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School of Pharmacy Program Guide

This guide has been designed to provide information about library resources available to faculty and students of the School of Pharmacy

Assignment (Library Orientation & Library Resources)

  1. How would you get full access to the library resources from off-campus?

  2. How would you limit your search for a book available through the library that is in electronic format?

  3. Construct a search in PubMed (using drug of your choice) that will find articles with the following elements present: clinical trial, published in the last 5 years, in adults 19-44 years
  4. How would you access the full-text of an article from a PubMed search ?

  5. Using Drug Comparison tool in Facts and Comparisons databases, compare Zyrtec (cetirizine hydrochloride) and Claritin (loratadine). Which drug has more side effects?
  6. Using Micromedex, find out what are the FDA approved indications for Xanax (alprazolam)?