Resources for the School of Pharmacy
NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Includes research-based information about CAM treatments and conditions
Bibliographies and Literature Guides
Drug Information Resources: A Guide for Pharmacists
Reference resources for pharmacists provided by Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy
NCPA
National Community Pharmacists Association
Residency Guidelines
NACDS/NCPA Community Pharmacy Practice Residency Guidelines
PubMed
Citations database of biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine.
STAT!Ref - Access via the Library Moodle site
The STAT!Ref database is a full-text resource that enables users to cross search multiple evidence based medical resources at once. This database includes 5-Minute Clinical Consult, DSM-IV-TR, Merck Manual of Diagnosis and the Oxford Textbook of Medicine among others.
TOXNET
"Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases"
Pharmacy-Related Academic Institutions on the Internet
“Contains regularly updated information on schools of pharmacy and pharmacy-related academic institutions”
Virtual Library Pharmacy
Lists of links to a variety of “pharmacy related resources on the internet”
Schools of Pharmacy
The World List of Schools of Pharmacy
Drug Adverse Reactions, Interactions, and Side Effects
HIV InSite
Database of antiretroviral drug interactions
QT Drug Lists by Risk Groups
Lists of “drugs that prolong the QT interval and/or induce torsades de pointes ventricular arrhythmia”
Pneumotox Online: The Drug-Induced Lung Diseases
“Up-to-date information about drug-induced lung diseases”
AACP
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
ACPE
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
ACPE Accreditation Manual
Accreditaton Manual for Professional Degree Programs, 13th ed.
ACPE Accreditation Standards and Guidelines
Revised PharmD Standards, adopted January 15, 2006
ACPE Accreditation Standards and Guidelines
for the Professional Program in Pharmacy Leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree
ACPE Continuing Pharmacy Education Policies and Procedures Manual
A Guide for ACPE Accredited Providers
ACPE Directory of Accredited Providers of Continuing Pharmaceutical Education
Choose the "Which programs are accredited?" link to go to the secured page.
ACPE – P.L.A.N.
Pharmacists’ Learning Assistance Network
PubChem
“PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules [via three linked databases]… Also provides a fast chemical structure similarity search tool.”
Drugs, Supplements, and Herbs
MedlinePlus resource page fordrugs, supplements, and herbal information
Herbs and Supplements
MedlinePlus list of dietary supplements and herbal remedies
RxList
Internet drug index
Health-System Pharmacy and Institutional Pharmacy
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: Guidelines: Minimum Standard for Home Care Pharmacies
“ASHP develops official professional policies, in the form of policy positions and guidance documents (statements and guidelines), for the continuum of pharmacy practice settings in integrated systems.”
PhRMA: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Provides information about medicines in development and patient assistance programs
Laws, Legislation, Regulations, and Ethics
Federal Register
“Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents”
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
Model state pharmacy act and model rules of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Word document
Code of Federal Regulations
“Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.”
See: Title 21: Food and drugs; Title 42: Public health
THOMAS
Library of Congress: Legislative Information on the Internet
FDA
U.S. Foodand Drug Administration
Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) Guidance
U.S. Food and Drug Administration classification
Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Finished Pharmaceuticals
U.S. Food and Drug Administration practice guidelines
AMCP
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Information and resources for Medicare and Medicaid, including regulations, research, statistics, outreach, and education
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
“Provides complete access to the Foundation’s reports, surveys, issue briefs, charts, slides and fact sheets containing in-depth analysis and the public’s views on timely and critical…The site also features reports and analyses by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.”
FDA's Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM)
“Presents the agency's preferred laboratory procedures for microbiological analyses of foods and cosmetics”
The Pink Book
CDC: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
World Health Organization. Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines.
Reference substances and infrared reference spectra for pharmacopeial analysis.
Basic Concepts in Medicinal Chemistry
Provides tutorials that “focus on the basic chemical concepts which govern drug action". Current tutorial links appear in a box at the top right corner of the page.
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (Office of Dietary Supplements)
“Database provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, and scientific literature on dietary supplements.”
AAPS
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Orange Book
Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations, full book text & search options.
IACP
International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
Pharmaceutics and Compounding Laboratory
Compounding and Pharmaceutics lab exercises
Pharmacognosy and Natural Products
ASP
American Society of Pharmacognosy
Dietary Supplements Labels Database
“Offers information about ingredients in more than three thousand selected brands of dietary supplements” Searchable by “brand names, uses noted on product labels, specific active ingredients, and manufacturers.”
DrugDigest
“A noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site”
MedlinePlus: Herbs and Supplements
Drugs, supplements, and herbal information
National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements
Includes information about dietary, vitamin and mineral, and botanical supplements.
Fact sheets and links to NIH databases and other resources
United States Pharmacopeial Convention – USP Verified
Provides information by brand on United States Pharmacopeia verified dietary supplements, and lists of dietary supplement and pharmaceutical ingredients.
Martindale’s the “Virtual” – Pharmacy, Pharmacology & Toxicology Center
Includes link to journals, databases, and other resources for pharmacy, pharmacology, and toxicology
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
“Information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment”
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Research information and resources on alcohol abuse and alcoholism
NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
Information and resources, including clinical trials, about drugs, drug abuse, treatment, and prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM
“A registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world”
Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
