Archive for November, 2007

InfoRetriever on PDA Has New Enhancements

Monday, November 26th, 2007

InfoRetriever, the highly-regarded point-of-care, evidence-based clinical information system described in a recent entry to this blog, recently released a new and enhanced version for Palm or Pocket PC users. The previous installation of InfoRetriever Updater will continue to keep InfoRetriever’s content up to date, but will not reflect the following features of the newest version.

A […]

Watch NCME TV for CME Credit

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

NCME TV is a series of professionally-produced CME video programs on important state-mandated and other topics of interest to practicing clinicians.
Once you register for a personal username and password you can access these streaming videos anywhere. Receive CME credit for viewing the videos, which are released once a month. NCME will notify you with an […]

SciVee, the YouTube for Science

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

SciVee is a new website that lets scientists communicate their works as multimedia presentations incorporated with the content of their published articles. SciVee is operated in partnership with the open access publisher the Public Library of Science (PLoS), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).
The goal of SciVee is to improve […]

New Look for ClinicalTrials.gov

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

ClinicalTrials.gov, the National Library of Medicine’s web-based registry of more than 46,000 clinical research studies, recently lauched a new interface. Although the old and new interfaces are currently running parallel, the old version will be permanently replaced within 2-4 weeks. The new interface significantly enhances functionality and navigation while preserving the core aspects of the […]

The National Library of Medicine has just published Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, the second edition of its bibliographic citation manual. The book provides easy-to-use instructions and hundreds of examples for citing twenty-six types of published and unpublished material, ranging from print books and journal articles to blogs and wikis. […]

Find Answers Fast in Credo Reference

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Credo Reference (formerly known as Xrefer) is an electronic collection of approximately 240 authoritative reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, plus hundreds of books on subjects including art, business, literature, and the sciences. The content includes images and audio files. Topics can be searched in the Basic or Advanced mode or you […]