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Nov
10
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Those who search PubMed regularly have often wished for a way to import search results into a a program such as Excel. It’s here! A new tool called FLink (Frequency-weighted Links) is now accessible from the NIH National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/flink/docs/flink_about.html. FLink allows PubMed search results to be saved as a… Read More »
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Nov
05
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NLM’s Emergency Access Initiative, http://eai.nlm.nih.gov, is now available through November 20 for access to resources usually available only by subscription. Publishers are providing access only for those affected by the cholera outbreak in Haiti and for those providing assistance to the affected population.
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM, News From NNLM PNR, Resource Sharing & Document Delivery
Oct
18
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October 18-24 is Open Access Week, an occasion to advance knowledge about how the open access movement is impacting scholarly communication. What is open access? Here are some useful resources to help you understand open access in the context of health sciences research literature.
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Oct
18
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has launched a new digital repository, Digital Collections. This new resource is complementary to the PubMed Central digital archive of electronic journal articles. The repository allows rich searching, browsing and retrieval of monographs and films from NLM’s History of Medicine Division. Additional content and other format types will be… Read More »
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Oct
13
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Recently, MedlinePlus released 100 new English and Spanish monographs on a broad range of dietary supplements and herbal remedies. The new content is provided by Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Consumer Version (NMCD). Some of the highlights of the new monographs include: Descriptions of herbal remedies, dietary supplements, and how they work Effectiveness ratings for different… Read More »
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