LibGuides: Clinical Research: Reference Tools

The following Seneca Libraries' tools provide helpful reference information on a variety of topics. Click on the button beside each tool to view a description of what it offers.

Chemical & Physical Properties

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window (Taylor and Francis / CRC Press) Provides access to the most frequently used data in science, including the periodic table of the elements, basic constants and units, and geophysical data.
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Merck Index This link opens in a new window (Royal Society of Chemistry) Provides information on chemical substances including basic elements, compounds, reactions, human and veterinary drugs, biologicals, and natural products.
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Drug Properties

British Pharmacopoeia Online This link opens in a new window (The Stationery Office (TSO)) Online access to the print version of British Pharmacopoeia, standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. - Starting January 2025, users must separately register with the vendor to access this database. Please click the link above for registration and login instructions. - Our subscription is for up to 5 simultaneous users only. Please click "Logout" when you are finished.
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USP-NF Online This link opens in a new window (United States Pharmacopeial Convention) Provides the latest U.S. FDA standards of identity, strength, quality, and purity for prescription and non-prescription drug ingredients and dosage forms, dietary supplements, medical devices and other healthcare products. - Users must create a separate USP Access Point profile to use this service, using a Seneca Polytechnic email address to set up the account. To do so, click the link above and follow the instructions provided.
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How to Set Up Your USP-NF Account Step-by-step instructions for setting up your own account in the USP-NF

Laboratory Safety

CCOHS Academic Support Program This link opens in a new window (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) Portal for occupational health and safety information. Includes SDS (Safety Data Sheets) as well as access to CHEMINFO, RTECS, and regulations and standards. - Please note that CHEMpendium, the MSDS Management Service (CANMANAGE), and Canadian EnviroOSH Legislation are not part of our subscription.
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OHSInsider This link opens in a new window (Bongarde Media) Canadian occupational health and safety resources including policies, legislation, best practices, topic/issue discussion, advice, and news, at both the federal and provincial/territorial level.
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Standards

CCOHS Academic Support Program This link opens in a new window (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) Portal for occupational health and safety information. Includes SDS (Safety Data Sheets) as well as access to CHEMINFO, RTECS, and regulations and standards. - Please note that CHEMpendium, the MSDS Management Service (CANMANAGE), and Canadian EnviroOSH Legislation are not part of our subscription.
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CSA OnDemand This link opens in a new window (Canadian Standards Association) Access to all Canadian Standards Association standards and codes across a number of industries, including CSA-adopted ISO documents and ICS Codes. - Click "My Library" to see the content to which we have access. - In this academic licence, printing of documents is not allowed, and "Download PDF" access is only available on-campus on the SenecaNET network, opening the file in Adobe Reader, and only for some of the documents (i.e., many major codes are excluded).
Self-registering for your own CSA account is optional, necessary only if you want to add notes or highlights within documents, choose a preferred language, copy-and-paste content, etc. However printing is still not available.
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IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) This link opens in a new window (IEEE/IET) Provides access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Included are over 220 journals, magazines, and transactions from the two organizations, proceedings from over 1,800 IEEE annual conferences, and 4400 IEEE standards in key technology fields.
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Techstreet Enterprise This link opens in a new window (Techstreet) A collection of engineering standards from well-known testing and regulatory bodies such as ASHRAE, CSA, and ICC. - Downloads from this database require you to have separate FileOpen software on your computer. Otherwise, you must click their "View Online" option.
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USPRSC - USP Reference Standards Listings & Catalog (best viewed using Internet Explorer)

Sustainability

Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies (Elsevier) This revised encyclopedia investigates sustainability initiatives across a range of industries, providing insight into future opportunities for technological development. Each chapter examines in depth a technological solution to support a specific human need, evaluates it relative to its impacts on the environment and human health, and considers the social justice issues underlying its development.

Terminology

MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities) This link opens in a new window (International Conference for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)) A standardized medical terminology hierarchy, maintained by the ICH, to allow for the sharing of pharmaceutical and medical regulatory information internationally/cross-jurisdictionally. Accessible in many languages.