Pharmacy Practice: Library Research

You can find books in the UToledo Library Catalog using either keywords for your topic, or using Subject Headings such as those listed below. 

Searching by keyword allows you to find words mentioned in book titles, chapter titles, subjects, and author names.  Keyword searches can be combined to find books on two or more topics using AND or OR.  Searching by Subject Heading is more precise, but searches for broad topics in the book.

Some subject headings you may want to start at include the following.  Some will have cross references to other related topics, and most will have sub-headings for more specific topics, formats, or geographic areas:

• Pharmacy
• Pharmacology
• Drugs (or names of specific drugs or drug categories)
• Pharmaceutical Services
• Pharmacy Management

You may also search by Medical Subject Heading, such as:

• Drugs
• Drug Therapy
• Medication Errors
• etc.

The UToledo Libraries use the Library of Congress Call Number system for organizing many of our books.  You can browse the shelves in our libraries in the following call numbers:

In addition, the Mulford Health Science Library uses National Library of Medicine Call Numbers.  They have an additional section for pharmacology:

If you have a citation and want to find the full text of the article, you have several possibilities.

1. If you are in a research database with a link that says FindIt! @ UToledo, click there to be directed to the most complete options for finding the full text electronically, in print, or ordering through Interlibrary Loan.
2. If you don't see a FindIt! button, you can search the UToledo Online Journals listing by journal title
3. Check the UToledo Library Catalog by Journal Title to see if we have a copy in print in one of our campus libraries.
4. Finally, if you cannot locate a copy on campus, please use the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan service to request a copy of the article.  Articles will be delivered to your ILLiad account as a PDF and you'll be notified by e-mail when it has arrived.

Search the University of Toledo Library catalog for books, journal titles, media, etc. Not for searching by article title.

Search the combined catalog of all OhioLINK member libraries. Books not available here can usually be requested and delivered in 3-5 days. Journals cannot be requested through the catalog.

Search library catalogs elsewhere. Items found may be able to be requested using ILLiad, or use this search to see what non-OhioLINK libraries have your item.

If an article or book is not available at the University of Toledo Libraries, we can try to obtain the item (either an electronic copy or the original book) from another library.  Use these resources to place your request.