Pharmacy

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Pharmacy

• Choosing your sources - first steps

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How to choose the most appropriate source for your research

• Finding print books and ebooks using the Library Catalogue

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Links to books provided by the University Library. Includes textbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias.

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The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the official collection of standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. Produced by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretariat, part of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the British Pharmacopoeia makes an important contribution to public health by setting publicly available standards for the quality of medicines. The British Pharmacopoeia comprises a five volume printed set, including a single volume of the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) 2010 together with a fully searchable CD-ROM and online access


A collection of key textbooks including:

Aulton's Pharmaceutics

Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology

Calculations and Pharmaceutics in Practice

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Community Pharmacy

Dale's Pharmacology Condensed

Drug Discovery and Development

Evidence-Based Practice Across Health Professions

Foundations for Health Promotion

Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Gould's Pathophysiology for the Health Professions

Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology

Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine

Mims' Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children

Pharmaceutical Analysis

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Pharmacy OSCEs and Competency-Based Assessments

Pharmacy Practice

Psychiatric Drugs Explained

Rang & Dale's Pharmacology

Research Methods in Pharmacy Practice

The Top 100 Drugs

Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy

Underwood's Pathology: a Clinical Approach

Wheater's Functional Histology

 

Additional access instructions:

Make sure to register as a student


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What:

Contains full text books in many subject areas.
Why:

A search performed on this platform will search the full text of all titles using your keywords. It will retrieve individual chapters on your topic.
How:

Use the Ebook Central library website to find information on getting started with the platform and links to online help.


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MedicinesComplete is an online platform which offers access to world-leading drug and healthcare resources. MedicinesComplete is a unique collection of clinically-proven, unbiased pharmaceutical information providing practical guidance and insight to pharmaceutical and clinical practitioners, researchers, and regulatory professionals

Includes:

  • British national formulary
  • British national formulary for Children
  • Pharmaceutical excipients
  • Stockley's drug interactions

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The University Library's Science Trove subscription is a collection of Biomedical Science e-textbooks from Oxford University Press.

  • Biomedical Science Practice
  • Clinical Biochemistry FBMS
  • Transfusion & Transplantation Science FBMS
  • Data Handling & Analysis
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Clinical Immunology FBMS
  • Haematology FBMS
  • Histopathology FBMS
  • Cell Structure & Function FBMS
  • Cytopathology FBMS
  • Molecular Diagnostics FBMS

 

Additional access instructions:

Access off campus via the institutional login option.

 

• Getting started with Discovery

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Use Discovery to find a range of resources including books, journal articles and audio visual material.

Independent Research - beyond the basics

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How to develop and apply advanced search techniques using a range of specialist resources including databases. Links to online resources from organisations and professional bodies.

Your Subject Team

 Hannah Britcher

Faculty Librarian

email hannah.britcher@port.ac.uk

 Marie Smith

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email Marie.smith@port.ac.uk