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:
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.
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.
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.
Library catalogue
Society publications and guidance
Guides to searching
Health gateways
Bibliographic databases
Specialised search engines
Metasearch engines
Pharmacy journals freely available on the internet
General directories of free journals
E-books
Research publications
Quick reference tools
Other libraries - free to use
Library catalogues
Buy and sell books online
Fulltext resources
Guidance
Clinical trials
Drug identification
Evidence-based health care
Pharmacy practice resources
New pharmacy contract
Continuing professional development (CPD)
Clinical governance
Legislation
Discussion lists, blogs and RSS
Current awareness