Pharmacy Technology Research Guide

Online Databases | Print Books | Books on Reserve | Websites

Online Databases

**BEST** Stat!Ref [Full text | Off-campus access ]

Stat!Ref is a comprehensive pharmaceutical database, an electronic medical library that enables users to cross search multiple reference resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby's Drug Consult, Stedman's Medical Dictionary and other valuable medical books. In the database, click on Table of Contents to see all the sources indexed.
http://online.statref.com/default.aspx?grpalias=TEX

Medical/Academic Databases:

PubMed [Full text | Off-campus access ]

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Health Reference Center Academic (1997-) [Full text | Galegroup | Off-campus access]
Indexes periodicals covering a wide range of health and medical topics, some with full-text.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb?db=HCA

Academic Search Premier (Indexing 1984-, Full text 1990-) [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access]
Provides full text for 4,600 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies with some information dating as far back as 1975. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=asp

Consumer/layperson oriented databases:

EBSCO Databases

From this link, you can do one search through multiple databases. You mark the databases that you think will have articles on your topic. The following are the recommended databases Ebsco offers for pharmacy technology research.

Natural & Alternative Treatments [Ebsco | Off-campus access]

Contains information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=wfh
Health Source: Consumer Edition [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access]

Features searchable full text for nearly 300 consumer health periodicals, more than 1,000 health-related pamphlets and 135 health reference books including Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Also contains more than 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish). Drug information and patient education fact sheets are included in the Clinical Pharmacology portion of this database. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=hsc

Alt-HealthWatch [Full Text (1990-) | Ebsco | Off-campus access]

Full-text articles from over 180 publications focus on complementary and alternative approaches to health care and wellness.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=alt

Print Books

Books on Reserve

Books on reserve are kept behind the circulation desk. To see what books are on reserve for your class, search the online catalog using the course reserve code: phra.

Other Suggested Books

Here are lists of suggested titles with their call numbers which are can be found by searching the Online Catalog (http://lib.epcc.edu). Click on the title to see its full description and availability. Some are available at other campuses only. See code below for abbreviations.

The AARP guide to pills	REF RM301.12 A22 2006
AHFS drug information : essentials 2006-2007.	REF RS131.2.A474 2006
American Drug Index	REF RS51.A63 2007
Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist	RM701 .R46 2000 (RG)
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology latest ed in Stat Ref	RM300 .B285 2001
Basic Pharmacology	Reserves PHRA 1206
Certification Review for Pharmacy Technicians	REF RS122.95 .R45 2000 (& stacks)
Delmar's Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Review	RS122.95 .A585 2000 (MP)
Drug facts and comparisons.	REF RM300.F33 2007 (& stacks)
Drug Information Handbook for Nursing	REF RM301.12 .D7941 2007-2008
Drugs in Current Use and New Drugs	REF RS79.D7 2001 (& stacks)
Handbook of nonprescription drugs : an interactive approach	REF RM301.15.H36 2002
Handbook of Pediatric Drug Therapy	REF RJ560 .H29 2000 (RG -- & stacks)
Handbook on Injectable Drugs	REF RM143 .T74 2001
Math for Meds: Dosages and Solutions	Reserves PHRA 1247
Mosby's drug consult for health professions.	REF RM301.12 .M68 2006
Percutaneous Absorption: Drugs, Cosmetics, Mechanisms...	E-Book
Pharmaceutical Statistics: Practical and Clinical	E-Book
Pharmacotherapy : a pathophysiologic approach	REF RM263.PS6 2005
Pharmacy Practice for Technicians	Reserves PHRA 2271
Physicians' desk reference.	REF RS250.P48 2007
Review of Natural Products latest ed in Stat Ref	REF RS170 .R48 2000
What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In?	RA418.5.T73 S355 2000

Code: REF=, left of the Reference Desk, cannot be checked out, shelved . Reserves= Behind the Circulation Desk, cannot be checked out, Stacks= copy CAN be checked out; MP=Mission del Paso; RG=Rio Grande; TM=Transmountain; VV=Valle Verde

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Websites

Comprehensive Sites | Professional Organizations | Pharmacy Technicians | Healthcare & Drug Information

Comprehensive Sites

Pharm Web [http://www.pharmweb.net]
The first pharmaceutical portal on the Internet has developed into an invaluable directory of information, including a library of archives from over 100 moderated discussion forums.
RegSource.com [http://www.regsource.com]
A free portal organizing worldwide Regulatory, Clinical, Toxicological, CMC and other drug/device development-related information on the Internet.

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