Category Archives: NLM
New Website for Public Sharing of 3D Print Files
The NIH 3D Print Exchange is a public website for the sharing and editing of biomedical 3D print files. The 3D Print Exchange was launched in June and aims to increase participation in this new field with far-reaching uses, including in medical research. … Continue reading
Social Media Icons Added to PubMed
Recently social media icons have been added to the abstract display for PubMed citations. This means that sharing PubMed citations via Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ is now seamless and as easy as selecting the appropriate icon underneath the citation and abstract.
Suggestions for Authors Selecting MeSH Descriptors
The National Library of Medicine has recently updated its brief guide helping authors who wish to select MeSH descriptors (terms) as key words for their articles. New to NLM’s suggestions is MeSH on Demand, a tool that can automatically identify relevant MeSH terms … Continue reading
New Research Tool from NLM: Drug Information Subject Guide
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has recently introduced a new subject guide on Drug Information as part of the Subject Guides on Selected Topics series. The subject guides are intended for use by health professionals, researchers, librarians, students, and others, and … Continue reading
“Better Health: Evaluating Health Communication” Lecture Series Starts Today
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is hosting a lecture series about health communication. The first of this five part series is today, March 4th from 3:30 – 5pm. The lecture can be viewed live at http://videocast.nih.gov/ and a video of the … Continue reading
New NLM genetics resource for teens has patient education potential
GeneEd is a new genetics resource from the National Library of Medicine that is targeted towards high school students and teachers. The database includes information on a variety of topics, such as cell biology, top issues in genetics, heredity, DNA forensics, … Continue reading
Handy Tool: PubMed PMID/PMCID Converter
The PubMed ID (PMID)/PubMed Central ID (PMCID) converter is an easy way obtain an PMID from a PMCID number or vice versa. This converter can also be used to find the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) number for those articles that … Continue reading
PubMed Health
The National Library of Medicine and National Center for Biotechnology Information recently updated their PubMed Health website. PubMed Health enables users to search for clinical effectiveness reports. The full-text reports and summaries in PubMed Health allow practitioners, consumers and researchers to look up the effectiveness of treatments and preventative measures. … Continue reading
Announcing Award Filter for My NCBI
My Bibliography now includes a filter for an Award view. This new view is available only to eRA Commons users with active grants in their portfolios. This new view allows you to limit citation results by publication year(s), award number, … Continue reading
New online registry of biomedical informatics tools
The National Library of Medicine has teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs of Research and Development and the American Medical Informatics Association’s Natural Language Processing Working Group to launch the Online Registry of Biomedical Informatics Tools Project (ORBIT). It’s an online catalog … Continue reading
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