Pharmacy Information Resources - PHAD 792 - BioPharmaceutical Development and Marketing - Library Guides at University of Mississippi Libraries

Resource Handout

PHAD 792 Library Instruction Handout

Research Starting Points

Drugs@FDA: FDA-Approved Drugs
Provides information about FDA-approved brand name and generic
prescription and over-the-counter human drugs and biological therapeutic products. Includes most of the drug products approved since 1939. The majority of patient information, labels, approval letters, reviews, and other information are available for drug
products approved since 1998.
ClinicalTrials.gov
A database of privately and publically funded clinical studies conducted around the world
PubChem (Drug Information Portal)
The National Library of Medicine recently retired ChemIDplus and the Drug Information Portal websites. That information is now available through PubChem.

PubMed
The PubMed database contains more than 34 million citations and abstracts from the biomedical literature. PubMed facilitates searching across three National Library of Medicine resources: MEDLINE (includes Medical Subject Headings: MeSH), PubMed Central, and Bookshelf.
Dimensions
Dimensions is a database that maps the entire research lifecycle from funding to impact. Data available includes grants, publications, datasets, clinical trials, patents, policy documents and more. Individual accounts using your @olemiss.edu or @go.olemiss.edu email is required. Funded by the Dimensions is a database that maps the entire research lifecycle from funding to impact. Data available includes grants, publications, datasets, clinical trials, patents, policy documents and more. Individual accounts using your @olemiss.edu or @go.olemiss.edu email is required. Funded by the Office for Research and Economic Development (ORED). For additional information or questions please contact ORED. For additional information or questions please contact ORED.

Search the Pharmacy Research Literature

ACS Journals
Provides abstracts and full text for all journals produced by the American Chemical Society.
AHD.com : American Hospital Directory
The American Hospital Directory provides data and statistics about more than 6,000 hospitals nationwide. AHD.com hospital information includes both public and private sources such as Medicare claims data, hospital cost reports, and commercial licensors. On campus use only.
Annual Reviews
Provides full text access to volumes published by Annual Reviews. Covers topics in biomedical/life, physical and social sciences.
Biological Abstracts
Collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 770 journals indexed in CINAHL.
Cochrane Library
Includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and results of the worlds best medical research studies. The Cochrane Reviews are provided in full text.
Dissertations & Theses Global
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Each year hundreds of thousands of works are added. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the ProQuest Research Assistant FAQ.
Dissertations & Theses: University of Mississippi
Provides access to the citations and abstracts, as well as full text when available, for dissertations and theses produced by graduate students at the University of Mississippi.
Embase
Embase is a comprehensive biomedical database that focuses on drugs and pharmacology, medical devices, clinical medicine, and basic science relevant to clinical medicine.
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Literature Index
Topics include horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy.
Google Scholar
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including articles, theses, books, and abstracts.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
JoVE Unlimited: Video Journal
JoVE Unlimited Video Journal is the leading peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed video methods journal which publishes experimental techniques in a visual format.
Lexidrug
Lexicomp Online provides clear, concise, point-of-care drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as clinical content, such as clinical practice guidelines, IV compatibility from Trissel's 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database, and other tools. Includes AHFS Drug Information and Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference.
MarinLit
MarinLit is a database of marine natural products literature. MarinLit allows researchers to search over 32,000 compounds across over 34,000 articles.
MEDLINE (via Ebsco)
National Library of Medicine's premier database in the life sciences, with a concentration in biomedicine.
MEDLINE (via PubMed)
National Library of Medicine's premier database in the life sciences, with a concentration in biomedicine
Natural Medicines
Contains informationon dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.
PubMed Central
Free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
SciFinder-n
Note: Register from on campus to use
Tutorial Videos
Guided Introduction

SciFinder Account Registration for FIRST TIME USERS
First time users must create a login and password.

ScienceDirect
Database from Elsevier that provides abstract and full text access to more than 2500 journals from several publishers. It includes more than 9 million full text articles covering a wide variety of subject areas and disciplines.
Scopus
Comprehensive abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus supports research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields as well as in the arts and humanities. Scopus does not test or support Mac/IoS Devices. Scopus recommends IE 8 or higher, Chrome or Firefox.
USP Dictionary Online
The USP Dictionary of United States Adopted Names (USAN) and International Drug Names is the leading reference for nonproprietary drug names and chemical structures. In addition to USANs, the USP Dictionary provides International Nonproprietary Names (INNs), British Approved Names, Japanese Accepted Names, brand names, Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) codes, manufacturers, official USPNF names, molecular weights, graphic formulas, pharmacologic and/or therapeutic categories, and pronunciations.

Individual accounts are required, click here to create your USP Access Point account.
USP-NF Online
USPNF is a combination of two compendia, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary (NF). Monographs for drug substances, dosage forms, and compounded preparations are featured in the USP.

Individual accounts are required, click here to create your USP Access Point account.

Drug Information Resources

Access Pharmacy
This resource is provided by the School of Pharmacy. Login with your UM username and password.

more... less...

Additional information on AccessPharmacy content is available through McGraw-Hill: https://mheducation.libguides.com/c.php?g=1005694&p=8823678
Brigg's Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation
Print volume
ClinicalTrials.gov

Cochrane Library
Includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and results of the worlds best medical research studies. The Cochrane Reviews are provided in full text.

DailyMed
Includes information from package inserts
Drug Facts and Comparisons
This resource is provided by the School of Pharmacy. Please check the PY1 message board for login information.
Drug Information Portal
From the National Library of Medicine
Drugs@FDA
Kucer's The Use of Antibiotics
LactMed
Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.
LexiComp
Lexicomp Online provides clear, concise, point-of-care drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as clinical content, such as clinical practice guidelines, IV compatibility from Trissel's 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database, and other tools. Includes AHFS Drug Information and Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference.
Micromedex
This resource is provided by the School of Pharmacy. Login with your UM username and password.

Natural Medicines
Contains information on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.

Supp.AI
Dietary and herbal supplements are popular but unregulated. Supplements can interact or interfere with the action of prescription or over-the-counter medications. Currently, it is difficult to find accurate and timely scientific evidence for these interactions.To solve this problem, Supp.AI automatically extracts evidence of supplement and drug interactions from the scientific literature and presents them here.
NLM Drug Information
National Library of Medicine's drug information portal.
Orange Book
Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
PDR: Physician's Desk Reference
Print volumes
PDR.net
The PDR online (Prescriber's Digital Reference)
Profiles of drug substances, excipients, and related methodology
Full text is available only for the last 5 years of information. For older entries, use the citation information to help you find the print volumes in the library.
Purple Book (FDA)
The “Purple Book” lists biological products, including any biosimilar and interchangeable biological products, licensed by FDA under the Public Health Service Act (the PHS Act).
Toxnet
NLM discontinued Toxnet in 2018 and integrated its content into other resources. See their page for guidance on how to access content previously in Toxnet.

USP Dictionary Online
The USP Dictionary of United States Adopted Names (USAN) and International Drug Names is the leading reference for nonproprietary drug names and chemical structures. In addition to USANs, the USP Dictionary provides International Nonproprietary Names (INNs), British Approved Names, Japanese Accepted Names, brand names, Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) codes, manufacturers, official USPNF names, molecular weights, graphic formulas, pharmacologic and/or therapeutic categories, and pronunciations.

Individual accounts are required, click here to create your USP Access Point account.
USP-NF Online
USPNF is a combination of two compendia, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary (NF). Monographs for drug substances, dosage forms, and compounded preparations are featured in the USP.

Individual accounts are required, click here to create your USP Access Point account.

Search Guides

PHAD 792 - BioPharmaceutical Development and Marketing

Resource Handout

Research Starting Points

Search the Pharmacy Research Literature

Drug Information Resources