Monday, June 11, 2018

RCSI Library Guide: New Medicines Complete Platform

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One of our biggest Pharmacy resources Medicines Complete has recently migrated to a newer, more user friendly platform www.new.medicinescomplete.com

Medicines Complete provides access to the full-text content of 17 key pharmacy and pharmacology eBooks (review the full Title List at the end of this blog post).

The company has introduced new design of the platform as well as enhanced the platform with new features, such as:

Improved Search
Dosage Card
MC Calculators
Stockley’s Interaction Checker



Improved Search

The new search function allows users to search via all publications at once, as well as search within specific publication.

Quick Search feature is also enabling users to fast-track to specific content within an individual publication.
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Dosage Card

The new Dosage Card feature helps to quickly and reliably answer dosage queries.

As soon as you’ve searched for a drug term, the Dosage Card presents a snapshot of the content available in the BNF, BNF for Children and Martindale.

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MC Calculators

The new platform is also equipped with new Medicines Complete calculators, which allows users to easily calculate ARC, BMI, Body surface area and other in one place.

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Stockley’s Interaction Checker

Stockley’s Interaction Checker is also a new feature of the platform which allows researchers and students easily search drug interactions.

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Feedback

Each page is now equipped with a feedback button and your input is highly appreciated.

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Need support or got questions? 
Check out New Medicines Complete help page.




Title List

RCSI Library Subscribes to the Full-Text content of the following titles on the Medicines Complete Platform:

AHFS Drug Information
British National Formulary
British National Formulary for Children
Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons
Dietary Supplements
Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes
Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation
Handbook on Injectable Drugs
Herbal Medicines
Injectable Drugs Guide
Kucers' the Use of Antibiotics
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Pediatric Injectable Drugs
Pharmaceutical Excipients
Rules & Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Distributors
Stockley's Drug Interactions
Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions



If you require any more information about these or other resources feel free to contact Content & Metadata Management Librarian Eliska Komarkova at 01 4022405 or eliskakomarkova@rcsi.ie