Medication Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope of this guide: find articles, books, and other resources on medications, drug administration, pharmaceutical applications, and supplements.

Call number areas to browse:

Experimental pharmacology QP901-981

Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM

Pharmacy and materia medica RS

Keywords to search: medication, drug, specific name of drug (e.g. aspirin, antibiotics), name of disorder (e.g. pain, viruses), herbs, medicinal plants, pharmacology

Health Databases (use MyTCC ID to login from off-campus)

For information on drug addiction and substance abuse, see the Addiction Subject Guide.

For more information on herbs and supplements, see the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Subject Guide.

For general health information, see the Health Subject Guide.

Selected resources from the Web:

Daily Med current medication information from the National Institutes of Health

Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information from MedlinePlus

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements

Internet Drug Index

MediLexicon is a medical dictionary, index of medical abbreviations, and drug information resource.

People's Pharmacy

RxList Search brand or generic names for drugs to get pharmacological, safety, and more information.

US Adopted Names Council selects the non-brand names for drugs

US Food and Drug Administration manages the Drugs@FDA database of all drugs approved by the FDA.