myLibrary is the Library’s online library for pharmacists. It provides:
Access
To access myLibrary you need to be a pharmacist and to have a username and password to access myRPSGB. To go to the myRPSGB login page, click on the link below.
If you have problems accessing myLibrary, please contact:
Tel: 020 7572 2300In addition to myLibrary, we have provided information about the types of resources available to you when you visit the Library, and some of the services we provide through which you can access the same resources even if you are unable to visit the Library in person.
The Library subscribes to about 20 journals in print covering all aspects of pharmacy practice and research. Many of these titles are also available online from the PCs within the Library.
However, there are a large number of titles of relevance to pharmacy that are either open access or freely available to all on the internet. The majority of these are listed below:
These journals have been selected as the most relevant titles from several directories of open access journals free online which focus on medical and health-related titles. Select a link below to access and search a directory in its entirety.
The Library has collated good quality, authoritative information resources in the subject of pharmacy on its Finding pharmacy information on the internet pages.
Use these resources to find free information on the Internet. If there are resources you use which you think should appear in this list, please let us know. We welcome suggestions.
To make the most effective use of journal and research literature you will want to be able to search quickly and efficiently the content of journals and other such literature without scanning each journal individually. Bibliographic databases allow you to do just this.
Subscription databases available in the Library
The Library subscribes to five databases which are accessible from PCs within the Library:
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts - produced by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, it indexes 750 titles in pharmacy and medicine from around the world, and includes all U.S. state pharmacy journals. As such it complements RPS e-PIC. It includes journals articles and all conference papers presented at ASHP's major meetings. As with RPS e-PIC it covers all aspects of pharmacy and is fully searchable.
Cinahl - the authoritative source of information for the professional literature of nursing, seventeen allied health disciplines, biomedicine, and healthcare, it provides references to books, book chapters, pamphlets, audiovisual items, dissertations, educational software, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts, critical paths, and research instruments.
Medline - includes access to MEDLINE In-Process & Other non-Indexed Citations plus access to SERFILE - bibliographic information for over 80,000 biomedical and health science serials. This database is updated weekly with more than 520,000+ records added annually.
Biomedical reference collection - covers disciplines from biomedicine and health sciences to the health care system and pre-clinical sciences, providing access to 1,040 fulltext journal titles.
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database - provides evidence-based, clinical information on natural medicines. It contains information about thousands of products including information about ingredient or brand name, level of effectiveness and potential interactions.
Databases available free on the internet
In addition to these there are several free, high quality databases available on the internet, which we would recommend using if you are unable to visit the Library in person. Most index more than just journal literature. The key resources include:
PubMed - a service of the US National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. It includes articles dating back to the 1950s. Use it to find links to full text articles, conference proceedings and official publications. While the focus of the database is North American literature, it does contain a lot of information from the UK and around the world and therefore is an excellent general resource.
TRIP Database - described as the internet's leading resource for evidence-based practice and medicine (EBM), the TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) database allows 'users to easily and rapidly identify the highest quality evidence from a wide range of sources'. Use it to locate evidence-based resources including articles, patient information leaflets, medical images, online guidance from Prodigy, SIGN, etc. and other useful websites. The site also provides links to other evidence-based resources and an introduction to evidence-based medicine and practice.
Cochrane Library- a collection of databases that contain high–quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in healthcare, that promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. Use it to locate up-to-date evidence-based information to inform best practice.