Patricia A. Piermatti and Jackie Mardikian Pharmaceutical Sciences Librarian mardikia@rci.rutgers.edu December 19, 2007

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmacy

• Databases
• Bibliographic Guide to Rutgers Resources (sub-page)
• Internet Resources: Selected List
• Related Rutgers Resource

Databases

The following databases provide a starting point for research on the topic of thestudy and teaching of pharmacy and the topic of pharmacy practice. These networked databases are available for remote use by Rutgers University students, faculty and staff. For descriptions and search connections to these and all other networked databases go to the Rutgers University Libraries Indexes and Databases page.

Rutgers users of RefWorks, the Web-based bibliography and database manager, can review the Rutgers University Libraries RefWorks FAQ. Additional guides and online tutorials are listed below.

• RefWorks: Importing Records from PubMed (UC-Berkeley, Marian Koshland Bioscience & Natural Resources Library)
• EndNote: Importing Records from PubMed (UC-Berkeley, Marian Koshland Bioscience & Natural Resources Library)
• Working with EndNote Version X (University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library)
• EndNote Basics (NIH Library)
• EndNote Import Filters (can sort by database name)
• EndNote Output Styles
• EndNote Technical Support & Services (includes Mac compatibility)
• BibMe - bibme.org

Additionally, the EndNote import filter file for International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (OVID) is available here

Dissertations and Theses (Coverage: 1861 - present). This database includes citations and some full-text of materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Rutgers users have online access to the full-image of doctoral dissertations and theses completed at Rutgers University since 1997.

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) (Coverage: 1970 - present). This file provides worldwide coverage of pharmaceutical science and health related literature from 1970 to the present, and is updated monthly. Comprehensive information is included for drug therapy, toxicity, and pharmacy practice as well as legislation, regulation, technology, utilization, biopharmaceutics, information processing, education, economics, and ethics as related to pharmaceutical science and practice.

MEDLINE (Coverage: 1966 - present) Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature. More than 9.5 million records from more than 3,900 journals are indexed, plus selected monographs of congresses and symposia (1976-1981). Abstracts are included for about 67% of the records. OVID OLDMEDLINE contains pre-1966 citations.
For pre-1966 searches, see also the following print publications:

Cumulated Index Medicus. Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine, 1960-2000. LSM/ REF / R 11.I45.

Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. Washington, DC: National Library of Medicine, 1880-1961. LSM/ REF / R 11.I41.
Series I: 1-16, 1880-1895
Series II: 1-21, 1896-1916
Series III: 1-10, 1918-1932
Series IV: 1-11 (through Mh-Mn only), 1936-1955
Series V: 1-3, 1959-1961

PubMed (Coverage: 1950s - present) PubMed, available via the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez life sciences retrieval system, was developed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the U.S. National Institutues of Health (NIH). Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for services including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, OMIM, and many others. PubMed consisting of the MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE databases, contains over 15 million bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 5,000 biomedical journals dating back to the early 1950s. OLDMEDLINE, containing the earliest citations has a fact sheet. PubMed coverage also includes the following:

• Out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE.
• Citations that precede the date that a journal was selected for MEDLINE indexing.
• Some additional life science journals that submit full text to PubMedCentral and receive a qualitative review by NLM.

Internet Resources: Selected List

A. Pharmacy - study and teaching

• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
  (http://www.aacp.org)
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
  (http://www.acpe-accredit.org)
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) - Accreditation Manual, 9th edition (Version 9.2, October 2005)
  (http://www.acpe-accredit.org/pdf/ACPE_Accreditation_Manual_9thEdition(Version9-2)_October2005.doc.pdf)
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) - Accredited Professional Programs of Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy
  (http://www.acpe-accredit.org/students/programs.asp)
• GradSchools.com ... directories of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) programs, medicinal chemistry programs, pharmaceutical science programs, pharmacology programs, and toxicology ... programs. Select "Subjects A-Z" in "Search Graduate Programs by Subject" pulldown menu box ....
  (http://www.gradschools.com)
• GRE - Graduate Record Examinations
  (http://www.gre.org/)
• State of New Jersey Commission on Higher Education
  (http://www.nj.gov/highereducation/Program_Inventory/)
• Peterson's Planner
  (http://www.petersons.com/)
• Student Instructional Rating Survey (Rutgers); login uses Rutgers NetID.
  (http://sirs.rutgers.edu)

B. Pharmacy Practice

• American Pharmacists Association.
  (http://www.aphanet.org/)
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
  (http://www.ashp.org)
• ASHP Policy Positions, Statements, and Guidelines
  (http://www.ashp.org/BestPractices/index.cfm)
• MediLexicon: a dictionary of over 200,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations.
  (http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/)
• National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP); click on "Publications" tab for information about "NABPLAW" and the "Survey of Pharmacy Law."
  (http://www.nabp.net/)
• New Jersey Board of Pharmacy (Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs
  (http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical/pharmacy.htm)
• RxHub: National Patient Health Information Network
  (http://www.rxhub.net/)
• U.S. Pharmacist continuing education articles and lessons.
  (http://www.uspharmacist.com/)

C. Spanish Language Health Resources

• Familydoctor.org - American Academy of Family Physicians - in English and Spanish
  (http://familydoctor.org/)
• HealthyNJ: Information for Healthy Living - in English and Spanish
  (http://www.healthynj.org/)
• MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine (in Spanish)
  (http://medlineplus.gov/esp)
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health - in English and Spanish
  (http://www.noah-health.org/)
• Office of Minority Health - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  (http://www.omhrc.gov/)

Find "En Espanol" in the Quick Links section.

• OSHA en Espanol -U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  (http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/spanish/index.html)

Related Rutgers Resource

• Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
• Inventory to the Records of the New Jersey College of Pharmacy, 1892-1942 by Kathy Albert (1994)