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Pharmacy Virtual Library

Derral Parkin
Head of Branch Services
(713) 743-9772
DParkin@uh.edu



Electronic Reference Books

StatRef offers nearly one hundred reference books in the medical sciences.  A few have been listed below.  Once StatRef has been initiated, click on the TITLE tab to view and access the complete list.

AFHS Drug  Information

Basic & Clinical Pharmacology

Goodman & Gilman's

The Merck  Manual

Access Pharmacy  offers 20 major medical textbooks, plus browse topics or by organ systems.  Also offers dynamic calculators focused on unit conversions.  Over 150 integrated case studies, with interactive questions and care plans

 

Useful Pharmacy Links

Clinical Trials.gov

Drugs.Com

U.S. Food & Drug Adminitration (FDA)

FDA Approved Drugs (Orange Book)

FirstGov Science

Health & Wellness Center

Health Reference Center Academic

Health Source

RxPalace

Clinical Pharmacology   [Database Accessible only at the Pharmacy Library & TMC Pharmacy Building]

Core Databases

Find Research Articles on a Topic

     International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1970-)

     EMBASE Drugs & Pharmacology (1990-)

     PUBMED (Medline) (1966-)

     MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)  (1970)

     CINAHL Plus with Full Text (1937-)

     SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts from 1907-)

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      Web of Science  (1955)

Find Drug Data, Text Books, Medical Formulas, Chemical Structures, etc. 

     AccessPharmacy   [Offers 20 major medical textbooks, PLUS]

     Drug Information Full text  [Monographs from AHFS Drug Information and the Handbook on Injectable Drugs]

     Clinical Pharmacology  [ Accessible only at SR2 Bldg & HAM-TMC Pharm Bldg]

     Facts and comparison  [ Accessible only at SR2 Bldg & HAM-TMC Pharm Bldg]

     SciFinder Scholar  (Chemical Abstracts)

     StatRef (Numerous Reference Books Searchable)

    

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Handbooks

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

CRC Handbook Collection

Dorland's Medical Dictionary