Databases A-Z  

Index to business and management information, including hundreds of full text articles.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Collection of Science and Technology and more.

Federally designated drug compendium issued by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Access journals published by the American Chemical Society.

Writing style guide for medical and scientific publishing.
• A hard copy is on reserve at the Library's Circulation Desk.

Citations and abstracts for about 6500 biological and biomedical research journals. The library’s subscription begins with 1997; contact the library about searching for years prior to 1997.

Searchable collection of journals published by biology associations and societies. The library subscribes to some collections which are available full text. Find full text access to these titles via Our Journal List (see Quick Links sidebar).

Use the Enhanced Business Interface to search the full text of 2,300 journals, company and industry reports, and more. Includes SWOT analyses of companies and market reports.

Includes the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the Dictionary of Organic Compounds and the Dictionary of Natural Products.

Weekly newspaper specializing in higher education. Limited full text of current issues available in LexisNexis. See Our Journal List for other full text options.

Index to journals in nursing, medical technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant and other allied heath disciplines (though not pharmacy).

Consists of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Registry of Clinical Trials, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE).

In-depth reports on current social and political topics. Each report includes statistics and references to other reliable sources.

Primary care and internal medicine topics, updated annually.

The DSM-IV is published by the American Psychiatric Association and covers all mental health disorders for both children and adults. It also lists known causes of these disorders, statistics in terms of gender, age at onset, and prognosis as well as some research concerning the optimal treatment approaches. The online version of this manual is accessed through Stat-Ref.

Searchable database of over 2.3 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses.

Browse a list of book titles available through the library in electronic form. Organized alphabetically and by subject.

Gateway to all current EBSCO subscriptions including EBSCOhost Research Databases, Enhanced Business Interface, Biological Abstracts and CINAHL with Full Text.

Publicly available database of education research and information sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Articles are usually available only in citation format with an abstract or short description of the work.
• To check availability in our holdings, click “Find in a Library" beside a citation.

A suite of of databases that document scientifically valid approach to the practice of clinical medicine.

Content includes Drug Facts and Comparisons, Drug Interactions Facts, Nonprescription Drug Therapy, Review of Natural Products, and more.

Search for citations to articles in a variety of journals, plus books from WorldCat.

The FCC is a compendium of internationally recognized standards for the purity and identity of food ingredients.

Monographs describing the therapeutic use of herbs and phytomedicines.

Pharmacology text that discusses the application of pharmacodynamics to therapeutics.

Google's search for scholarly articles. Searching Scholar via this link will cause search results to display links to USciences' holdings. Just look for the "Find Full Text at USciences" link in your results.

Classic internal medicine textbook.

Provides keyword access to citations for measurement instruments in the health, psychosocial, organizational behavior, and library science fields.

"Worldwide, comprehensive bibliographic coverage of pharmaceutical science and health related literature."

JSTOR is a digital archive of academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

Access through Lexi-Comp and click on I.V. Compatibility.

"Presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances—including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. Additionally, environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology are also addressed."

Drug information

Access to documents and records from legal, news, and business sources.

Dictionary of medical abbreviations. Based on "Medical Abbreviations: 32,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety, 15th ed." by Dr. Neil M Davis. Contains "over 37,000 possible meanings for the acronyms, symbols, abbreviations, and slang terms listed."

The USciences subscription also includes access to:
• Handbook of Antimicrobial Therapy
• Treatment Guidelines from the Medical Letter
• Adverse Drug Reactions database

MedDRA is a medical terminology used to classify adverse event information associated with the use of biopharmaceuticals and other medical products (e.g., medical devices and vaccines). Coding these data to a standard set of MedDRA terms allows health authorities and the biopharmaceutical industry to more readily exchange and analyze data related to the safe use of medical products.

General medical reference book for health care professionals.

A collection of pharmaceutical resources that include:
• DrugDex: drug monographs with extensive reference lists;
• Martindale: information on worldwide drugs and related substances;
• Index Nominum: international drug directory;
• Red Book: drug product and pricing data.
*Note: Micromedex is licensed for educational purposes only; access is for current students and university employees. Micromedex may not be used at an affiliated hospital or patient care facility.

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy’s database of state’s pharmacy laws.
• NABPLAW requires a special username and password, both on and off-campus. Just click the link above to access these credentials.

Contains reports on current issues which examine the pros and cons of particular aspects of the issue. Reports contain links to related full text documents from various media, including periodicals, images and audio/video.

A bibliographic database produced by the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Search interface for PsycInfo, Evidence Based Medicine databases, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) and Medline, among others.

Evidence for pharmacists on new developments in drug therapy and trends in pharmacy practice. To access Pharmacist's Letter:
• Available only to full time faculty and students in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
• If you have problems accessing Pharmacist's Letter, contact the Department of Pharmacy Practice/Pharmacy Administration.

Searchable full text of Philadelphia's major newspaper.

Online version (current 18 months) of the weekly publication that covers the prescription pharmaceutical industry.

Searchable full text of academic journals in the arts and humanities.

Database of education journals designed for professional educators.
• click on "EBSCOhost Research Databases" to find Professional Development Collection.

Accessing ProQuest via this link offers combined search of ABI/INFORM Complete, ProQuest Research Library and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I.

Searchable full text database of articles in the humanities, sciences and social sciences.

American Psychological Association (APA) database providing abstracts and citations to literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. It provides access to journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertations.

One of the largest biomedical databases, PubMed includes both clinical and basic research. Use the USciences link to PubMed so that you can access the library’s journal holdings

Clinical and financial information about drugs in the pipeline.
• R&D Insight requires a special username and password, both on and off-campus. Just click the link above to access these credentials.

Drug product and pricing data. Access through Micromedex. See "RED BOOK Online®" link on top navigation bar.

Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases.

Citation management service for creating bibliographies. Please note:
• First-time users must create their own unique Login Name and Password to access RefWorks. Look for the "Sign Up for a New Account" link on the RefWorks homepage.
• The Login Name and Password are used to access RefWorks both on and off-campus.
• If you choose to download Refworks' "Write-N-Cite" plugin for MS Word (available for PC and Mac), you may be prompted to enter a "group code" when installing the "Write-N-Cite" plugin. Our group code is: RWUSciPhil

Online version of the classic reference book.

Searchable full text database of articles in the sciences and social sciences. (Accessed via ProQuest)

Available in Facts and Comparisons. Over 300 monographs describing natural products including clinical information.

Web-based access to chemistry literature.

Searchable collection of over 2,500 journals from Elsevier publishers. The library subscribes to over 1,100 which are available full text.

Over 1500 journals in the sciences and social sciences.

A summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

The following medical and pharmaceutical texts are available in STAT!Ref:
• AAFP Conditions A to Z
• AHFS Drug Information
• DSM-IV-TR
• Merck Manual
• Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

The USP Dictionary of United States Adopted Names (USAN) and International Drug Names is the leading reference for nonproprietary drug names and chemical structures.

Monographs for drug substances, dosage forms, and compounded preparations.

Full text of the Wall Street Journal.

Collection of journals in the sciences and social sciences.