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Subject Headings

Use these subject headings to perform a targeted search of the library's online catalog for relevant materials.

Clinical Trials Pharmaceutical Industry United States

Bioethics	Human Experimentation	Pharmaceutical Industry Quality Control
	Informed Consent
Drug Development	Medical Ethics	Pharmaceutical Policy United States
Drugs	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	Pharmaceutical Research
Drugs Design	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	Pharmacology
Drugs -- Testing	Pharmaceutical Industry	United States. Food and Drug Administration

Call Numbers
Go to these call numbers to browse for materials in particular subject areas.

RS	1-441	Pharmacy and Materia Medica
125-131.9	Formularies, Collected Prescriptions
139-141.9	Pharmacopoeias
151.2-151.9	Dispensatories
153-441	Materia Medica
160-167	Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Substances (plant, animal, and inorganic)
189-190	Assay Methods, Standardization
192-199	Pharmaceutical Processes
200-201	Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
250-252	Commercial Preparations, Patent Medicines
355-356	Pharmaceutical Supplies
400-431	Pharmaceutical Chemistry
441	Microscopical Examination of Drugs

Books and Government Documents

Clinical Trials (2002) (Available through NetLibrary)

Clinical Trials: A Blueprint For The Future (1999) - Government Documents HE 20.3152:C 61/6

Dictionary for Clinical Trials (1999) (Available through NetLibrary)

Drug Stability: Principles and Practices - General Collection RS424 .C37 2000

The Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects: Facing the 21st Century (1996) - General Collection R853.H8 E84 1996

From Test Tube to Patient: Improving Health Through Human Drugs (1999) (online resource)

From Test Tube to Patient: New Drug Development in the United States(1995) (online resource)

Guide to Clinical Trials - General Collection R853.C55 S652 2000

Handbook of Modern Pharmaceutical Analysis - General Collection RS189 .H37 2001

Methodological Issues & Strategies in Clinical Research (1998) - General Collection RC467.8 .M48 1998

New Drug Approval Process: The Global Challenge (2000) (Available through NetLibrary)

Pharmaceutical Project Management (1998) (Available through NetLibrary)

Pharmaceutical Statistics: Practical and Clinical Applications - General Collection RS57 .B65 1997

Privacy Issues in Biomedical and Clinical Research Privacy Issues in Biomedical and Clinical Research (Proceedings of forum on November 1, 1997, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.) (1998) (Available through NetLibrary)

A Short History of Medical Ethics (2000) - General Collection R724 .J665 2000

Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials (2001) - General Collection R853.C55 N665 2001

Databases
Use these databases to search for articles in journals and magazines.

Academic Search	Scholarly journals covering a wide range of subjects. EBSCOhost (indexing 1984-current; full text 1990-current)
Biological Abstracts	Indexes and abstracts articles in biological and biomedical periodicals. Biological Abstracts 1969-current Also available in print 1926-1996 - Index Collection QH301 .B37
CINAHL	Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health journal literature. (1982-current) The premier index for nursing journals with over 500 nursing journals. Print Index 1977-1999 - Index Collection RT41 .C96
Clinical Pharmacology	Provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products, and new and investigational drugs. Patient Education records are available in English or Spanish, and there is the ability to limit a search to records in Spanish.
EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS)	Database of full text scholarly e-journals. Includes a search engine for finding articles.
Government Periodicals via CIS Universe	Index of approximately 250 magazines and newsletters from U.S. government agencies. Covers the arts, economics, justice and the sciences.
Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition	Consumer health journals, and general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Subjects covered include behavioral health, cardiology, sports medicine and more. EBSCOhost (indexing 1984-current; full text 1990-current)
Health Source Plus: Nursing/Academic Edition	Abstracts, indexing and selective full text from more than 500 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Includes the Stedman's Medical Dictionary. EBSCOhost
Lexis-Nexis Academic	News, business, legal and reference information. (various dates)
SpringerLink
MasterFILE Premier	General reference, business, and heath periodicals. EBSCOhost (indexing 1984-current; full text 1990)
Mosby's 2001 Nursing Drug Reference	Herbal Remedies CD. Print available at Ref RM138.S59 2001
PsychInfo	Citations to articles and book chapters in psychology and behavioral sciences. (1887-current)
PubMED	A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to MEDLINE and additional life science journals. (1966-current)
ScienceDirect	Click on Group-wide login. Offers full text access to the Elsevier Science journal collection, along with journals from a host of prestigious societies. (1995-current)
Sociological Abstracts	Citations to articles in books, journals, film, dissertations and book reviews. Topics include anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. (1966-current)
State Academies of Science Abstracts	Covers major science disciplines and serves as an authoritative reference on research specific to your state and region.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary	EBSCOhost Select Health Source Plus: Nursing/Academic Edition
WorldCat	Indexes books and other materials found in libraries worldwide. Most items listed in WorldCat can be obtained via InterLibrary Loan.

Journals
The following journals are excellent resources for articles and information about pharmaceutical testing. You can find articles within these journals by searching within the databases listed above.