Evaluating drug databases: The librarian’s perspective

Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 31-51

  Li, Jie ^a   Sayed, Ellen N ^a   Robertson, Justin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacology(tm); Drug databases; Drug information; Drug information evaluation; Drug information services; Efacts online; Epocrates Rx online(tm)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947544773     PISSN: 15424065     EISSN: 15424073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J383v02n04_03     Document Type: Article

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