This site provides tools and information resources supporting research projects in CHEM-315: Biochemistry of Physiologically Active Compounds, held at the UC College of Applied Science.
Note: If you are accessing library resources from off-campus, you need to log in for Off Campus Access. Most of the resources on the library's Web site are restricted to authorized UC users only.
RefWorks
http://www.refworks.com
RefWorks is a tool for maintaining a personal web-based database of bibliographic citations. You will need to register and create an account in order to use it. You can manually enter citations and add annotations, or import citations from databases. Citations can be formatted in any of the major citation styles.
Reference resources are helpful for selecting research topics, finding brief descriptions, discovering related words and phrases that relate to a topic, and locating citations to related in-depth resources. These include general and subject-specific encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, databooks, etc. Many reference resources are available online, however some are only available for use in the library.
Basic & clinical pharmacology / edited by Bertram G. Katzung (E-book)
http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=16
Concise dictionary of pharmacological agents : properties and synonyms / by Ian K.M. Morton and Judith M. Hall (E-book)
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=1047
Brief resource for cross-referencing names of various pharmacological substances.
Goldfrank's toxicologic emergencies / [edited by] Lewis R. Goldfrank (E-book)
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=957
For the emergency physician, poison information specialist, internist, and pediatrician, the new edition of this classic continues to provide information and guidance for immediate management of poisoning.
** Example - search for cocaine **
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (E-Book)
http://bartleby.com/107/
Classic reference on human anatomy.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary (E-Book)
http://www.stedmans.com
Merck index : an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals (CAS Permanent Reserve RS51 .M4 1996)
Physician's Desk Reference: PDR (CAS Reference RS75 .P5 2000)
PDR for nutritional supplements (CAS Reference RM258.5 .P39 2001)
To browse for reference and circulating books in this research area, check the following call numbers:
| Pharmacology | RM 1+ |
| Pharmaceutical chemistry | RS 400-431 |
| Alternative Medicine | R 733, RM 666+, RS 180 |
| Toxicology | RA 1195+ |
| Nutrition | QP 141, RM 216+, TX 349+ |
When searching a library catalog, a SUBJECT search can provide very focused results.
Relevant subject headings include:
If you don’t find the items you want in UCLID, search OhioLINK, a library network of Ohio college and university catalogs. Use the OhioLINK CENTRAL button to enter the database, search and request materials.
Search Science.gov to locate quality science information provided by U.S. government agencies.
The Lloyd Library, located in downtown Cincinnati, is a very useful resource for research in the areas of pharmacy and medicinal plants. Lloyd Library research materials are searchable in the UC Library Catalog, but can only be used at the library and cannot be sent to other locations.
Selected books available at College of Applied Science Library or online:
Coffee, tea, chocolate, and the brain / edited by Astrid Nehlig (E-book)
http://www.neurosciencenetbase.com/books/1278/tf1650_fm.pdf
Functional foods, ageing and degenerative disease / edited by C. Remacle and B. Reusens (E-book)
http://www.foodnetbase.com/ejournals/books/book_km.asp?id=2424
Health effects of tea and its catechins / Yukiaki Kuroda and Yukihiko Hara
(CAS Stacks RM251 .K8713 2004)
Nutraceuticals in health and disease prevention / edited by Klaus Krämer, Peter-Paul Hoppe, Lester Packer (E-book)
http://www.foodnetbase.com/books/1522/dk1745_fm.pdf
Understanding medicinal plants : their chemistry and therapeutic action / Bryan Hanson
(CAS Stacks RS164 .H276 2005)
Vegetables, fruits, and herbs in health promotion / edited by Ronald R. Watson (E-book)
http://www.foodnetbase.com/books/1066/0038_fm.pdf
Alt-HealthWatch
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=awh
Provides the full text of articles from more than 170 periodicals, plus hundreds of reports, booklets, and other publications
BIOSIS / Biological Abstracts
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/bioa
Abstracts and citations for worldwide biological and medical literature. Biological Abstracts contains references to journal items focusing on vital biological and medical research findings, pharmacological studies, and discoveries of new organisms.
Clinical pharmacology
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=czh
Provides drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, over-the-counter products, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, and new and investigational drugs. Monographs include clinical reports, prescription requirements, contraindications, costs and other data relating to pharmaceutical preparations.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucinc_main?db=HWRC
Provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information. Provides browsable access to Gale encyclopedia of medicine, Medical & health information directory, Mosby's medical, nursing & allied health dictionary, the USPDI, vol. 2: advice for the patient, and other resources
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
http://search.epnet.com (Choose EBSCOHost Web from list provided)
Citations, with abstracts, to the worldwide literature on the development and use of drugs, or the clinical, practical, theoretical, scientific, economic,and ethical aspects of professional pharmaceutical practice
PsycInfo
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/psyc (1967-present)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/psy0 (1887-1966)
For psychology, psychiatry, and other mental health-related topics. Covers such topics as alternative healing through human nutrition, nutrition and mental health, and herbs and nutrients in the treatment of disorders such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, migraine, and obesity.
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
The National Library of Medicine’s search service that provides access to over twelve million citations in MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, and other related databases. This enhanced version has links to full-text journals. Searches all years at once and is available everywhere. Coverage: 1950s–present.
Scifinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
Database for locating articles from scientific literature and patents, and for searching structures, reactions, and chemical supplers. Chemistry coverage includes: analytical, organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. Covers literature from 1800s - Present.
TOXLINE
http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=jy14&access=jy14014&db=toxline-set-c
Covers the pharmacological, biochemical, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals.
TOXNET
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
CRCnetbase
http://www.crcnetbase.com
Searchable database of full-text electronic books in all areas of science and technology. A handy multi-search is available across all subscribed book sets. CRCNetBase covers many research areas, including the following:
Knovel
http://www.knovel.com
Provides full-text leading science and engineering books, conferences, and databases embedded with productivity tools in one online service. Knovel provides the ability to interact with the data through deep searching.
Once you have a citation for an article (title and author of the article, volume and year of the journal, and journal title), following these steps to locate the electronic or print article at UC, or to place an order through interlibrary loan.
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