Databases: Health Sciences: Pharmacy

AccessPharmacy VCU

Allows selection by core curriculum topic, browsing by organ system, review of textbooks, or searching across leading pharmacy online references.

AccessScience VCU

Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Includes embedded video and images in the articles which can be downloaded for use in class presentations and demonstrations.

CHEMnetBASE VCU

A collection of chemical and chemical related dictionaries. It includes Handbook of Physics and Chemistry. The dictionaries are renowned for quick search for chemical and physical properties of compounds.

Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences: Collection One VCU

Collection of e-books of dynamic Research & Development topics written by leading scientists around the world.

CRCnetBASE VCU

CRCnetBASE is a collection of over 6,000 electronic books that span over 40 disciplines in 34 separate collections. VCU Libraries does not subscribe to all the collections, but abstracts are available for all entries.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) VCU

Coverage: 1637 - present

Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences VCU

Full text reference guide for those working in quality control, economics, probability and statistics as well as for those applying statistical methods in any discipline. Updated annually, with revisions and new articles added quarterly.

IPA: International Pharmaceutical Abstracts VCU

Coverage: 1970 - present

Abstracts of pharmacology research and information. Produced by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

LactMed

Database containing over 450 drug records with information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, and alternate drugs to consider.

Medical Letter, The VCU

Coverage: 1988 - present

Searchable database of articles from The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics from 1988 - present. Also includes a drug interactions program, patient education brochures and two electronic handbooks.

MEDLINE/PubMed VCU

The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.

MEDLINEplus

Extensive guide to health information resources. Includes common diseases and conditions, dictionaries, organizations, clearinghouses, publications, directories, consumer health libraries, MEDLINE and other medical databases.

MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series Intranet Application VCU

Databases of summaries and detailed monographs for drugs and drug interactions. [NOTE: Not all databases are available.]

Natural Standard VCU

Evidence-based, peer-reviewed information on complementary and alternative medicine treatments. Includes evaluation of therapies for specific conditions, herbs and supplements, and diet therapies.

PubMed/MEDLINE VCU

The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.

Royal Society of Chemistry Journals VCU

Portal to full runs of high-impact journals in all areas of the chemical sciences.

SpringerLink VCU

Coverage: 1990-present

Collection of world's leading interactive databases of high quality Science, Technology and Medicine journals, book series, books and reference works.