Tips for Literature search in the Pharmacy

Databases and search engines for literature search in the Pharmacy

Database/Search engine What is it? Owner Availability Special features
PubPharm pharmaceutical literature database Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig free developed by the Specialised Information Service Pharmacy
PubMed biomedical literature database US National Library of Medicine free extensive database covering medicine, biology, pharmacy, chemistry and related disciplines
SciFinder chemical literature database Chemical Abstracts Service licensed extensive search functions: structure search, chemical reactions
Google Scholar scientific search engine Google Inc. free
Scopus interdisciplinary literature database Elsevier B.V licensed
Web of Science interdisciplinary literature database Clarivate Analytics licensed

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