Retrieve the information of a drug and its adverse effects using online tools
BP210P Computer Applications in Pharmacy Practical
Aim:
Retrieve the information of a drug and its adverse effects using online tools.
In this experiment, we will learn
- To investigate information retrieval tools that students use to find scholarly information.
- To compare the tools in terms of access, search techniques and search facilities
IR tool can be in any form of a printed or electronic catalogue, index, and bibliographic records or application that facilitates information retrieval. As there are various IR tools available such as online public access catalogues (OPAC), Internet search engines, subject directories, online databases and digital libraries.
OPAC
OPAC is a computerized catalogue containing bibliographic records of items in a library. The student usually used OPAC to find books from the library online before they go to the library to borrow them.
Steps to use OPAC:
- In Google type OPAC and enter.
- Open National science library.
- On the right side, you can see links for e-journals, and e-books, and select the search option.
- Enter the word drug and adverse reaction separately.
- The information related to journal articles and book information will be displayed.
- The library is open from Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.30 pm.
Internet Search Engine
They usually used Internet search engines to find sources of information or to obtain the information itself. The information in search engines may consist of a web page, images and other types of files. The search engine uses a web crawler to retrieve information from millions of web pages on the web and then stores the information in the search engine index. Examples of internet search engines are Alta Vista, AOL Search and Google.
Steps to use Search Engine
1) Open any search engine
2) Type the word ‘drug information’ and enter
The web pages related to drugs will display Examples: https://www.drugs.com, https://www.fda.gov/Drugs
3) You can get information on the required drug and its adverse reaction
Subject Directories
Students also used subject directories like Yahoo and Wikipedia to locate information. Subject directories are created manually by assigning the submitted sites to a suitable subject category by the directory developers.
Steps to use Subject directories
1) Open any subject directories like Yahoo.com or Wikipedia
2) Type the words ‘drug information, and adverse reaction’ to enter
3) The web pages related to drugs will display.
4) You can get information on the required drug and its adverse reaction.
An online database and Digital library
Despite Internet search engine popularity, students usually turn to online databases and digital libraries to find scholarly and trustworthy information. Examples of online databases are Elsevier, IEEE and ACM
A Digital library is a managed collection of information associated with services, where the information is stored in digital formats and accessible over a network. It provides a high-quality resource that has been filtered by library professionals and subject experts and added manually.
Steps to use an online database and Digital library
- In Google type Elsevier and enter
- Open the webpage
- On the left side, you can see links for e-journals, and e-books, and select the search option
- Enter word drug and adverse reaction separately
- The information related to journal articles and book information will be displayed.
- Unlike OPAC the site is availing information 24X7.
Result:
Thus we studied how to retrieve information about a drug and its adverse effects using online tools.
BP210P Computer Applications in Pharmacy Practical
- Design a questionnaire using a word processing package to gather information about a particular disease.
- Create an HTML web page to show personal information.
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- Creating mailing labels Using Label Wizard, generating labels in MS WORD
- Create a database in MS Access to store the patient information with the required fields Using access
- Design a form in MS Access to view, add, delete and modify the patient record in the database
- Generating report and printing the report from the patient database
- Creating invoice table using MS Access
- Drug information storage and retrieval using MS Access
- Creating and working with queries in MS Access
- Exporting Tables, Queries, Forms and Reports to web pages
- Exporting Tables, Queries, Forms and Reports to XML pages
First Year B Pharm Notes, Syllabus, Books, PDF Subjectwise/Topicwise
First Year B Pharm Notes, Syllabus, Books, PDF Subjectwise/Topicwise
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