals and create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews. CCTR includes reports published in conference proceedings and in many other sources not currently listed in MEDLINE or other bibliographic databases.

  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff on and off campus.
  • Maximum number of simultaneous users: 4
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Drug Information Portal
This National Library of Medicine web site lets you search a wide range of US government resources for information on over 15,000 drugs. The Drug Information Portal searches all of these databases: MedlinePlus, AIDSinfo, Medline/PubMed, LactMed, HSDB, Dietary Supplements Labels Database, TOXLINE, DailyMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubChem, NIAID Anti-HIV/OI Database, ChemIDplus, Drugs@FDA, DEA, and USA.gov.

  • Access restrictions: none

Drugs@FDA
A FDA-maintained database for official information about approved brand name and generic drugs. Drugs@FDA lets you finding labels for approved drug products, find generic drug products for a brand name drug product, find therapeutically equivalent drug products, find consumer information for drugs approved from 1998 to the present, find all drugs with a specific active ingredient, and view the approval history of a drug.

Facts and Comparisons
Note: A personal subscription is required for online access. The library only subscribes to the print Facts and Comparisons, shelved in Reference (call number 615.1 F119).
This drug information resource provides monographs detailing actions, indications, administration and dosage, interactions, adverse reactions, warnings and more. Comprehensive tables compare products of similar formulation, including doseform and strength, distributor name, how supplied, product identification codes and more.

FDA Orange Book (Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations)
The Orange Book identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the FDA. (Drugs approved only on the basis of safety are not included.) It also contains therapeutic equivalence evaluations for multisource prescription drug products. The Orange Book is searchable by active ingredient, proprietary name, applicant holder, and application number.

IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements)
IBIDS contains citations to international scientific journals on the topic of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements.

IDIS/Web (Iowa Drug Information Service)
IDIS is an index to information on drugs and human drug therapy found in the primary literature of approximately 200 leading medical and pharmaceutical journals. If you're new to IDIS/Web, learn the basics with this tutorial.

  • Coverage: 1966 - present
  • IDIS/Web uses Adobe Acrobat to provide full copies of indexed articles from 1994 to the present. All indexed articles from 1983 to 1997 are available on microfiche in the IDIS microfiche cabinet at the Al Harris Library.
  • Access restrictions: IDIS/Web is available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff. Off-campus access is available.
  • Maximum number of simultaneous users: 4

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
IPA provides information on all phases of the development and use of drugs and on professional pharmaceutical practice. The scope of the database ranges from the clinical, practical, and theoretical to the economic and scientific aspects of the literature. IPA indexes approximately 750 journals.

  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff.
  • Index only. Some records have links to full-text articles on EBSCO Online or the journal publisher's web site.
  • Coverage: 1970 - present

Lexi-Comp Online with AHFS
This resource contains 15 clinical databases including Lexi-Drugs, with over 1600 drug monographs supported by multiple fields of pharmacology detail. In addition, the following modules are provided:
 · Interactions - perform interaction analyses in seconds with our highly-rated Lexi-Interact program
 · Patient Care Module - patient education leaflets
 · Drug Identification - Lexi-Drug ID provides quick identification of unknown medications
 · I.V. Compatibility - access to the King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures
 · Medical Calculations - Lexi-CALC assists with drug dosing, drip rates, and organ function assessment for adults and pediatrics
 · Web Search - access to medically-based, qualified health web sites and primary literature

  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff.
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
MEDLINE indexes journals in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. It also covers research on the health care system and the preclinical sciences. MEDLINE contains citations and abstracts from approximately 3,900 current biomedical journals published in the US and 70 foreign countries.
  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students, faculty, and staff. 
  • Full text for 1,200+ journals

More MEDLINE providers

Search MEDLINE using any of these database providers:
  • OVID (SWOSU students and employees only)
  • PubMed (no access restrictions)
  • FirstSearch (SWOSU students and employees only)
NLM Gateway
"One-step" searching of many National Library of Medicine resources, including MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATOR Plus, AIDS Meetings, HSR Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINE Plus, and DIRLINE.
  • Access restrictions: None
  • Coverage: Varies by database

MEDLINE Plus (for patients)
MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.

  • Access restrictions: None
  • Index and full-text.

Medscape
Search MEDLINE, TOXLINE, and AIDSLINE. Medscape also offers daily health news, a drug information database, and other resources for health professionals. Free registration required.

Merck Manual Online
The Merck Manual is the most widely used medical text in the world. Written by over 300 experts, it covers all but the most obscure disorders. In addition to describing symptoms, common clinical procedures, laboratory tests, and virtually all the disorders that a general internist might encounter, the Manual deals with problems of pregnancy and delivery; common and serious disorders of neonates, infants, and children; genetics; drug dependency; psychiatric disorders; and many disorders covered by other specialties.  Current therapy is presented for each disorder and supplemented with a separate section on clinical pharmacology.

Ovid Core Biomedical and ADIS Journals
Browse 42 full-text biomedical journals, including The Annals of Internal Medicine, Drugs, JAMA, and Science.

  • Access restrictions: Available to SWOSU students and employees.

Pharmacist's Letter
This resource covers new developments in drug therapy and trends in pharmacy practice.

  • Access restrictions: Available only to SWOSU College of Pharmacy full-time faculty and students.

RxList: the Internet Drug Index
A searchable database of clinically-oriented drug information.  Includes RxList ID, which allows you to identify unknown tablets and capsules by searching for their ID imprint codes and a list of the top 200 prescription drugs by brand name and generic name.

Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th ed.
A comprehensive dictionary of medical terms.

  • Access restrictions: None.

TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
TOXNET provides access to information on the pharmacological, biochemical, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. TOXNET includes TOXLINE and the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) databases.

Net Resource Directories

Common Prescription Abbreviations
A list of medical abbreviations which are commonly seen on prescriptions.

Martindale Health Sciences Guide Virtual Pharmacy Center
A well-maintained directory of links to other pharmacy-related directories, electronic publications, drug information databases, education resources, etc.

Medical Matrix
"... devoted to posting, annotating, and continuously updating 'full content, unrestricted access, Internet clinical medicine resources." The target audience is primarily United States physicians and health workers who are on the front line in prescribing treatment for disease conditions.  The Medical Matrix Project assigns ranks to Internet resources based on their utility for point of care clinical application."  Free registration is required.

Pharmaceutical Companies of the Web
An international list of pharmaceutical companies with web sites.

PharmWeb
A large index of pharmacy and health-related information.

Schools of Pharmacy
A directory maintained by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Pharmacy
A very extensive directory of Internet resources for pharmacists.

Yahoo Pharmacy Links

Government Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  • FDA News
    Daily news and a searchable interface to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcements and position statements.
  • Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

    Drugs@FDA
    A FDA-maintained database for official information about approved brand name and generic drugs. Drugs@FDA lets you finding labels for approved drug products, find generic drug products for a brand name drug product, find therapeutically equivalent drug products, find consumer information for drugs approved from 1998 to the present, find all drugs with a specific active ingredient, and view the approval history of a drug.

    Drug Approvals List
    Drugs which have been approved by the FDA. Superceded by Drugs@FDA in 2002.

    MedWatch
    Provides important and timely clinical information about safety issues involving medical products, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, biologics, medical and radiation-emitting devices, and, special nutritional products (e.g., medical foods, dietary supplements and infant formulas). Disseminates medical product safety alerts, recalls, withdrawals, and important labeling changes.

    Orange Book (Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations)
    The Orange Book identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the FDA. (Drugs approved only on the basis of safety are not included.) It also contains therapeutic equivalence evaluations for multisource prescription drug products. The Orange Book is searchable by active ingredient, proprietary name, applicant holder, and application number.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP). The NGC provides links to full-text guidelines, where available, and/or ordering information for print copies.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Organizations

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
The national organization representing the interests of pharmaceutical education and educators. Comprised of all 79 U.S. pharmacy colleges and schools. Maintains a directory of US colleges of pharmacy.

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (AACP)
"A professional and scientific society dedicated to optimizing drug therapy outcomes in the pharmaceutical care of patients by promoting excellence and innovation in clinical pharmacy practice, research, and education."

American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
The APhA's mission is to "advocate the interests of pharmacists; influence the profession, government, and others in addressing vital pharmaceutical care issues; promote the highest professional and ethical standards; and foster science and research in support of the practice of pharmacy."

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
"A 30,000-member national professional association that represents pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care agencies, and other components of health care systems."

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA)
Represents the research-based pharmaceutical industry and other manufacturers of prescription medicines, worldwide. It is the main channel of communication between pharmaceutical industry and the World Health Organization.

Oklahoma Pharmacists Association
"The Oklahoma Pharmacists Association is a voluntary organization uniting pharmacists of all specialties and practice situations across the state of Oklahoma. Our membership includes pharmacists, students and those providing specialized services to the profession."

Oklahoma Society of Health-System Pharmacists
"The mission of OSHP is to serve its members and to provide leadership and representation before legislative, regulatory and other bodies which will assist pharmacists in organized health care settings in Oklahoma to provide pharmaceutical care."

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
"Represents approximately 100 U.S. companies that have a primary commitment to pharmaceutical research."

Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists

US Pharmacopeia (USP)
"Promotes the public health by establishing and disseminating officially recognized standards of quality and authoritative information for the use of medicines and other health care technologies by health professionals, patients, and consumers."

Employment

Health Care Recruitment Online
A database of career opportunities for pharmacists and other health care professionals.

Jobs in Pharmacy Related Fields
A listing of links and "links to links" to employment opportunities for pharmacists.