Key Resources for Pharmacy
The following databases contain a variety of material, including journal articles, for your specific subject area. The brief descriptions beneath the titles will explain what each hold. To access, click on the title.
- BioMed Central Journals This link opens in a new windowBioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
- British Pharmacopoeia This link opens in a new windowProvides quality standards for UK pharmaceutical substances and medicinal products. The United States Pharmacopeia can be found at Core RS 141.2 UNI.
- Kanopy (now via Library Search) This link opens in a new windowYou can now look for Kanopy films using Library Search. The benefit of this is that it will also search across our other film collections, to make sure that you don't miss out. Simply enter your search terms and select 'Video' from the drop down list at the end of the Library Search bar.
- Medline This link opens in a new windowBibliographic database for biomedical literature covering research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowA search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals. Developed by the NCBI in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature.
- Science This link opens in a new windowThe world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news and commentary.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowFull text and abstracts from over 2,500 journals in all fields of science and social sciences such as economics, management and business.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and citations for over 22,800 peer-reviewed titles from more than 5,000 international publishers in science, technology, medicine, social science, arts and humanities
- UK PubMed Central This link opens in a new windowAccess to full-text, peer-reviewed research publications in the life sciences and biomedicine.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowAccess to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Other Resources
- British Pharmacological SocietyThe British Pharmacological Society is a charity with a mission to promote and advance the whole spectrum of pharmacology. The Society leads the way in the research and application of pharmacology around the world. Membership is free for undergraduate students.
- General Pharmaceutical CouncilThe General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is the independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain.
- IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PharmacologyThis website created in a collaboration between The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) and the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) provides a searchable database with quantitative information on drug targets and the prescription medicines and experimental drugs that act on them.
- Royal Pharmaceutical SocietyThe RPS is the professional membership body for pharmacists and pharmacy in Great Britain and an internationally renowned publisher of medicines information.
Students based in Great Britain can apply for free membership to access the society's resources.