Pharmacy Guide: Getting Started
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Use these databases to search for scholarly journal articles and drug information
There are some really good databases available for finding information in Pharmacy. We would recommend getting started with the following (make sure you check out the Key Resources for a larger range):
Please see below for video tutorials on how to search Medline, CINAHL, Scopus and Informit, as well as a video lecture on the Basics of Searching.
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MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new windowMEDLINE ® covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.
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Emcare on Ovid This link opens in a new windowEmcare on Ovid covers all nursing specialties and nursing healthcare professions. Emcare includes international coverage of allied health, education and training, development and management, midwifery, health and healthcare economics, clinical medical and healthcare social work, psychiatry and mental health, and traumatology, emergency and critical-care medicine.
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Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science provides citation indexes spanning every discipline.
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ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowComprised of Australian University Base package and Australian University Specialty packages, this is a clinical search engine that supports physicians and nurses in clinical decision making. Resources available include journals, ebooks, drug monographs, guidelines, multimedia, patient education and procedures consult. All users will be required to register for a personal account in order to download full-text book chapter PDFs; use the Presentation Maker; access Search History, Saved Searches and Saved Content; access ClinicalKey remotely and use the Mobile App.
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AusDI : Australian drug information for the health care professional This link opens in a new windowAusDI delivers rapid access to Australia's most comprehensive and up-to-date database of independent drug monographs, pharmaceutical company product information (PI), consumer medicine information (CMI) documents, product summaries, drug product images and Interactions and Safety monographs.
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DynaMed This link opens in a new windowDynaMed is a clinical reference tool providing fast, easy access to the latest evidence-based medical information.
Formerly Dynamed Plus.
Video Tutorials for Finding Articles
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