LibGuides: Pharmacy Resources: Drug Information Resources

Online Resources for finding Primary Literature

PubMed LinkOut Search MEDLINE for biomedical literature. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
See our PubMed LibGuide for helpful information.
Cochrane Library Collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups. (HTA).
Scopus Citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Covers the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities from over 5,000 international publishers.
Web of Science
CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health database provides coverage of nursing and allied health related literature. More than 3,100 journals are indexed and full text is available for nearly 580 journals.

Online Resources for Tertiary Information

Lexidrug UpToDate (MCW Only) Get quick access to drug information, lab and diagnostic procedures, diseases and conditions, patient education and more. Includes add-on access to Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference. Web-based MCW only subscription sponsored by the School of Pharmacy.
Johns Hopkins ABX Guide (FH/MCW only) Provides current, authoritative, comprehensive information on anti-microbial agents, infectious diseases, and commonly-encountered pathogens. Froedtert/ MCW subscription funded by Froedtert Health. Use only Froedtert and MCW work email addresses to register for an account.
UpToDate Clinical information resource designed to provide health care professionals concise, practical answers needed at the point of care.
View Quick Reference Card (PDF), watch UpToDate video demonstrations.
Natural Medicines Provides comprehensive information about dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies. Subscription sponsored by the School of Pharmacy.
ClinicalKey Featuring topic pages, books, journals, medical and procedural videos, millions of images, content from First Consult, and much more. Account registration required for access to book PDFs, Presentation Maker, and other features.
View more information about the Sept 1 ClinicalKey Security Upgrade and MCW's ClinicalKey subscription, including setting up an account and using images.
AccessPharmacy Comprehensive resource for pharmacy education and practice including books, multimedia, drug database, drug therapy cases, study tools, and more. Subscription sponsored by the School of Pharmacy.
AccessMedicine Access more than 100 medical titles, thousands of images and illustrations, videos, interactive self-assessment, cases, drug information, and time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools.

DailyMed The official provider FDA label information (package inserts), a product of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Tertiary Resources

Drug Information Textbook & Resources

Medicine Textbooks

Monograph Book

Pharmacy Textbooks

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Textbooks

Special Tertiary Resources

Complimentary & Alternative Medicine

International Drugs

Intraveneous Compatibility

Laboratory Data & Information

Mental Health

OTC Products

Pediatric

Pregnancy & Lactation

Side Effects

Toxicology/Poisoning

Drug Information Textbook & Resources

Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists
E-Book: AccessPharmacy
Malone PM, Malone MJ, Park SK. Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists. 6th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2018.

United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary (USP-NF) contains the pharmacopeial standards for drugs, dietary supplements, and excipients, as well as procedures for tests, assays, analytical methods, and more. Also contains annual updates for Chapters 757 (Non-Sterile), 797 (Sterile), and 800 (Hazardous).

Free access to the USP-NF is available to MCW students, faculty, and staff as part of the USP Academic Connection program.

Users will first need to create a personal account using their mcw.edu email. Go here to create your account (leave "subscription key" blank).

After submitting this form, you will receive an email (sent to your MCW email account) from USP to verify and complete the account creating process. Once this is done, you will receive an email confirmation that the new account is created.

USP-NF Online Search Tutorial
Learn how to search for USP-NF documents using the new and enhanced search feature and also by using the new navigation bar.

Medicine Textbooks

Goldman-Cecil Medicine
E-Book: ClinicalKey
Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 26th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twenty-First Edition (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) by Joseph Loscalzo; Anthony S. Fauci; Dennis L. Kasper; Stephen Hauser; Dan Longo; J. Larry Jameson
ISBN: 9781264268504
Publication Date: 2022-03-28
E-Book: AccessMedicine
Jameson JL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Loscalzo J, et al., eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 21st ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2022.
Merck Manual Professional Version
E-Book: STAT!Ref
Porter RS, Kaplan JL, eds. Merck Manual Professional Version. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.; 2016

Monograph Book

AHFS Drug Information 2016
E-Book: STAT!Ref
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. AHFS Drug Information® 2016 58th ed. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2016.

Pharmacy Textbooks

Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
Print: Stacks - QV 704 R388 2013
Remington JP, Allen LV Jr. Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy (2 vols). 22nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Pharmaceutical Press; 2013.
Note: Course director decided to use the 22e rather than the upcoming 23e.

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Textbooks

Applied Therapeutics: the Clinical Use of Drugs
Print: Froedtert Stacks - WB 330 A651 2009
Koda-Kimble MA. Applied Therapeutics: the Clinical Use of Drugs. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
E-Book: AccessPharmacy
Katzung BG, ed. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. 14th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2018.
DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: a Pathophysiologic Approach, 12th Edition by DiPiro JT, Yee GC, Haines ST, Nolin TD, Ellingrod VL, Posey L.
ISBN: 9781264264544
Publication Date: 2023-03-21
E-Book: AccessPharmacy
DiPiro JT. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. 12th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2023.
Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition by Laurence Brunton; Bjorn Knollmann
ISBN: 9781264258079
Publication Date: 2022

Special Resource: Complimentary & Alternative Medicine

Natural Medicines
Database:Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, Somerville, MA: Natural Medicines; 2017.

Special Resource: Drug Identification

Drug I.D.
Database:UpToDate Lexidrug
Drug I.D. UpToDate Lexidrug. UpToDate Inc.

Special Resource: Infectious Diseases

Johns Hopkins ABX Guide (FH/MCW only)
Auwaerter PG, Bartlett JG. eds. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University; 2017. Available from https://www.unboundmedicine.com.

Netter's Infectious Diseases
E-Book: ClinicalKey
Jong EC, Stevens DL, Netter FH. Netter's Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders; 2012.

Special Resource: Intraveneous Compatibility

Trissel's IV Compatibility
Database:UpToDate Lexidrug
UpToDate Lexidrug, Trissel's™ 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database, UpToDate Inc.

The following resource is not owned by MCW Libraries, but you may encounter it during your rotations:

King JC, Catania PN. King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures. [Online] Napa, CA: King Guide Publications, Inc.

Special Resource: Laboratory Data & Information

Basic Skills in Interpreting Laboratory Data
E-Book: Ebook Central
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Lee M, ed.Basic Skills in Interpreting Laboratory Data. 6th ed. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2017.

Special Resource: Mental Health

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5
E-Book: PsychiatryOnline
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5. 5th ed. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association; 2013.
Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology 4e 2013
E-Book: STAT!Ref
Stahl SM. Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Application. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2013.

American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines

Special Resource: OTC Products

Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs
E-Book: APhA Pharmacy Library
Krinsky DL, ed. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care. 20th ed. Washington, DC: American Pharmacists Association; 2018.

Special Resource: Pediatric

Red Book
Provides clinically useful information on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of over 200 childhood infectious diseases.

The Harriet Lane Handbook of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy
E-Book:ClinicalKey
McMillan JA, Lee CKK, Siberry GK, Carroll KC, eds. The Harriet Lane Handbook of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014.
Pediatric Injectable Drugs: The Teddy Bear Book
E-Book: STAT!Ref
Phelps SJ, Hagemann TM, Lee KR, Thompson AJ, eds. Pediatric Injectable Drugs: The Teddy Bear Book. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2018.

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd ed. by Robert M. Kliegman; Joseph St. Geme
ISBN: 9780323883054
Publication Date: 2025

Special Resource: Pregnancy & Lactation

LactMed: Drugs and Lactation Database
The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced. A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency.
ACOG Practice Bulletins
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACOG Committee Opinions
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Special Resource: Side Effects

Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs
E-Book: ClinicalKey
Aronson, J.K, ed. Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs 16th ed. Waltham, MA: Elsevier; 2016.

Special Resource: Toxicology/Poisoning

Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies
E-Book: AccessPharmacy
Nelson LS, Howland MA, Lewin NA, Smith SW, Goldfrank LR, Hoffman RS, eds. Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. 11th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2019.

Poison Control Center
The American Association of Poison Control Center works to support the nation's 55 poison centers in their efforts to prevent and treat poison exposures.
Wisconsin Poison Center
Phone: 1-800-222-1222