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Most Useful Databases

Here are some of the key databases for Pharmacy. There are many other useful databases, please see the relevant lists under "I'm a Student" or "I'm a Researcher"

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based research to inform healthcare decision making. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
EMBASE This link opens in a new window
Biomedical and pharmacological database which provides access to the most up-to-date information about medical and drug-related subjects.
The EMBASE.com product allows you to search EMBASE in combination with the MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine
Lenus This link opens in a new window
Captures, distributes and preserves digital research products. Here you can find articles, working papers, preprints, technical reports, conference papers and data sets in various digital formats
MedicinesComplete This link opens in a new window
MedicinesComplete (Pharmaceutical Press) provides online access to some of the world's leading drug and healthcare reference works.
TCD subscribes to 9 titles on this platform: British National Formulary (BNF) -- British National Formulary for Children (BNC) -- Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes (DAEFT) -- Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation -- Handbook on Injectable Drugs (HID) -- Herbal Medicines (HRB) -- Stockley's Drug Interactions (STK) -- Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions (SHM) -- American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information (AHFS DI).
2017: DIFT : ProQuest dropped this in 2017, TCD no longer has DIFT in its totality. One section: American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information (AHFS DI), has been retained and is available on MedicinesComplete.
2016: Pharmaceutical Press no longer has the licence to distribute the electronic version of Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy (RSPP); it is no longer available on this platform.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
The subject scope of MEDLINE is biomedicine and health. Increased coverage of life sciences began in 2000. To find PDFs from Trinity subscriptions, we recommend you install Lean Library.

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An index of biomedical literature, including all data from the Medline database from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Reaxys This link opens in a new window
Coverage of quality, authoritative information in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Incorporates Beilstein (organic chemistry database), Gmelin (inorganic chemistry database) and Patent Chemistry, creating a single architecture for convenient search of chemistry data.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Scientific research that contains the full text of more than 1,200 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
An abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. Covers more than 15,000 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, medicine and social sciences.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from thousands of worldwide research journals.
Social Sciences Citation Index (1956 to present), and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975 to present).
Access to several more indexes have been included under the IReL Consortium: for a 3-year period, including:
Conference Proceedings Citation Index; Book Citation Index; Current Chemical Reactions; Index Chemicus. Biosis Citation Index; Current Contents Connect; Data Citation Index; Derwent Innovations Index; Zoological Record. Web of Science also provides cited reference searching.

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