Sources to identify the literature and locate information
- Sources to identify journal articles, books, etc.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowincludes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Use the URL provided here to search PubMed. The "Get at KU" link will appear with the citations that leads to articles available online. For assistance in searching PubMed, consult this guide
- Web of Scienceindexes and abstracts citations in research journals across the disciplinary spectrum. Three citation databases contain references cited by the authors of the articles. You can use these references to do cited reference searching. A cited reference search enables you to find articles that cite a previously published work.
- Sources for textbooks and study guides (e.g. NAPLEX)
- AccessPharmacyis an online curricular resource for pharmacy education. The source includes curriculum topics, organ systems, textbooks, drug monographs, lab tests, calculators, videos, case studies, and more.
As of August 30, 2011, printing is restricted to a section or a page at a time.
- PharmacyLibrary This link opens in a new windowfeatures content from the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) textbooks, an interactive NAPLEX review, case studies, and news sources.
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowSearch Elsevier’s current medical and surgical content including: First Consult, journals, medical and surgical books, videos and images.
- Sources for drug monographs
- Clinical Pharmacology powered by ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowIncludes clinically oriented monographs on all U.S. drugs; off-label drug uses and dosages; thorough coverage of new and investigational drugs; hard-to-find drug information on IV admixtures and nutritional products; nutraceuticals, such as herbal products and trace elements. Features include extensive indexing, cross-referencing, and linking for optimum searching; printable OBRA compliant patient information; product identification features.
- Sources for evidence based medicine
- Cochrane library This link opens in a new windowThe Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high quality evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Contents include systematic reviews, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials.
- UpToDateSynthesizes knowledge for clinicians and patients by a community of experts who function as authors, editors and peer reviewers with feedback from users to improve patient care. This source is ONLY available for use on the KU campus.
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