Drug and Disease Information: Get going

Drug and Disease Information is a guide for Pharmacy students who want to search for information on e.g. medications and diseases.

This guide is intended as a starting point for literature searches in the pharmaceutical sciences.

If you have questions, please feel free to email the Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences librarian at M.J.A.Leenders@uu.nl.

• A literature search is most successful if you follow a systematic plan.
• Drug Information Resources provides resources that may be useful for specific categories of drug or disease information.
• Use Search Engines > Science > Pharmacy to find appropiate information sources.

If you know where to begin, you’re more likely to finish quickly instead of wasting time.

• Effective information literacy skills are key to achieve success in research.
• Effective use of chemical/pharmaceutical information helps save valuable time and achieve the most effective work
• Creating new information and ultimately new knowledge based on a solid foundation of existing information.