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This page contains a selected list of additional resources you may be interested in.
- Resources for chemistry, some subscription, some free.
- Research tools
- Publications by specific organizations.
- Policies, drug approvals, laws and litigation related to the pharmaceutical industry
Chemistry
- PubChem (NCBI) This link opens in a new windowA free web resource of chemical information. This version contains links to Northeastern-subscribed journals which require a login.
- SciFinder-n (CAS) This link opens in a new windowSciFinder-n provides access to the worlds most comprehensive and reliable collection of scientific research information, including millions of records and up-to-date patent and chemical information curated and aggregated by a global network of expert scientists. Links to patents and Northeastern-subscribed materials.
- American Chemical Society Publications This link opens in a new windowSelect scholarly, peer-reviewed journals and professional news from the American Chemical Society.
Research Tools
- Pivot (Formerly COS Funding Opportunities) This link opens in a new windowCombines a comprehensive, editorially maintained database of grants and other funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion, along with a database of 3 million pre-populated scholar profiles.
- Science Citation Index Expanded This link opens in a new windowCitation and abstract information including original research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies from over 7,000 journals. Citing works, impact factors.
FDA Website
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Product approvals, recalls and general safety alerts; FDA publications online in full-text; links to "hot topics," and how to Report a Problem with a Product Regulated by FDA. To learn about the FDA: FDA Almanac describes the FDA's mission, organization, budget, major laws enforced by the FDA, milestones in food and drug law history, congressional committees.
Subscribe to various options for content to keep up to date with approvals,
- FDA Newsroom
- Review Drug Shortages
Policy
- Policy Commons This link opens in a new windowReports, working papers, policy briefs, data sources, and media drawn from a directory of more than 21,000 IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, and research centers.
Web Resources
- ASHPPolicy Positions and Guidelines
- Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System (PDAPS)PDAPS was created with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to track key state laws related to prescription drug abuse. Click on any topic area to reach an interactive page where you can investigate the history and features of the law, or download data and other documentation for research.
Legal, protocols
- Springer Experiments This link opens in a new windowA database of over 75,000 protocols from Springer Protocols, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, and Nature Reviews Primer.
- Cold Spring Harbor Protocols [journal]...over 25,000 step-by-step techniques, procedures, and practical overviews that provide researchers with reliable, efficient methods to ensure reproducible results and pave the way for critical scientific discovery.
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new windowSearch federal and state court cases, statutes and codes as well as European Union laws and regulations. Secondary sources include the American Law Reports and the American Jurisprudence encyclopedia, law reviews, journals, and newspapers.
- Tutorials: Find cases and articles in Westlaw (video) or see a PDF version
- National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)Find United States - Individual State Boards
Highlighted Journals/publications
- Clin-AlertCLIN-ALERT’s primary focus is drug-drug interactions, but it also explores food-drug interactions, medication errors and dietary supplements.
-also features First Report—notice of the first documented report of an adverse clinical event.
Sage Journals