1. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved cGMP - Current Good Manufacturing Practice Information Search Guide on Searching cGMP Resources – Part 1

2. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Types of Information Resources Books Magazines Newspapers Multimedia (DVDs, VCDs, Videos) E-Books E-Journals Databases Internet

3. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved How to Use Boolean Operators to Form an Effective Search Statement? Use AND Operator to narrow down your search to get more specific results Example: GMP AND Pharmaceutical - it retrieves articles which contain both words: GMP and Pharmaceutical Example: GMP OR Pharmaceutical -it retrieves articles which contain either of the words: GMP or Pharmaceutical Use OR Operator to broaden your search to get an overview of the resources

4. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Other Special Operators for Effective Searches *? Truncation / Wildcards, e.g. * or ? - it retrieves words of similar forms Example: technolog* will retrieve articles which contain words like technology; technologies; technological ( ) Phrase search, e.g. or ( ) - it retrieves articles contain the exact phrase Example: counterfeit drugs will retrieve articles which contain the exact phrase Counterfeit drugs

5. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved In the search box, key in "current good manufacturing practice" OR cGMP How To Search for Materials using the Library Catalogue?

6. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved 15 records are retrieved

7. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved ii) Click on Submit when done i) Limit the search by material type eg. Book/Serial Limit Search to Specific Material Type

8. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved 9 records are retrieved Note: you will get a a set of results which consist of books or serials only

9. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Key in cGMP AND Pharmaceutical ii) Click on Search when done iii) 8 records are retrieved Using AND Operator to Narrow Down your Search

10. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Key in GMP OR Pharmaceutical ii) Click on Search when done iii) 550 records are retrieved Using OR Operator to Broaden your Search Note: More records are retrieved when using the OR operator

11. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Key in the phrase Code of Federal Regulations AND the word GMP ii) Click on Search when done iii) 4 records are retrieved How to Search for FDA Codes Relating to GMP? (Phrase Search)

12. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Limit the search to DVD/VCD/ Video ii) Click on Submit when done Search for DVDs/VCDs/Videos on GMP

13. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved 19 records are retrieved

14. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Key in Pharmaceutical Handbook ii) Click on Search when done iii) 19 records are retrieved Search for Handbooks on GMP

15. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Key in the keyword Pharmaceutical ii) Click on Search when done iii) 538 records are retrieved Search for Periodicals on GMP

16. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Limit the search to Periodical ii) Click on Submit when done

17. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved 57 records are retrieved

18. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Example of a print periodical

19. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Click on E-books to access Search for E-Books on GMP

20. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Library Collection of E-Books is displayed by Title

21. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Scroll down the list to ebrary and click Connect. You may use the Quick Guide to learn more about the collection

22. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved You will be asked to key in your Spice UserID and Password if you are accessing from off-campus

23. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Read the Copyright Statement and click on I Accept

24. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved ii) Do a Simple Keyword Search, key in GMPs iii) Click on Search after you are done i) You need ebrary Reader to read the ebooks. Download and install the Reader first if you are using your own laptop

25. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) 69 records are retrieved ii) Click on the title and access the book iii) Bibliographic info of the Book

26. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Use the icons here to navigate. To learn more about icons, click herehere ii) Search term are highlighted in Red

27. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) For an Advanced Search, key in GMPs under Text AND Pharmaceutical under Subject ii) Click on Search when done Note: You can also search in Text, Subject, Author, Title or Publisher field using the drop down list

28. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) 2 records are retrieved ii) Click on the title to access the book

29. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Scroll down the list to Referex Engineering and click Connect. You may use the Quick Guide to learn more about the collection

30. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved i) Key in Pharmaceutical industry and quality control ii) Click on Search after you are done

31. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved Click on Read Page or Read Chapter to access

32. Copyright@Singapore Polytechnic Library. All Rights Reserved You can save, print or email up to a maximum of 10% or 1 chapter of the E-book for reference Search terms are highlighted in blue