U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) recently added a new page on its website dedicated to compounding information including USP standards. USP General Chapter <797> Pharmaceutical Compounding – Sterile Preparations can be downloaded free of charge, at least for now. Contact us if you have questions. Don’t forget Hardin Library’s subject guide on Clinical Pharmacy Resources alsoContinue reading “New Compounding Resources from USP”
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New Google search feature: drug information directly shown on results page
If you have not noticed it yet, type a drug name into Google search box and you will see a quick information box on the right side of your results page. Google announced this new feature on Dec 11, 2001 on Google +. At the bottom of the box, sources are acknowledged and a link forContinue reading “New Google search feature: drug information directly shown on results page”
What is Metadata?
Research has become increasingly data-intensive. Many funding agencies, such as National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) have started to implement policies and guidelines regarding data management and sharing. In such context, metadata is a term that is often used but not always explained or defined. A recent blog post by BonnieContinue reading “What is Metadata?”
figshare: a Free Multidisciplinary Data Repository
figshare is a multidisciplinary repository where researchers can share their research data online under the Creative Commons license. It gives users unlimited public space and 1GB of private storage space for free. All file formats can be published, including figures, datasets, media (including video), papers (including pre-prints), posters and filesets (groups of files). All research data including negativeContinue reading “figshare: a Free Multidisciplinary Data Repository”
JournalTOCs: Keeping current made easier
A good way to keep current with research and practice is to monitor recent publications in keys journals in a field, but it can be time-consuming to visit each journal’s website and browse the Table of Contents (TOCs). JournalTOCs (http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk) is a free one-stop shop for monitoring TOCs from multiple journals. A wide range ofContinue reading “JournalTOCs: Keeping current made easier”