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Welcome to your guide on course CAS 703! Use this link to get back to your course on Canvas. The materials here are meant to illustrate what drug information is, why it is important to pharmacists, and how it helps pharmacists on a daily basis.

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Books

Pharmacy Student Survival Guide, 3E by Ruth E. Nemire; Karen L. Kier; Michelle T. Assa-Eley
ISBN: 9780071828475
Publication Date: 2014-07-07
This ebook from Access Pharmacy has three sections: systems and expectations, patient care tool box, topics in pharmacy practice. Check out chapter 13: "Drug Information and Drug Literature Evaluation."
Drug Information: a Guide for Pharmacists, 7th Edition by Patrick M. Malone; Meghan J. Malone; Benjamin A. Witt; David M. Peterson
ISBN: 9781260460308
Publication Date: 2022-03-02
After reading this book, the reader will be able to: define the term “drug information” and how it has changed into what is now contemporary practice; identify the drug information services provided by pharmacists and drug information specialists; describe the skills needed to perform drug information responsibilities; identify major factors that have influenced the ability to provide drug information; describe how the expanding integration of information technology has changed the methods of searching, analyzing, and providing drug information to patients and health care professionals; and describe practice opportunities in drug information for pharmacists.

Recommended databases for further learning

Access Pharmacy This link opens in a new window
This database contains books, blogs, drug information, study tools, patient educational handouts, tutorial videos, lectures, videos, animations, and test prep materials on topics within pharmacy. For this course, look for the book section called "Drug information."
APhA Library This link opens in a new window
This database contains books, learning exercises, disease descriptions (pharmacotherapy), case studies, and quizzes on different topics within the pharmacy field. CNU login required. Key feature: Over 300 case studies.
Micromedex This link opens in a new window
This database includes health/pharmacy news, training, comparison charts, themed lists involving drug usage and prescriptions. CNU Login required. Key feature: “CareNotes:” General information regarding illnesses and conditions.
Lexicomp This link opens in a new window
This database contains an index of different pharmaceutical drug products with search methods including description, type, brand, usage. CNU login required. Key feature: Trissel's IV Compatibility.