Pharmacology

Getting Started
Journal Articles
Journals
Specialised Resources
Web Sites

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopedia of molecular pharmacology - online or print

Handbooks:

Provides a search and retrieval interface to laboratory manuals considered to be the benchmark standard for scientific research methods in a number of different disciplines including pharmacology.

3. Martindale : the complete drug reference- online or print

A key resource providing information on drugs and medicines used across the world.

4. Australian medicines handbook online

A concise, up-to-date, independent drug information resource developed to reflect Australian clinical practice.

5. Drugs handbook 2011

6. The Merck index

Dictionaries:

Concise dictionary of pharmacological agents : properties and synonyms

Dictionary of pharmacological agents

Browse the shelves:

RM100-694 Pharmacology
RS Pharmacy

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

What is a journal article?

How do I search a database?

Useful databases to search for journal articles:

1. PubMed

Includes citations and abstracts to biomedical literature. PubMed help and information

2. Micromedex

A searchable database containing a broad range of evaluated drug information.

3. MIMS Online

Contains product information and consumer medicines information for Australian drugs.

4. EMBASE.com

Provides access to biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic records.

5. Web of Science

Provides access to multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals.

6. TOXLINE

This database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens and teratogens.

7. SciFinder

SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more! SciFinder help

8. Scopus

Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources.