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The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases. The databases include: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). This version of the Cochrane Library is brought to you by Wiley Interscience.
This resource is publicly accessible within the UK and many other countries, and can be accessed without signing in (full details at https://www.cochranelibrary.com/help/access).
Strathclyde members based in other countries can access the resource using University email address and password. Users should select ‘Sign In’, then ‘Institutional Login’, then search for University of Strathclyde in the login via Shibboleth option, then enter University credentials when prompted.
ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.
APA PsycInfo contains references to journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertations in the field of psychology and behavioural sciences. It covers the period from 1600 to present. Almost all the materials included in APA PsycInfo are peer-reviewed. As well as psychology it includes references to the psychological aspects of: health, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, business and law.
The BNF includes key information on the selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines. It is a joint publication of the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Access through the MedicinesComplete platform.
Strathclyde members must access this resource on the MedicinesComplete platform. Educational establishments are no longer permitted to use resources on the NICE website.
Reference resource containing monographs of medicinal and pharmaceutical substances. British Pharmacopoeia (BP) 2017 edition incorporates European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) 9th ed and Supplement 9.1, marked with orange banners.
Covers drug interactions including therapeutic drugs, proprietary medicines, herbal medicines, foodstuffs, drinks, pesticides, and drugs of abuse. Access through the MedicinesComplete platform.
Martindale provides practical, evidence-based, global guidance, allowing you to understand the characteristics of drugs and other pharmaceutical substances and their clinical uses. Access through the MedicinesComplete platform.
Guide to the properties of excipients, their safe use and application. Access through the MedicinesComplete Platform.
Library books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal classification scheme whereby each subject is represented by a number.
You wil find books on the same subject will have the same number. The shelfmark is preceded by the letter D and will be followed by 3 letters, which are usually the first 3 letters of the author's name.
Here are some useful pharmacy shelfmarks.
D 615 Pharmacology and Therapeutics
D 615.1 Drugs
D 615.4 Practical pharmacy (e.g. dispensing)
D 615.6 Methods of medication
D 615.7 Pharmacodynamics
D 615.9 Toxicology (poisons and poisoning)
D 616 Diseases