Pharmacy & Chemistry Literature

 AGRICOLA - known primarily as a guide to the literature of agriculture, it is also excellent for natural products research. Inclusive coverage: 1970 to present.

 Beilstein  - Chemical data on organic substances and reactions. Crossfire software must be installed on your computer. See the tutorial from the University of Wisconsin Libraries.

Biological Abstracts - comprehensive guide to the literature of biology. Covers 1996 to present. Limited to 3 simultaneous users.

Cochrane Library - a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions

Dissertation Abstracts - Ph. D. dissertation abstracts, 1861-
Dissertations Full-text - University of Mississippi dissertations online, 1997-

Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index - Topics include horticulture, garden and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy.

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts - Coverage of pharmaceutical science and health related literature from 1970 to the present.

MEDLINE - Covers biomedical articles back to the 1950s.  Medline is available via a number of interfaces. Choose your flavor:
     Ovid -
     EbscoHost -  links from Medline journals to full text
     PubMed - from National Library of Medicine
     Web of Science -

Natural & Alternative Treatments - contains detailed information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories.

PsycINFO 1967 to present. Journal articles, chapters, books,       dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields.

SciFinder Scholar - chemical literature and U.S. and foreign chemical-related patents. Software must be installed on your computer. Limited to 3 simultaneous users. Can't get into SciFinder? Try Google Scholar.  See the tutorials  available from CAS.

Web of Knowledge - includes Science and Social Sciences citation indexes.

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Drug Information Resources

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AHFSfirst Web - See Dr. Rachel Robinson for login.

Orange Book - Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations    

Clinical Pharmacology - current, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Drugs may be searched by their generic or brand names.

Micromedex -  monographs for drugs, disease, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and emergency care. See Dr. Rachel Robinson for login.

The United States pharmacopeia (USP) RS 141.2 .P5 Science Reference

AHFS drug information RS125 .A56 Science Reference

Remington, the science and practice of pharmacy RS41 .R4 Science Reference

Martindale : the complete drug reference RS141.3 .M37 2005 Science Reference

The Merck index; an encyclopedia of chemicals and drugs RS356 .M524 Science Ready Reference

Patents

Free Patents Online -

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -

European Patents Office -

Lexis Nexis Universe -  choose "Legal Research" for patents

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Pharmacy Administration
Business and Economics Literature

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Medical & healthcare marketplace guide
 "A comprehensive guide and trade directory to the U.S. medical and healthcare industry."

ABI/Inform Complete (Proquest)
Search business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and computers. Also contains information on 60,000+ companies. Includes full-text access to the Wall Street Journal. Full-text and abstract. Coverage: 1971-present.

Business and Company Resource Center
Includes company profiles, journal articles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Coverage: 1980-present

Business Index ASAP
Find academic and business journal articles and reviews on management issues, economic indicators, business theories and practices, and company and industry activities. Accesses a combination of citations, abstracts, full text and images. Coverage: 1980-present

Business Source Premier (EBSCO Host)
Has thousands of business periodicals including scholarly and trade journals. A collection of journals have coverage back to 1965 or earlier. Includes EIU Country reports, Datamonitor Company reports, and industry reports. Coverage 1965 and earlier-present

EconLit - Index to economic literature.

General Business File ASAP
A research database of abstracts and references for business and management topics. General BusinessFile includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies and investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Provides access to a wide range of reference, business, news, legal, and congressional information. Includes company and industry information. Excellent source for full-text newspaper articles.

Regional Business News (EBSCO Host)
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.