Collection Development Policies:
Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Purpose:
To support teaching and research through the doctoral level in pharmacology/ toxicology
and the professional PharmD degree, with special emphasis on the areas of pharmacology,
cancer and cancer prevention, toxicology, medicinal/ pharmaceutical chemistry, and
pharmacy practice (including pharmacy administration and jurisprudence). The departments
included are the College of Pharmacy's Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
departments and the College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy,
Physiology, and Pharmacology department. It is also of use and interest to students, instructors,
and researchers from other academic departments and research centers, among those Basic
Medical Sciences (WWAMI), Veterinary Medicine, Psychology, Food Sciences and Human Nutrition,
pre-Nursing; the School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of Biological Chemistry; and the
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, the Cancer Prevention Research Center,
the Center for Reproductive Biology, and the Drug Information Center. Local health professionals
may also use this material.
General Collection Guidelines:
- Languages:
The primary language of the collection is English. Foreign language materials are purchased infrequently.
- Chronological Guidelines:
Current research and developments are the collection's focus. Materials treating historical aspects are
purchased on a very selective basis.
- Geographical Guidelines:
Emphasis is on North America and Europe. Materials treating other areas may be acquired selectively.
- Treatment of the Subject:
Popular treatments and introductory texts are not purchased. Advanced level texts are acquired
selectively as are materials treating political and historical aspects.
- Types of Material:
The collection consists of books and journals, standard and specialized reference works, and
some government documents and technical reports. Audiovisual materials are purchased
infrequently. Materials, especially journals, are acquired in electronic format when coverage
is complete and access is stable and archival. Gifts and donations are accepted and encouraged.
- Date of Publication:
Generally only materials published within the past 3 years are purchased, although exceptions may be
made for significant older works.
- Other General Considerations:
Related subjects are treated within
Chemistry,
Biological Sciences,
Engineering: Biological Systems ,
Food Science and Human Nutrition,
Pre-Nursing,
Psychology,
Speech and Hearing Science, and
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Observations and Qualifications by Subject with
Collection Level:
Pharmacology:
C(1) / B
Includes pharmocological therapeutics: dosage, prescription, drug administration,
vitamin and supplement therapy, chemotherapy, endocrinology, drug monitoring,
therapeutic procedures; drugs and their actions; mechanisms of action, pharmacodynamics,
pharmacokinetics, bioavailability; drug receptors, enzymes,
and metabolism; biotechnology; experimental pharmacology; historical perspectives.
Pharmacy Practice/Drug Information:
C(1) / B
Includes pharmacy specialty areas (community hospital, geriatric, pediatric,
internal medicine, psychiatric pharmacy); professional/continuing and
patient/consumer education; professional, government, and other sources of
information; aspects of the practice setting; health services facilities, institutions,
and organizations; and selected aspects of psychology, medical nutrition,
economics, and sociology.
Pharmacy administration and jurisprudence:
C(2)
Includes legal and regulatory aspects of pharmacy research and practice at
various government levels; professional ethics; aspects of management,
budgeting and finance; personnel; statistical/quantitative methods and computer applications.
History of Pharmacy and Pharmacology:
D
Includes historical aspects of the profession of pharmacy, including drug
research and development, and of outside factors affecting the profession and industry.
Pharmaceutics:
C(1) / B
Includes prescription compounding; drug absorption, dissolution and elimination;
drug receptors; drug allergies; drug monitoring; therapeutic procedures; biotechnology;
pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics.
Medicinal Chemistry:
C(2)
Includes pharmaceutical preparations; prescription compounding; chemical
aspects of drug action or drug agents; biotechnology.
Pharmacognosy:
C(2) / B
Includes classification and chemistry of plant and other naturally-derived drugs;
phytochemistry; biotechnology; microscopy, selected aspects of alternative
systems of medicine (holistic, naturopathic, traditional Chinese medicine),
traditional/folk medicines, and ethnopharmacology.
Immunology:
C(2) / B
Mechanisms of immune response, therapeutic applications, nutritional
modulation, and interactions with alcohol, exercise, dioxins, and other immune modulators.
Toxicology:
C(1) / B
Includes toxicity and toxicologic aspects of drugs, natural products, and
xenobiotics; teratogenesis; mutagenesis; carcinogenesis; biotechnology; toxic
effects on organ systems; mechanisms of toxicity; distribution and metabolism;
methods of risk assessment.
Exceptions:
Environmental Toxicology:
See:
Environmental Science and Regional Planning
Hazardous wastes:
See:
Biochemistry/Biophysics and/or
Engineering: Chemical
Psychopharmacology:
C(2) / C(1)
Includes pharmacology of psychoactive drugs with an emphasis on biochemical/neurophysiological aspects.
Basic Pre-clinical sciences:
C(1)
Includes aspects of biology, chemistry, biotechnology, and the physical sciences.
See also:
Medicine
Physiology:
C(2) / C(1)
Mammalian; especially caridovascular, endocrine, cellular, neural, and pulmonary.
Effects of immunity and exercise on physiology.
Neurosciences:
C(1) / B
Mammalian; includes structure and function of nervous tissue, cellular, neural,
and endocrine control systems in physiology, neurochemistry, neurotoxicology;
theory and techniques.
Oncology/Cancer:
C(2) / C(1)
Treatment/therapies, prevention, carcinogenesis, biology, immunology,
pathology, metastasis, mechanisms, nutrition, biotechnology. Special emphasis
on pharmacologic or gene therapies for melanomas and reproductive cancers.
Sarah McCord
Spring 2004