This year marks the 175th anniversary of the National Library of Medicine. NLM is an important part of our day – whatever would we do without PubMed and NCBI? Of course NLM offers many other services and resources in addition to PubMed and NCBI. Visit NLM at http://www.nlm.nih.gov to learn more. For details on NLM’s [...]
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PubMed Author ID Project
November 1st, 2010 by Kristi · No Comments
From the NLM Technical Bulletin: PubMed® Author ID Project The National Library of Medicine® (NLM®) National Center for Biotechnology Information(NCBI) is developing a system that will address the problem of ambiguous author names within PubMed and facilitate accurate search and retrieval of a participating author’s works. The specifics of PubMed Author ID, as the system [...]
Tags:helpful, informatics, NLM
PubMed updates
January 26th, 2010 by Kristi · No Comments
There are some great updates planned for PubMed in February: A link to an updated and enhanced Limits page will be available on all pages The homepage will include a link to the clipboard The Advanced search page will be updated Read more in the NLM Technical Bulletin
PubMed and NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov TRAINING
January 7th, 2010 by Kristi · No Comments
The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) will be at Becker Medical Library to offer instruction in PubMed and the NLM Gateway/ClinicalTrials.org. St. Louis, MO site details PubMed® Thursday, April 8, 2010, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM (Register) This full-day class is designed to teach students how to use PubMed® which includes MEDLINE citations. The class [...]
Tags:education, event, NLM, PubMed, resources, tutorial, Washington University
PubMed tutorials
January 7th, 2010 by Kristi · No Comments
Check out today’s post at eagledawg.net: More great new PubMed tutorials. The post links to a series of tutorials created by Beth Whipple at Indiana University’s Medical Library. Each tutorial is about three minutes long and provides guidance for anybody who uses PubMed. Great tutorials, Beth!
Tags:informatics, Information, interesting, NLM, PubMed, resources, tutorial
PubMed redesign!
October 29th, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
Have you taken a look at PubMed lately? The folks at the National Library of Medicine have updated the PubMed interface significantly. The result is an interface which is easier to use and much more intuitive. Probably the first thing you’ll notice is the search box (red arrow, below). When you type a term in [...]
Tags:Information, NLM, PubMed
National Library of Medicine update
May 26th, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
I went to the Medical Library Association (MLA) annual meeting this week (in Honolulu!) and heard some interesting news during the National Library of Medicine (NLM) update. Dr. Lindberg discussed the increasing need for libraries to play a role in supporting clinical trials and he also discussed disaster preparedness efforts at NLM. Perhaps most exciting to [...]
Tags:bioinformatics, database, event, Information, NCBI, NLM, resources, science, tutorial, webinar
NLM Fact Sheets
January 8th, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
The National Library of Medicine has a series of fact sheets on a variety of topics. The ones which I thought were most helpful/interesting to biomedical researchers are listed below, but there are many others, as well. Check it out! About the NLM The National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Division Lister Hill National [...]
Paul Berg
August 5th, 2008 by Kristi · No Comments
The papers of Paul Berg have recently been added to the NLM® Profiles in Science Web site. This website highlights the work of some of the most significant biomedical researchers of the 20th century. American biochemist Paul Berg (b. 1926) has been making outstanding contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology for over fifty years. As [...]
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Specialized Information Services from NLM
June 9th, 2008 by Kristi · No Comments
Check out the Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division website from the National Library of Medicine. There are tons of great resources in Environmental Health & Toxicology, Chemical Information, HIV/AIDS, Outreach Activities & Resources, and even a Directory of Health Organizations. The newest addition to the site is Chemical Warfare Agents – Resources chemical warfare agents
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