Library: Pharmacy and Pharmacology: Search the literature

Pharmacy and pharmacology databases

These library databases act as indexes to many thousands of journals. Some include other types of information such as books, patents and conference papers.

Embase
Index to biomedical literature. Similar to PubMed but better indexed for drug names, drug classes and medical devices.

Embase Library Guide

PubMed
FREE Index to biomedical literature from US National Library of Medicine.

PubMed online training from NIH

Cochrane Library
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, including systematic reviews.
Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry
Provides 'normalized substance–target affinity data and comprehensive pharmacokinetic, efficacy, toxicity, safety and metabolic profiles.'

Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry quick start guide

SciFinder
The largest index to chemistry and related literature. Search by topic, author, compound name, molecular formula or structure.

IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology
A searchable database of drug targets and the prescription medicines and experimental drugs that act on them.
ChEMBL
ChEMBL is a database of bioactive drug-like small molecules. It gives bioactivities abstracted from the literature and calculated properties. Search for compounds, targets or assays.
DrugBank
Free database of information on drugs and drug targets.
ACD/I-Lab
Experimental and predicted NMR spectra and chemical properties.

General subject databases

Scopus
Index to journals and conference papers across all subject areas.

Scopus Support Center

Web of Science: all databases
Search across all databases on the Web of Science platform.

The University of Bath Library gives you access to these databases on the Web of Science platform:
Web of Science Core Collection
Biosis Citation Index
Data Citation Index
Derwent Innovations Index
KCI - Korean Journal Database
Medline
Russian Science Citation Index
SciELO Citation Index
Zoological Record.

Web of Science: all databases support

Web of Science Core Collection
Index to selected journals, conference papers and book series across all subject areas.

Web of Science Core Collection consists of the following databases:

Science Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Conference Proceedings Citation Index
Book Citation Index
Emerging Sources Citation Index
Current Chemical Reactions
Index Chemicus

Web of Science Core Collection support

Find clinical trials

ClinicalTrials.gov
U.S. clinical trials - you can refine results by specific stages in the trial process.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
Provided by WHO (World Health Organization).
ISRCTN Registry
Extensive details of proposed, ongoing and completed clinical trials - registry recognised by WHO & ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors).
The National Research Registry
Pre-2008 NHS clinical research studies supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) in England.
UK Clinical Trials Gateway
NHS clinical research studies supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) in England.

Find health statistics

NHS Digital

Office for National Statistics
UK's economy, population and society at national/local level: summaries of key areas plus downloadable statistics into spreadsheets
Office of Health Economics: health statistics and data analysis
Demographic/mortality/morbidity statistics across Europe and OECD countries, and NHS statistics (expenditure, health services, hospitals, workforce)

UK Health Forum

WHO (World Health Organization): statistics
Health statistics

Research methods

SAGE Research Methods
E-books, articles, videos and case studies about research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed: including data analysis, interviews, focus groups, literature reviews and systematic reviews)
SpringerNature Experiments
Database of laboratory protocols in the biomedical and life sciences.

Can't find the full text?

Inter-library Loans Service
If you find references to books, journals, articles or other materials we either do not stock in print or subscribe to online, you can request these via our Inter-library Loans Service. Each request costs the Library about £10 so please only order essential items. If you haven't used the service before you will need to register.

How to do a literature search

Library Guide to 'How to do a Literature Search'