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Drug Information

Librarian for Drug Information

Susan Jacobs
Librarian for the Health Sciences
New York University
Bobst Library, Room 908
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2432
E-mail: susan.jacobs@nyu.edu

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Research Assistance

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Searching for journal articles in the health sciences by topic? Link to a list of databases in health and life sciences: http://library.nyu.edu/research/rg1.html
  • Searching for books and journals by title? Start with a library catalog:
    • BobCat [Bobst and consortia holdings]
    • MedCat [holdings of NYU Medical Library]

Tutorials

Internet Links

  • Center for Drug Evalation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/index.html
    Center for Drug Evalation and Research of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the safety of drugs available to the public. From this site, link to new and generic drug approvals, the Electronic Orange Book Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations.
  • DrugDigest http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Home
    A noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers to make informed choices about drugs and treatment options.
  • Drug Information at MedlinePlus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
    A medical information resource from the National Library of Medicine. The drug page has information provided by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the United States Pharacopeia.
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.drugabuse.gov/
    A government agency devoted to using science to combat drug abuse and addiction. Information is available for students and young adults, teachers and parents, and researchers and health professionals.
  • RxList http://www.rxlist.com/
    A free, regularly updated drug database, searchable by brand name, generic name and pharmacologic category.
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Searching for drug or pharmacology information in library catalogs

You can find books and journals by searching BobCat http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu/ by subject under appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings. (Additional sources may be found at NYU Medical Library's catalog, Medcat http://medcat.nyu.edu/.) On the main search screen select subject heading (LCSH) from the drop-down box. Some subject headings are:

  • Subject=Pharmacology
    Used for books on the science of drugs, including their chemistry, actions and effects.
    For example:
    • pharmacology--handbooks, manuals
    • pharmacology--history
  • Subject=Drugs
    Some of the subdivisions listed under the subject heading Drugs are:
    • --administration
    • --dosage
    • --effectiveness
    • --handbooks, manuals
    • --overdosage
    • --physiological effect
    • --side effects
  • Subject=Drug Abuse
    Some of the subdivisions listed under the subject heading Drug Abuse are:
    • --prevention
    • --social aspects
    • --treatment
    Related works may be found under the subject heading Substance Abuse.

Selected Reading

These books can be found in RM (Therapeutics, Pharmacology ) and RS (Pharmacy and materia medica) sections of the reference department on the 9th floor of the Bobst Library.

  • AHFS drug information. Bethesda, MD : Published by authority of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, c1989-
    Bobst REF9 RS131.2.A47
  • Gahart, Betty L. Intravenous medications: A handbook for nurses and allied health professionals. 19th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2003.
    Bobst REF9 RM170 .G33 2003
  • Libster, M. (2002). Delmar's integrative herb guide for nurses. Albany, NY: Delmar Thomson Learning. Bobst REF9 RM666.H33 L634 2002
  • McKenry, Leda M. Mosby's pharmacology in nursing 21st ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, 2001.
    Bobst REF9 RM125 B496 2001
  • Mosby's genRx. 10th edition. St. Louis, MO : Mosby, 2000.
    Bobst REF9 RS55.2 P48 2000
  • Mosby's nursing drug reference. St. Louis, MO : Mosby, 2003.
    Bobst REF9 RM125 .M67 2003
  • PDR nurse's drug handbook. Montvale, NJ : Medical Economics Co., 2000.
    Bobst REF9 RM125 .P472 2000.
  • Physicians' desk reference : PDR. 57th edition. Oradell, N.J. : Medical Economics Co.
    Bobst REF9 RS75.P5 2003
  • Springhouse Corporation. (1996). Nurse practitioner's drug handbook. Springhouse, Pa: Springhouse Corp. Bobst REF9 RM125 .N87
  • The United States pharmacopeia. 10th edition. Easton, Pa. : Distributed by Mack Pub. Co., 2002
    Includes: National formulary.
    Bobst REF9 RS141.2 .P5 2002
  • USP DI. Drug information for the health care provider. Rockville, Md. : United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 2001.
    Bobst REF9 RS141.2 .P508 2001
    Electronic version is available via STAT!REF at: http://online.statref.com/Search.aspx?grpalias=NYUSOM [nyu.edu accounts only].

Bibliographic Databases (for identifying journal articles)

See also Research Guide #83, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (http://library.nyu.edu/research/rg83.html).

  • Embase
    Link via Bobst Web at: http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html [nyu.edu account users only].
    Produced by Elsevier Science, Embase is a major biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing over 3,500 international journals in the following fields: drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, psychiatry, forensic medicine, and biomedical engineering/instrumentation. Selective coverage for nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, psychology, and alternative medicine.
  • Medline 1966- present.
    Link via Bobst Web at: http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html [nyu.edu account users only].
    Non-NYU users may access Medline at the National Library of Medicine (Pubmed): http://www.pubmed.gov/. Widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature. Encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index, as well as other sources in the areas of allied health, physical therapy, health education, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology.

    Read scope note for description, chemical name, pharmacologic action, and alternate names of drugs. Perform a Medline search on a drug associated with a subheading such as:

    • adverse effects
    • administration and dosage
    • therapeutic use
    • toxicity

Electronic Texts

  • STAT!REF
    Link via Bobst Web at: http://online.statref.com/Search.aspx? grpalias=NYUSOM [nyu.edu accounts only].
    Full-text medical and drug information for healthcare professionals. Includes more than 25 medical reources such as Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision 2000), USP DI Vols 1 and 2, AHFS Drug Information and more.
  • Drug Facts and Comparisons
    Link via Bobst Web at: http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi? T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=main&D=baov&PCOSTART=fnc [nyu.edu accounts only].
    Searchable electronic text version of this reference book. Search free text to locate your topic.
  • Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide
    Link via Bobst Web at: http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi? T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=main&D=baov&PCOSTART=lndg [nyu.edu accounts only].
    Searchable electronic text version of this reference book. Search free text to locate your topic.

Journals

To find articles about a drug therapy, use the bibliographic databases above. You may also link to a list of electronic journals for drug therapy [nyu.edu accounts only].

See also the Bobst Electronic Journals in Science, Health & Technology web page at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_articles.html.

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