LibGuides: Pharmacy Technician: Reference Sources

Drug Reference Sources - Required

Authorized and required references for community pharmacies in British Columbia:

CPS (formerly RxTx)
This online version of the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) provides authoritative prescription and OTC drug information.
Compendium of Therapeutic Choices (in CPS online)
Call Number: RM 121.5 .C36 2017 (Kelowna Reference)
Published by Canadian Pharmacists Association
Category: Therapeutics
Required Version: Within the last 4 years
Compendium of products for minor ailments (in CPS online)
Call Number: RM 671.5 .C3 C352 2016 (Kelowna Reference)
Published by the Canadian Pharmacists Association
Category: Nonprescription Medication
Required Version: Current
Compendium of therapeutics for minor ailments (in CPS online)
Call Number: RM 671.5 .C2 C352 2016 (Kelowna Reference)
Published by the Canadian Pharmacists Association
Category: Nonprescription Medication
Required Version: Current
Martindale : The Complete Drug Reference
Call Number: RS 139 .M37 (Kelowna Reference)
Category: Dispensatory.
Required Version: Within the last 9 years

Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy - 23rd Edition (Online)
Publication Date: 2020
The PCP's Bicentennial Edition Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, Twenty Third Edition, offers a trusted, completely updated source of information for education, training, and development of pharmacists.
Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th Edition
Call Number: RM 300 .G644 2018 (Kelowna Reference)
The Pharmacy Technician's Pocket Drug Reference by Theresa Echaíz, Joyce A. Generali
Call Number: RS 122.95 .G464 2019eb
Publication Date: 2019

Concise Medical Dictionary by Jonathan Law (Editor); Elizabeth Martin (Editor)
ISBN: 9780198836612
Publication Date: 2020
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Call Number: R 121 .T18 2017 (Online)
Online version unlimited users
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions
Call Number: Online
(10th ed.) 2017. EBSCO copy has 3 user limit. Access through eBook Central for additional 4 user copies: click here.

Professional Guide to Diseases (e-book) Get ready to provide efficient, informed patient care, with the newly updated Professional Guide to Diseases, 11th Edition. This comprehensive guide offers the causes, signs and symptoms for more than 600 disorders, with expert nursing direction on tests, assessments, diagnosis, treatments, and special considerations. Whether you are a student preparing for board certification or are a new or experienced nurse, this is vital support for understanding correct treatment of the common conditions seen almost daily.
Call Number: Online
The Merck Manual Professional Version
Authoritative information on the mechanism and cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of over 2000 diseases and disorders. Free on the web.