When searching for drug literature, try using Embase. Embase is especially strong in drug indexing, listing chemical names, trade names, generic names, and laboratory/research codes for more than 30,000 drugs and chemicals. When conducting a drug search in Embase, first click on Search in the blue bar at the top of the database, and select Drug from the options.
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Quertle: The Enhanced Life, Chemical and Biomedical Search Engine
Watch a 3 minute video on Quertle, a biomedical database that focuses on finding conceptual relationships not just query terms, in a document. Quertle draws its data from sources including PubMed, Toxline, coporate white papers and grant applications. It contains a database of over 270,000,000 meaningful relationships. Continue reading
Journal of Clinical Oncology Offers Podcasts on High-Profile Publications
As an added value feature, the Journal of Clinical Oncology offers podcasts on some of its high-profile publications. The podcasts present key results of the publications available, in audio format. At the website, the free podcasts can be accessed through iTunes. To date, there are 133 podcasts available going back to 2011.