Research Guides: PharmD Study Guide: General Resources

Clinical Tools

RxTx
Produced by the Canadian Pharmacists Association, RxTx is a comprehensive drug information and therapeutics resource. Resources included in RxTx are CPS, Therapeutic Choices, patient information, links to Health Canada advisories/warnings/recalls, and Lexi-Interact drug interaction analyzer.
LexiComp Online with AHFS
Resources included in LexiComp include: drug monographs, drug interactions checker, AHFS drug information, Drug Facts and Comparisons, and Trissell's IV compatibility.
Natural Medicines
Includes evidence-based information on dietary herbs and supplements, natural health products, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies. Also includes patient handouts.
BMJ Best Practice
Includes therapeutics, patient leaflets, access to various medical calculators, and a portal to access Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference for drug information.
Dynamed
Includes overviews and drug therapy recommendations for various medical conditions, drug information, and a drug interaction checker.
PsychiatryOnline
A premier resource for psychiatric health. DSM Library titles including DSM-5, DSM-IV-TR, DSM-IV-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, and DSM-IV-TR Casebook and its Treatment Companion Journals.

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Also includes: American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and self-assessment tools for study.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy
Includes diagnostic and therapeutic information in internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation, and a number of special subjects. Available online.

eBook Collections

AccessMedicine
Approximately 40 e-books, including a clinical library (Harrison's Online, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and more), Lange Educational Library, a USMLE self-assessment tool, 50+ clinical cases, and various study materials including flashcards, notes, and multiple-choice review questions.
ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey provides access to FirstConsult, top journals, best-selling medical and surgical books, thousands of medical videos, millions of images, and much more content across 12 distinct content types.

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Additional features, including a presentation maker, the ability to download PDF versions of ebook chapters, customize patient handouts or save content in a personal profile, are available to users who create a free account. Click 'Register' at the top right of the ClinicalKey landing page to create a free account.
Books@OVID
Includes full text, references, updates, and graphics from several respected texts in medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. Search (or browse) one textbook, browse by subject area, or choose "search all". Color diagrams, charts, and illustrations are available as thumbnails or full graphics.

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Now includes ebooks in the Joanna Briggs Institute series on Synthesis Science in Healthcare.

Finding Articles

MEDLINE (Ovid)
Premier biomedical database with over 23 million journal articles in the life sciences. Similar to Pubmed in content, this OvidSP interface facilitates structured searching and allows editing of search histories.
EMBASE (Ovid)
International (but European-focused) biomedical database with strengths in drug-related and rehabilitation sciences subjects.
EBM Reviews (Ovid)
One-stop searching of 7 evidence-based medicine databases in the Cochrane Library.
Web of Science Core Collection
Multidisciplinary database of journal articles and conference proceedings, used for citation analysis of research. Includes access to EndNote Basic, a web-based version of EndNote.
PsycINFO
Covers psychology and the psychological aspects of various other disciplines. Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations.
CINAHL
Key database in nursing and allied health.