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Well over a hundred sixty herbal products and over three hundred clinical studies on them are packed into a weighty two-volume reference with Marilyn Barrett, Ph.D.'s The Handbook Of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies V. 1 And 2 (078-9010682 $159.95), recommended highly for college-level libraries. Trial designs, bibliographic references, drug-herb interactions, and botanical summaries and pharmacopoeial monograph contents are packed into these descriptions of clinically tested herbal remedies, with an A-Z organization by herb name making for an excellent quick look-up. Most herbal guides are for lay readers and provide only abbreviated, light coverage of study results: this packs in valuable details for both providers and patients, describing the quality and processes of evidence gathering, grading and review as much as the results, making it especially recommended for serious medical libraries. Dennis Worthen's Dictionary Of Pharmacy (0789023288, $39.95) is the only English-language reference to provide a comprehensive list of terms of importance to pharmacy students, educators, and practitioners alike. Here are the pharmacy abbreviations, Latin terms, practice standards, tables and ethical codes pharmacists use daily, along with lists of professional associations, organizations and colleges of pharmacy in the US and Canada. Jonathan Erlen, Ph.D. and Joseph Spillane, Ph.D. edit Federal Drug Control: The Evolution Of Policy And Practice (0787918926, $29.95), providing fresh insights into federal regulation processes and involvement in drug processes. The history of cocaine and marijuana use in the 20th century is presented along with the federal government's attempts to limit the pharmacy profession's control over prescription drugs, and the Narcotic Control and other acts. An excellent survey of legal processes in drug regulation in this country.