NLM releases digital versions of American medical books from 17th century onwards - May 24, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has released 'Medicine in the Americas', a digital resource encompassing over 300 early American printed books. The resource makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from… Read More
Reed Business Information launches new online destination for Australians looking for health information - May 23, 2011
B2B information provider Reed Business Information (RBI) has announced the launch of www.itsmyhealth.com.au, a new online destination for Australians looking for information about health and general wellbeing. Designed to meet the growing demand for reliable online health information, the website combines… Read More
Brazil’s Agricultural Research Corporation adds 470,000 records to WorldCat - May 23, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that Brazil's Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa, has added more than 470,000 bibliographic records to the OCLC WorldCat database. The database claims to be the world's largest online resource for finding information in libraries. Embrapa's collection,… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry adds RDF functionality to ChemSpider database - May 20, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry's chemical database ChemSpider has added RDF functionality to its interface, in collaboration with the University of Southampton's School of Chemistry. The availability of RDF is said to allow the database records to be found and understood by semantic web tools. This… Read More
Ovid announces its first clinical tool to bridge content from Ovid and UpToDate - May 19, 2011
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced the availability of OvidMD, claimed to be the first clinical tool from Ovid designed especially for physicians and other clinicians. OvidMD provides quick answers to clinical questions based on relevant full-text content from Ovid. The solution presents latest… Read More
Sonoma Valley Hospital to deploy ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support - May 18, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Sonoma Valley Hospital has selected ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as the facility's electronic order set solution. ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, is projected as an easily… Read More
