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Home > Information resources > Library > Finding pharmacy information on the internet

Finding good quality, authoritative information on the internet can be quite difficult when there is so much out there. How can you trust the information you find? Is the information up-to-date? Is it the correct information for your purpose?

The Library has attempted here to help you overcome some of these difficulties by listing in seven pages the resources that are most likely to meet your information needs as a pharmacist. We have selected resources that are:

relevant to the subject of pharmacy.
trusted, and therefore used, by the Library team when finding information to answer enquiries.
available on the internet for free in the majority of cases , although some resources do require you to register or identify yourself as a registered pharmacist.

For each resource we have provided additional information describing its content, why you would want to use it and any specific instructions that will help you access it, such as the need to register.

There are several good guides (available for free on the internet) to searching the internet effectively. With the help of the guides and the resources listed here, you should find that locating information on the internet becomes very much more straightforward.

Top 10 resources

These are our favourite 10 resources from those listed on the Finding pharmacy information on the internet pages, for pharmacists who need good quality information and quickly.

Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) - free electronic data sheets, SPCs and PILs
National electronic Library for Medicines (NeLM) -includes non-medical prescribing information, evidence-based resources, new drug information and drug alerts
NHS Guidelines Finder - find over 2000 UK national guidelines including NICE, CKS Service and SIGN guidance
PJ Online - content from The Pharmaceutical Journal and its family of publications
PSNC Pharmacy Contract Pages - in-depth resource providing information on all aspects of the three levels of service within the new contract
PubMed - find journal articles and full text links
RPSGB Library Catalogue - see items held in the library and use the links to online publications and websites
RPSGB myLibrary - the Library’s new online library for pharmacists. It provides access to over 1,700 full text journals in the subjects of pharmacy, medicine and health; research tools for the experienced and novice researcher alike; thousands of references to published articles in journals and a single point for finding out what the Library has in its print collections, for requesting documents from the Library and for asking any question related to pharmacy
SearchMedica - dedicated medical search engine for healthcare professionals
TRIP Database - find evidence-based resources

Further help

For further help on using any of the resources listed, if you cannot find what you are looking for, or if you know about a site that would complement those on this list, please do contact us.

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