Pharmacology and therapeutics
Legend
- McGill users only
- Open access resource
- Free resource
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
1. Sources for Background Information
- The Medical Letter
- e-CPS Compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties
- e-CPS Compendium des produits et spécialités pharmaceutiques
- Merck index
- Encyclopedia of Clinical Pharmacology
2. Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - pharmacology, neuropharmacology, therapy, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. therap? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words therapy, therapeutic, therapeutics, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "nervous system" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase nervous system |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. pharmacology AND (therapy OR rehabilitation) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word pharmacology and either therapy or rehabilitation |
You can also browse the catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers
| Call Number | Subject |
| QV | Pharmacology |
| QV 38 | Clinical Pharmacology |
| QV 76.5 | Neuropharmacology |
| WB 39, WB 300 | Handbooks--Theraputics |
| WB 100 | Diagnosis and Therapy |
| WB 330 | Drug Therapy |
| WS 366 | Pediatric Therapeutics |
3. Core and additional databases
Literature databases
- Embase - biomedical and pharmaceutical database
- PubMed - free interface for searching MEDLINE
- Ovid MEDLINE (1996-) - database of the National Library of Medicine (or search Ovid MEDLINE (1946-))
- Scifinder Scholar - database of the American Chemical Society
- Scopus - multidisciplinary
- Web of Science - multidisciplinary
Drug databases
- PharmGKB - pharmacogenomics resource (online tutorial starting at 13:30)
- DrugBank - Bioinformatics and cheminformatics resources (OpenHelix tutorial)
- RxFiles - Comparitive drug information (online tutorial)
- HerbMed.org - interactive herbal database
- Natural Standard - evidence based information about complimentary and alternative therapies (online tutorial)
Methods & techniques
Other databases
- Health Canada: Drug Products Database - database of drugs approved for sale in Canada
- Clinical Trials - registry of public and private clinical studies
4. Selected Internet Sites
Societies
5. Other Resources
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