Chapter 4 - Information Resources Flashcards
Primary literature
A. Journals
B. CASE reports
C. Research reports
D. Drug Trial Reports
A fristhand or direct source of information; a record of original reports of scientific, clinical, technological and administrative research projects and studies.
Primary literature
Newsletter of the American Pharmaceutical Association; reports on current news and opinions including pharmacotherapeutic legislative and socio-economic news.
Pharmacy today 1962
Contains practical information for Today’s pharmacist
Pharmacy times 1898
Covers naturals products research- chemistry, biochemistry and biology of naturally occurring compounds. Official publication of the American Society of Pharmacognosy
Journal of natural products 1938
Journal of medicinal plant research
Planta medica 1935
Includes a group of heterogeneous information sources that function as a guide to information that has been published in the primary literature
Secondary literature
Summary of the information contained in a specific published literature source
Abstract
Published by the Union of American Biological Societies; comprehensive abstracting and indexing journal reporting on the world’s literature in theoretical and applied biology
Biological abstract 1927
Four indexes of Biological Abstract
- Author index
- Subject index (BASIC)
- Biosystematic index
- CROSS
Published by the American Chemical Society; MOST comprehensive of all indexing and abstracting services
Chemical abstracts 1907
Indexes of chemical abstracts
Authors Formula Hetero-atom Numerical patent Patent concordance Ring system Subjects
A list of bibliography of primary articles
Indexing services
A free database accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics
Pubmed
A medical database produced and provided by Elsevier; european literature; stronger in drug information and in areas of biological science related to human medicine.
EMBASE
A handy self contained products that allows the user to search for drug therapy articles selected from 200 clinical journals
IDIS
IDIS
IOWA DRUG INFORMATION SYSTEM
Means of archiving data in reduced size on thin sheets that are placed into a reader much like a slide is placed underneath the lens of a microscope
Specialized microfiche systems
Provides comprehensive evaluations of drugs and anwers to key drug information
Drugdex
Secondary literature
Abstract
Indexing services
Specialized Microfiche Systems
Presents information derived from the vast primary literature in a condensed and compact format
Tertiary reference
Tertiary Reference
Textbook
Pharmacopoeia
Standard reference book
Review articles
Major function is to present a topic in a manner in which it can be used as the basis for instruction in a particular subject area
Textbook
Examples of textbooks
- Goodman and Gilman’s the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
- Textbook of Adverse Drug Reactions
- Elsevier’s Dictionary of Pharmaceutical sciences
- Pharmaceutics: The Sciences of Dosage Form Design
A compilation of monographs adopted as an official book of standards and references for determining identity, purity and quality of official articles used in pharmaceutical industry
Pharmacopoeia
A written account of a single topic
Monograph
Examples of monograph
- Philippine Pharmacopoeia (DOH)
- British Pharmacopoeia 2010
- United States Pharmacopoeia XXXIII and National Formulary XXVIII
A fundamental source of drug standards and important pharmaceutical facts
Standard Reference Book
Examples of standard reference book
- Martindale:The Complete Drug reference
- Remington: The science and practice of pharmacy
Appear in journals and are designed to summarize, analyze, evaluate or synthesize information that has already been published.
Review articles
