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