Just when I was starting to figure out Zotero, (wonderful, free Firefox compatible citation management program) now I've got to start all over with EndNote - while everyone back where I came from is having fun with RefWorks. They all are basically the same with the major functions. Researchers will love the ability to attach a PDF to their bibliographic data and basically create their own library - and search the full text of what they've imported. With all of the different style requirements form various publishers, this program should be great for researchers wanting to enter citations properly while writing for publication. There's new flexibility with online groups when collaborating. I'd love to hear form anyone wanting to share their experiences, especially assisting users or doing classes.

Announcing 2010 MeSH Vocabulary

At long last - presenting the 2010 MeSH controlled vocabulary: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2010/mesh_browser/MBrowser.html

About the MeSH Browser:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/mbinfo.html

Some of us remember the long-awaited trio of volumes published annually by NLM: the alphabetical annotated MeSH, the "Tree Structures," and, Permuted MeSH - which quite honestly I miss for those times when serendipitous flipping through pages might lead to a great find. I also miss the annual NLM update when expert searchers in the arrea would define all of the new terms and alert us to what subject headings had been discontinued or changed.

Cell Press and Elsevier

One very interesting post arrived today from a medical librarian list-serv I subscribe to that alerted me to a whole new concept, along with the wonderful librarian blog announcing it: http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2009/07/article-of-future.html. More to follow, this is going to be big, and so powerfully described by McKiernan - enjoy!

PubMed Widget

Be the first to use the PubMed widget just added to this blog and tell me what you think -

Whoa - Not so Fast on Clinical Reader!

Medical librarian Nicole Dettmar has the scoop on "Clinical Reader," and thanks to her discerning watchdogging as chronicled on her blog, Eagle Dawg Blog, we've been spared any further slobbering over something that, simply put, was too good to be true.

Clinical Reader: A New Current Awareness Site!

An announcement of a wonderful new current awareness Web site just came in via my medical librarian list-serv, from Duke Medical Center Librarian Connie Schardt, President of the Medical Library Association and who quotes from the Clinical Reader site:

"At this moment, high impact research and health news articles are scattered across hundreds of sites. That´s far too much for any reader to follow.Welcome to Clinical Reader, a truly quality collection of accessible clinical, scientific and health literature aiming to ease information delivery to the medical community. Focus your time, discover new links, fine-tune your online experience in a bid to effectively manage online clinical browsing. Our regularly updated content features the latest articles from high impact factor and popular journals, health news sources and prime multimedia content. Headlines are swiftly visualized and seamlessly linked to abstract or full content articles to keep our community aware of current research, trends and analysis. Login with Athens to further enhance your online experience."

very cool!

Don't waste another minute! Share your comments after checking out the the link: http://clinicalreader.com/

Coming Soon: Keeping current in your field of interest