Using library & law resources Pharm 543 Autumn 2008 Tom Hazlet Outline USC CFR FR RCW WAC SR Federal stuff GPO Access USC, CFR, FR FDA, DEA, CPSC WA stuff Trip through the CD-ROM BOP website WA Legislative website RCW, WAC, SR UW stuff Lexis-Nexis, other law databases Current Contents & friends NAPBLaw Online 1 2 codified how a bill becomes a law... law (statute) authorizes agencies to promulgate regulations (rules)... codified 3 codified 2 Federal United States Code Title 5 Government Organization & Employees [Administrative i ti Procedures] Title 21 Food & Drugs [& DEA] Title 42 Public Health & Welfare Code of Federal Regulations Title 16 Commercial Practices [CPSC] Title 21 Food and Drugs [FDA, DEA] Title 42 Public Health [HHS, CMS] Title 45 Public Welfare [Human Subjects, welfare, other] 4
codified 3 Pharmacy Lawbook 2007 (CD-ROM) RCW Revised Code of Washington NOTE: Missing CD? Title 34 Administrative Law Title 18 Businesses and Professions Contact Manet Wade Title 69 Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, And Poisons 360.236.4838 Title 70 Public Health And Safety Manet.wade@doh.wa.gov WAC Washington Administrative Code Title 245 - Health Services Commission about a replacement. Or download from class web site Title 246 - Health, Department of Title 247 - Health Care Facilities Authority Title 248 - Health, Board and Division of (Social and Health Services, Department of) 5 Organization Table of Contents (W) Subject Index (E) Folders CFRs RCWs WACs Miscellaneous Important Parts RCW 18, 69, 70 WAC 246 21CFR1301, 1306 Miscellaneous RCW / WAC for other practitioners licensed health care entities Consider the relationship between citation and body of law 7 BOP Website www.doh.wa.gov/pharmacy wa [works] Noteworthy Forms & Applications Provider Credential Search Laws hotlink to Legislature / Search Compile the complete chapter as a single file trick; use CTRL-f to search Links (most other state Boards) 8 9
word WA Legislature Site www.leg.wa.gov wa gov search (upper right hand corner) read the instructions when first opening; they go away truncation/multiple word forms * and word1- word2 Boolean operators (and, not, or) character string enclosed in quotes note thing with WAC have to use \ to include the hyphen Remember to check all the boxes you want State Register RCW & Supplement WAC word 10 Federal Stuff Government Printing Office www.gpoaccess.gov g USC CFR FR Suggest browse, search features CFR browse scroll to Title 21 select recent year (updates in April) select part, subpart Note standard format scope definitions PDF can be slow Also available from Lexis-Nexis 12 13
Federal Register browse & scroll date page docket number search (terminology) types proposed rule final rule notice structured format Summary Supplementary Information Notices New or revised regulation if a rule making preamble pea be if afinal rule ue Federal Agencies Food & Drug Administration www.fda.gov Drug Enforcement Administration www.usdoj.gov/dea Pharmacist Manual www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/manuals/pharm2/index.htm Consumer Product Safety Commission i www.cpsc.gov 14 15 UW Stuff Library Resources Lexis-Nexis Academic Current Contents UW web Libraries Health Web of Science Sciences Resources Databases IPA Search for Lexis-Nexis; pick Healthlinks Search for Academic newspapers Default is General; pick from Legal for code stuff; select Federal Note listing is different from Main & State Codes Library than Health Sciences Select from list on screen right, i.e., Federal & State Codes use pull-down menu to select source ; i.e., Federal Register Enter search term use CTRL-f reformat for printing stuff in [brackets] often refers to page numbers NAPBLaw Online class website restricted access see Instructions hyperlink username / password(s) log out when done (limited slots) Use expert search Boolean operators, ordered proximity Select all localities, li i or specific state Show document excerpts in the results list small, medium, large 16 17
Cornell Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/ Healthlinks Resources Library Resources for Pharm 543 http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/liaisons/jankowski/pharmlaw/ Outlines HSL resources and links to others 18 19 Government Documents Resources Pharmacy practice using government documents http://www.lib.washington.edu/govpubs/pharmacy.html Reg Map http://reginfo.gov/public/reginfo/regmap/regmap.pdf Hein Online http://heinonline.org/hol/welcome?collection=journalsorg/hol/welcome?collection=journals Law Library Resources Secondary sources for pharmacy law http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/pharmacy.html 20 21
Summit Obi Orbis-Cascade Alliance Catalog Pacific Northwest academic libraries http://summit.orbiscascade.org/ / Quick turn-around Search tips & tricks Very different from PubMed and other biomedical databases Truncation options, e.g.,! instead of * Use Positional Operators if available when doing full text searches; i.e., w/25 Natural language vs. controlled vocabulary 22 23 Mindset Prepare Outline search question Identify synonyms Where would I be if? Web Search Engines Beware Exceptionally fast lots of garbage Use Advanced Search functions You are responsible for accuracy Site from primary or secondary sources whenever possible Strive for refereed sources; triangulate when opinion, personal communication 24 25
questions? Summary Issues Spend some time on search stragegy Use reference librarians, other help Responsibility for accuracy 26 27