Specialised Information Service Pharmacy

The Specialised Information Service Pharmacy is a project of the University Library Braunschweig.
The German Research Foundation has been funding the project since 01.01.2015 (within the Specialised Information Services funding programme). Currently, the project is in its second funding phase.

Project aims:

• Improvement of literature supply
• Optimisation of literature search and full text access
• Development of innovative search tools
• Advancement of information infrastructure

The Specialised Information Service Pharmacy has different work areas.

It is a cooperative project between the University Library Braunschweig and the Institute for Information Systems at TU Braunschweig.

Cooperation partners:

• German Research Foundation
• Kompetenzzentrum für Lizenzierung (KfL)
• TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library
• ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences
• GBV Association (VZG)
• Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft e.V.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Pharmazie
• Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, TU Braunschweig
• Avoxa Mediengruppe Deutscher Apotheker

The PubPharm search platform (www.pubpharm.de) is a freely available search engine for pharmaceutical literature.

PubPharm offers ...

PubPharm Help and the summary of our work areas provide further information about PubPharm.

Press

• 2,2 Mio. Euro für den Fachinformationsdienst Pharmazie (TU Braunschweig - press release, 18.12.2017)
• PubPharm: Gezielt pharmazeutisch suchen (Pharmazeutische Zeitung Online, 7.10.2016)
• Pharmazeutische Forschung - Interdisziplinär und facettenreich (Report DPhG Annual Meeting) (Pharmazeutische Zeitung, Issue 41/2016)
• Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig: Maßgeschneiderte Services für die bundesweite Pharmazieforschung (TU Braunschweig - press release, 01/2015)

Publications

• PubPharm (Data sheet in RefHunter - Manual zur Literaturrecherche in Fachdatenbanken, Version 4.0, 2020)

• Die Rechercheplattform PubPharm (GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2019)

• PubPharm – Gemeinsam von der informationswissenschaftlichen Grundlagenforschung zum nachhaltigen Service (ABI Technik, Volume 39, Issue 4, 2019)

• PubPharm - die Rechercheplattform (PZ-Prisma, Issue 2/2019)
• PubPharm - Der Fachinformationsdienst Pharmazie (Pharmakon, Issue 4/2018)
• Fachinformationsdienst Pharmazie: Zwischen Spitzenforschung und verlässlicher Infrastruktur (Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, 2018, Issue 2-3, Year 65)
• PubPharm Rechercheplattform (Pharmakon, Issue 1/2017)
• PubPharm - Der Fachinformationsdienst Pharmazie (o-bib Das offene Bibliotheksjournal Volume 3, Issue 3, 2016)

Further press reports , publications and information on presentations can be found on the PubPharm blog. More detailed information on public relations is presented in the description of the work areas.

Project Management:

• Katrin Stump M.A., Director, Braunschweig University Library
• Prof. Dr. Wolf-Tilo Balke, Institute for Information Systems at TU Braunschweig

University Library Braunschweig:

• Pharmacist Stefan Wulle, project coordination
• Pharmacist Dr. Christina Draheim, subject matter expert and public relations
• Kristof Keßler, information technology and infrastructure
• Dr. Denitsa Eckweiler, information technology and infrastructure
• Dr. Anke Krüger, subject matter expert and public relations (until May 31, 2018)

Institute for Information Systems at TU Braunschweig:

• Janus Wawrzinek
• Hermann Kroll

Contact:

• E-Mail: pubpharm(at)tu-braunschweig.de
• Phone: +49 531 391 5046, or +49 531 391 5003 and 5027

Previous projects:

• Sondersammelgebiet Pharmazie (in German)
• Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Pharmazie - ViFaPharm (in German)