CE301 Finding Drug Information, or How to Think and Act Like a Pharmacy Librarian

Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $365 (nonmember, $635)
Attendance max: 20

Instructor(s): KTL Vaughan, AHIP, Pharmacy Librarian, Health Sciences Library, and Clinical Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; and Terry Ann Jankowski, AHIP, Head, Information and Education Services, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington–Seattle

Offered: Saturday, May 19, 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

What is drug information (DI)? What makes locating information about medications and drugs different from traditional literature searching? Where do you start? The types of questions and the approaches and resources used to answer them are different for DI from those used for traditional, evidence-based medicine. Librarians who specialize in DI questions often think differently about information to answer these questions. This course will help participants explore the mindset of the pharmacy librarian by working along a continuum from basic concepts to hands-on practice with resources. The overall focus will be on electronic resources, and instructors will provide tips for successful database searching as well as what to do if the information is not available online.