Services

Based on its skills in knowledge translation, DIRC specializes in sifting through the  world's most current and comprehensive drug information to find relevant, focused responses that meet specific needs. Through its different channels, DIRC communicates with hundreds of health professionals and members of the public daily providing impartial, evidence-based answers to their questions.

Resources at DIRC include:

• Thousands of medical and pharmaceutical journals
• An extensive library of drug- and disease-related resources
• International and specialty references (e.g. foreign, veterinary, and alternative health references)
• Onsite databases and references on marketed and investigational drugs, disease and disease management, and pharmacy practice topics
• Subscription databases (e.g. Micromedex, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Reactions, OVID and PubMed)
• A fully paperless call documentation system