Dictionaries and encyclopedias for pharmacy
Use encyclopedias:
- for summaries
- for lists of further reading
- when starting a project
Some useful titles are listed below. Find more on the catalogue by searching for "pharmacy encyclopedias".
There are two key online resources which give access to hundreds of dictionaries and encyclopedias:
Useful reference works for pharmacy: selected titles
MedicinesComplete gives online access to a number of the titles listed below.
Dictionary of organic compounds
2nd Floor Reference--547.03-DIC
Encyclopedia of the life sciences
2nd Floor Reference--574.03-ENC
Encyclopedia of microbiology
2nd Floor Reference--576.03-ENC
Black’s medical dictionary
2nd Floor Reference--610.3-BLA
Encyclopedia of human biology
2nd Floor Reference--612.03-ENC
Dictionary of immunology
2nd Floor Reference--612.118203-DIC
Oxford textbook of public health
2nd Floor Reference--614-OXF
Encyclopedia of clinical pharmacy
2nd Floor Reference--615.03-ENC
British National Formulary
2nd Floor Reference--615.1-BNF
Also available online as part of MedicinesComplete
Merck index
2nd Floor Reference--615.1-MER
Also available online as part of MedicinesComplete
Dictionary of pharmacology
2nd Floor Reference--615.103-BOW
British Pharmacopoeia
2nd Floor Reference--615.1142-BRI
Also available online
Martindale: the complete drug reference
2nd Floor Reference--615.11-MAR
Also available online as part of MedicinesComplete
Clarke’s analysis of drugs and poisons
2nd Floor Reference--615.1901-CLA
Also available online as part of MedicinesComplete
Trease and Evans’ pharmacognosy
2nd Floor Reference--615.32-EVA
Stockley’s drug interactions
2nd Floor Reference--615.7045-STO
Also available online as part of MedicinesComplete