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Pharmacy: Help with searching

A Library subject guide for pharmacy students.

How to use Library Search

Searching Tips

  • Phrasemarks ensure that you only find results where those words are together in that order e.g. “pharmaceutical chemistry”
  • An asterisk will search for any group of letters e.g. pharmac* will find pharmacies, pharmacy, pharmaceutical etc
  • A question mark will search for one letter e.g. organi?ed will find organised and organized

Database help

Write like a scientist

Check out the Write Like a Scientist guide (including videos) on how to plan, research, structure and review your scientific research.  It was created by an Academic Skills Tutor in Applied Sciences. This YouTube navigation guide introduces the resource.

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