Evaluating Drug Databases: The Librarian's Perspective

With the proliferation of electronic information products, contemporary biomedical libraries must carefully evaluate and choose among the many available databases, including a variety of drug information resources. This article evaluates three standalone drug databases: eFacts Online, Epocrates Rx O...

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Published in:Journal of electronic resources in medical libraries 2005-12, Vol.2 (4), p.31-51
Main Authors: Li, Jie, Sayed, Ellen N., Robertson, Justin C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology(tm)
Comparative studies
Drug databases
drug information
drug information evaluation
drug information services
eFacts Online
Epocrates Rx Online
Epocrates Rx Online(tm)
Exact sciences and technology
Full text databases
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Nonbibliographic databases. Databanks
Online databases
Online information retrieval
Pharmaceutics
Sciences and techniques of general use
Secondary and tertiary information and documents
Specialized information sources
Specialized information sources (paper or electronic format)
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Summary:With the proliferation of electronic information products, contemporary biomedical libraries must carefully evaluate and choose among the many available databases, including a variety of drug information resources. This article evaluates three standalone drug databases: eFacts Online, Epocrates Rx Online(tm), and Clinical Pharmacology(tm). Within this article the authors compare and outline the relative strengths and weaknesses of these three drug resources, taking into account a list of specific criteria.
ISSN:1542-4065
1542-4073
DOI:10.1300/J383v02n04_03