Pharmacy: Books
E-Reference Books
Try one of our online reference books - a great starting point for your research, or check Library Search for ebooks on your search terms.
Many ebooks for Pharmacy are available from Access Pharmacy and ClinicalKey.
- NCBI BookshelfFreely available collection of thousands of electronic books, reports, databases, and other scholarly literature in biology, medicine, healthcare and the life sciences.
Pharmaceutical Care Practice: the Patient-Centered Approach to Medication Management, 3e by Call Number: Ebook and Health Sciences Library Books QV 21 CK13 2012
A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding by Publication Date: 2018Ebook; also at Health Sciences Library Books QV 778 TK87 2018
Microbiology and infection control for health professionals, 6eEbook and Health Sciences Library Reserve QW 700 LL21 2016
Community Pharmacy: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment, 6th ed. by Ebook (via Clinical Key) 2024; print copy on order March 2025
Rang & Dale's Pharmacology, 9e by 2020 Ebook; also at Health Sciences Library Reserve and Books QV 4 .R196 2020- Martindale: the complete drug referenceSearch via Micromedex>Tox & Drug Product Lookup>Martindale Global Drug
- British Pharmacopoeia2018 Vol 1-5 at Health Sciences Library Books QV 738 B862;1864-2017 volumes in Storage
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e by 2022 Ebook via Access Pharmacy
Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, 12e by Publication Date: 2021
Stockley's Drug Interactions, 12e by Publication Date: 2019Health Sciences Library Books QV 38 S865 2019
The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, 13e by Publication Date: 2018Ebook; 2021 14th ed. at Health Sciences Library QV 738 TD72 2021- Healthcare HandbookAccess this online handbook via this Pharmacy Today link - no download available.
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Use the Interloan Service. We'll find another library that has it and try to borrow it for you - just fill out the Interloan Service request form.
A book held in another NZ library may take at least a week to arrive, so plan ahead.
ULANZ - Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement
University Libraries of Australia and New Zealand (ULANZ) is a borrowing scheme that allows staff and students of Australian and New Zealand universities* to borrow in person from any other participating university library.
ULANZ allows borrowing in person by registered users - take your Otago ID Card.
*EXCEPT for The University of Auckland.
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New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule
The New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule (the "Schedule") is a list of the approximately 2000 prescription medicines and therapeutic products subsidised by the Government. The Schedule is published three times a year and updated monthly.