PHARMACEUTICAL RESOURCES

 

  

SEARCH  ENGINES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS and GLOSSARIES 

Google   Google Image Search   Northern Light   Excite   Infoseek   Lycos   Yahoo   

SCIRUS (comprehensive scientific information search)    

AskJeeves (Meta)    Metacrawler (Meta)    Dogpile (Meta)

Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)

Martindale's : The Reference Desk  including  Health Sciences Guide - 2002

The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology

Kimball's Biology Page

Biotechfind - A biotech search engine

 

LITERATURE  DATABASES     

        PubMed - National Library of Medicine's search service MEDLINE - free abstracts and simple search

        TOXNET - Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Mutagenicity Test Data, 2D and 3D Information from NCI

        MEDLINE Plus Health Information

        ChemIDplus - Chemical structures and nomenclature (needs Chime plug-in)

        Agricola - Agricultural Online Access (need to search for IACUC protocol)

        Full-Text and Bibliographic Databases of US Patents - US patent and Trademark Office

        Europe's Network of Patent Databases - Worldwide, European, US and Japan

        Beilstein Abstracts - Titles, abstracts and citations from top journals of organic chemistry

        Sigma-Aldrich Technical Library

        BioMedNet - An online biological and medical research community

        The Library of Congress - Details of published texts

        Code of Federal Regulations

        Pharmaceutical Century - Ten Decades of Drug Discovery

 

CLINICAL  MEDICINE        

        WebMD - A comprehensive updated text of internal medicine

        Doctor's Guide - Latest information !

        Merck Medicus - An excellent internet clinical resources for physicians and pharmacists

        Medscape CME Center - An excellent collection of Continuing Medical Education programs (papers and streaming video)

        VIRTUAL Hospital -   Educational materials for healthcare providers by University of Iowa Health Care

        Recently Approved Drugs/Indications

        Clinical Pharmacology 2000

        Lab Tests Online

        Lab Tests and Interpretive Guide - Lab Corporation of America, one of the world's largest clinical lab

        DrugFacts.Com - A comprehensive and easy to understand information source by the publisher of Facts and Comparisons

        Online Clinical Calculator -  Medical College of Wisconsin

        New Guidelines for Cholesterol

        WHO Guide to Good Prescribing

        Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation - Harbor UCLA Medical Center - Harbor UCLA Medical Center

        Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

        Alphabetical List of Specific Diseases/Disorders - Karolinska Institute

        Merck Manual of Geriatrics

        RxList - Comprehensive drug name cross index and TOP 200 Rx Drugs

        Mosby's GenRx

        ACHOO ! Healthcare Online - A great source of information for doctors and patients - also links to thousands of health-related sites across the net

        Emergency Medicine - Hundreds of chapters in searchable format

        Emergency Medicine Informatics - National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics

        Journal Club on the Web - An interactive medical literature reviews

        Stayhealthy.com   - One of the best sources of monographs with photographs of dosage forms

        Illegal Drugs - Office of the National Drug Control Policy

        New Guidelines for Cholesterol

        World Health Organization

        Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary

        Medical Matrix - Ranked, peer reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medicine resources

        Doctors' Guide - Medical and professional information of diseases and drugs

        UpToDate - Current information on several disease states

        Pharmacometrics (Mathematical treatment of biological data)

        A brief anatomy and physiology of human body

        History of Diseases - by Karolinska Institutet

 

 

        Cardiovascular Pharmacology

         ECG Library

         Introduction to Cardiothoracic Imaging - Overview of chest and cardiac diagnostic imaging

         Cadiovascular and Autonomic Pharmacology - The virtual lab is great!

         Cardiovascular Pharmacology - A programmed text

         Cardiovascular Imaging

         Heart Surgery - Quick time videos of heart surgery

 

 

        Clinical Trials

         New Medicines in Development - PhRMA

         Office of the Human Research Protection

         Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR Part 46)

         Clinical Trials Listing Service - Listing of more than 35,000 clinical trials and recently approved drug therapies

         ClinicalTrials.gov - Latest clinical trial listing by NIH and NLM

         Seeking a Perfect Protocol - An article on study design

 

        Medical Immunology & Infectious Diseases

         Antibiotic Guide - by Medical College of Wisconsin

         Clinical Antibiotics Tutorial - An excellent site for self-learners

         Infectious Disease Services - AZ Dept of Health

         John Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Antibiotic Guide - including Palm antibiotic guide

         Dr Stuart's Immunology Lecture

         Medical Microbiology

         Bacteriology at University of Wisconsin - Madison

         Infection & Immunity - University of Leicester

         Virtual Bacterial ID Lab - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

         Traveladvice - Center for Disease Control and Department of Health, UK

 

        Neuropharmacology and Alzheimer's Research

         Neuroscience on the Internet

         Alzheimer Web Page

         Beta Amyloid as a Potential Target

         The Whole Brain Atlas

         Explore the Brain and Spinal Cord

         Actions of Drugs on CNS - Very resourceful

         CNS Pharmacology

         Neurotransmitters and Chemical Signaling Agents - A brief compilation

         Neurosciences on the Internet

         Combating Alzheimer's - A news story

         MRI of Brain - Animated GIF

         Neurological Disorders - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

         Neuroguide

 

        Nuclear Medicine and Radiology

         Radiopharmaceutical Drug Information - University of